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BEAVER ARGUS.
Itaroh 15th,' 1865.
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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
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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 -
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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. : - . ' _
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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'
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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,
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ra,it is
i to all.
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(aa‘ tlie !
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bc-Hhus
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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^
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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.
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