The New-York Tribune Newspaper, December 4, 1866, Page 6

b PIRIEE . (s QAmngements. & BARNUM AM SA M DAY AND EVENINC TWO Hi ROH'S COL | I'BE GRAND SECRET. The grand seoret du medicstion is to help Nature, Reaveare—th gosrarn and theory of eure s abist- 5. in & state of pastial callapse—what i b Reason tesches the auswer: BUILD UF TOUR NAX. Brace him npas yon would brace up & toitering edifice. The pabu Tuw be is a Touic Altecative. Bring him up out of the depthis of Debility and Despondency witn HosTRTTER'S BirTERs. 1l may take them iu doses wulted to ity of barm. The enfeebled vital pow it sction ae toe wilted grass is 1 Omega of the ou' W YORK Til FFITH GAUN NEW YORK CIRCU -, THIS EVENING-NEW YORK CIRCUS TROUPE. wtickboy and Mile. De Bers. WALLACK S THIS EVENING-THE WONDER. Mr. Frodetic Robinson, Mr. John Gilbert. Mr. Charles Fishe: Lue Hooriqucs, Mra. Vernon Robert They cannot injure. A yeurs, without the poss Msure to tespond energeticslly tot 1o ermct ite biades uuder the vivifying aud refroshing rain. In all casss of debility the Bitters sre sbuolutely required. There is no sub- stitate or succedsneum that will il their place. Resort to this most woudeiful of Modern Tonics AXD ALL WILL B WALL. Boar id wind that in Dyspepsia, Intermittent Fevers, Bilious Dis- and Affections of the Nerves, no other medicine will produce one tithe of the good effect Uiat invariably follows the use of this ex- cellent Invigorstor and Corrective, Sold sverywhore.—[N. Y. Trib- une, Oct. 21, L —Tll.\'lu“l'“’l"'lrrr;‘lnr IS EVENINO-THE LONG § o e Wate Newton. JONES'S BAU Me. Charles Wheat- | Mr. Staart Hobson. FIFTH AVESUE OPERRA HOUS 1S PYENIRO-BUDWORTH'S MINST! Thik, MOON. A TRIP TO ATER THIS P ., THE SECRET OF A LIFE, M % OF ANATOMY. ANATOMICAL COLLECTION. NEW YORK_ 81 THE WASHINGTON TW1 Open daily from 8 5. m. Lo 10 p. . NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SEVENTH ANNUAL EXUIBITION OF TE SOGIETY. Open fom¥a 0. tol0n il)“ AWTISTS FUND BRI Wl [ L ST F I & ST S e Sy CouGus AND COLDS ARE OFTEN OVERLOOKED.—A continusace for auy length of time causes Irritation of the Lungs or some chronle Throst Disease, * BROWN'S BRONCHIAL TROCHRS' are offered with the fullest confidence in their eflicacy, giviag slmost BROADWAY TH THIS EVENING-ARMADALE. M STEINWAY HAL THIS EVENING-ORATORIO OF “THEATRE FRA! THIS EVENING-FRENCH OF: *A-THE DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT sure and immediate relief. DiaskTes ! DeCAY oF THE KipNeys! Several prom- fnent ruen have recently died of this disease, Our obsolete physicians them. ~ Nature's Sovereizn Remedials mmh‘:l::oll' ey Diseases. . Advice grati K. PRINOK, Flus CoNSUMPTION, LIVER COMPLAINT, DYSPEPSIA AND ceossfully treated by Di. A. U X, at his Medical Office, No. 9 East Fourthst., third door from the Bowery, and between Broadway. STUDIO BU TENTH.ST, FREE EXHIBITION O Cit AND FLEMISH TPIC- TURES. | TV W T OO T A AT ) ___Buoiness Notices. Stark & Marcus, JEWELERS AND SILVERSKITHS, No. 22 Johu-at. N. . “Roapestfully inform the public that thay have addad to their stock of rich JEWELRY and SILYEKWARE & superb asortoient of the GORNAN MANUPAOTURING COMPANT S arp Wann. Tihis ware is the first of its kind aver produced in this country, aad 1a doatined Lo surpass auy made by Elkiogton of Birmingham, Dizon of Sheflield, or Christofle of Paris In qoality of metal and plating, warioty of slogaut dosigns and fiaish, we commend it to s favorable cousidecation. To prevent Imposition, ll arti<lss bar theic trade mark thusy ORIAMMPG We cherish & laodable pride ia being tha atrodueers of these goods, an they mset & want long felt by persous of rofiued taste, to whoee good opivion snd patroaage ws are iadsbted. These goods wo cisim are i perfsct barmony with the besutifol arta which we have aimed to embody ia all our productions of jewelry ax well s silvarware. lews lisble *G rand Trisl A HoupAy PRESENT.—POLLAK & Sox, B . New York, near Fourthst., MRERSCHATN P Pipes out to orde; ed tches. No. d mounted. TUESDAY, DEC TRIPLE SHEET. TO ADVERTISERS. ‘We will thank our advertising customers to hand m their Advertisements at a4 early an hour as possidle. If received sfter 9 o'clock they cannot be classiied under their proper beads. — TO CORRESFONDENTS. No notice can be taken of Auonymous Commanications. What- ever is intended for insertion must be authenticated by | ssarily for publi Howazp & Co., JwwrLxms AND StLyemswiTas, No. 619 Hroaoway, New-YoRK. Have made an arrangem ot with the Goxuax MANUPACTURING CoMPANT, of Providence, For atull supply of the ELEBRA'ED GORHAM PLATED WARE. @AM NP AN, Which they offer st aa low pri~a« sa any othar house in the country. 18K Also, & full sssortment of SoLio Su waRE, DiaMowps, Juwaiay, Warcuss, Fancy Goops, name and address of the writer—not tion, but a8 a guaranty for his good faith. Al business letters for this office should be addressed to ** Tir TriBUNE," New-York. ‘We cannot undertake to return rejected Communications. Advertisements for this week's issue of Tng WEEELY Tursusn wost be handed in 7o Day. 7" The issue of a Triple Sheet to-day enables us to lay before our readers the President's Message and Accompanying Reports entire. The Reports of the Commassioner of the Internal Revenue and of the Post- master-General will be found on the fourth page. The List of Candidates in the Charter Election to-day, the Court Reports, and other matters of interest, appear on the winth page. A Letter from Jamaica and the Markets will be found on the fifth page. GreaT Baraarns 1y Fors. Loois Bataso, Waoousasus Maxvraorowss or Foms, Now. 5 aud 52 Howardat,, Wil offer st retall, commencing Moxoar, Dxo 10, ‘His entire Stock, consisting of Morrs, Contans, COLLARSTTRS, Pruemings, Braruas, and Tarsas ia Sasre, Rovar Exaive, Mivx, Freca, Sqvimas, Cower, ke. Alo gooda Lox Gentlemen's wous, i Orren, Bravas Coxcr, sad Nomeis We print elsewhere the charge of Judge Johnson in the case of the Fenian prisoners at Sweetsburg, Canada. The Speaker of the House, when the galleries are noisy, usually orders the Sergeant-at-Arms to clear them. The scene yesterday suggests that u shorter way, hereafter, would be to order the reading of the President’s Message. Winter CLotaiNG.