The Sun (New York) Newspaper, December 6, 1865, Page 1

THE Number 10,417. 2 NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1865. Thirty-Third Year- ~~ —$——$—— pre ogo sog TE — ree _—= Se of the Urton and rebel armics—the immense distri high prices, and that those « The The Latest News REPORTS held by the latter, and the continnous and lenethy, mont are fair average rates me expanrilen tals 1 ohieh arte bi He te aber ee eee or Lines of fortifeat‘ons te be earrlernnd and held by | give satisfaction, for the evitence is produced that | no NO COLOR will ba Tererel te ceed she ie ee 0 6 Union while meeting the rebe! igher wages than those on the trove tecale are nasm By Telegraph to the N. ¥. Sun, forces ia the fieid, The operations of guerrilies and pala in private establishments in ‘the vieintty. “The Stunts Seon leven mal let “the eredi ate . say D bushwhackers in the southwest are also reviewed, Of | iinyression that there is some unfairness is engen- | Departinent during the last three Rg) ci 3 ry epartments. the operations of the Ariny of the Potomac.the Lieut, | dered, complaints and strikes follow or are threat- | more than make ca the rt ‘felt vere pee Bye General says that he tried as far an possibio to ieare | ened, vigliont officers who are faithful to the (iov- | postal router already ord RK a he latet number “IL i cumefensn Gen, Meade in independent command of it, and hie | ernment become obnoxious, and diseontens prevails. Btatee ti 41, their le ath | 640: Lit? 4 eee AD! . instructions were all sent throueh him, and were | Ho thorefore recommends the repeal of the said compensation aliceed tec Canning een ETT RG SECRETARY OF WAR: general in their nature, leaving the execution of the | laws. The practice of assessing workmen in the | being a reduction of $501,109 as compared with ex details to Gen. Meade, The campaigns that followed | Navy Yards for political purposes is severely censur- The Secretary of War opens his Report to the (ape ‘9, be he ri at man in the right Pines, rol a taferenice a mae wo the probibltory orders anding alwave in the presence of an officer | leeued by the De ment upon thie eulject just = aa by announcing that the Wer arproprin- | superior to hin in rant, hae drawn from him much | vious to the Qctobor election. The secretary thine rT as the Inst Congress amonhted bo $516,240,- po 8 blie siyension ff it 3] teal and shitty Saricnenee the, proposition ite Grech & Ranonal 0, on th im to, and + e would otherwise have | m y and naval asylum for the relief of disabied The entt the basis of an army of one million men. | received. The movements across the Kapldan, the | meu in bork branches of the service, He argues that mates for the next fiscal yoar, after careful | battles of the Wilderness, &c, with which the | the twointerests should not be blended, as all expe Tevision, Amounts to $33,914,461 83, on the basis of {pacers of be St mere ery ar, Are, receusten, ss Hoag parece ve een, of Eeopiag, thems fore iH mato the great result shown. ie ate. ne number captu: the Navy an army of 60,000 men. Since the conclusion of the of Gen, Butler's forces at_ Bermuda Hundred, | during the war, and rent to the re for edjudica- chats be $90,000 troops have been paid off, dis- penses ofeame route before the war, 686 new post eee wie during the year and 599 were ron tinue vith rega to a now otters building in rah impro the governr department has no hesitation in com: Measure to the favor of Congress.” The new money" order «ystem ched to the Post Office Departments has proven jcoens. 419 offices have been desianat— ed for thie class of businoss, The value of orders Issued during the year was @1,36, 192,53. The Policy of the Administratie: NO MORE SLAVERY, Negro Suffrage a State Question. off by the enemy's | tion, is 1,149, and $45 more wore sunk or destroved, ¢e and have gone home to enter upon the mt, the Lieutenant General ays, | making a total of 1.6/4. ‘The cross proceeds of pro- | arc 0 “ THE MONROE DOCTRINE ENDORSED j rvalte of Us Beeresars then | ®#!f they had been In a bottle strongly corked. ‘The oly captured during the war amounts to @21. 