1 It 4 TH BEAVER ARGUS. Itaroh 15th,' 1865. - » ~ -j- 9 I ' wanges Intbe Cabinet Secretary Fessenden haviiig reeign ed tlp!i portfolio of jibe?.Treasury ;De ., partdiont, the President nominated Mr. M’Culloch, late Comptroller of the for the I vacancy,! ‘and' the Senate unanimously confirmed the ncm nation. - The [country ;had long expected this, anil consequently.was prep ared for the change. Mr; M’Cul* loch js a native of Maine, but for many ’ years ;a resident W Indiana, from, tvhibh State ho was. appointed to the position, ho formerly held. Although . a lawyer by profession, he has spent molt of his life ir>4be banking busi ness. r For a huir.bj)r og years he was Presidont of the State Bank of Indiana, and it bolding t hat position his financial üBTRty . first 'attracted ■ •■ • (f ' J . ' public attention. Mo man injthe coun. ; try enjoys a higher reputation for abU i, ity and honesty. A number of prom f inent m’en were urged for Secretary -of the Treasury, but the country was bo .unanimous for Comptroller M’Cul loch that .the others all withdrew their claims.. His appointment has already had a good effect. Our finances are more settled, and gold is stjeadily de aling. The new Secretary announces. . -his determination to contract the cuf - rreney and resume specie payments as . soon as, possible. We like; what he .iSkya on the subject, and believe he is • 'tbd man lor the place,: tinder his ' management wo hope to 1 see gold steadily decline, our finances improve' • and the liquidation of our jdebt pro - vided for, i r Senator Harlan, of Towa,; been appointed Secretary pf the Interior, in place of Usher, resigned. 1 The ap i pointmont of M’Culioch ' the resignation of uihor, a.| both are from the same State. • Senator Harlan was serving his second, term in the " U. S. Senate from the'State ot lowa. •IHo enjoys a high reputation for hon esty; 1 energy and ability. 1a man" of • pjire morals, fearlessness for-the right, apd unselfish ' patriotism, hp deserves af| the honors have btjen heaped , upori him. He is an eloqnom speaker and able debater. Wo heard bint in ll|p ! spring of ,’62 reply to Saulsbtny, oi Delaware, in the United States' Don ato, on the, right of Congress to-abol ish slavery in the District ,of C'olum , bia., Ho'’was called out by threats T pf •- ; I * : \ m§flo, by the Senator" from| Delaware, ai|i| p-e never beard sb able, powerful and overwhelming reply. I Ilia effort ■ was extempore, but it surpassed any thing wo ever heard, and the Senators , anti spectators alike joined] in raptur ous, applause. Senator Clark,, then j presiding, was so carried away with it j that he loft, the desk to congratulate I him. Senator Harlan,is the! fight kind ' ofl.a man to erftrnst. with high 'official duties, and* the president did himself ‘ ,' I Vice President Johnson. : Inhere whs one, circumstance that occurred On'the day ;of the Inaugural tfet gives.us great pain to; refer to. — ' j ' ScSho have advised us to koep.silont, ‘ because the pany’would bo injured by ' the exposure. and contribute at all times to it& fpt-crcsis, ’ ;, bpfjr we will not permit pafty or party .interests to interfere with our duty t(J or hide the shame of dfio i who has disgraced the party and ' |lps country. When any 1 * man outra ■ gfs the n£ora> mnei Christian feelings of , publicly, it is the duty of pyery.’one to -denounce him publicly. T|bose who keep silent encourage such transgressions, and arc, in fact, pars ties to the outrage. Nojparty can re f ire such a sacrifice, no’partj'can bo nefitted frOm -such concealments . slany of our realdera already -know . tjiat on the day of .the Inaugural. «V|ce President Johnson jappeared in .tire Senate Chamber and took the cath office in a stateof intoxication. In s presence ot'tho ProsidHit,' Su preme Judges,Senators, Congressmen, Ambassadors from foreign Courts, re " potters 1 ' of the of two continents, of the gospel, and thousands ijjf spectators, the.Yice president elect Appeared so intoxicated itbat he knew ' pot what he said or did.; It is said ho Bwas unwell and took so|me because it Jwas'Taecefjsary. This excuse will not . suffice. The nation was disgraced oy Its chosen officer, and they \ fceptsuoh excuses in paliation of the offence and the .shame. :*Wo have lov- J fed and admired Andrew Johnson; — f|We had the honor ofj first nominating • ’him in a State Gonvehtipn for the po sition he now holdsj yeti wo feol.iffbnr i, rhuty to condemn ing conduct. 1 Intern- , Iterance is blighting, destroying, ruin - j|ng too many thousands for us to keep , . |iient because the offender occupies a > - hi®* 1 position. . This country is in r greater danger tor-day from intemper ance than it is from any other vice or ■ *■ 'from rebellion. Every loves •t j'his country,his fellow-men,br regards ' • , ! right, should speak putt and the Vice -: I t iPresident should either be.