—The bast place to buy superior OvmrooATs of 'dy.l'cul 0. Ateo, Deess and Busi- . FomNmuIne Goovs, CRILDREN'S Lowin's, No. 10 aud 72 Bowery; the All the Return Judges of the election have signed a statement of their belicf that Messrs. John E. Phelps and Btevenson Archer were not legally elected. This will, of course, confirm Congress in its resolve to do justice to the contestant candidates. Laog CurTAINS retailed at wholessle prices um o !; ILI B Jan. 1, 1867, v, No. 47 Brosdway. The Tennesses House of Representatives has killed & bill to establish free schools. We are sorry for the 75,000 white adults in that State who cannot read or write. A little learning is a dangerous thing to legis- Trg HOLIDAYS. lators, and these seem to have just enough education Tae LARGEST AraoRtarnt IN TS COUNTRY OF to want to keep the people in ignorance. RICH DINNER AND TEA SETS, oo s s s s PARIS CLOCKS AND STATUARY, The spirit of the House was expressed yesterday in end Fixw FANCY Goons—of our own importetion. the repeal of the law giving power to the President to OVINGTON BROTHERS, s . : . Nos. 236, 235 asd 240 Fulton-et., Brooklyn. pardon Rebels without trial. Mr. Johnson's course " PrerARED OIL OF PALM AND MACE, in pardoning first, and then appointing to office, leaders of the Rebellion, has convinced the country for Prosorviag. Restoring and Beautifying the Hair. It is the most delighttl aad wouderful article the woild ever produced. that such unlimited autbority cannot be safely trusted Tus Manver or Peav, to his hands. & new and besutiful Peifume. s e 08 000 b o Brnasite nd :"k"":":'\:';: :“:“'y":’:‘;';"‘ Iu the Senate yesterday the new members, Messrs. g == | Cattell, Frelinghuysen, Poland and Edmonds, took their seats. Mr, Sumner called up the bill to estab- lish Impartial Suffrage in the District of Columbia, which was laid over by the rules. Mr. Slerman's bill to prevent illegal appointments was postponed till the organization of the Committees, and the same disposition was made of Mr, Williams's bill to regu. late the tenure of office. BROCATELLY. - New quality Satin Face, for Curtains and Furniture. G L & J. B. Keity. No. M7 Brosdway. Piano asp Tasue Covers, ) All the New Styles, G 1€ B ke Use Huny's Bay Rom Soar, 32 Parktow. Sold Everywhere. BEAUTIFUL TERTH, SWEET BREATH!! e paietion tn Desial N ‘counsines the properties of ion in Dental ¢ combines t el Doneiiricss known.. Feice: Roard D ete - oo ¥ ‘QuEn & 0¥, No. % Piatt-st., and sold by al! Druggiste, HErNIA, VARICOCELE, and GENERAL DEFORMITIES teeated by the undersigoed. st No. 154 Fuitoust. Tramses, Supporters, Spiual sud Shoslde: Braces. Silk Elsstic ackings, Suspeosory Burdages, ke, carelully adjusted to sut ench case. . C. Mans. aflicted with D) r Freckles, should ‘ by Dr. kiR Dermatalogit, !:_ “fl_’b!lflfl’,l'.lfllin?‘ v & and BATCHELOR'S Hatk Dy wn oty i intment, B ous L Sk, Haroution. At sil Draggists and Pact THOLIDAY PPRESENTS. —The cheapest and ouly gen- us that it is rumored there that Maximilian, yielding to the wishes of his political friends, has returned to the City of Mexico with the view of resuming the functions which we have been given to understand he had virtually abdicated. Ob! these ‘* rumors” about the unfortunate movarch! When are the positively bewildering contradictions with which we are daily favored relative to his movements to come to an end? ‘Why will he not either leave Mexico at once or make up his mind to stay? It is much to be desired that he would forthwith decide npon something. The Reform Demonstration, which took place in London yesterday, has been a complete success. The people turned out in immense numbers; the procession of the different Trade Societies was 8 moet imposing affair; and the greatest order prevailed. The soldiers mcumL'oxnl Runorei_(}_;'ny“uai"r: 2 ! 1B e Houes o Drepti: D T e - D by B. FRANK PALMER, LL. D.— AXD LG, by D. Y po 4 “:‘:‘:‘.’f;,_'.“,,_'?f;‘f. foars and fhvilise. 1% | wero this time kept within their barracks. They might - of bis pateate L) L just as well bave been sent & hundred miles out of po Lfi.ummfiflmuu‘l‘.zflxm:'m::t London. It is & significant fact that the American i n-uw-;w ‘Am o 5 ;’ng was bme:lnfi in the y;oue‘l;iuln. and that **The 24 ITIC STOCKINGS, earing of the Green " was'played by the various bands . y%flfk‘ °'|T4"vn-“u'.%.2 Y ki heading the march, The good work moves bravely on g in the old countr, P Iu the House, yesterday, the rules were suspended, and the authority given to the President to extend pardon was rescinded by & large majority. Mr Schenck introduced & bill to regulate the meeting of Congress; Mr, Kelley & bill to oreate a Deparunent of Internal Revenue; and Mr. Stevens a bill to regu- late removals from office. Mr. Schenck also intro- T A A T IC . - — "X Wis0K's” Lock-STIICH SEwiNa " woux Macwine No 023 Broadwsy, o 10 8. M. Co.'s LOoCK-STiTon fiwm:-lh- Ty I 1 MOVER & BakrR's HIGHEST PREMIUM Maowines. for fawiy wse, No. 465 Broadway. s ullimros Sewine. o 4Pk HOWE MAORINE CO.'S Look-Stitch SEWING- Maowinms. Erias Liows )r. :a"% inveator of the SewingMa- ADORO'S HatR DYR—The best ever manu- Lo Vi, . %5 per dozen Dngh'um. [ duced a bill to equalize bounties. The Executive s eod. | R A. Lrwia. No. 100 <N Y. | branch was requested to lay before the Houso its . Manr New without les, doctor, | information eoncerning the arrest of John H. Surratt, ton cents. Address e m.uWMY‘ .