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' :;yy • {.Vj \irj U'Ut to* ■ ■ ot •: ■ • • ' ; v- ') •- ' > puuftih K> : : 1; • : . > . *I.iVcS 7v-.vii.fVt] of capital . . - ■ '-a' kt L :;n-i C*j years • .;..r .. .s • Ash- .s: .1; . : .s;-.s die line between i-.-rad. .A: . C c 'S-’jt'.'s; to charge* tho - - 1 ■>» ...:t dii . . . to vd.Oui lor their - ■ . . <r k> the * .. ..h.,.* the ( . - -pi- 1 -id ..... vci : A bill to repeal bo much of the act re organizing the militia and provides that men over 50 years of age may not be called into active service-—it allows them to be called into such other duty as the Governor may di rect, under the act re-organizing the militia ; to amend the distillation act so aa to allow the rowing of lager beer : to repeal an act amend :;:.* the road laws of Lincoln county. A large number of bills were taken up and read and referred. The report on the case of Ed as Aired, a mem ber from Pickens, which laid over from yeetev- Ay, was taken up. 'ibe report states that the committee have evidence of A 1 red’s treason, a, 1 have been unofficially informed that hie : and nation as a member of the House has been '.reived. Mr. Ailaun moved that a committee be appointed to ascertain officially whether his resignation has been received or accepted. M : rs. Adams, Dever and Wiggins were ap pointed on the committee. uatc resolution for another joint committee ot inquiry as to the spread of Small Pox, was adopted, ami Messrs. Hill, Overstreet, Rawls, Warren and Burney were appointed cn the committee. The ifonso then proceeded to read House bills a second time. HOUSE—NOV. 7. A resolution was introduced requesting our delegation in Congress to secure from the Secretary oi War, an order that collectors of the Tax in kind be allowed to sell corn to refu gee., ut government prices. Adopted. A resolution was introduced for the ap pointment of a joint committee of the House and Senate, to act as an advisory Board in as tho Executive in the disbursinent of the various funds for extraordinary purposes now subject to his control. Mr. Eußoso thought our Executive and the officers to whose hands disbursements have j. a entrusted had given evidence of their ca paeity and efficiency; to manage the public funds without auadvisory board, which would be but another source of expense to the State. ; Mr. Russell thought the appointment of i*ch a board was necessary, and would meet tin: approval of the people. MBrock opposed tho resolution in a speech A considerable length and latitude. Mr. Adams moved tho reference of the resolution to the Finance comm it,tee, width prevailed. M.t. Hunter of Brooks, a resolution request ing that tho Atlantic & Gulf Railroad Compa ny should reduce their charges so as to cou ioi'm to the rates of other Railroads, and if they fail to do so, that such a board be elected aj will adopt such a rate of charges. 'i'iio following bills wore introduced : a bill :■> iacf’iaH: the salaries and officers of the Pen- Aentiary : to increase the toes of the clerks of the Inferior aiid'Suporior Courts, Sheriffs and Ordinaries one hundred per cent. A revolution requesting our delegation in Cor; a ;.3 to secure a law making 4 per cent, bomb, and certificates of indebtedness, per manently rocoivoble for flues, which was adopted. Mr. Hill presented the report of the special . mall pox committee, as follows : The joint, committee of the Senate and House of Representatives, having had under <onsideration the condition of smallpox in the city of Milledgeville, beg leave to report that (hey have carefully examined the same, andJind that there are sixteen cases of small p..,x ip the city, and a number of cases *n Ao : unwinding country near the city ; that these csicsave scattered in various parts of the ;.Mv, ami very imperfectly quarantined. Ibo , HttmiUeo are unanimously of the opinion -■hat ills unsafe for the Legislature to remain • in -1: Aon at this place, and a majority recom ...i tha't rite Legislature adjourn to the city of Savannah. , [Signed] W. Ii Gaclden, Chairman Senate Committee. D. P. llixl, Chairman House Committee, ih mKtig the discussion the previous question i.v.lied, md lost, and the lluuse adjourned. ► senate —xov. 8. > A resolution was introduced for a joint com ■•dd.v to make arrangements for the ol>ser v.us. - i*f Fast Day, on Friday the 18th iust. . Pottle,* Nisbott and Polk, wore appoint ed <>n the comiiiittee. hi-..- lullowing bills were introduced: A bill . xiinijit tho propm ty of* refngecß from tttxa :k-!i. win to t.bey are not worth over $5,000. Air. West moved to take up his resolution . i l .. Ah; ; the position of tho State inrefer . lo a prosecution of the war, when Judge i :.i;.l ollerred the following : i * 'lveil, That the General Assembly ear 'd ly recommend that our Government make ■ 1 the United States officials offers of pence on hi: bn.-.::’ of tiio great principles of our common fathers in 1770 Resolved further, That our Senators and l'-*;*-r- renlalives in Congress bo requested to ■in* tiieir i’dl'.tr.nce to stop this unnatural strife, '.. ukiug lor ward to flic time whes peace may ' ( bta'aed upon fair and honorable terms. Th.*.-. resolutions wero voted down, and the ■■•aai re: dutions unanimously concurred in. They ate the resolutions of the last session em Awing (he action of Georgia in seceding, all the resources of the State to a !•:(..veutiou ot the war until au honorable peace ;: secured. * Mr. Walker announced tho death of Hon. 'i: Reid, of the 40lh District, and offered ad! iblo reeoiutions, which were adopted. Mr. l’ottle also announced in a beautiful and ,0;; Au .', address, the death of lion, Jefferson, uts. of the 28th District, and offered reso to his memory, which were adopted. HOUSE. —NOV. 8. , M>’. Mathews moved to reconsider the hill p.:;. . : yoslerday for the relief of men over 50 v, ei' age from active service in the militia, iA i Mathews argued that if old men were re r.-ved from liability to active duty, thd Gover r would have uo* legal power to assign them i prik-e or other duties iu their counties, 1 h.’ll ho thought was the proper servico for | He desired the bill properly amended. L A. A . nv.i'.ah-.hcfl busiaens of yesterday—the . ,:i l*ox vesolutiong—was taken up. .The vr.;.! tv,-.- on idling (he blank with Augusta, .■ hi Ii was lost. The next motion was on Ma- C.which was lest. The resolution was then, oil motion of Mr. Adams, indefinitely postponed. ( 1 t! : vote there was a tic—ss to 55, abd the .-poukor voted yea. So the Small Tox panic i, finally dispo-'od of, aud thetpbssion will be continued here. 