* required j?- to resign or pubUoly apologizo. .Noth 1, ing else should Satisfy the country. _. The Situation. 'We learn by late dispatches that; Gem'Sherman has arrived at Fayette ville, If or Carol! ba,; and opened communication with Wilmington. — Since leaving Savannah ho has captur ed over one hundred poices of artille ry and destroyed thousands of barrels of powder, factories,;&c. He has met with nobppoaition of any consequence, bis march North being almost unin terrupted. . •■ , 'Lr , I - ' Schofield had a.fight-with, Bragg, at Kinstcrqdefeating hint and capturing a numbir of prisoners. ! Ho-is pushing on to form a junction i with Geif; Sher man,, which ho will doubtless jsffect. Gen Sheridan made a brilliant dixsh on Charlottsvillo, cdptuiing the town, dentroying the James Jiiver canal, in flicting immense damage on the reb els,* iUnd ' capturing-fifteen hundred prisoners and a number of pieces; of artillery.' ■ ~ j | -! :■ 1 •• | •; Eiohtnond is almost'isolated, cut off from supplies,leaving only Lyhchbmg for the escape of the rebel army, which will boon be, if not plready, in pur' possession. -I/. 4 Gen. Canby is operating' against presume it is now in pur posstssipn. ; . * ' ‘ j Thus the good work progresses [as rapidly as.jwe could expept. Each day brings [reshi tidings of victory. ’ Harrisburg: Correspondence, j ' 1 ' Harrisburg, Mar.' 25. J • Mr. Editor; The Legislature has settled down to’wort, and in .two or three sessions daily is paying the alty of j its idling ini,'the early part of the sessions. ’ Add three Vossions per day, jwith committee meetings interf vening[ ni.eans.i a constant attain )and and exhaustion of. mind, and body, in rooms j | illy ventilated and, seated from* 9 a. m. until nearly midnight. ’ ! i , as usual, nearly monopolifTeflTthe'Wttention of both Hou ses hcrjelofpre, and hard wjork is nbw required to clean the, public calendar jthe adjournment, which is fixdd for the 24th inet. . 1 1.. The hill to inereasethe fees of your county ana township officers has be corre a'law. The - effect will bd to .give your officers the benefit ot | thd increase alp the March ternuof your Courtsl '.A' general fee bill, increa,sihg foes in|the saijio rati)d,j has passed),.this House, and will bo concurred pn by the Senate' before; its adjournment, which will repeal) the local lawi This bill gives io-Jurors fone dollar and fif ty edits per day; to witnesses 'one? dollar, and to Justicesjand Constables an increase of fifty per cent.'in addi tion tc.thc provision made fob county officers.' / ( i TbelHovso cm Wednesday evening last passed a-general boniity bill] fix ing the maximum of bounties to bo raised i,by'.taxation at, five hundred and authorizing the lavy of a' per capita tax of : 525. Efforts were made exempt coiintios that .had i local bills; biit,the, majority rocraj ■i" tcruilnbu'to generalize the laws upon; c the subject, and'they]did not-succeed. j b The bill yont upon some 'amendments 1 1 to a bomraittco of conference jwho' Compromised the! differences, between the two Houses by reducing Che boun ties to] four hundred and thegper cap ita tax, to ijvonty dollars. |ln this I shapej I presume the bill will become t a 'law.[| •,‘i '. - p , ’... * j. The! members from j'our District, , believing that thls true policy upon this subject was to give to oachdbeal- * 1 ity’ such* legislation |a% its'.heccssilios j' j rcquijieil aiu| its’people 'asked, and j i ‘that it "was unwise :to give to‘munici- i ' pal authorities the power to Icvj the (1 tax cbntcary to the! wilt of ithe'jpeo- i | pie, whose servants theygarb, voted ’< the bill, i ; *'J . 1 I A proposition lias also TSton ibcfor.o ■ the House to wipe out with a single enactment all objection tol .lbo c?ompe- I tohey a witness ton ‘account ctf in- : ■tercst or a disbelief in a state of future : rewards and punishments, and to .allow parties th testify in jlhcij oivn onuses. I I aid glad’toisay that itAnot with no favor and was voted down byjadcci ded tnajority,though advocated tyarra- Ij- by some members of the leg'al pro fesssibn. J - , * e -\j- • ■ An] Act fpr the adjudication pf-dam agos sustained.rebel!invasions in the border counties came up for con considoration Thursday evening, and was jwurraly debated. Itf provides ’for'Uio'appointrrient Of a c|ramissi'on to aibertain and report the damages, ' and That the Governor shall present the claims to the U. S. Government for payment. A concluding" section disclaims any,responsibilities upim the part of the State for payment, ak aris ingjodt of'the adjudication.' Itk pas sagje was ■ eon tested] uponjhho glround that if these I claims ’.verb -Once taineJ future Legislatures mighjt. pro vide for their bpaymentj though 'the constitution, prohibits’ the’increase of the debt. , | ’| . -j ’four members thought that [future Legislatures- safely ' ~-as the present, bo 'entrusted to!