| the pardon of the Rebel Gen, Pickett, aud our rela- AND. CURE POR THE KUPTURkD.—Sent | tions . ident’ i n.l.lan. ] i ;l;:wu;:x:;& “Ihe President’s Message was B —— Viewed in relation to the great aud peaceful contest evoty- | of priticiple in which Congress bas come off victor, e " [_.| the enthnsigatio weleoma, given by the people of R varied assort- | Washington to the Representatives of the Nation was et of Furs £ Ldies, go0's and - & oty oy BANTA . Ko. 51 Ciss s coiiupt hoomier " 47 ™ | oxocodingly proper. Threo thousand persons, one- half of whom were colored, assembled in the proces - s1on of welcome yosterday. The speeches of the oc- casion were in good temper, and appear to bave lost nouo of its significance. THE PRESIDE S MESSAGE. It is not so much what the President says as what be declines to say. The first impre 3 of the Mes- sage is that his Excellency is chastened, He makes 1o allusions to Co s havging on the verge of the government. This is something from an Executive who has been in the most unreasonable humor for 50 many months. Mr. Pierce could not have written a weaker Mossage. Congress would as readily have heard an essay upon the cause of thunder as this tame and harm- less disquisition. There is much that the President re- grets. There are some good words from Washington and Jefferson, likewise Jackson, We marvel that bis Excellency neglected the other fathers of their coun- try. For any living fact, for any suggestion, for any helpful thought, we might as well turn to the last novel of Mr. Trollope as to this Message. Ephraim seems irrevocably joined to his idols, There is much that Mr. Johnson might have done. e has missed many golden opportunities—but none 30 glorious as this, Congress came from the people magnanimons and kind. There was no disposition to remember anything that had been done—not even the shamoless antagon sm to the people in the recent elec- tions. All good m n trusted that one word might be said which would s 10w a disposition on the part of the President to reach a solution of the many difficulties surrounding the country. All that his Excellency has done was no longer remembered when we saw the peace he might bring to a harrassed nation, loving kindness and rest. 'We believe that there was no feel- ing of resentment to the President, not even in the hearts of the most Radical members of Congress, that would not have given way before the slightest tenden- ¢y of the President to harmonize the country. In his Message he shows no such tendency. He clings to his dogmas with as much tenacity as when he hoped to carry the country in the late elections. There is not one word for the negro—not one word for the loyal in the South—not one sentence which might not as well havo been written a hundred years ago as to-day, for all the comfort and truth it brings. In a mere business way the Message is of little im- portance. It refers briefly to the Treasury Report, ad- vocating thorough retrenchment,and the other Reports of the Departments, but makes no suggestion of im- portance. Mr. Johnson thinks the Pacific Rail- rond will be finished before the time set by Congress as a limit; advises such legislation as may be necessary to preserve the Missis. sippi Levees; urges the importauce of ad- mitting to Congress a delegate from the District of Columbia, and touches upon the aid that body should give to the eflort of the Southern States to reorganize their agriculture. He congratulates the country on peace with foreign nations and the suc- cess of the Atlantic telegraph, and thinks thereis reason to expect greater results from the projected Pacific line by way of Bebring's Straits. The Mexica question is briefly alluded to, Gen. Sherman's mission being said to be the ebtaining of information neces- sary to maintain proper intercourse with the Republic of Mexico. * It seemed an obvious duty on our part,” he adds, to exercise whatever influence we possessed for the restoration and permanent e b- lishiment in that country of a domestic republican form of government.” A clearer account of the object of sending Gen. Sherman with Minister Campbell | would have been desirable. Complaint is made that France had broken its compact with our Govern- ment, by declining to remove any portion of its troops in Mexico till mext Spring. | The United States have protested against dotermination, and the President trusts that the Em- | peror will recede from his present groand. He regrots that the Alabasma claims have not becn settled by Great Britain, but thinks there is reason to expect our demands will be met in a friendly spirit. e con- demns the Fenian invasion of Canada; thinks mercy | should be extended to the prisoners; thinks Congress ought to do something for the rights of American citi- zens abroad, and without referring to their wrongs at home, as illustrated by the New-Orleaus massacre and such trifles, closes with the customary prayer. We have no heart to dwell upon this dreary, lifoless document. There is nothing that any loyal man can read with comfort or hope. Andrew Johnson is as much an enemy as when he menaced the nation from his White House steps ten months ago. He does not mean to aid usin the work of reconstruction. The duty devolving upon Congress becomes more solemn and responsible, aud