'lJie loiloiviug bills were passed : A bill to • si: ml the time of final settlement with Tax Coilectom until March Ist, 1805 ; a bill to au !.:;:vri/.o the Treasurer to make certain advan ccs—it provid# that the members and oflicers ■; tho G H'l.rl A:isombly and officers of the 1 0 department, be paid iu Tieasury notes of the is: ,io of December 14, 1801 -these are S or 0. nt»n:>tes ; a bill for the relief of the tax : q. , ;3 ;f Clark county--provides that where ;• . ': v,*. paid tax on slaves at over au ave- Viduatiou, the excessive tax shall be re ; :';:i: Id, w;is lost. B,” were then read a second time. A ; uatc resolution for a committee to make . vsuuU for the observance of fast day, was j issed. and Messrs. Horsley, Mansou and Tott'iir.M'ti. v,a re auDointcd oa tho part of the .; .use ; a bill was Introduced by Mr. IlaWkina allow the Governor to impress slaves iu lUld „iu county, to work ou defences here ; a bill for tho relief ot Paul Lindley. Resolutions were adopted for mail routes I,'in Cedar Town to Cave Spring, iu lieu of a • ri-weekly mail from Cedar Town to Rome: C:» for a mail route from Quitman to Moultin, ~1 a 1. solution was offered that under the -. ' ,j ue ~ v ...; the tax intended to be laid on A'Y ‘ i- •fry applies only to cases where ; - produced a profit of more than 8 per ...., ,-..:i:.rir-•*• both the purchase aud sale pn- Vri .„ v i.. or its equivalent, and requiring comotroiler General to remit all tajes paid comrar* *7to this net, on a ccrtilicate ..om count ■ receiver to that effect. SENATE —XOV. !>. v ;n ,: s introduced to authorize the Gov r t ioipress all kinds of supplies aud -...; of iransportaiiou, except railroads, for . .■ ■•: the militia, exiles aud soldiers fami lies. - 'i • following bills wore passed—A bHI to imeudthe ri.ark-r of the Ciiyof Columbus was ; - l— It provides ibr the establishment of a ■ff.it: :il. a bill to continue iu force the •May Law;’ to compel hotel keepers and oiht: - ku*pin., houses of eutei'ainmcut for pay, t, -ve it-'-'; .- or cheeks for baggage. A . : i :ti . n v, as .nlupted calling on the Gov cii-oi K. reports cf the Adjutant and Inspector General, Superintendant of the Lunatic Asay lum, Academy for the Blini. an ! Keeper ot the Penitentiary, with a view to their pnblica- j tion. There was some discussion on a bill for the relief of certain (ax payers who were assessed uniiisllv under, the income tax, by order of the Governor and Comptroller Genera], when the bill was referred to the judiciary committee. HOUSE —NOV. 9. The motion to reconsider the resolution lost on yesterday, to adjourn, on account of Small Pox, was carried. Yeas 54, nays 30. The following bills were introduced. —A Di.l to amend an act to furnish shoes and clo'hing to the soldiers from Georgia ; to authorize He payment of tax for the benefit of soldiers families in produce; to set apart $500,000 fer the use of the Georgia Relief and Hospital As sociation ; to limit the collection of city taps in Marietta ; to prescribe the mode of distribu ting theludigent soldier’s fund —allows refugee families the benefit of the fund ; to amend the 4740 and 4708 sections es the Code, in refer ence to arson ; to allow the State to Hie excep tions and carry cases up to the Supreme Court *, to add the County of Worth to the South \V cis tern Judicial Circuit; to exempt refugees from taxation on property laid waste or destroyed ; to define the duties of the Tax Collectors and Receivers—requires them to give ten days no tice that they will meet the people at at least three places in their respective counties ; to exempt blacksmiths from militia duty : fer the relief of Mansou Crocket; to amend the char ter of the town of Perry ; to amend the charter of the town of Fort .Valley ; to incorporate the Fort Valley Insurance Company; to orgauiz; a Military Court for the militia ; for the relief of trustees ; to increase tho per diem of mem bers of the General Assembly ; to declare re turns made out by ordiuauees void; to tithe one fortieth of the corn and hogs of Marion county for tire use of soldiers’ families ; to change the lines between the counties of Pierce and Wayne; to repeal tho income tax act; to repeal the 183 section of the Cede ; to relieve banks from taxation where places of business have been overrun until they resume business ; to change tho line between the counties of Wilcox, Scrivon and I’ulaski; to exempt from taxation the property of soldiers and their widows and orphans not worth J? 10,090. The following resolutions were introduced: a resolution relative to forming two west of the Chattahoochee; requiring the Gov ernor to furnish * their portion of spun yarn under the act of the last Legislature to the peo p.le of Marion and other counties; to allow re - ceivers and collectors the same percent, on the income tax as on other tax; requesting the Governor to secure a portion of the tithe for the soldiers families in Walton; that tho Fourth Georgia Cavalry be stationed along the Alta hatna river. A resolution was introduced that no more new matter be introduced after to-day. A resolution .ordering the printing of two hundred copies of the documents accompanying the Governors message w.as adopted. The use of the House was tendered to II 11. Tucker lo deliver an address to-night on a plan to secure peace. Mr. Stephens, offered the following resolu tion In reference to a convention of the States: BJ3SOI.UTIONS OF HON. LINTON* STEI’nBXS BELiTIVU TO A convention of the state?. The General Assembly of tho State of Geor gia do Resolve, That the independence of the Southern Confederate States of America, based upon the constitutional compact be tween the sovereign States, composing the Confederacy and maintained through nearly four years of gigantic war, justly claims from the world its recognition a? a rightful fact. Resolved, That all the Slates which com posed t’uo late American Union as well as those embraced within the present United Stales, as; ihose embraced within the Southern Confede racy are what the original thirteen States were declared to be by our tat,hers of 177*>, and acknowledged to be by George the third of England, independent and sovereign, not as one political community, but as States, each one of them constituting such a “people” as have the inalienable right to terminate any Government of their former choice, by with drawing from it their consent, just as tho origi nal thirteen through their common agent, acting for anil in 4he name of each one of them, by the withdrawal of theit* consent, put. a rightful termination lo ibo British Govern-* ment which had been established over them with tiieir