-prop" erjjy.care for the inferestk of thc] Scale, add the .examination of these! losses jand procuration of the evidence! there of [was the policy as well as the) plain duty oftlip Commonwealth, and there fore supported jtho bill! 1 It fell in the House when first [belope it, hut the action bail was] reconsidered next day, an]d| it will come up] again in its order. jlibe Coal and (Oil Cbmpany haslbeon incorhoratod with power to purchase, and hold two thousand acres ofl land in the north-western portion ofiyour county], and authority to build a ‘railroad front their land to the Ohio river. ■ ■•'. |- I . |Mr Welsh, the . new member .trom \yasbington, « herb, and his conduct fully ('justifies his , selection b|y your people; He hi. an jnnobtusive [gentle man, but vigilant a.nd attentive to the interests of hjs constituents, v and de servedly popular With his fellow-mem bers. His codnty would do well to return him. . ] : - i-X. _ Meeting of the Bar end Officers f the Courts of Bearer Co. | Sheeiff’b OffioE, Feb. 18, '65. : The members of trie Bar and; Offi cers of iheCourtsbt Beaver county mot'atthe Sheriff’s office at 11, a. m., to take action upon [the decease of Samuel A. P|)wbr, Esq., latea member ofjthe Bar ■>f Beaver county; On motion, I). L llmbrie, Esq., was called to the Chair, andM. S' Quay appoint ed Secretary. ■ "\ ", . > On motion, f. B. Chamberlin, Henry Hice, land ji'.‘ Woyand, Esq’rB., wore appointed a Cpmmittce to draft reso lutions expressive of the sense of the meeting, to report at an adjourned session, to be held at 2 p. m, of March 4th, next.* ‘ . ..\‘- )n motiofi, it was resolved that the ’ and County Officers meet at l m.,Ao-day, to attend the funeral of | eas&d.l j . . j - . ; / ! SHjEaiFFfs Oifice, March 4, ’65. . Mouthers of the Bar arid Officers* of th«r Courts df 1 he cennty mot pursnaht to adjournment; D. I/. Imbrie, Esq., President, ih the ; Ch|hir. The Com mittee on BesolutionJri appointed at foijmer meeting, throdgn B. B. Cham berlin, EsqJ, reported Id he following preamble and! resolutions, frelalive to the death of SamneUA. Power, Esq., which wore , The' members of the Bar and Offi cers of the Court andj County having in |a body 'part icipated] in the last offi ces at the fdnoral of Samuel r !A.. Power, Efeb., formerly a professional associate, and officer of our Counts, deem it du tifjal in this; untimely dispensation, to testify our resbect for jhis memory, his virtue and hisj talents,! and to mingle mur commob sorrow with the afflicted under their bereavonient; Therefore, Resolved ,} That in the short career of Samuel JA.. Power, Esq., a late mem her of the [Bat of Beaver county, we recognize ond whoso :life, education, and associations, personal and profes sional, in boyhood and[ manhood, have al' "rays been intimately connected with ■our communijty, and I whoso energy and deyotkonj in every sphere, have, been praiseworthy, as a man, a citizen, and a friend, j; ,4, ' , 7?rso?!, :f d,driiat of the 'Bf>r and Officers of the Court and County, wo tender tn the numerous ki idred and connections of the depart- I ed, the sinberi: oxprea? ion of our sym -1 pa thy in this'their afbict|on,. : and, the j unfeigned !rog|ret that the race, of iri*- pejnod not, n God’s Provi dericc, been .'prolonged to a. maturity eqjual to li|s ardeiit aipbition for wider I distinction arid usefulness. {Resolved, That a coj y of these jrcsoo luiions bd ; presented to the iMrerls anjd relatives jof the deceased, audmlso tbit the jsatiio be presented to the Court of EeavSnComtnon Pleas, with request thjat they bo spread upon tlbo Bicords' of said Court' and a copy of proceedings I e furnished for publica* itm. On motfou, B. B. Chamberlin, Eaqj, if ‘»r pointed to present’ the rcsoin, •ns’ to the Court, with -the tf.iu .iicynrigxnarilip same be spread the minutes of Lhe|. Court, and that respect to the membry of deceased c Court! adjoin n. On motion, adjoarried. : - . ' _ I . , - | ' Ba ?• dec S&'W’o clij) tho following notice of ?.;of Tayloij andj his Seminar}', from ,lc Cadiz Hrjnihlican, and assure our bn-olher editor 1 , that wo, who have long k town l?roh Taylor, can ic has sf.id of him and his School: ; Beaver Sicinary]— W hi 1 o Profes sor Taylor, Fcpsidcijt- of the -above ntnod Semi '.ary, wasiin town wo made a s acquajntjanco, and] found him to ho i pleasant glchtlomaiij and ; as an ,cdu-, cator, ho not doubt: stands high. "\Vo | haruc.d jfroill Prof." Taylor the follow-i liig facts iu{relation to. thaschool over* which hje presides:, Ho has recently purchased the school buildings hereto fiire occupied by the 13 caverß e m i n a ly. and the schools L oen united. Tho principal Tpachhrs in this Seminary nave been