we look to Co with infinite yearuing. Let there be kindness and patience, char- ity toward all, malice toward nome, firmness and devotion; but above all, a single-hearted determing- tion, come well or ill, despite Presidents or Cabinets, to labor without ceasing, until over this land there shall be peace and rest, liberty and protection, and all rights for all. THE WAR REPORTS The Annual Report of the Secretary of War pre- sents au epitome of what has been dose during the past year in reference to the disbanding of our great armies, the disposal of our military stores, the estub- lishment of frontier and sea-board defenses, experi- ments with new warlike inventions, and the adminis- tration of the laws relating to refugees, freedmen and abandoned lands., Since the date of the last Report, November 15, 1365, 222,058 volunteers, including 75,024 colored troops, have been mustered out, leaving 11,043 still in service, about 10,000 of whom, constituting 1 regi- ment of artillery and 13 of infantry, are colored. Great quantities of material of war have been sold at advavtageous rates. From May 1, 1865, to August 2, this | throughout the Union. 1866, over 207,000 horses and mules were sold for $15,260,075 54; 4,400 barracks, hospitals, and other buildings, bave been sold for $447,573 14; and the sale of irregular or damaged clothing in store has pro- duced $902,770 45. The immense fleet of ocean transports has been almost wholly discharged; the river transports Lave all been disposed of; and the military railroads aud telegraphs have all besn sold, or transferred to companies, or discontinued, Thus the war expenses have been reduced to a moderate peace footing, leaving us still prepared, howover, for any emergency which can possibly arise. The pres- ent strength of the Regular Army fs fixed at the nominal fignre of 54,302 men; but the Secretary does not state how many of these are actually in service. Recraiting, however, is going on briskly. Orders have been given to supply all the troops with breech- loading arms, and the Springfield rifle-musket hus been altered so successfully as to render it a weapon superior in all respects to the famous Prussian needle-gun. The permanent defenses of the country have been strengthened and are still being improved, and work has been actively continued in the lake surveys and river and harbor improvements. The disbursements of the pay department during the last fiseal year amonnted to $239,374,317, and the appropriation re- quired for the same during the next year is esti- mated at $17,725,660. The information contained in the report respecting the working of the bureau of refugecs, freedmen, and abandoned lands is meager. About 150,000 freedmen and their childrén are now attending school in the Southern States, and schools for refuges white children are also established, Tho only States in which burean courts are still in existence are Vir- ginia, Louisiana and Texas. From June 1, 1865, to Sept, 1, 1866, 13,412,273 rations were issued to desti- tute persons, and the average issue per day to refugers and frecdmen was 20,819, The amount of land nc in possession of the burgau is 272,231 acres, beside NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 15866.—TKI'L 223 tracts in Tennessee, of which the number of acres has not been reported. The Report of Gen, Grant on the military operations of the year is little more than a formal trausmission of the reports of his subordinates. Gen. Sherman, in view of the repeated depredations of the wandering Sioux, Arapahoes, Cheyennes, Kiowas, Comanches, Apaches, Navajoes and Utes, proposes to confine those tribes for the future within certain territorial limits, 1-aving to th whites the exclusive use ot the wide bolt, east and west, between the Platte and the Arka -as, through which passes the stream of travel to th - mountain teiritories, This, he contends, s the only vay to keep tie route safe. Gen. Pope in New- Mex -0, Gen. Steels in Oregon and Washington Ter- ritory, end Gen, MoDowell in California have been in frequent conflict with the savages; aud altogother the state of affairs in the Indian country is as unsatisfac- tory as usual, with no prospect of immediate improve- ment., Gen. Sheridan's report will be read with a good deal of interest. e speaks warmly of the disgraco- ful state of civil affairs in Texas, where he declares it to be his opinion *‘that the trial of a white man for the murder of a freedman would bo a farce.” His account of the New-Orleans massacro is exceedingly brief, and he says nothing whatever as to the responsi- bility for the outrage. He is not so reticent respect- ing the French invasion of Mexico, which he calls “a part of the Rebellion;” and he regrets that our Government did not long ago compel the Imperial troops to evacuate the country. Touching the condition of the freedmen, the re- establishment of civil order, and the workings of the free-labor system, Gen. Wood in Mississippi, and Gen. Sickles in the Department of the South, speak pleas- ant words, but the latter officer qualifies his state- ments by a narrative of numerous lawless proceedings in South Carolina. The class of persons, however, in the South who will acknowledge no law but foree, has proved, says Gen. Grant, ““to be much smaller than could have been expected after such a conflict.” REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. The Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, given elsewhere in full, is eminently judicious, and contains suggestions well calculated to reduce the national finances to order, and to place the business of the community