consent. Resolved,. That tho sovereignly cf the indi vidual States is the only basis of pmuanenl p*rtce ofl the American continent, and will, if the voice of passion and war can once bo hushed, and reason allowed to resume her sway, lead to an easy and lasting solution of all.the matters of controversy involved in the present lamentable war, by simply leaving nil tho States free to form their political association:! with one another, not by force of anus, which excludes tho idea of “consent,” but by a ra tional consideration of their resnettivo inter ests growing out of their natural situations. Resolved, That as tho very point of contro versy in the present war, is tiro «eLt!cnaent of the political association of the States, no treaty of peace can be perfected consistently with the sovereignty of the individual States without State action, on the part of at least those States whose preferences may-justly be regard ed as doubtful, and have not yet been express ed through tho appropriate organs ; and there fore opposition to ail State co-operation iu perfecting a peace cannot be consistent with a desire tor its establishment 011 a basis of the sovereignty of the States. Regolvc-d, That we hail with gratification the just and sound sentiment coming from a largo and growing party ia tho Norlb, that all associations of these American States lpust be voluntary, and not forcible, and we give a hearty response to their proposition to suspend tho corJliit of aims, and hold a Convention of States to inaugurate a plan for permanent peace. Resolved, That the appropriate action of such a Convention would be not to form auy agreement or compact between States, bul only to frame and propose a plan of peace ; and the assembling of such a convention, for such a purpose, would bo relieved from all possible constitutional objection by the consent ot tho two governments ; and with such consent, the proposed convention would but act as commis sioners for the negotiation of peace, subject to the ratili\ition of both governments, and in all points involving the sovereignty or integrity of the States, subject also to the ratification ot the particular States whose sovereignty might be so involved. Resolved, That we vespeclfully, but moat earnestly urge upon our own government the propriety aud wisdom, ot not only expressing a desire for peace, through Presidential mes sages, aud Congressional manifestoes, but ol making, 011 all suitable occasions, and er-pe cially just after signal successes of our arms, official, open and unequivocal offers to treat for peace through the medium of a Convention of States, leaving our adversary to accept our offers, or by rejecting them, to prove to his own people that he is waging this unnatural war, uot for peace, nor D'e good of his countiy. but lor purpose# of tho most unholy and dan gerous ambition. On motion, two hundred copies wore order ed to be printed. A statement from Mayor De. GrafTc-nreid to the small pox committee was read in reference to small pox in the city. He reports one case which ia to be removed, and that the other cases are convalescent. A resolution was offered against the arming cf negroes. A bill to amend sections 1792 and 1790 ot the Code, so as to allow Ordinaries to make settlements between terms ot the court. The judiciary committee reported against the bill, aad it was lost. The following bills were passed; a bill to define the lines between Chattahoochee and Muscogee; to increase the fees of all the civil officers—embracing Sheriffs, Clerks of the Supreme, Superior, Inferior, and Court of Ordinary, Coroners, Justices of the Peace and Constibks—loo per cent, on the fees cf 1862. * - SENATE—KOV. 9. In the Senate this afternoon the House reso lution requesting our Senators and Represen tatives iu Congress, to endeavor to have a law passed four per cent Rinds and certi ficates of indebtedness issued by Confederate officers for articles purchased, permanently re ceaveablc for taxes, was concurred in. ' The House resolution for a mail line from Hamilton to Quinto, was concurred *n. A resolution was introduced iu favor of a re cess of the Legislature, after Saturday next. unfT! RT:i' second Thursday in January next, and Nropotfng* t;iat a committee of three from the Senate be appointod to confer with a like ccrooittee frqm the House, whose duty it shall be to confer firtih the Governor and make such arrangements as v Hr secure the public inter est du&isg.ihe ree **• which was adopted. .SCSATB— NOV. 10, A bill Was 'introduced to authorize the Gov ernor lorn' blankets, shoes and clothing for Georgia Jebeps now prisoners of war. It appro: Hates dollars lor tho purpose, to ba paid out of the military iund. A resolution ' was introduced asking the Se crcUcia.cit!m.'iXc:wury to allow soldiers' fami lies iS*pfefeh®;N J 'v?htat, oats and rye for seed, ficnj thu’-ccilccSlo'.t of the tithe, and pay for then* I»*<*orn~ bacon, sugar, syrup or woo!. A ntrtiou womade, to amend the adjourn- AS to adjourn tho General AssottffiSVff&fwtt'tt* cf- the Senate. Gefi*. '-Wright offered aa a substitute that tho GenerkV.feefiibly' adjourn to-morrow to meet in Afi§tl**B , 6H**4fc»*l4th iust. Gen. Wright on introducing tec substitute, expressed his desire to remain**ia Milledgeville and finish tho busi uoss'bk* thfe’e'ood of the- country, but preferred instead (if* TAjofeting till January, to move to Aagmft&A- ■ ■*■ HOUSE—NOV. 9 Tbe :-15hu.Je! : was engaged this afternoon cn bills On.their third reading. Tiid-fol lowing bHls wore passed : A bill to change t'ao ■ l tries*’between Chattahoochee and Musc<Jgr4 repeal au act to amend the oath ot tax payers—if repeals the act of tho last Ses sion Widen, Teqaireu tax , payers to swear that they have not’ iAfubed t*o take Confederate mo. noy ; -to amend tho oath of tax payers—it pro vides-that tax pfeyors'shall give in their pro perty ’according to its value in Confenetate monoy-oh theffirst day Os April, 1805. The following bias wore lost : A bill to make ’tho GlerS: of the Superior Curls a Com missioner to take depetifious to inttrregato vi<:s ;* to ; amend tho ss.oth paragraph of tho Cade,'so.a: to allow tax receivers to receive the caeie per 4ei\t. as the collector on tax for county (pttrpcscs ; to reduce the Justices of tho Interior-Courts'to one in each county; to re duce IbKf number of Justices of tho Peace and Constables T»«ne in each district; to prevent execntiHs and administrators from selling SiouselloW - ; Piid jßlekoti furniture, except for ilcbts, and to retain it lor the use of the family of tiro iteC'.rised'; to-Btuond tire Penal Code ; to allow* the tax collector of' Spaulding ceunty a deputy;' * --' ' -HOUSE—kov. 10. The ''fouov/m't.t illfl' were reconsidered: bill passed.’yeSlprd-ty to . raise the fees of certain comitybjlieorfi] &C*., 100 per cent.; bill lost ..sturifAy to repeal the 850th Paragraph, &c., of the’ Code, 'wMiili' says the county shall pay Bus Ro'ce!Y.A one luilf the money which the Collects? Jtis’To'r coitecting the Taxes. The jnUioa to reconsider the bill lost yes terday Ho reduce 'Justices of the Peace and CohsfabUs't'dofidin.each district, was lost. "A resolution ‘Hat. members relinquish $5,50 cif their per dicm,’*aud receive the bal ance'lti Cc-nfed.efato' money at its specie value. This is an-irfgenicus device to ovado the con sbifntis>p'aLd filbqit/.in the way of members in raising'their i:\vjj pay.