jrctair.pd jy Prof. Taylor,. The numbelr of schok.rsjn attendance dpon the tvyo schools have, averaged, I bout IpO. Tne school- are. oiriraocKous and tlio own of Beaver is pleasantly located ,nd heillhy.', -■ ■ , Hr. Taylor has had charge of tho. chool jsomp five years, during which tmo seven,l of our-y:>ung ladies have icon in attindance noon it.. Miss Mi\- geo, daughter of Dr. Magee, gradua-. led at Beaver Seminary. Miss Boylps haabeejn in attendance upon that school Mrs. McGill's daughter, Miss’Hotlic tlale,and Miss Lauia Spencer are at] present attending thjit Seminary; and they all,* we understand, speak well of it Tlley iail speak well of Prof Tay-; lor; an{l is, no doubt, deservedly popular, as an educator. Ifany of onr citizens desire to send their daughters to a first Seminary, they, {perhaps, Could pot do better than to llsend iheni to Beavor. ~ Opinion|of the Attorney General A ttouney-Geneual’s Office, V i February 0, 1805, J , Sia: lii your letteV of the 28th Jan.- nary, yod ask my opinion on the legal poiriti* presented in the letter of'Gov. ’A. G.iGurtin, to you, of date the 25th J atiuaryvj. ' , ['• Gov. Curtin’s letter is’ in relation toj the construction of the Act of Con-] [ gress, | approved 3d of March, ISG3,| commocljy.called the Enrollment A.ct7 Ho insists— : . Ist] Tjjiat the words “period of ser vice, ’[ sinco'the commenccmentof the rebellion!, • as used in the 12th section of 1 the Aict, do not require the. Presi dent,! in! assigning I the quotas to the several States, to take into considera tion the [whole term of enlistment of the volunteer end militia man; and 2d, Tdat that part of the Act of 3d March, 18G3, which makes the period lof service an element, in the calcula tion neejsssary to determine the nutn -1 her 9} men due,from a State,] district, 3 ' : n ~1 ——: — ~"r~~ county:* or town, has been repealed by the 2a!sec ion of the Act amendatory of the Enrollment Act, approved 24th February, 1864, . , ' . It will lie more convenient to con 1 * aider these questions, in the reverse br der, inasmuch §a if it shall be ;found that the repeal has been made, as con tended , the first point; made by.thp Governor necd cot be considered. ! Thejgreat objects of the Enrollment Act-are,:-: | ..L Ist.jTo declare who shall constitute the National forces; and i* .i' ■ 2d. iTo organize a plan by which the Natio ml forces can bo madeavail able. ■' / /■ ■' _ Subordinate tel the purpose of rais-. ing and organizing tbe ,National for* ccs, the 'plan | adopted by Congress shows a desire that the draft upon thq> industrial population of the several States, and the communities thereof, should bo equalized, as nearly as prac ticable. By th e fourth section of the Act . of the thirdpf March, 1863, the i United States istjivided into districtsibf which the District of Columbia shall ccnsti- Into one, of the Uni ted States shall constitute one or more; as the President shall direct, andoaoh Congressional District of the respect ive States, &S~ fixed by a law of the State; next preceding the enrollment, shall constitute,oho. Tho ei'gbth boot tion provides, that, there shall be a Board of Enrollment inleaeh District. By the ninth section, it is provided, that if the Beard of Enrollment shall deem it necessary, a District may divided into two, and, w;ith the assent of the Secretary of. War,.into any Igreaterjpumber of sub-divisions. By the. 12th section, it is made the -duty of the President; in assigning to the Districti tho number of men to be furnished therefrom, to tako intocoa si deration the number of volunteers and militia furnished by and from the severdLSiates in which said District 9 are situated, and the period! of iH'oir service since the commencement of the, present rebellion; and shall; ;so make such assignment as to eqijajizo thio numbers among the .Districts ofrltlic soVoral States, considering''andallow ing for the numbers already furnished as aforesaid, and the time of their ser vico -** v:,, ' 'i ;ii ■ It is evident, from the face-of this act, that the several,; States iapd 'Dis , tricts liad farnishcdia number of vol unteers,and militia, anfl for periods of service.' The first duty! of the Prcsi; dent was to have the 'naliditai forces; enrolled; his next dufy'w-as |to ascer- : tain.i.wliat number of volunteers and militia ;had been furnished jlronV the several States, and thp-periocjs of their service since the commencement of the present .rebellion; ahej then, from what Districts in the several States they came, that" ho might equalize the numbers among, thp Districts qf the several States,-considering and allow ing for the numbers already famish-* oil as aforesaid, and thc itirob-of tlioir service. Under the act of the 3d of March. 