upon a solid basis. He declares the na- tional debt to be anything but a blessing, but while satisfied that itshould be paid by the generation which created it, does not see the way to continue its liqui- dation by surplus income faster than six or seven millions per month prior to June, 1863, He is of opinion that the honor of the Government requires an early withdrawal of the legal-tender notes, leaving the National Banksto supply the currency of the country. He urges the system of redemption by the banks at the Atlantic cities or at one city, New- York. He acknowledges the financial wants of the South so far as currency is concerned, but is of opin- ion that their needs should be supplied by curtailing the issues of the Northern banks, He advocates a reduc , and snch a revision of the tarifl as will give new vigor to productive industry He urges the issue of bonds 5 per cent interest, paysble principal in Eu- exchanged for United States bonds now held in Europe, as well as to supply the future de- mand for Federal stocks in E Upon the ques- tion of contraction of the currency his language is very clear; indeed, without contraction he is confi- dent that wide-spread disaster must be experienced. Iu regard to resumption he is of opinion that it can take place by July, 1565, and may be brought about earlier. The estimates of the Treasury for the last three quarters of the fiscal year to June 30, 1567, are as fol- lows: e at 44 o rope, to ope. 50,000 160,143 Surp! aud for the yea ling June 30, 156 437,000,000 21l The decrease in the public debt point is stated by the Sccrotary as follows: Debt Angust, 1965 Bis 57 Debt Oct. 31, 1565, all be no legal *s betweon in the future. ry for ui Daties upon fng Ve rests upon which leavy internal taxes are to be as In pr ting his views, h Does to all these mw aut) s abs the adoption of s each as import divid control the apee is inevita The Report should command a careful study from every tax-payer or business man, Its recommenda- tious may not be enforced by legislation, but they are none the less valuable as the opinion of one who, from his position and expericnce, possesses informa- tion not aceessible to the public at large. The Scoretary has placed himself squarely ou the record in favor of contraction and specie payments, and really asks no new powers to enable him to fund the short debt, and resume by July, 1863, It remains to be seen whother Congress differs with Litn to the extent of repealing existing laws, under which the Secrotary will proceed toward resumption. Un- less repeal is to be the order of the day, people caunot be too careful about getting in debt, — THE NATION'S INCOME. The figures of the Report of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue present the strongest possible proof of the ability of the country to sustain and pay its present debt. The total amount raised from this source of taxation iz $310,006,954 17, an amount, the Commissioner informs us, within twenty-two millione of the total revenue of the British Empire, and far in excess of the amount raised from similar taxes in that country. This is an increaso over the proceeds of the last official year of noarly ninety millions. Ananaly- #i of this amount presents no less causo of rejoicing. The tax on Iron and Steel, notwithstanding its reduction, has produced §13,723,133 36, an increase of four and & half millions over last year. Potroleum pays $5,317,200, an inorease of nearly two and a quarter millions; to- bacco and cigars uearly sixtoen millions, an increase of over four milliona; while spirits, notwithstanding the evasions of the law, of whichthe Commissioner complains and almost despairs, unless a sel{-registering still be invented, produce $29,193,578 15, an increase of over thirteen millions; and the thres months that have elapsed since the close of the fiscal year show a more than corresponding increase in the tax arising from this article. A yot more remarkable inerease is seen in the growth of the retarns of income tax, from $20,567,350 26 to $60,504,135 85, and though a por- tiou of these returns arises in each year from tho in- comes of previous years, the continued progress of this item from eleven to twenty nod thence to sixty millions cannot fail to be taken a3 o mark of continued pros- perity. The Commissioner, among his recommeonda- tious at the conclusion of the Report, suggests the in- greaso of the amount exgmpted from this tax to 1,000 g " g Other sources from which this great euni is dorived E SHEET. g SEENS are tug Banks aud Insurance Companics, paying over nine millions; the Railroads giving nearly three and a half millions on eapital and mortgage dividends; fifteen millions from stauips, eighteen millions from licenses, over five millions from fermented liquors, while cotton clothing, legacies, leather, pianos, patent medicines, and a host of minor articles swell the list, The cost of collecting this revenue has been some. thing over seven millions, being less than two-and- one-half per cent on the total amount collected. The Commissioner recommends but few changes, though some are important. The chiof are the change of the return day for the annual list (Schedule C, li- censes and incomes) to the beginning of the year, a revision of the system under which cigars are taxed, some modifications of the Stamp act and of the rela- tions of the office to the District-Attorneys. Most im- portaut is, **to reduce the number of taxable arti- cles.” The receipts for the coming year, the Commissioner, after & careful consideration of the facts before him, believes will roach two hundred and eighty-five