- The vote was 01 to 85. So U -iTekohiUan was lost. Tbe-feilowing bills were passed: a bill to equalize the v.du'i'tio'n of slaves as a basis of taxathm- -a nibstitute was agreed to—provides that tlifiTeif riot Court for* each county shall fix U;e fsiuatiou according to the ecalo embra cing differWit.ngM ami sexes, aud when all the returns- arc iriai'u- to the Comptroller General lic elrat! strfko tile and it shall bo the basis regulating the assessment of taxes cn slaves the State; to re-enact the •'Stay Law;” 1 to * define the allowance of wkl o\vs aud. orphans, a inf tho division of estates under S2,'QUO in value without administration —leaven it ih the'hands of tire Ordinary es the v juaty; in amend see -38(19 of the code relating to the pvr■•oiis who may make defence ugainat the forcGoV.ufe of t.airtgages ; to amend secs. 3i:52 :;ud 3J2B* ja-iative to attachment aud r!>iim iaiudsVto repeal section 2729 of the code, refa'ti , o*io the kfeiepfcipe© ot bills and orders; to aiirend the !a*,i in referenda to tho sale of fugitive skive;!- a substitute was adopted pro scribing U;e ffi'cd'e of si’.la of fugitive slaves cum mitt efl to jail, in counties overrun. A bii'i to ipreVei.t the impressment of work •mi n and cattle oi ibe the kind. The Agricul tural Odminitlee- proposed a3 a substitute a resolution lvqucsting Congress to exempt from iaqucs-Huent cows under twelve years old and* work ekilti to 1 the-'exteiit of one yoke to every ten haiffis.'- Au «t:t::*:idme'ut was offered declar ing i:rpres&meuls of stock of (he classes named a viokvthm of thc.ijupressmcnt law. The res*- elution was adopted. • Tm; Fall' or. Plymouth —The Goldsboro State Journal gives the annexed account of the cavi are of Plymouth by the Fcdcrals : On iljo evening ot Oct. 28th, Gen. Baker commanding this .Department, received iufor niaJlnu. by telegraph, that the enemy had suc ceeded hi surprising and destroying the gun boat AlJjamarlo near her wharf at Plymouth. Generai "Baiter, accompanied by hb- personal staff, immediately just Goldsboro for Plymouth, atiwiiicß;place Lo arrived on the afternoon of til 1.39t1i iu the midst of afi re ■ i> mbardment of’fJr.Vtown from the iln t, of gun boats which had stationed themselves iu the middle of the liver out of sight of our batteries. Freni.(Loir concealment tho enemy kept up a cqntiu'ual shower ol canister aad sheM.oti the devoted town. Finding all thpir attempts to sail up to Ply mouth direct, Ibitid by the stout resistance from tlVe batteries'under command of Colonel Whittovd, the eiiemy retired aad ascended Mid dle River 'There.they met obstructions whfelr they soon mnoVcd, and ro entering the Roanoke Irian this direction they attacked the town in reverse.’ General Baker attempted to prevent this by'throwing out sharpshooters, but owing to the exceedingly heavy fire of the gunboats and the' afccufacj’of their fire these were driven back; and the enemy finding noopposition they ascended tho Roanoke and came down upon the town. The first'cV upper fort was manned by the crew ot the Albemarle. This tiie gunboat sailed past, though several times struck by the shot’s Peru its gnus, the damage not ap pearing tc be material. The fleet then paid tiieir /pye : iK-spi'ClS to Fort Jones, whore they succeeded in iiiiauo.unting all the guns aad ex ploding the m:ua?.iae. Meant'mo the enemy threw an* ’occasional'’spiteful shell or hotshot over Sato, tho town,' which Caused sever al ot tl’-liiiiitl'iDgi to file.' At ibis juncture, in tHe. ; jltidst of Hie conflagration of the town, tho uccoesK&iry evacuation he si-veral forts, and the lairdiWof the enemy, General Baker is sued hi? erderi to blow up the magazine and withdraw 'Pub gfirrison. The ia:u,orivre of falling back was done with -AU pc'Act order. That nothing of any Value i'. iPfn'to'Hio hands of the enemy with the ex ception of two gvins belonging to Lee’s battery, the horses to which had ail been killed. The t*!t: 1 loss in killed woundedandjlaken prisoners wiU’noi.eieeetl ’-tweniy-five or thirty men. Gcaemf “iiket has fallen back only to James viKltand' seeEU'.d'aterinined to dispute every foot Af>;'ouad -aiarcnd Plymouth, ha having decided not to evacuate Washington. Thus ended tills .evcntful afiair, though s4d in its re sults to the Bisteyh jvirt of our State, its dc fenoo .under guc)i forbidding circumstances ft.ii'ius another biilliant episoJo of gallantry i a tho history of this State.. FROM SWXICO. Cortina has ' surrendered.' with his army, to Guftcnd. M.jla, . f. the Trench army, withal his material' and munitions of war. He de rhanied] to bo 'placed in command of all the Mexican' forces’ spa trend eved, with the rank -of genera!, and it is stated that the request was compflhil with'. -. General Drayton- has arrived at Brownsville, aqd ; sfwnmftl command of the rebels at that piece t4sd the lower Rio’Grande. Governor. Cbstina has suimritted to the Em peror Maximilian.', surrendered all his forces, orins, v-ar-naa pird all his munitions of war to the reactionary General Mejia, who is in the eiaployuef the-Emperor . Maximilian, and has accepted a.QOßUiiissioh in the army of the Em ,por<w as brigadier general. By tlic riieainer Alliance a large number of Mexic an- «4fii*i.-.sjiav'e arrived to seek an asy lum in.tiri Uid'iiai Stfttes-. .These officers have reliiAit tin* bribes’* offt-iu-d them by the tyrants who now rule iu-ik-xico, and stand out against all iiu: influences of the French, prefeirbg exile to bring slaves. PRESIDED I'j H:' •• SAu E. To the T~:.r-'.c '(MM Ilmac r.f h'-, . : o'itxs if the im/edei-ate - ../ -A, ,c . : It is with eatisfar :ion that vour presence at au carrier diiy.fi *:i -: hut u-'-ral for your session, and withe;.