1863, it is plain that, he had no right and power to cut.npa District f • . wards, in order to eqijahzo the draft therein. .'Dhe authority giveiv in the 9th Section to sub-divide a district was for the purpose’of facilifalit)g;.oir expe diting the enrollment, a|ud with no re ference to equalization. It.-.might, and doubtless did happen in dis tricts, that one' well defined l !]s»ftion,-of a as a county,l township, or .ward,liad furnishod greatly morcAhan i the number duo therefrom, whilst oth jer parts of the same district, equally, well defined, h:PI furhishe'd fewjor none, thereby making- a diaft upon the,district niccssarv; and, yet, under ■the act, it wit pot in-thc powefc of the President ti-pako the draftjotherwise than equal orcr the whole district.— This was .unjust and oppressive.' In tjrder’ to cornet this’flagrant hardship, hand injcsticoX'ongfess, by|lli«2d sec l tion lof the a-t of 24th of February, ! 1804,j and -vsicdi is an amendment of i the dot of3dof March,' .1803,> declar ed; that.the qiota of each'ward of a city, to|yn, 'tdvnahip, precinct,or ek-c tion district,j ot; of .a county, where the county is not divided into wards, towns>jtOjW ll siips, prejejnets, Or elec tion dijstyietd shall 1 lie, as'noarly|as possible,'Mu rtoporlion to too mini bet* of men rcsidpt therein liable to mils it ary' service taking into account as far as practioblc, the" number which has been pruiously 'furnished there from. ■ | , It is earn ingeniously i tlon of the •much of the ■of the 3d of the duty of considcralioi the vOluntes several State vor of tfiOj r tho.words j o: “the number ly furnished ed that Vmyi an arithmoli understand i. ~ , The Act fSd March, 18G3, had i prescribed a®odo by which tho nura bor of men dp from the several Slates, and the.Distjcts of the'■several States,, should be as&rtaincd; and lhatmodo required,' nol.a ■•simple count, but' a consideration |f the period of'service 6f men previously, : furnished; Con-' used' th> icortl number in the -d ■ section at the amendatory Act,, under standing thatthe mode of count prc» scribed .in tho original Act. would bo preserve*. ■' i ,ji ■ i There ,ro many evidences. upon the face of the amendatory l jAct which show ,th tit was.not. the intention'of Gongresi to change tho modo of count prescribi din the original act. ~■ ’ | The a act does not under take to my how the. quota "pf■ a State or disti ct is to be ln ascertaining what number is duo from? a State Jr district, the President must pursue the mode prescribed in the 1-th section'of the original, act—he must take into consideration *lhe ■ period of service; and yet, under the construc tion insisted upon, when be comes to i- ■ ■ i btly insisted, and most, gucd, that. this 3d seen mended Act Repeals ;SO eth section of the Ac;t larch, ISG3, as. makes it. |e President to take into Iho period of isol-vieo pt' I and militia from) the I The argument in. fa teal rests wholly upon ft ho aineiiciitory Shioh has.been previpus herefrom'.’,’’ < It is 'insist- 1 ter,” as licrouscd.nieana ill. count, I cannot so equalize the draft, as authorized to do by the amended act, in the districts, be must be cdntroliod .by simple nums hers. It cannot be that Congress in* tended, one ;mode Of count for. 'the Stetes anti districts* and' a/, different and wholly inconsistent oite for the sab-divisions of districts. Inoxtrica blo confasiop would ensue, : *. ' i Front the; language tmed in various parts the amendatory actl.it; is evi dent Congress did;'not intend to dis turb the raodoof count prescribed. in thojoriginhl act., For instancc,inthc eighth section of the amondaibry act, itjs said that thDjtdiwn,Ward,op town-' ship shall) \i4 credited by his ‘services, ■. and in tha.seventb aoctidn, “the peri-, pdfor which ho shall have been enlist ed,” and f Hhoperiod for which jhe shall ; havo beon .di uftod.” all going jto show that time: of service was hold ip bo,, an demerit ih the court.” ■ • 4~[i r- Mpr do I‘think that the argument in livor pt the repeal,is aided! by. the languid of the Ist section of the act, act further to regulate and provide for, tho'calling out:the na-' lional forccs,” approved 4lb July,lBo4. The act says,that “ariy such vplahjteer, Or. in case of draft, as hereinafter pro vided, shall be credit ed to tno| town,” &c. 1 Congress meant that the jercditshould be given accord ing to the mode of count proscribed in (the. act of 3d March, I f jThe Whole purpose of the 2dj section of the amendatory act was to enable thoPrcsident to equalize the dfaft in the several districts.surely not to have one modoof count in ascertaining the quotas of the sever al ’ states and ’dis tricts,and another mode for equalizing thO\distrie,ts. Besides,,it is hiii-dly to be considered that Congress would thus .incidentally strike trom.Sp im portant a statute a feature so promi nent and equitable. I am!, therefore, oitheo pinion that the mode of ascertaining and! assign ing'to States itoir re spective quotas, as prescribed in the ! 