Third Corps to consist of three divisions, and to be commanded by Brigadier-General S. P. Heintzelman.

No change of the base of operations of the Army of the Potomac shall be made without leaving in and about Washington such a force as shall leave said city entirely secure.

No more than two army corps (about 50,000 troops) of said Army of the Potomac shall be moved en route for a new base of operations until the navigation of the Potomac from Washington to the Chesapeake Bay shall be freed from enemy's…

Fourth Corps to consist of three divisions, and to be commanded by Brigadier-General E. D. Keyes.

That .this order be executed with such promptness and dispatch as not to delay the commencement of the operations already directed to be undertaken by the Army of the Potomac.

A fifth army corps, to be commanded by Major-General N. P. Banks, will be formed from his own and General Shields's (late General Lander's) divisions.

Second Corps to consist of three divisions, and to be commanded by Brigadier-General E. V. Sumner.

The forces left for the defense of Washington will be placed in command of Brigadier-General James S. Wadsworth, who shall also be military governor of the District of Columbia.

The Army and Navy cooperate in an immediate effort to capture the enemy's batteries upon the Potomac between Washington and the Chesapeake Bay.

I transmit herewith, for the constitutional action of the Senate thereon, a treaty concluded at Paola, Kans., on the 18th day of August.

War has been made and continues to be an indispensable means to this end.

If the proposition contained in the resolution does not meet the approval of Congress and the country, there is the end; but if it does command such approval, I deem it of importance that the States and people immediately interested should…

The United States ought to cooperate with any State which may adopt gradual abolishment of slavery, giving to such State pecuniary aid.

I earnestly beg the attention of Congress and the people to the subject.

I say 'initiation' because, in my judgment, gradual and not sudden emancipation is better for all.

In the annual message last December I thought fit to say 'the Union must be preserved, and hence all indispensable means must be employed.'

In the mere financial or pecuniary view any member of Congress with the census tables and Treasury reports before him can readily see for himself how very soon the current expenditures of this war would purchase, at fair valuation, all the…

As the 'journal' is an original document, pertaining to the archives of the Department of State, it is proper, when the Senate shall have arrived at a conclusion on the subject, that the volume be returned to the custody of the Secretary…