-d- .:e.; and. *.. I invoke the aid cf your counsels at ari:n>iof such public exigency. The campaign which was commenced almost with your session early in Slay last, aud which was still in progress at your adjournment la the kiddle of June, has cot yet reached hs close, it has been prosecuted on a stole an . with ua energy hliretotoTrt nnequalled. V.’h.m we revert to the condition ei ouacenut-y at tho inception of the operations of the present year, to the mag nitude of the dreparaiions made by tho enemy, the number of his forers, the accumulation of his warlike supplies, and the prodigality with which bis vast resources have been lavished in the attempt to render success r.-vured: when we contrast the numbers and means at our dis posal for resistance, and when we contemplate the results es a struggle apparently so unequal, we cannot fail, While rendering tho full mead of deservcd'praise to cur Generals and soldiers, to perceive that a Power higher than man has willed our deliverance, and gratefully to recog nize tho protection of .1 kind ITovuleuce in enabling us eueceu-fuUy to wiHsfaud tho ut most efforts of the enemy for cur subjugation. At the beginning of'Cue year iW Slate of Texas was partially in px--: :?.Men of the enemy, and large porltoittof Lcu.iMan:. imd Ar kansas lay apparently defence]; :"3. Os the Fed era! soldiers who invaded Texts, none are known to remain except ns prisoners of war In Northwestern Louisiana a large and well appointed army, aided by a powerful fleet, was repeatedly defeated and. do».ined itself fortu nate in iihalJy escaping wiili a loss of c-ao taird of its numbers, a large part of its milita ry trains, and many transports and gunboats. The enemy’s ocoupatiotf oi that State is reduc ed to the narrow district commanded by the guns of his fleet Arkansas has been recovered with the exception of a few terrified posts, white our forces have penetrated into central Missouri, affording to our eppr«?K.«<l brethren in that State an opportunity, of which many have availed•ihems.’ive.-', of striking for libera tion from the tyyauuy 10 which they have been subjected. On the cast of tho MDaissippl, in spite of same reverses, WchayoiauMr lvu-o for cimgrat elation. The enemy hoped io tlicet, during tho present year, by concentration cf forces, the conquest whichJre had pruvicua'y tidied to ac complish by more extended operatijas. Cpin pellcd, therefore; to with' iraw or sci ieusiy to weakqg the'streugih of the armki*. of occupa tion at different puiatu, !:o Isas rdl - >rileil 113 the opportunity of recover’mg pesnsaion of exteu :-ive districts of otr territory. K- ariy ike whole of northern aud v, t fferu Mi M*4ppi, of northern ‘Alabama, and of v.c-ileia Tcuutssco are again in our pos.cs.d'.w ; aud all attempts to penetrate from the-cast tin.!'into the inte rior ot the Atlantic aud Gulf States have been baffled. Oa tho entire cc; -tp and gulf coast coast of the Confederacy the whole success of the enemy, with tho cuormon.: naval resources at his comtnau-i, has been JiiuUed to the cap lure of the outer defences ol Mobile Bay. If wew notnrn to the re-r-ttlC.t accctr'f'lished by the two great ttimles, ;:u confidently icired upon by the iuvaders as suiii.'icr.t to frectr.* the sub version es our Government and tho subjection of our people to fovcigh dooriuatlon, we have still greater ctuso for devout, fvatitudo to Divine power*. In fOirthw;stern Vii.duij,, ntceoseive armies which threatened tho .vjs'.r.ve ot Lynch burg and SaltvilSo Lave been rouleil cud ilriv in out of the country, nr; Ia portion of east Teuuessee reconqis.•!*;•••! by our troops In northern Virginia extomlv * diclrief:;. formerly occupied by the ens my, a:v now free from tßbir presence. In tho low v Yuri ..*, their Gen: fal, reilered disperate by hi-; Inabrifiy to maintain a hostile occupation, ha : roso: ted to tho infa mous expedient- of cover! b;g a fruitful lantl in to a desert by buntin'; it? mil!:;, granaries and homesteads, and dcstroyjuif the food, standing crops, live stock and agricultural implements of peaceful non-combatants. The »v tit ;vnn:cs, filter asori.es of defeats in whteh Us ior'cic: have been enormous; after atloaipts by raiding par tics to break up our railivad I’omaximUatams, which have renuit. <1 in tho dt»:tt•acthm oi a largo part of the covalry eiig-.tgod in th : work; after constant repulse of rr peak'd •: >;att]f» on our deiensive line?, is, witit the ai-.l of heavy reinforceinents, but with, it in hoped, w.tuitig prospects of furtiio, prcgrvss in tho design, still engaged in an ill'.u-t, comuanced more than four mouths a go, to capture thy town of Petersburg. The army of General Sherman, although suc ceeding at tho end of the summer in obtaining possession of Atlanta, has been tumble to aceure any ultimate advantap* from '.hi? rncc3B3. The same general who, in F. bruaty last, marched a largo army from Vicksburg to Meridian with no other rosuit than b-.ru.: forced to march back again was able, by the aid of greatly increased numbers and-after qruch dvl.ry, to force a pas sage front Chattanooga to Atiunia, cnly lo be for the second lime comp elk and to withdraw on the lino of Lis advance, without obtaining.coi* trol of a single'mile of territory beyond the narrow track of liia march, and without gain ing aught beyond- Iho prec*: r tons* possession of a few fortified points io which ho is compelled to maintain heavy • garrisons, aud whlfch aro menaced with re-raplure. Tho ltssons afforded by tins history of this war are fraught with instruction and encour agement. Repeatedly during the war have formidable expedition's been directed by the enemy against points ignorantly supposed !.o be cf vital importance io the Coaftxloncy. Some of these expeditions have at immense coat, been successful; but in no instance have tho prom ised fruits been repaid. Again, incite present campaign, w:u tiro delusion loudly cherished that tho capture oi Atlanta' and KiiUmond would, if effected, end tho war by tho over throw of our Government .and C— cabrui.'doa oi our people. Wo can now jmlgo by expe rience bow unimportant is the kfiiiK'iicc of the former erect upon cur capacity tor defence, upon the coui^tgo-and spirit of the people, and tho stability of the Govercureut. VA; may, in like manner, judge that if the campaign against Richmond had resulted in success* instead of failure; if the valor of tho army under the leadership of its aocomplirhed commander had resisted in vain thoovenvliel"*.!::.'.; masses which were, on the contrary, deri-'vi iy r-utulrcd; if we had been compelled to.evacuate Richmond as well as Atlanta. thoGimfede.rupy would have remained as erect and defiant as ever. Nothing could have been changed in the purpose of its Government, in. the iml.jmllalde valor of its troop:*, or iu iff. i.;*.