12th section Qf tbeact of tbc Sdj'March, 1863, is not repealcdjfand that the same mode must be pursued iti equali zing the drbft among the sub-divisions ■of each district. i - J ,!Ncxt ebrnos tbo question, vyHat is the raodofof count proscribed j in . the 12th BCCtion of |tho act of llarch 3d, 1863 ? ! ' ; ' '' !• . It is. very ,pjain that 'Congress re garded that a consideration .on the period of service would change the yule'.from }a moiely nuraeiu'ea:! one.—, Some credit, was to’ be given; for the period cf service' as, well asjforThq man. Congress has 1 fixed various pc* riods of service,, and States ihd diet tricts, and fractions, of districts, had .furnished' men tor the.se c>f ser vice. - Xpw how. is the credit to bej ■riven i' ■ ‘ ' • . i i i:‘* v . ' _ _ s', j J j Before ‘ proceeding to answer the .question, it may be proper to state," that ft is insisted that the .words ‘ipe rjrod ot time”, aqdl'Timc of service,” aja. used in the 12tli section' of s thc act ] of March 3, 18G3, .mean something, different from tcrm.of lt seems i to.mo that the phrases mf-an oiio and j tlie'samaibitVg. When the' word term ; is used in.rofqt once to Time!, u;is, ac cording to the lexicographers, very nearlyi the syqrmym of perind, /flic difference hcfvvixt'thcm, it.jany, is ! tob j uncertain and shadowy’to’helijcve that! Congress meant by The , Use ; of one, something different front what is un derstood by the othjm. Butjtlie words period i ti.nd 'term, both occ’ux?.in after parts of the acts rio>v up dor consider ation. -In. the 18th section [of the. act of iB6O, the terrn of s.ervice is spoken of, and-’ the [onn . of rc-pniiitmcnt, whi|st. in the.7th section'6t-|th 4 amend ed act;' it is ‘the perioil foy wlrch lie shall have,'e|ilisted, and the period for which -ho Khali hijVe been 1 drafted.— Thus 'it will bo percoi ved, |jllijat upon the very face pjf these Mtfjf Congress . used these words as moaning flic same thing.. It, happens,' 100. in the. act, that neither word may .’bo,-used ‘and yet the same idea' intended, as fh the i Bth section cf-U>o anksndpd act, where i the language is,- “thaU bo credited -by | his services ” . ■ , • i'- . 1 . Bogarding then “period of sorvi&C',’" anil “term of service,” as meading the; same thing, any argument [predicated' upon! a'difference must bej disregard ed. And thus wo art brought hack to tho question,how-is the Credit to bo given ? Must the credit be | for tho time of actual service, o"r. this pefiodl of enlistment?. i [ 1 th.ink that Congress intended by 7 the .words “period of service/’ to give credit fer the time of hi-[enlistrjient. , Whpn a man ealisls in the service of tin] Government, for one, two or three years,his services are duo to the Gov-| otnment for that period, alnd during that period 1 his services are withdrawn from tho industrial pursuits Of ;!ife.— The act-speaks as though there was yiSOS’tW^-Sft^-^‘4..peiiod jfqriylio aer-l [ripd of time is taken, other limn tart terth of enlistment,-by sonye system average or gubss, a rule must ;be fixed. To do so would violate tlio certainty I contemplated by the act. I , T am, therefore, ofl the opinion that thoPrcsidcnt must,- under the Aet, give credit by . tUo whole period or torm'lor which-the.man enlisted. : • Whether: this is the rule which should halve boon adopted by Congress, whether it-does not operate unequal ly and whether it is, exactly just. or tooth are questions that cannot now ho considered. It is familiar toal l that special cases iof hardship will odour by tho application of any|general riilej nevertheless the law, as, written, must bo pursued and enforced.'; ; I Vcry respectfully, ;• . . • ! -*• - 1 , Your obedient servant, ' v. i James Speed, y . To the President.. Attorney Gen Constitutional Amendment De-< feated ia N. Jersey Senate ?. Teeston, N. J., Marptlß. After able speeches by Messrs. Buck lov.ot ’Bossaic, and ScoyoJ, ofjCanir dea the constitutional amendment for the abolition of slavery wasjost in the Senate, by a votoi of U to <. Int^restinß.Qtxestioiis arid ; £wers relative, tolthe 7?30 : : . JAT, CGOKEj of PMladelpl wbofor 8b Idng a time had the mans jncnt >f\!the ‘ popular,; 600 million £ Loam ;baB just.been appointed by Sei iary Fessenden, the General Agent ■ diapcpe of the only popular Loan nqwol ied lor sale by; the Government; viz.: “SEYE.N-TinRTY.” In ’tailoring upon-, . his duties,, answer plainly . the la numbe£~of questions daily and hoi .propounded-to him, bo that, big fell countrymen may all understand what “Seven-Thirty Loan” is—what arc pcculia r.j merits,—ho w they-can • snbsc for or obtain the notes. Sic. • | . Ist Question. Wbyis this Loan ca the “Seven-Thirty” Loan ? . Answer. It bears 'lnterest, in currei at the rate of Seven Dollars and th cents, each yc/jr, on every hundred lars; iuaking_the interest as follows :, i, One cent per day on each 6 50 no. Two cents “ *• • 10Q -> ' Ten , “ >« 500 r ‘ Twenty “ " 1,000 ‘ One dollar “ “ 6 1 ,000 ‘ 2d Question. When and how can the obtained 1 ] | Answer. They are for sale, at par, accrued;interest, by all, Sub-Treasu dKutionaj.and other Ranks) and all B< I era and Brokers. • I ! -3d'Question. Whgn is the interestp blc and how. collected 1 ! Answer.’ Th.ej-'SGoupons or Int Tickets ;are due 15th of February 15th of Angus t4ir each year, and 1 ca cut off. from the note, and will be ca by any Sub-Treasurer, U- S. Deposi National or other Bank or Banker. ' 4th (Question. .When must thp Go’ ment pay oft’fhcse'7.3os ? * I Answer. They, are due in two ; 1 and-a half from the 15th of , Febr i 1865 ; biz: on the 15th of August,:. • !stji Question. Must'l receive bac! -.money as 1867? ' ■ Answer. No 1 not*' unless you yoi prefer to do so—the Law gives’ you right to demand from the Gnvonimc: that tinie, cither yoirr money or an < amouut';at par, of the famous, and j lar 5.20,G01d Bearing 6 per cent, 1 OtlrfQuestion. 'How much do you sidet this privilege of conversion, 5.20 Loan to j bo worth ? Answer. 5.20 a bearing . Gold Ini from Ist of November, are to-day v 9 per cent, premium. If they are, ' no more at the end of the year; a half,'when you Lave a right to than th(;}\uoiv are, this premium ; to the interest you receive', will giv< at least 'lO per et-ul. per unnnmj for , money—but the,opinion is that they be worth more than 9; per cent.- prei at that time. ~\ ' 7th Question. What other aclvant; there in-investing in th(K7.3O Loan I Answer* It .cannot be thxej by St Counties, or Cities, and tbiH i adds. | one to three per cent, per annum t: 1 net income oi the holder, ! the’rate of taxation hr various loca j All bonds and stocks, except those < I United Stales, and all mortgages, ! are taxed, not only by the Govern ly Statp.s. Counties and Cities. : - ■ i Btb Question. How does the go meat raise the money to pay the int j-and is it safe and’surc? ■ • Answer.- The 'Government c< by taxes, internal revenue, and cT.f imports., fully three hundred million year. This is nearly' three tine much as is needed to pay the in tore all the debt, and as soon as the t ended, the amount not needed to p; interest! will be used, iu paying o debt. Our Government has twice oft’ all its debt, and- can easily do so The interest is sure to be paid pro and-the; debt’itself is the very sail ; vestment hi. the - world. It is .as | mortgage on a good farm, and p better- interest. -It is, iu fact, a 'Mortgage on all, lands, all iucon railroads “arid canal bends,, and or other stocks, mortgages, &e. Nothing pan be. safer, for Vc \ bound tor it, 1 and all that v/c have is licld fur the payment of ,principal fa terest. How foolish those peopl who keep their gold and greenback and. looktd up-, or, purchase morfg: raUroad stocks and bonds, whic’l only 5 or 6 per cent interest; when' Seven-I’hirtics pay (counting the pr on Five-Twenties.) over, ten per and arc so inticlr. safer and surer, a. 9th-'(Question. How many. Thirtie? are there, and Low much r unsold ? Ans\vcr. -There'are only about. three \ J - i * '■* L. ■ ■ hundred and twenty-five millions i utbor- ,-Rov. R. T. TAYLOR, Pre^ £! izedby law, and only about «ne hundred^w, T . otlVl* 6s and nnsoid. i' • ~! ' lOthjQnesti'on. long will it” take .. Vl ' ' ; SSS.SO you to sell the balanced 1 : - Pajs for Board, Room. -Fuel. Answcr. There are aboutu^Op^J Nation- ’ turn in Gdimuot .Braiu-lips G al Banks all engaged*.in selfingl them : : Lessons ( oa l riaUo. Organ. Jlanuon®; also a J large number of -the old Mftland j 1 at least three* thousand private bankers, 1 girls. wilL be opened'. M -brojccrs.and special agents willbciei gaged■■’A liberal reduction Will '&h Question!~*Ho w long will; to sell the whole 1 (Auctioneers, ■ Take Answer. In less than three j“® nt ,?Lv. rjcTIOXEERS arc ucrpby }??-■• they will be all soft, and will ncdoubt-. A- n n j flft(!r ,hc 2i'th ®-J a then sell at a premium, as was the: ease erS on.will -*>e l’ erm ‘“l 4»*si with' the oft Seven-Thirties, tlie without oibt^ining- a Twonty-Vsars U* fl*, M. Twenties. . ' ' v - i&StwUb According tojio’OKL} The above questions and answi ... ■' . ev Ancti believed, will, give fulUnformatio mariyC/ > L - If not, flic General Subscriptioi or any of the Banks or Bankers ed to sell the Loan, will be glad U all Questions, and to furuvsh tlic Thirties iiv«nall or -large sums 'notes are issued in denominations §lOO, §5OO 81,000, and $5,000 tender : it easy for all to subset fulfilling the instructions of Mr. P who earnestly desires that the j the whole land, [as well as .tin lists;] shall have every opportoj ded' them of obtaining a portioi ibost desirable investment. ' ’ Let none delay; but; saibscribi through tbe nearest respousibl bankers,- . 