9, break of thew "was BuO OTT reeeeieu very title * | answers the gacetion : What ‘occasioned this | CM@my took advantage of this irolation of Hutler's | 645 and of vessels about tweoty-tive million | Ras been pald, ‘The ot her subject treated of Mr. he od 01 Sree, ba penditore in the a and collected thete, scattered rece an “| quene ba oe Ssaount Gein 0 tee captors, with nuison's report have no eepecial intesest to ther te lewi: @ situation and ere, and Inid in subsistence udication deducied, ere are now ral Congress Left to Deal With | from | the Spring” Of 1804 beg 5 Yo | Other stores whieh came to them from the Koath, | 0D the pension list 931 invalids, with annual pensions sae TOOT esiimeetsiaemiiomitinn and the nder of the rebel From the proximity of the enemy to bis defences amounting to 865,587 560, and 1:06 dow 4 cis J ’ fa rl Southern Members. forces, Svemente st Generis Grant, Sherman | Afvund Kichuond it was imposible by any Hank | erphana who annially Fecelve @179,042 «6 JOCAL NEWS, DI ction the re protests and Thomas in the Southwest; Grant's tranafer to | [Uevement to invernese between him and the city, the Army pi tee omac and appointment ae Lieut. | Ut our forces might invest Kichmend from th t i the U.S. fo: and Sherman's great side, or continue the movement by the enemy lost both bands or feet, or both march across Georgia and the Carolinas, aro given | “@nk to the routh side of the James—the former service. T their fail share of merit in the grand and Anal reen!s, | FoUld have left ail the rebel lines ot communication teared pension Minute details of the subsequent cAtnpaigua are given | 8Uth open, and, the Lientent-General designed, | thore im the mil in i -Gen.Grant's report The ‘antaconistic armids | \ Poesibie to beat Lee's army North ef Riehmon4, | COnstrued nos to include persons in the naval rervice, of Meade and Lee met in conflict on May 5, 1 and then,after destroy ng his lines of eommanication, | !t ts believed that its operation fs not what was fter forty-three days of desperate fighting an: to either invest him in Riehmond or pursue bim | ‘tended by Congress.” By the prompt reduction of marching hy Ad oud night, the rebel armr was South if he retreated. The latter plan wae edopted re immediately upon the close of the war, the to their REPORTS OF OTHER DEPARTMENTS. What Gen. Grant Has te Say, unjust discrimination against pensionen KEW YORK AND THE VICINITY, The Fllection. The following tables exhibit the vote cast for Mayor and Corporation Counsel at the Municipal Electiou! In foreed back trenchments d Rich. | #24 succesefully carried out. The movements from t has expended twenty-three millions less held yesterday, portant Suggestions of the mond—not, however, without the lose Ag) brave Cold Harbor aud againet Petersbure wore tin rtant riation for the present year, exclusive The City Veto for Mayor by Warda men, whore naw@d are mentioved by tle Sec- | 1 deciding the final result. ‘The operations of Gens. en and may be derived from the sale - Secretary of the Treasury. retary in his Keport. The movements | Sheridan, Wilson, Keuts and other cavalry officers ¢. Tho total_extimate of expenses for Hoffman | Roberts, | Hecker. | Gunther and campaigns of General Sheridan in the | D*tened the glorious consummation, The season of nding June, 1867, is not quite twent: Wards. Tam. D.| Repub. Citizen. | MeKeon, ———— Valley of the Khenandoah receive, ax they deserve, | Paction which followed was neetseary to wear out Iu conclusion Mr, Welles says: * ‘arda, »D| Repu iizen, oon. OUR DEBT MAY BE PAID IN 28 honorable mention, The close of the campaign of | the enemy and exhaust his accumulated resources, are of suchan exigency, | certainly do not | ~— — oes — YEARS 1864 found our arme everywhare victoriour, and the | 24 to prepaxe for the Spring campaign of 1505, cannot hope, to hi al aveided | 1. J _—_— Sore carat the year 1866 found all hearts bigs was belng devel by 8 ermen {8 | ond el i sett a Sinserely trust, shes 3 one s] 9.. 0! tous than ever to bring th ‘ar to a speed ereat) mare to the Atlantic seaboar: lorioue record © h shines ng the line 3. , THE ELECTION IN THIS CITY. | Siete, Every preparation to that onl was inaie, by | The capture of Wilmington, Charleston and Savan- | of momentousevents during the whole of this period s ‘ * | drafts, approprias It hen and the nation was begin- | !&b sent terror and dismay to tho hearteof the | @*y be accepted as a proof thatthe department has] 5° " FE " xt pe ly, when Richmond fell, ue rebels while the loreal North and the! nica armies fe roo ly Geveves te ite datlesand thas trou h ‘ & > 0 abd ultimately et ng all further ria | wore ed with } Th mente nat and orce our 4 Hoftman Ss V ote 32,955. in that direction. ‘I’ ny) Ter rte “chew toe oa in the early art ot ‘hort, 1 fa were 80 ineseoesinl 0s selection of officers to wield and work it, been Keone ‘%. ; te national milit 1 forces ol tilarma, officers | to induce the Livutenant-General to demand the silly and to a very fortunate exteut confided wthe | 8. a“ ROBERTS GETS 31 0 which bees” on the let of > ha 1865, 90609", patna of the Army of yee Tee 44 in ‘a | beet and Oitest hands,” - ”. wee sucmen on eo . communication to Gen. Lee, dat April . to = 4 . ot 40 ? of ei 4 to 1,00,616 men, of which namber | which Gen. Lee replied iby ask: ie the terme of eure SECRETARY OF THE TREA mY.” 19 } only 108,274 were ih the Army of the Potomac, | render, whieh, as the civilized world ts now aware, 12 r