mile lions, a figure more likely to be under than over the truth. He says, in conclusion, that ¢the immense revenue of the last fiscal year was raised with proba- bly less pressure upon the people than that of smaller amounts fn previous years, Their enterprise and spirit of accumulation have prevented the depression of business which ordinarily attends heavy taxation. Their means for the ultimate extinction of the national debt are rapidly multiplying from the in- crease of population and the constant development of new sources of wealth. The reduction of taxes will stimulate production, and in a few years the national debt will cease to be an objeet of arxiety, or even an- noyance, to & great and united people.” R ————_—— REPORT OF THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL. The Revenues were $14,336,986 21; expenditures, $15,352,079 30; the decrease, compared with last year, is 1 1-5 per cent. Increase of expenditures, 12 per cent. Number of stamps issued, 347,734,325; stamped envelopes, 30,336,200, The sales of these in excess of last yearis §360,765. The increased demand for envelopes with printed cards is 66§ per cent. There are 6,060 contractors; mail routes, 6,930; miles, 71,537,914; cost, $7,630,474; by rail, 32,002 miles; steamboats, 14,346 miles. The overland mail to California has been by St. Louis; now it is by Chicago and Omaha; the shortest time between San Frauncisco and New-York was 19 days. The amount of postage with foreign countries is 259,219 30, an increase of over $400,000, Arrange- ments are nearly perfected with Great Britain to re- duce the postage from 24 to 12 cents, and to admit matter of every kind, mcluding samples of goods; also the right to transmit, in closed bags or inordinary mails, to other countries, with the rates of those coun- tries. The Pacific Mail Steamship Company has a con- tract for mail serviee from San Francisco to China and Japsn once & month, via Sandwich Islands, but it is thought a great loss of time that in returning they should not come direct. There is free delivery in forty-six cities, It grows in favor, it increases letters, saves time, trouble and dead letters. The number of dead letters was about 4,500,000; 600,000 were unmailable for want of stamps or ad- dress; they contained $244,580 99, of which $221,- 066 19 were delive Over 67,000 contained photo- graphs, jewelry, &e.; 42,000 were delivered. Two millions and a balf of dead lotters have been de- stroyed. The money orders issued were 243,609; value, $3,077,250 24; the average of each was $16 32. Some change is roquired in the law. Itis recommended that the clerks in the Depart- went have additional pay, and clerks in post-offices generally do not get enough. The letter carriers, in particular, earn more, and the Government can afford to pay more. & THE CONTROLLERSHIP. Vote for Richard Kelly, the Republican candidate for Controller of the City and County of New-York, if you are sinceroly desirous of a reform in the Gov- ernment. We urge his eleotion not because e is the Republican candidate, for on that ground alone he would have little chance, but because he is 4 man of unguoestionable integrity, ability and experience in public affairs. He is not iu the power of the ** Ring,"” and that association of harpies, after his election, can bring no influence to bear upon him in their schemes of plunder, The tax-payers of all parties Lave a direct intercat in his election, and will, wejtrust, labor Dbard to offect it, before the polls close to-day. We have already shown that the Controller has an office of great importance, and that hitherto it has not been used for the full benefit of the people. Mr. Kelly, we know, would discharge its duties with energy, and see that the full income the City possesses should be returned to the Treasury, while at the same time his signatare would never be given to the warrants the “Ring" manufactures so easily, Vote for him, all honest citizens and tax-payers, irrespective of party; his election will be a triumph of economy, honesty and reform. F MUSICAL. PR THE OPERA. Lz his first week of opera at the Winter Garden, Mana- gor Marotzek gives us, 85 bo should, fair promise of & ril- lisnt and extended season. No works absolutely new have yot boen porformed, or are likely to bo for at least o week to come. Herold's * Zampa,” 8 work of which we have henrd much musically, aud yot heard little in its operatic individuality, is the newest novelty in prospect. Its pro- duction will, no doubt, give us reason to regret that an opern of such charming and peculiar originality, albeit not, strictly spoaking, a great one, has been so long & stranger to the repertoire. Not even the Germans, excursive wnd intolligentas their enterprise bas boen in former years, bave yet made us acquainted with the almost forgotten Zampa, though it is great “imumbfl that the works of Boildiou, Cherubini, Adam, Mebul, Spohir, and many other composers, whose names 416 NOW never seen on & fashions wblo hill, owe something to their thoughtful and well-meant offort. A wassof novelty was rendered by these hard work- ing Germans, and we doubt if any Italiad company within balf & dozen years has passed a severer strain of voeal labor; but thi certain success of what wmay be called the unfashionable school of opora Las established the fact that the public taste is very tolerant of being refreshed and oduca! However many novelties Manager Maretzek may design to bring forth, we have no doubt that a public now in excellont mood for the musical largesse of & brilliant and inspiring season of opera, will be ready 10 entertain them gener ‘There are a score of spright- ly operas, the treasures of s¢ rs, the delight of a former public, and still the recognized genius of happy masters, rom which a musicloving manager may draw ma- qenal to relieve and n;&““m”h his season. Meanwhile, we bo bighly satistied in hearing such standard favorites 'he Hugnenots,” ““ Faust,” sud Rossini's perennial “‘Barbel hose exquisite vivacity s hundred seasonsof fa- vor will not quench or dim, These greatworks still preserve all tho foree of wotual novelty, siuce 50 much remains with them, after tho geueral ear is gratitied, to delight studious tastes. The presence of so romarkable an artist s Ronconi emphasizes the attractions of the Operas in which he up- poar: ud wo shall look for an unususl performance of The Huguenots. “Tle Star of the North, s work in which Meyerbeer has ospecially studied the romance of natioual and wilitary character, was produced last evening. No opera of this great stage-master gives evidence of more cl aracteristic 1t 18 a well-colored Russian pieture, neh with fthe ompaniment of & warlike music as profoundly .mu-.J"’ as any soug and instrumentation wl ich the works of this cosmopolitan master can boast. He has probably in no other work written choruses of & kind at oneo so strong, distinctive and eharacteristic; and for this roason ro vory glad that the foree of the performance Inst evening brought of effect into so striking prominence. poared I; 'In part ;ull nluumi to hor'mll:u;dum: # voice delicate, but clear, expansive y B " ot tha most delightful versatility of the composor. Miss Hauck us Proscovia Wis ai excollent foil 1o Miss Kollon{l waturer style, aud the performance lost littie in spirit. by her fresh end graceful delivery. In concertod music we miss & more xpel tone, but one or two well-merited eucores proved that Miss Hauck is o rodl aequisition. Espocial prafse iy duo to Bellini’s well- acted part. of Gritzenko, and to Antonueci's sonoraus charactorization of Peter the Great. For Wednesday Wil Huguenots” iy promised " WASHINGTON, THE OPENING OF CONGRESS—PERSONAL—OCONGRATY- LATIONS OF UNION MEMBERS—BILL TO 8TOP THR PARDONING OF UNTRIED REBELS—THE SALS 0 GOLD—A DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL REVENUS— SURRATT—READING OF THE MESSAGE—SCENE (N THE HOUSE. BY TALEGRAPN TO THE TRIBUNE. Wasuingron, Monday, Dee. 3, 1868 The attendance in the Senate galleries to wituess the opening of Congress for the Second Session was large, and embraced all varieties of dress and make. up and not a few different shades of complexion. On the floor the usnal scenes of tion and * How do you doing” were witn . Mr. Sumner, espe- cially, was liberally congratulated. Mr. Howe was congratulated because of the success of the political contest in Wisconsin, and so of others. Immediately after the Senate had been called to order and the cre. dentials of new members presented, Mr., Sum. ner called :}) the bill for “universal suffrage in the District of Columbia, but under one of the rules of the Seuate it was decided that no measure of last session could be considered during the first six of the present session. Mr. Sherman then offered a bill to prevent the payment, as officers of the Goy- ernment, of men whose appointments have ro- {fc!fll bwhg Senate. He was immediately followed y Mr. Williams, who put in a bill to preveat re- movals without the consent of the Senate. Mr, Chandler then offered a resolution calling for informa- tion about Mexican affairs. All the information he calls for is given in the President’s Message. Tha reading of the M e excited very little attention, There were no manifestations of approval or disap- Eroval tfm‘;n the floor of the galleries, and the audienca egan to disperse as soon as that ion of it relati to reconstruction had been read. s % At precisely 12 (noon) to-day, Speaker Colfax callad the House to order. For at least an hour pre. vious to this time members had commenced to gather in on the floor and were having a general greeting, hand-shaking, congratulations among those members who bad been re- elected and condolence with those who had been unfortunate apparently being the order of the hour, Old Thad. Stevens was among the first who took theie seats, and was, as he is always, the center of attrac. tion. Washburne of Illinois, who left here sick at the end of the last session, was at his desk, seemingly busy with some manuseript. Judge Kelley and Gen. Garfield, two of the most Radical ‘of Radi. cals, conversed together a long while, nodoubt concerning the former's new Internal Revenue bill, Schenck and Bingham of Ohio were omnipresent. Banks came in while prayer was being delivered. Morrill, who oo in the Senate after the 4th of March, Boutwell of Massachusetts, Julian of Indiana, and Judge Spaulding of Ohio were all present, fresh and ready for a vigorous session. The seats Coukling, Delano, Shellabarger, aud Raymond were vacant, those gentlemen ot haying yet arrived. Tha corporal’s guard of Johnson men were nearly all present. Le Blond, Niblack and Humphrey rallied around their leader, Jack Rogers, giving him consolation on his recent defeat. A call of the House showed 146 wembers present. Six new members from Tennessee and Kentucky were sworn in, among whom was the famous warrior Rousscau. Messrs. Washe burne of Ill., Morrill, aud Finck were appointed & committee to await on the President and Senate, and inform them of the House being ready for business. Here business commenced in earnest. = A callof the States for bills and resolutions to be introduced on leave brought out Mr. Eliot of Mass., who presented aresolution to repeal the law