'The King Consprt of S.p&iP ibbdd' his' brother ■ tp _ I lands for talking politics, j : ' cr -S>-3OLO^? IJy authority of the : ■:a*y, the undjrsjghed hw , "«- , * ISubsoriptfea A gency .State* Trea»#y Solev'beeria. M interest, per annum, kno,m £**«* SEVEN-THIRTY LOAN | that time, in currency, or are c o a , r „ >. tho Option of the Redder, into ! - ?*•« .20 ;re : to Fer the j U- S. 5-20 Si* pr J eent OL.D-BEARISG These hobls are now wuiHi f. Vi per. cohtincluding g„W " - I winch makes the. actual pro 6t - 0 ) loan,.at current rates, be ut ten per ,P?r-annum; biy*'? 1 - traidba from Slate of- JbaUj,,,; j. * \:h adds from ont. to ihte-ptr w «. ling to the rate n * Tr ' ,f -ijinlsrcsl is 8 attached tp each iw.te! -whi t!l bii ea:i ‘ and gold to any hank or tanker ? * icy, irly dol- '7 T 3il aboi Thi poi off 'lie interest amounts to and rjes, ink- 'Om. jenl -pef 'dag, w .„ ' S.liji). “ V “-.Solttf ■•• •.■ ; Siooo .. •t'K .£5OOO - ■! Tico ccnli 11 10 '• ■2O u. / u lya- ireat and 11.1)6 died ■oryv Soles of all flit dbnomiuaiiuns- Jr be promptly furnished-apon receipt 01 . lions. i; This is ' j ■ THE LOAN IN MARKET now offered by the Government. nnJii > Csn i. dcutly expected that its superior will.make it the ’■ ■ cm ’ears 567. : my Grekt Popular Loan of the People; , than 520D,000,00'0 .remai.n -' which wilUprohahly be di.-.posed of-witlih tl.’ next titj or 'JO days, .when the notes wHTuv doubfediy. command a preiamtnV aHiss’m'j ■foi'raly'been ,th,e cast on dosing.Vue tionsdo other Loans. V rsclf —tlie; it, ab qual .... In oviler that citizens of v'vsry.townan.fiß of the. fotmjiyTinay htjafiWert-fi.ir,;. iOt.t'ttciili; tl;0 loan, the-National Baakj.ts*! avUiViYrte.'-Cankers; through, «■ if, a greet! to m-eUt aciriljt.ions iff■psfrT" wilt tvlcci th<r o 7,'n.agents, in iVlmjiii tijoy I,;i,vc and 7,L0.0n1y ore 1 ! o i.e responsible fur the > livery of.tnc thge s .lor which they- retu. opu -oan. cou iulc crest orthj rorth.j and-' hem. .orders, r 'Jay cooke. tided i: j' .vou !;'■ * '• -i Swauriu* ? onv U ir ■tt-ill, '•'! * , , i i • s '• Srnfi-r-iVTir.Tia-KII.T, nc’r.v.cv.iv.r.Ti tV» 111 uul v I >. • - j * - \ National Bank of Coupf ’ zhnpeli I^.lBos^—r>,m.‘ v~ : M Y ; j bbatbe ; : lIJ] 'tAr D E fflETg S° w-j.--’ ( ftCj • FTJIJSSpHng, teiim- .of tlii'j . Iti-ti: r.,. g. . |-‘ cun.ir-otice '| 1 nont’ - ;i | Tuesday, Apm ' _ ■ under life charge of_ • 1 1 . , vnr.nr Messrs. F, AG NEW i M. GAV • -I crest-; \ • aa_Assocpuc PrrncipjiN. | < It\ss the desire, nutl will be tbc-aim. ton.*'- llects I Ihia'yi. thorough; .English, n*iJ C 3 on tucreiiil School.'and to .*n>Tain thclhigli c:s . factor it has had heretofore... ; . ■ , ! i' .To thoseuvhoTflesire a good English.c!^: ;d ftS M-jou, and to those j wlib duivo/'em or*r it on j plater teaching ill [our public -schools.':nb;i i'ar is 1 Anient is offered’.frdim the fact, that thcUttrt [ v- the I^^nc^P:^s » for the; laM jtwelvo Tidi*.>•’ T f K j hecnTrincipaPof Xe’.v thistle Union ’tbi--'.* * .| JColli arc graduates yf differviit - c?l'r?. PJM** ! anti well acquainted with the wh!;:*,--' ■* .again | higher mstitftlious. ’ l.V.Mnnt. ihmfjrT?/ upliv, j design fit tmg..thcim : elvys fi>r college. *f’-» ! this a suitable and desirable- place.- %- -- w : , ; The former havm'gd'eeu' >W wine tir..*:’. 9dte a j ■ueeted.with.the Ivon City College. * ft ' !& l :: ‘ a-ys a ;clpal teachers and the lunar ahV First : Jate of l>;iiT.b C ollege, advuiu.rS- 'it; •'/l! nil i juo{st:ou4sfdo of the Cmuhcrc! A- c«'l!oi.’ <r bank ’ o^'rrC ‘btcictUosc dc.dr.iiig n biisiuyv \ 0 jr. (i)urnew Academy •JltiiUmgj, •lob,’!”-.-; '' 1t I p’rcssly for» the .purpose. with farce, .-m •“ TQ all ; class robing, society Lnil. c-r., r t ’thinly J occupied, though not .quite tiftbicJ. h in* however,x-id have !i '. v |”Sof tui.iU &>:! 4* <■* ’ 3.1U1.C 1/ Address the Principals oMhe csat ■. v !. ;;y. H . uk e 1 j Sec.-Roard of Trustees, hcavur. i those, : SS“ iB E A VJjR S. KMIXAi $ ■’].... . ANO ■■ ■:. -• . ra,it is i to all. - Agent-i ■tnploy-. answer) Seven-1 (aa‘ tlie ! . ..of §5O ( ) and to ■ bc-Hhus >B3ondch icoplcof i c.ipita ityafTor- i of ibid X ETTERSIof \j of LT.V( R. t granted *lO *«o '•’ de ' ' ve ‘‘ f debled to said'estate ■ e i.^ving Ihnkediatopfebh ft “ J rc i e „t *«»;- Ugainsi said estate .* J; ul^w ‘ subscriber ptoperl) ‘ , WA tiS.'.f ®a‘ llemont, • s < VC ° l ’ :, ibti-15T.5 V ,- . ~ vnT^ I.ADMI^STAIvrO^S^ ihjJ IHr dlod. il j ot Ai>A^-S°^ , ‘ L '’ c o Un .v. BWfftS.i ad »*> granted to u >. J, req^^aj^ tasarsM* • those ‘b* immediate l>aj’ n t c ’ r ,. so ut il "' r ' hit's unify Is-1 >: ■ • ,*• - ;" f ,r. ‘■ . ■ marß fin ‘i- ■■ - - l;,;vv :•■■- , atoucc bankp^, II
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