Hoffman's PI lit 1 5bD ost th of an order was giv were more liberal than any other euecossful military ‘The Annual Report of Hugh McCulloch, the Seere- 13. Urality 1,555. | bz sne tious. Gen. trie pencral merement of the | commander of any, Rati, would grat whicre, | tay ofthe Treanury, preonte « fall expoition of | 74, yds A wa dave marching abd fighting ended under Gen, Lee surrendered te th , onal forces the condition of the national finances, The Secre- HH a . Tr te nm by the capture ef the army of Virginia, " e surrender of Gens, Johnston | tary congratulates the country on the fact that it has . te commander and the cities defended by them. The lor soon followed, and rebellt Elec ker U nder Wa Tr tory of the campelan after that is burt the history collapsed in the capture or ant of ite c wie | Deen enabled to hear the expenses of « protracted + 4 A succession of surrenders to the armies of the | suflicient to ensure f easy triumph o and costly war from {te owm resources, and without Union, eo that the fourth annive of the fallof | Smith s then sont to Toxea, but before they | aid from f nm capitalists, and deriv favorable Bumter witnessed the ing rious old fh reaches r destination, he, too, had surrendered ; | augury of the ability of the nation to | te all Je of that stronghold by the same h but in bad faith he first disbanded his army, and | the obligation hieh it has contracted r, MeCul- red it four years previous to eu permitted them te carry y their armor and eguip- | loch aflirme tho right of Congress at all times to As the country, too ments, and they then engaged in an indiscriminate | borrow money in euch form as m be owt wae made aware, the assassination pluodes ot public property. In consoquence of these | convenieut, but the right to make its obligatic coln cast a gloom over this joyous sce: \awiess acts and the reports that many of those | legal tender for the payment of all public and pri nation into mourning. The reat ie too well known and lately in bellion had taken refuge in Mexico, | debte ean only be sustained by the unwritten fresh in the loyal bearts of this uation to peed repe- | CAF! ina with them property rightfully belonging to | which sanctions whatever acts may be mitted by The Secretary calls the attention of Congress | the | n Btates, which had oo surrendered by | the re; ntasives of the people for the defence of — i Gunther in the Mud. dc., &e., &e. Wasninoton, Dee. 6. The President's Morsage was read in the Senate by Col. Forney, the Secretary, and in the House by “g1421| 10400 HOFFMAN'S PLURALITY. ...-002--1.555 Vote for Corporation Counsel. tition. ihe im t subject of establishing a well oreanu- Teement, and the disturbed condition of affaire on | the nation tn the of extreme peril, The emergency Mr. McPherson, the Clerk. Both these gentlemen eee ‘ue system gthrgoahout, the nited Gietes, noe G yey ak oF proves se Seeeeed te bavig yesend away, the legal lender Clause O' Gor. OO ap meas for ishment of homes of in he Lieut. Gen, coneludes | should not continu: one moment loug ffman. 5 loffman. performed their duties in such « manner as to elicit | ang ision Tee ihe Tellal of Weenaee ‘and ‘disabled aa toliows: “It has been my forsune to seethe armics | than may be essential to promo the retu erat: berg me rt I ote bd ri general commendation, The passages in the message po Picky He gives no opinion as to whether this | Of both the Woes and t'» Base fight battles, and from | to 6 payments, It may not be desirable | 4’ """* 108/18. 2° °* 1790 1061 whieh were applauded in the House during the read- | should be administered by the respective Btate au- what i have seen [ know thore is no difference in | to repeal the | immediately, but a¢ Congr 8 163/14. °. 2. 9590 TT ’ thorities or by the National Government, but leaves their fighting qualities, All that it was possibie for | conld not have designed to perpetuate in time V4 ewe ing, were thore asserting that traitors should be | j¢ to the wisdom of Congress to decide. atten. | men to battle th ne, ‘The Western | peaco @ measure that was only intended 4 : 1r Punished, and the offense made infamous, and at the | tlom of Congress le also called to pe Report of the | menced therr baaties in the Missleeippi | einergeney of was, 18 ls to th \ 5 b 4 + Weat al mu er ot e ent and the inte’ e pew same time the question judicially settled finally and popes whe aiore to ee elaation tid 6 num. | rewnant of the principal army oppweed to them in | obligations to their full specie val I 1116 forever; that no State, of itsown will, has the right | ber of measures which they think will add ‘o the edyg hee npn M: he ormle the fast fommmoneed conelysie the isredes bie pa id en 8 1106 + - i th ene eson the river from which the Army of | muat oct a certain discredit Governmen trenoance