giving the g’ruidont ower to grant amnesty to Rebels, On this bill Mr, liot called the previous question. A Democrat object- ed, and the yeas and nays on suspending the rules wers had, the vote being 115 to 28 in the affirmative. The resolution was then passed by & vote of 111 to29. This, when it passes the Senate, will put astop to the further Knrdouing of Rebels until they are tried and convicted of the offense. The passage of this resalu- tion showed the spirit of the House, and is a key-note of what is coming. Eliot's success brought Boutwell to his feet, who introduced a resolution calling on the Secretary of State to furnish the House with all the correspondence in relation to the efforts to arrest and discover John H. Surratt. He also introduced a bill to provide for the sale of gold by the Secretary of the Treasury, which provides that $200,000,000 in gold be sold at auction, the sales to take place every Monday in lots of $10,000 each. This weut to the Ways and Means Committee. And then Judgo Kelley had his bill to create a Department of Interual Revenue and Stevens his bill regulating re I'rm: office, rlnad nnd‘ referred. l:r. Lnsxhn followed with a resolutiou of inquiry about ic printing, which is to take out of tge ;{mh of I’m&en& the intment of a public printer, and Mr. Schenck a bill to provide for the meeting of the XLth on the 5th of March, By this time it was close to 1 o'clock, and Mr. Washburne appeared and stated the President would send in his message immediately. This brought Mr. Thad. Stevens to his feet, who, in his customary satirical manner stated that it was evidently a mistake about the message being intended for Congress, for here (holding in his hamfnn extra containing the ) 1 & uewspaper containing the me: . **The President did not in- tend it for Congress, but merely as a contribution to a newspaper.” This created great laughter. Mr. Stevens moved to adjourn, which was lost by & vote of 63 to 64, At about 2 o'clock the President’s secre- tary appeared with the message. A motion to post- pone its reading till to-morrow was voted down by & close vote, and Mr. McPherson, the Clerk, p lod to go through the form of reading the document. He hu? not proceeded far when several pages brought in the message printed in pampblet form, and com- menced scattering them around among the members. This created a good deal of noise and confusion. In sbout ten minutes the galleries, which had bee packed up to the time of the receiving the message, were almost deserted. Members glanced over their copies. No one seemed to take any interest in the contents of the message, and the reading was 8 good deal of & farce. The number of people in the nfllsries kept getting smaller, and members were be- evidently wishe coming restless, when Mr, Stevens, to postpone the ing to save the Clerk's lungs, moved farther reading until to-morrow. ‘The corporal's guard objected, and the Yeas snd Nays were oalled, the motion being defeated by a vote of 64 to 65. Sa the reading was continued. The majority of the members, evidently wishing to drive away dull care, commenced to gather in groupd and talk over matters, but a Johnson man insisted on the Speaker preserving silence. Hereupon members commenced to retire from the floor, so that before the message was balf read not more than & quorum wai present. The corporal’s guard of Johnson men sat the thing out, aud some minutes before the clock three the clerk read the last sentence. The co vl guard breathed a long sigh, and in almost an nstant the floor was empl{. hus was the reading of Mr. Johnson's long talked of message recei in the House of Representatives. It was vot until 15 minutes to two o'clock that the Message was transmitted, previous to wl telegrams were received here that copious extracts from the Message itself were circulating in othet cities. It is proper to repeat in this connection that advance copies of the President’s Mossage and accoms panying documents were scnt hence to the principal cities by the Washington agent of the New-York Associated Press, and_that the seals were not broken until full official suthority was given to do 8o, this was at an hour when there could be no premature disolosure of their conteuts, against which the most solemn honor was pled; nor is it known that any of the agents disre, the obligation imposed. The Southern Republican Association met to-day. and after transacting private business adjourned join in the procession of welcome to Cougress. e THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS—SECOND SresioN. WasiNaToN, Deo. 3. 1868 SENATE. ... X The Sennt; was c-uodcfn uflle: at p!f';"cm pre- by Mr, Fostin (Rep., Ct)Presiden ¥ " O eapiaiy st ev. Dr. GUAY of the Beptish Chureh. NEW MEMBERS. The CAlk Iaid before the Senate the oredentials of M. "3}':"‘ (Hopt V1), e ' 8 te waexpred e ot Mr. Collamer till Mareh 4, A Al thecrdpelas o M Bdmonds e the sest 47 o FRsksbEN presantad the credentials of Messrs. Cabe toll and “'i“fi""'fimawm oloot, ~ the latter s'i'i'.':fn pnonds, o Cattell and Frolinghuiysen came forward and took the reqt oath of offfce. SENATOKS PRESENT. > The following Senators were it 1), Cattell (N, J.), Chandle ( e St e g ik (W), Fimonds ( L Fossondes (iak Eovier Tagn ) PrnabtTosn ok p‘im Lave (Ind (Ming.), bl m.')i Teaw t"i‘:.'."‘i’i'.':.'.’. l‘n--'( Ao n-fit:in Clark (N. B) Cowan '(r@g_wu” . .&nL—' o tfi - Stewart ) man; Democrats, [talic. : CREDENTIALS PRESENTED. Mr. CraGIN N. H.) presented the credentialsol G Fe 8P| fo fill the vacancy oceasion nsfi%‘u{ r. , whose term expires o IMl}l. Joyxsox (Dem., Ind) prosented the cpodeatinly of David 283