-*;-,.- nciu'.bio spirit of its people. The bali!-:d ;;:;d and: ap pointed foe would in v..in have sevamed the reporffiof yonrprccc dings, at omen w legis lative seat, for any in ’loatum -ffaf pro.-prer.-:- had been made iu his gipinffu tuff: . T ci.-nquer ing a free people. Tim truth :•*•> iurient. to us must ere long bo fo:ccd up -u tit*.: vuff.rivut ■Northern mind. There are vffuff: po'nils ou the preservation of which the Conti: :u;d exist ence of the Ccnfvderc cy depoi:.] . Then; is no military success iff tire o:rrr y*.- Ii f.v.u ac complish its d-uction. No! ’he fa;l of liielr moiid, nor V/i'mingion, cor Chs.:-:-;ff c, nor Savannah, nor Moifile, nor ail v.;n.lined, can save the enemy from tho coßiff.ant and exhaus tive drain of blood cud treasure which must continue until ho shall discover no j.-cace is attainable unless based on the reccgeitionor our indefeasible righto. Before leaving this subject it iu ratifying to assure yon that the military F.upplk* c iitiai ly requisite for public defence v.ii! be found, as heretofore, adequate to our needs: ond that abundant crops have rewarded th -■ iabor of the farmer, and rendered abortive ri;o inhuman attempt of the enemy to prodtice, by devasta tion, fataiift among the people. rOB&lON BELATIONS. It is not in my power to announce any change in the conduct of foreign powers. No such action hasjieen taken by ri.e Übristian nations of Europe c% might .justly have been expected from their history, from the duties imposed by international law. and from the claims of humanity. It is charitable to attri bute their conduct to no w«f*.:c* motive, than indifference to the coneequences of a cungglc which shakes only the Republican pair tion cf the American continent ; and not to act ibe to design a course calculated to ensure tho pro longation of hostilities. No instance in history i- remembered by me in which a nation pretending lo exercise do minion over another, asserting its dence, l'as been the first !o concede th,. cxist tence of such independence. No case c:n be recalled to nry miud In which neutral powers bav. failed to set tho example of recognizing j the independence of a nation, when satiriiod i cf the inability of its enemy to subvert its Government ; and this, tco. in cases where the previous relation between the conteniUng par ries h~ l been confessedly that cf mother coun try and dependent colony ; not, as in but* ease, that ot co-equal States united by Federal com pact. It has ever been considered ihe proper function and duty of neutral powers to perform tho office of judging whether in point ot fact tire nation asserting dominion is able lo make good its pretensions by force of arms, and i: not, by recognition of the resisting party, to discountenance the further conftnuance*of the contest. And the reason why this duty iff in cumbent on neutral powers is plainly apparent when we reflect that the pride and pAs.-ion which blind the judgment of the parties to the conflict cause the continuance es active* war fare, and consequent useless slaughter, long after the inevitable result has become apparent to all not engaged in tho struggle. So long, therefore, as neutral nations fail by recognition of our independence to announce that, in their judgment, the United States are unable to reduce tho Confederacy to submis sion, their conduit will ba accepted by our enemies as a fact encouragement to continue their efforts, and as an implied assurance that belief is entertained by neutral nations iu the success of their designs. A direct stimulus, whether intentional or not, is thus applied to securing a continuance of the carnage'and de vastation which desolate this continent, ami which they profess deeply to deplore. Tho disregard of this just, humane, and Christian public duty .by the nations of Eure * is the more rcamarkabie from the fat! - . ; authentic expression lias long since been by the Governments of both France and i land to the conviction that the United are unable to conquer tho Confederacy now more than two years since the U-. • ment of France announced officially Cabinets of London and St. Totorsbury. conclusion that the United States wore •:•. ve - to achieve any decisive military success. L, tho answers sent by those powers no intima tion of a contrary opinion was convoyed; and it is notorious that in speeches, both in and out of Parliament, tho member's of Her Britan;c Majesty’s Government have not hesi tariff to expressTiiis conviction in unqualified terms. The denial of our right under Ihe:-::* circumstances is so obviously unjust, and dis criminates so unfairly in favor of the United States, that neutrals have sought to paHiaie the wrong cl which they are conscious, by professing to consider, in opposition to notori ous truth and to the known belief of both l:o --ligerents, that the recognition of oilrtsdepfcn deuco would be valueless without their* further intervention in the struggle; an intervention of which wo disclaim tho desire and mistrust tho advantage. V/e sccß no favor, we wish no intervention, wo knew ourselves fully competent to main tain our own rights and independence against tho invaders of our country, and v,*o feel justi fied iu asserting, that without the aid derived from recruiting their armies from foreign coun tries, tho invaders would, ere this,, have been diven from our* soil. Whey tho recognition of the Confederacy was refused by Great Brit aln, in the fall of 1802, lire refusal was excused on the ground that airy action by Her Mrio- ty’s (Government would have the effect of icilana ing the passions of the belligerents arid of pre venting the return of peace. It is assumed that this opinion was sincerely entertained; but the experience of two years of unequalled car nage shows that it was erroneous,,, and that the result was the reverse of what tire British ministry humanely desired. A contrary poli cy, a*policy just to us, a policy diverging from tm uuvarying course of concession to :ffi the demands of our enemies, is still within tiro power cf iler Majcsiy s Government, .and would it is f.iir to presume, be productive es conse quences, the opposite of those which have un fortunately followed its whole course of con duct from the commencement of the war to tho pr esent lime, la a word, peace is impossi ble without independence, and ii. is not to be expected that the enemy will- anticipate neu trals in the recognition of that independence.; When tho history of this war shall l>a fully disclosed, the calm judgment of tho impartial publicist will, for these reasons, bo