its place in the Union; that @ taxon Ronedie conferred 30 Uo countey by shat on "Ba, the Potomac derived ite name and received the foal | 0 long as itis maintained, The ‘Beoretery opposes ® bs travel and merchandize in their transit, constitutes | men ean easily increased without additional | @freuder of their old antagouiet at Appomation | the arguments advanced in favor of making United | 10 ety ene of the worst forme of monopoly, and the evil is | organizations to 52,600, troops of all arma. Only two Goart Hous, V ‘Arginia. aie splendid scbievermont | tates potas | © permanen) cerrensr, and V pureed ) thet 8 u - q ‘ © nationalized our victories, removed all | paper cire nm show! ex’ ve Increased if coupled with a denial of the choice of | Teesone Are given ler demanding Arester fore ot | seoticnal enlousles (of which we have, unfortunately, | date iteelt to the wants of trade, and, If furnished by | @ 80,240 route; and the President's declaration that the justl- i7.28® To meet either of these emergencies the Government | €XPeleneed loo much) aad the cause of crimination | the Government, It would be liable to be influenced ‘ed 4 " “pray | Sad reerimination that might bave followed, had | by she wante of the Treasury, aud the interests of van =2.17, 288 Geation of England in fitting out erulsers daring | 18 fully p The secrotary very appropriate» | either wection tailed In, its duty, All have a proud | political parties rather than by the necessities of the | | Majority for hrghetigg apes ui the rebellion cannot be sustained before the tribunal | nation, ne, and thousenda once nilsled, would | Fecord, aud all wections ean well congratulate thot: | people, Becretary McCullough traces the relasoashiy | | Missing 34 word 34 district sah warts foe r by y , seives, and each other, for having done t full tween an ices, an juces from the | trict; 18th ward, i ” of nations and that the friendship between the two | rejoice to atone their error by rallying under the » ol is nelr currency p Ther, ‘the conelusion that | 9th and 10sh districts; 2th ward, 1th countries must hereafter rest on the basis of mutual sesicne! flag.” The question of time in which arimios share in restoring the s¥premecy of law over every | financial panics of 1537 amd d be raised to quell en ineurrection or repel an foot of territory belonging te the United Atates. Lot | an inflated circulation produces over-trading justice, The applause when this part of the message | invasion is therefore the only question re! them Lg for perpetual prees and harmony with that | high prices, while e contracted Gress, omnes Scenes tn the City. . enemy, whos manhood, however mistaken the cause, reduction in ices of coftmmedities, an a1 was read was emphatic and there was a general clap- | troops, and our experience ou this polit le draw forkh such bercuican deeds of valor.” "| Grade ton healthy basis. “In 1500, the paver circula- | qh» election yesterday passedioff #0 very quietly Ping of hands both on the floor and in the galleries | recorg, nf ‘over 60,000 troops were enlisted or- (signed, U. 8. GRANT, tion amounted to $207,102,00; at tho present tae, that ordinary pedestrians scarcely noticed any on the conclusion of the reading of the decument. | ganized, armed, equipped and eent to Lieusenaut General, , | it bee attained the startiing proportions 0 unusual stir around the polling places, except during the early part of the day, Previous to ten o'clock the voting was brisk in the apper wards, but efter that hour votes were slowly cast, until again towards three o'clock the returning tide of homeward bound citizens kept the Inspectors fairly occupied, Our reporters aa sual visited all the wards and most of tho districts, and at different hours, during the day, neted the progress of the election, In the hth, Ninth, Tenth, Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Nineteeuth, Twentieth, Twenty-first and Twenty-second Wards, It was early apparent thas Roberts was receiving more than the usual Repabiican vote,and many evidences were given that the Mozart managore were assisting the friends of the Republi- can candidate, ia muss of the other Wards the opponents of Hoffman were worting bravely and brought out euch # strong array of voters for Roberts, that all day long the result appeared doubtful. At an early hour it was apparent that Mayor Gunther had no show, and that Mr, Hecker was indifferently supported by the men who had been considered hin eepecial friewds, In the Seventh, his own werd, Hecker was far behind Hoffman, and barely held his own against Roberts—thus realizing the truth of the old adage that ‘a prophet is never honored in bie own country." His friends, how worked bravely im this ward, and money was lavishly expended to bring up doubtful voters, In the other wards, bow~ ever, the ticket holders of Mr, Hecker attended to bis interesta very indifferently, Our reporters tested this matter pretty thoroughly aif over the elty, end although the Hecker — $7 04,000,000, As thie excessive eiren| aioe ines aren on . Bint ousaud Lave repe: ECRE 4 y the cost of living, and induces an unhealthy, fever- Sone tee the felt Os four wee rj and. ninety SECRETARY OF THE NAVY. ish state of busi non, the Becretery erhys 68 Vinod: $hourand infaniry wore sent from the five Staes of | ‘Tho report of the Secretary of the Navy fe qnite | *@ and steady Cone ee TH tite “ihat’ tbe Ihio, Indiana, Ilinois, lowa and Wisconsin within 7 recommends that Congress shall declare that the twenty days, In case of a foreigh war, these veterans lengthy, making thirty-four pamphiet pages, The | compound interest notes shall conse bo be 8 ones would be ready to anewer the first bugle call to arn larger portion of It, however, is devoted to a resume | Lender trom she Cake of Usit miees tt and Lend and sulelsibace for shew, bys of naval operations during det year, the facts of | more than eit per cont, interest for the purpose of Government retains in ite arsenals more than @ | Which were all published In the Brn ascurréns news, | Tetiring not only the compound ta berest notes, hye fuliljon of the best quality of arine and euuionienis, | and do not require repetition, ‘The views of Mr eiso the United Baie Bobs. ot Datreetion Gill exere dushateed veveren noe Geeta “euTiLarets 4 Welles respecting thy Fort Fisher asco, however, niavorable influence on buarneee lie ane allowed to rust. The artillery on hand taxes the | are of especial interest, He elaborately reviews both lo, Umporyanee A A aa bof frading te Department for means of storage, and @ threo | of the expeditions against Wiinar ‘and ascribes al debt, w abe Fv . ate PO foe Wraacs ae yeare’ stock of material is also kept fu sre | the failure of the fires enti to the tismanage- £0 ® total, including toa shat the totel indebi- for any emergency, The stock ef clothing and | montof Gen, Butler, To Commodore Porter, com odd, he Ca ry Eisai yy ry gto material op hand in the Quartermasters | manding the naval expedition, the secretary ascribes ednese bad incre on et ne the dactetar herd Department is sufficient for any forces shat may be | the clief prawe for the final success of the attempt | July doth, 1900 to Meee eticiency of $112104,94T calied into service, ‘ihe question of subsistence bas | upon Wilmington, the second expedition having been mates that there may a de cyt) Ah Nites Pad i been answered so pobly and #0 abandantly by the | fitted out in response to the urgent solicitations of atthe clo of th ‘ y Ty eek pode nation shat it needs no preparations for future | that officer, The next subject of interest adverted to reer ined are: Rece rir rest) ayo bo troubles, It is plain, therefore, shat the abundance | by the Secretary, is the case of the pirate Shenandoah, 264,517,181, Surplus I te the Nettonal deb {our means for war enables the Government of the | and the caustic reference which he makes to English | (he payment of the Drieeiee. OOo ceverden 6 nited States to reduce the atanding force to a lower | neutrality is deserving of notice. He says: the Secretary ae ga hy Bi waritses bearing degree thau any other nation, Luless war be | Rnglich Government, in the exercise of al! that neul- the present beng ay b fe rye ee y | actually raging the military force can be brought | ral tendernces and care which it had manl‘ested tor interest at five and fiv aha! per eat ie withing very narrow limits. However sudden tho| the rebels from the beginuine of be inears | firm but equitab’ ove taxation 0 PE Sot hat exigency calling fo exhibition of military power, | rection, when finally tompelled to admit the extin | Will produce incou Ors SxBER ee ae Nosteal it can be promptly With our edueation, habite | guiehment of the reveltion, made special reservation | Per annum, which sha! fon o 8, (race ~ and experieuee, the nation while “in the widst of | t proteet the rebel piraticaleruitersand particularly aud iateress of the marsens ae! sta te SibAUON OU peace is pre i for The Paymaster General's | the Shenandoah, whieh was an outlaw, without #3,000,000,000 at 6 per cen Soepeye rt tpg Keporte show that from June Suh, 1564, to the date | country or home other than England, after she lvaving a balance o: etry A ri: yt 4 of hie Keport, 7624,464,946.37 were paid to the | prostration of the rebel organization, Warned by | ment of the principal Guring ¥ ° et rs ine regular and volunteer forces, Payjuens ainounting | neutral Eveland, whose suljects consiituted almost | snount of tatarens Fhe Soo oe wi Mel eerie to 270,000,000 have Leem made to 500,00 mustered | her entire crew, that the organized insurrection was | Payments of the pr neipal t o fale rt oat be out troops, The whole sum disbursed by the May | auolhilated, the Shenandoah had no alternative but entire debt may be luuidate ae ae per ea, department from the colamencement of th to seek again the shelter and protection of thas | years, The Secretary a i. os fo, Blan Mi July lat, 1861, to July let, 1565, amounts to neutral power where ehe war tuilt, and from which | practicable, end ja eccordance with ihe, resources o 289,000, or including all expenres of whatever nature | she was armed and ned" The Secretary nex, | $he country, iyi Mantes 4 in Ce ay ar y the cost of disbursement to armies ip the Held curing | aliudes to the inadequate capacity of our navy Congress, He thin ae oF ” non ¢ i @ box ave the war, was $6,429,0\0—lese than 4% of | per cent. ards, and represents them to be wholly insufficient and « redueren and reper 9 i “e tar en oes in The Keparts ot the Surgeon General, Quartermaster | for our present navy, Future ware will necessarily articles would lighten uu oe 7 ar rey hy pro- General, Commissary General of Subsistence be mainly of a maritime character,and it is therefore duce an increase of :evenue e Reciprocity realy Engineer, and other officials attached t Ut wy Y hould be made now | # regarded as more tavorabe to Canadian than eid in less than a month Alfor the dis The message seems to bo regarded by every one as frank, direct and patriotic and its facts and arga- ments so clearly] stated as to leave nodoubtof the President's views and policy. CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS, Thirty-Ninth Session, SENATE. Washingson, Dec. 5,—The Senate met at 12 o'clock boon, the President pro tem, Mr. Foster, in the chair, A message was received from the Houre, announc- ing its organization, and requesting a committee to act with one of {ts appointment, to await upon the President for bis message. A mersace was also received from tho House, announcing the pasance of the Honse joint resolution for a Committee of Fitteen on reconstruction —order- ed to lie over. Merers. Grimes and Wright were appointed a com. mittee of two, tonct with the House Committee in waiting upon the President, Mr. Sherman introdn eda bill for the survey and sale of the mineral lands of the United Stater, Credentiah nted of Meare. Aleorn and Sharkey. Seuatore ¢ which were ordered to be put on the table for fi ection Mr. Foot offered a resolution from the Leeislature ef Vermont, in favor of equal rights in the recon- structed states, Mr. Doolittle introduced « bill in relation to the ualifications of jurors in certa'n cases, providing that in trials for treason by oreanized military fore: no juror shall be adjude incompe by reason o' havine formed or expressed an opinion upon the guilt or innocence of the accused. Mr. Morrill introduced a bill repealing all laws in force inthe District of Coluintna which make any distinesion on aceount of color, 1 prohibiting the = authorities of Washington and Gesreetown, and the | Departinent, penued to the Secretary Cervicable. te recemmonds several improvemente | United Btates interests, and ite continuance Js not PY for Leve Court of the County of Washington, from en- | but as his giv se in facts, it is pire jo this respect, an priety of eatub- | desirable, A modification of our tarid, for the pro-] mom were paid eight ae ni oa pe acting in future any law or ordinance thatehall not | reproduce theirs. The Commissary ( lish rome auiable point en | tection of United States producers ts recommended. | weorking the districts,” © large Bem to the present | Secretary MeCulloch eadorees the recommendation y, the Becretary athat the lron- | of the Comptrolier of the currency, that the National o who have sfuce been 5 clads, being nnauited for active eervice in ti Banke ebali be required to redeem their currency in Va “ 7 ris joston or Vhiladeipbia, Lhe number of urieodered in the ditferens iobel a:miles, | peace, have bee dup, ready w be broug New York, | who were i@.cssed op parole, Atmoug tue (au es | ward at any time for setive duty, should cireum- National Banks oraan'zed on the Sat of October last which aided in our succésees, aside from the uiililary so roquire, “fhe true polley of the Govern. | Wee 1,601, to which $266,000,000 in circulation ha affect allke all persone of whatever race or color, The bill takes similar action respecting the several terri- tories of the L i States, At half past 2 o'clock, Mesers, Grimes and Wricht, the Committee on the part of th the President, reported thas the Prosideut would im- Prisopers, reports that between Jan the bert tickets to whoscever de~ Sothe SU, there were in ourc status of the N them furnished Ho! sired to vote for Mr, Hecker’s oppouest. Bald one of these ticket-holders to our reporter whe asked fora Hecker ballot, “Do you want to vote the old man's ticket? Yee," was the reply, The man searched modiately communicate with each Houre in writing, | operations, the Secretary eunmoreses the tuiowing: | ment with regard to our o! toree in time of peace | been Issued, He opposes any inmediate increase ia Tae re end teed DY. nae Bronidoat’s Heceare Ras | 2. ihe ebean {aay ballersiioe of the President will be to keep one trun lads ald up in treat ” wae a Cr ev ci pg his pockets and brought forth some ballots, which he received and re ay the Secretary of t Senate, | measure of emancipating the slaves in ihe in pertect fighting ord Gur lartest see 2 UL . tive Eee ee icsion af ia readings oo motions AVS | Deatan ibos Lnoseine mane iG chief prop of the | absuld setcara in “ord Secretary of the Livasury, | overhauled and handing one to our representat! thousand copies of the Message and documents were ordered printed, Adjourned, said “he cucased that was the document.” “Ah no,'” said our reporter; “this is a Roberts tick- et.”. “Well it's ell the same, vote that, Heckers Sig is up end I am going to danee in the Fifth avenue.” Our reportwr ascertained positively shat this facetious individual was the expressly delegated tieket-holder of the rebellion, %. ihe resolute purpose of (.uviees bo | principal commercial maiutain the Federal Union at ail lagerdr, Liebi- attoas sufficient to lested by 18 legisiution, 8, Patriotic miraeuios ry uavigable port ont adopted hy the (roverporsot loyal > and the iste” Lhe next speak efficient aid they rendered the War lepartmentin | gendition of which in rr SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, Academy, the The report of Secretary Harlan, of the Interior ed to be satisfactory. | Department, opens with an exhibit of the operations HOVSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Washington, Dec. 5.—Mr. Raymond presented the memorial of Mr. Dodge, contesting the seat of Mr, James Brooks, ot New York, . q in hits sue | Th m yidehipmen i* five b ndred . filling up the ranke of the aruyy and furuielitis # The present number of m aah ip bin fire hundred | of the General 4 Office during the Sacel year tem, one-fiith tail | ending last June, The total amount of public | tweutal examination cor ana r lief to the sick and wounded. largely con- | and fifty-one, “ut tributed to the National pieservation, 4. Lhe result | themselves under the pi of the Presidential election of i964 exered 82 Iu. | fo pa satistactory phy? sold and appropriated during that period was 4,518, The House then proceeded to the election of a | portantintiueuce upon the war, both in the North | The same defects are more ar ! 748, 5808. ipie of the G os he Chaplain. Rev. Mr. Boynton, Congregationalist, was | 88410 the Suush. o. ‘The faith of the people it the admission, Nearly thirty-three per cent. tail the Leesan searea be ithe hve auariate eudius Be.t, | Heeker party for that District, end te other men : . “ 4 National euccess, a8 Tnanuested by the upper ol the | firet year, and finaly cooly at twenty-five yer | [oh 1865, wore’ #1034 400, 7S Upon she sutjectof | met with similar indieations that the Flour elected. On motion of Mr, Jenckes, the special committee on 4 uniform bankrupt jaw was revived, Mr. Randall, of Pennsylvania, offered a resolution (which was parsed) to the effect that the interest and principal of the debt created during the rebellion Government creait, Hom ail of whied Caveee the | cent. of those who enter the & Becretary very justly conciudes tha: there i# HO room | Couseyuence of the lauurr of 80 lark henceiorth w douvt the stability of the Federal | pass through success(ully,he recon Luion, hese causes a.¢ permanent and must always | examinations ip each Cu! ol tem OpOK | weg of Congres, ‘Iho pater of these survivers are have uu €xupieuce, Lhe mujesty of the National | ail boys under proper 1eeuiatic With regard (0! Willian Hutchings, of Penobscot, Maine, aged 1ul power has Leen exuibited iu wie courase and taith of | the employment and pay men! of Navy Yard worked | years, and uel Cook, of Clarendon, Orieans UULCILIZEDA, 4B the MbouIny oF recension is Wite | the Becretary says that the | {intl wud 104) county, New York, aged hinety-nine care, With essed Ly the hope ess ena of (he great rebellion Inieaded Lo regulate euiject# DAY® Proved ADUILIVS | Teterence to the Indian Mureau, Mr fisriss states (sigued) BU WIN MM, Bi ANION, dec, of War, They provide that wokwen hall lato’ y ere te pensions (ante-1ebeilion), the Secretary saye that colupetition only two ot the oid heroce of the Kevolution are now ae ydy uviny to whom are paw the $400 a yea: provided by Merchant had no chance of an election. It was the same with the Gunther men, only more 60, Moner was liberally expended for ‘working the Districts,"* but the