uunbie to übriolva Ihe neutral nations of Europe from a shtuo in the moaf responsibility for the myriads of human iivf's that have been uancccesatiiy sacrificed ijnriog its progress, Tho renewed instances in which foreign pow ers have given us jusfecaSsu of complaint need not hero h» detailed. The extracts from the coircspairdot coos tho State Department, which accompany this message, will afford such fur ther information as can bo given without det riment to the public interest, and we must re serve for the future such action as may then be deemed advisable to secure redress. FINANCES. Your special attention is earnestly invited to the report of the Secretary of tho Treasury,' submitted in conformity with law. The facts (herein disclosed aro far from discouraging, and demonstrate that, with judicious legisla tion, wo shall be enabled to meet all tho exi - geiicies of the war from om* abundant resour ces, and avoid, at ihe same time, such an accu mulation of debt as would render at all doubtful cur capacity to redeem it. The total receipts into tiro treasury for the' two quarters ending on the 30th September, 18-54, were $415,191,559, which sum, added to tho balance of 8308,282,722, that remained in the treasury on tho Ist of April last, forms a total of $723,474,272. Os this total, not far from half, that is to say, £312,560,327, have been applied to tho extinction of tho public debt, while the total expenditures have been §272,378 505, leaving a balance in the treas ury 0:1 the Ist of October, 1804, of $108,46-5,- 440. The total amount of the public debt, as : hibited on the books of tho Register of thc- Tr.usury, on the Ist October, 1864, was $!, 147,970.208, of which $539,340,090 .were fund ed debt, bearing interest, $2 83,880,150 were treasury notes cf the new issue, and tho ic mainder consisted of thy former issue of tfi*. ,u ury notes which will bo converted into oth*u forms of debt, an I will cease to exist as c.u renev on the 31st of next month. The report, however, explains that, in c or: scqnenco of (ho absence cf certain retirt-.- from distant officers, the true amount cf ;:• debt is less, by about twenty-one aud a millions of duiiars, than appears on tire ho of the Register, and that the total public d-. on tho first of last month may bo fairly con sidered to have been $1,126,381,095. The increase of tho public debt during the six months from tho Ist of April to the Ist of October, was $97,650,780, being rather more then $16,000,000 per month, aud it will bo ap parent, on a perusal of the report, that this augmentation would have been avoided, aad a p vitlve reduction of the amount would have effected, but for certain defects in the legisla tion on-the subject-of the finances, which are pointed-out in the report, and which .tern to admit ot easy remedy. Ia tire statements just made the foreign debt is onritted. If consists only of the uu paid balance of tile loan known as the cotton loan. Tins balance is but 12,200.00-9, ami is adequately provided for by about two hun dred and fifty thousand bales of cotton owned by the Government, even if the cotton he rat ed as worth but six pence per pound. There is one item of the public debt not in eluded in the tables presseuted, to which ycur attention is required. The bounty bonds promised to our soldiers bv the third section of the act of 17th February, 1864, were deliver able outlie Ist Octoper. The Secretary lias been unable to issue them by reason of an omission in the law, no time being therein fix ed for the payment of the bonds. The aggregate appropriations called for by the different departments of the Government* according to tho estimates submitted with (he report for tho six months ending on the 30th Juue, 1865, amount to $138,102,679, while the Secretary estimtes that there will remain unex pended, out of former appropriations, on the Ist January, 1865, a balance of $467,416,504. B would, therefore, seem that former estimate have been largely in excess ot actual expendi tures, and that no additional appropriations are required tor meeting the needs ot the pub lic service up to the Ist July cf next year in deed. if the estimates now presented shou.d prove to be as much in excess ot actual expen ditures as has heretofore been the case, a con siderahle balance will still remain unexpended at the close of the first half of tho ensuing year. • . The chief difficulty to be apprehended in con nection with our finances results f:om the de predation of the Treasury notes which seems .justly to be aitribut:-:! by tire 'Secretary io two cu'i -.-. r an ,;-y ;n amount and want of con iv.U;;w.-e iu redemplioa for both of wr.rc-a rc-a-.-rff- . - raggeslcd that will com r.ren'.l the. 1 to your coasidcratimi as be rry; yaacknab:.;v. 01l a- efficient. y-; main kv-iur'Cc of Uro plan presented aro : tar.Uaiiy tk'.-se.: it. That the faith of the Gove;ament 00 p’o-dgnd that tho notes shall ever tvrnaiu ex.-mpt tVma taxation. -2d. That : ' is-u:r : r made beyond that which is altvady authorized by law. 3d. That a certain, fixed portion of the auuual receipts from taxw tion viur ing tho war shall be set apart specially for si*-' gratlt: *.l cstruelion of the outsiauding amount, until it shall have been reduced to P ifiO.OOff/.'OO ; rurd .Hb. Iho pdevlee aud appro prial ion ot such proportion of gro tax iu kind, and for .-in it nviftiior of years after the return of pfeSce shell be r-ufiiclcnt for the final re— iU'mp'"!.*>!r !•*.' tire entire circulation. The de tails of the plan, the calculations on which it is based, the riff <y oi its operation, and the y:isl adv li faiftwhich would result from its sue.- a are fully uofirriod iu the report, and cannot b. fairly presv-r.-ed in a form snflicicnt ly coiHioo' v and : .'r ‘.his me?.; ;;::, 1 doubt not it W'li'reee v,' : you that earnest and candid cou-iderat! *.- *ri.'!t U merited .by Iho impor lanco of the su'.ij, h. 4 'i ! e re,..;.*•• iimis of the report for tho rep- *d ot ■ "er'■*.'..: p. sos tho tax laws '■ 'j ' a: I'trrthcn of tux e.fiv-n ; tor . re; ! r; (Mjimor.t loaus 'I car-iiak and from auy avl ■er • .. a matron in taxation on income and • :- - piaci.u.g the taxation. !' • iUq; as the taxation ■ ; for securing the ••*:•' f (hat portion of. '•able to confie-- • 'jo yes ; tor the • m,; ireasuty* **' ': i)Otl<lS. and '. ■■ faxat-ioQ ; all ■ * i-:t legislation, v.: - vV.-.\tscvi, wil :;*reatly improve i '■.*■ 'cdU-, and alleviate tho buithens. iu-' • i-<1 by the extreme and unnecessary* dor. •.'•••.-ion in the value of tho currency. , - <:! tlur Prodtteo Loan Buroauaro pa'.