laborers took their hire, without exerting, themselves to earn it, They had some excuse for their apathy in the fact that voters generally neglected ouxbt to be prompily paid. the sat that the whole num erof Indians in the States and The members proceeded to draw for seats, their ae -—— nuimber of hours and recwis 6 bbe. aan thet 8 | " erritories do not ow exceed i tr ‘Their barbar- | to ask after the ballots of the man who believes that. names beine taken out of a box by # blindfolded hoy, LIEUT, GEN, GRANT’S REPORT, given to men empioved 10 P ee " ons} iow is deprecated, and suggestions made tor widing | “pesriotism is enlightened soif interest." The Mr. Steven’ name was the firet drawn, and ashe Gen, Granv’s Report opens at the date of his ap- B obntatt peers’ int ai Man of the yards to | 12 thelr colonization, A large businees is represente friends of Hoffman worked earnestly, and in most took the seat heretofore cecupied by him, there was much leugh‘er and avplause. A pumler of resol wore offered, after which Colone! Johnson, the private secretary of the Presl- dent, !and announced @ Message in writing, 4°‘The Merevge was read in a clear and distinct tone 1 by Mir. McPherson, the Clerk of the House, and on 6 the concinsion of the reading, applause followed from | both sides of the hal he (ueation of printing fifty © th nd extra copies was referred to the Committee 2 on Printing ‘A Comiittee, consisting of one member from each Btate was, on motion, appointed to join such Com- mitiee as may be appointed on the part of the Senate, _ to consider and report what token of respect Congress | ghall adopt t express the deep sensibility of the | Nation on the event of the ease of President ' tineeln ane thas so much of o a e 90 rolotes the melancboly event to be refered to the said Eomunisiee. Acourmed, " a ip the Patent Office, [be number of applications pointment to the chief command of the Union jorcos | aecertain the rates ot » acer paid 10 Gg b+ r3 fe or | tor the year ending Sept, 4 1>00, was {Pisco and instances faithfully. ‘They were evidently men whe believed in acting in preference to talking, and quietly placed their tickets in the hands of voters, without the loud mouthed expressions of success which were blurted out by the Roberts tickow holders, every time they banded out « bab lot, The friends of Roberts were also faithful to their trust, and in all the wards brought up dile- tory voters, with an epersy and @ borrah which, added hundreds of ballets to those already deposited hicn time " parly period b porkimen in private estab the number of patents xranted was 0,792, ‘The Pacitie atwhicn time and from an early p ne says he found diffieuis to obtain tas { Kailroad has been progressing easisiactorily ab both had been impressed that only active and continuous | Some parties decline to Mr ab a py mat ende of the route, ‘he eppolutment of Government operations in .the field, regardless of #eason and | tovsbt, while otters give Imbel eet | RAlelllait | directors to supervise ile work is recounended, When, atter inquiry and inveeta} let aR, The other subjects treated of in the report relate to weather would terminate the war, While the ene- | atopted, having in view t! ests aud righteofbosh | jocal masters ip the sustrict of Columbia, and are of my's resources and numerical strength wore inferior | the Government and she |si Ee rat haere, uo Sener interest. to ours, the caso and rapidity with whieh be moved | {MCH0M especially If int 1 {, bere has been 8 reduc. " a = upon interior lines gave the rebels a decided advan- hy visiting the differen POSTMASTEK GENERAL, tage over us. The Lieut, Gen, therefore determined : re epabled to procure from Tho Report of Poutmaster Goneral Dennison is to masé his troo; ainst the enemy aod then “to that higher wages are paid ‘ hammer agains, bin uusil by mere aterition, ifin | in some instances thane sates Adopted at the shit | almost wholly statistical. The postal revenue for Be other way there should be porting leit bus Theee cortisienres do nos Bale the Bemaber of wont the year ending June goth, 1560, w88 $14,566,155 70, | for their candidete. Through the day, « considera Gubmission with the | loya) seckoe r com: | tion of men employ od 1 these Ligh Fale® Of whether | being $861,480 49 j of expenditures, The | bie amount ef money was bet on the result af the in country to the Constisution and laws | these } of shat clase in such estab- rf . Bb excess le Fined. And’ with this idea be sot to | ehineates Af icicits, 10. secortained thet only | the re-oetablighe Ter Je ecates In the Beurhere | election, the odds being tn favor of Roberta, whe wees Work Ged. Grant Eevuned WAR PAIUAHIOR” ous orstwo men of wind COOMA TOCALYG UWA Binion Will Drevens the Lepectuins from bape sole .« / (COMMMOA OR Unieiamh RAG) .