-.o.Ltci: wish tho lepert, and thdWnformiV* ii .a is conv; ml that the Treasury Agency in tho l; a:u-- l;>jri DcparSmcut has been fully orge;:and is now ia operation with pK>:uisc of ctTlciency and success. The pro*, (riorrs herotofqre made, to some ax- lent, for inc.'i.s*. -log tho compensation ol public ptikors, civil nod militavy, ia found to be ii? some places inadequate to their support ; perhaps 1:0c more sa than in Richmond, and enquiry, with a view lo appropriate remedy, is suggested to your rous'd ration. Your no ticoisa' o c iff : ’ to the condition of certain <:!:•. ms off: : i';. :i-:i;ry, vri:o were omitted in toe laws heretofore passed for tho relief of other public officers? as mentioned iu tlio re pot t ot tho Secretary of the Treasury. * HiCt'ARTMJtNT Or WAIT. The condition of the various branches of the military servico is stated in the accom panying' report of the Secretary of war.— Among the suggestion ' made for legislative ac iftn wither view to add to the numbers and i’iffeioin.- &!'the army, all of which wilt receive your consideration, there are some prominent topics width merf! -pecia' notho, The ( .*:■..i.nplion from military duty now ac cOidvd by law to all ’K ivous engaged in cor t'4n fpcdti.Hl pursuits, or professions is.shown by c>-periei*. Co to bo un'.visi*, nor is it believed to ho drib'Abie in theory. The defence of home, family aud crurntry is universally recog nized us the paramount political duty of every member of society; and in a form of govern ment like ours, where each citizen enjoys an < quality of rights and privileges, nothing can bo more invidious ll*an tin unequal distribu tion >:! liiffi:-: mid obi*, '. ions. No pursuit nor po. it.oo:t sh< n.'d relit vo any one wlio is able to do active duty; front enrolment in the army* unices his lore ileus or services arc more use ful to the defence of ids country in another sphere. But it is nmb-fost that tills cannot ba the case with entire da sscs- Ail trie,.-rank workprs in mines, professors, toucher:!? ungieera, editors and employees of it'.v.’f'Mpws, journeymen prin ters, .'ifioi.iniffi'iiv'. 1 in'ci g b‘:vrki':nit!is, millers physicians, an-1 ths numotous other classes ciMitioacd in th-* laws, cannot in tho nature of tilings ho .oilher r-qmiljy necessary in their severaf prolretsious. nor distributed through cut Ibe country in :i**.ch p.roportioos that only the exact numb: r required'type found in each locftlily; nor «:a» it ho everywhere impossible to replace tliose wifiitn th;; conscript age, by tuen older and less capable of activo field ser viocs. A discretion -should be vested iu tho military autiioritie.-*, so that a sufficient num ber cf thexe cci.vnlial to the public service might bo tMa'Jed to continue the exercise of their pursuits or professions, but tlie exemption from service of the entire classes should be wholly abiuubmcd. It affords great facility for abuses, offers the temptation, as well ns the ready moans, of escaping service by fraudulent devices, and is one cf the principal obstructions to ihe efficient operations of the conscript laws. • A general militia law is needful in the in ter;’:.!, of the public defence. The Constitution by vesting Ilia power in Congress, imposes on it the duty of providing ‘Tor organizing, ar ming and dwcipliuleg tho militia, and for gov erning such part of them as may»be employed iu the servi eof the Confederate States.”— The great diver i!y in iiie legislation of tho save ra! State-; on rub; ■..! , aad tho absence of any pro.V: ion <•- rahlishing an exact method tor tailing the u.Uifia into Confederate service, aro sou;-;* ; of < rabarraysment which ought no longer to be sutiered to impede defensive meas urer,. Tho k'g;i,’.if;c:i in ul.iiicn to the cavalry ilciuancs rivu: ;■*. T'l *s ; viiiy cf requiring-tho men to fm*ni:-;: lhi:ir own horses has proven peoileiofi ! iu many rc'-r-ccts. It interferes Aviili ff c v;-b:,!' t impairs uhivieucy, anil is the cause cl frequent und prolonged ab.-ieueo from n.pprop:k!i' duly. To • übjec! is fully treated *in f h"":V:: : . .''a reporf,. with suggestions as : o . •• •: : r Hi' cf:-.ues for -reforaing .that brnnei;.* oi i he ;-rrvio«;. 'j hitherto often made ia measure hs adopted : s.md consolidation of • .1 • . ivL *< •; fan reduced ; d)uir tdlleien cy- i. / :h .Ulris should s.. ■ . • ■ ■.. i . i.-iation on the sui-je:-.- > i:i the field to re •.. i expo her,for pproxiniation the <:* ..1 .... is surely %n evil that a c ... >.»Jicern should ho placed In a |«- s tl: . . for. ■ upon him the choice of al lcw.Dg.tbe diicbmoy of hie command to bese liousiy faq-iired, ci of iul< mpling to supply, by (lie exertr cfdoublful authority the want of i.-cp- r, !•. >1 pro v bon. The regard for thesen sibiii ■. at tifd....,s who have heretofore served witii cve.iif, which, fa bsllved to be the con trolling motive that has hitherto obstructed logtsla'.:--'. on tl;:. u:!.j. i; however honorable Til j,:;-",:: y be.ee ried to a point which seriously injures tfc< public good; and if be 'll-.-. it c -:i ly Lv questioned which of lie two cot;. : .<lef,al'.:-si3 should bo deemed parameunt. .The a.t.iv ; reccom inundations on tho subject of facilitating the acquisition of the iron required for main: lining the efficiency of railroad communication on the important mil itary lints are commended to your favor. The necessity for the operation in full vigor such lines is too uDnarciit to need comment. The question in dispute between tho two Govomcente relative (o the exchange of pris oners of war has been frequently presented in former messages and reports, and is fully treat ed bv the Secrtfary The solicitude of tho Government for the relief of oar captive felloe/ citizens has known no abatement; but has. fin the contrary, been still more deeply evoked pj the additional Ibliericgs to which they have been wantonly objected by deprivation of adequate food, clothing and fuel, which they were not even permitted to purchase from the prison sailers Finding that tho enemy attain ted to excuse their barbarous treatment by the unfounded allegation.that' it 'was retaliatory for like conduct cn cur part, an offer was made by us with n view of ending all pretext for such recriminition or pretended retaliation. The offer has-been accepted, and each Gov ernment'is hereafter to be allowed td provide necessary comforts to its own citizens held cap tive by the other. Active efforts are in pro gress tor the ini mediate execution of this a greemeut, and it is hoped that bpt few day* will elapse before we shall be relieved from the distressing thought that painful physical suf fering is endured by so many of our fellow-