VOLUME 2. MESSAGE OP Governor Brownlow to the ture of Tennessee. SECESSION. is an abomination that 1 can not too strongly Qondeinn. and one that you cannot legislate against with too much sevority. What has it done for our coun try in the space of four years? It has plunged our country into civil war, par alyzed our commerce, destroyed our agri cultural pursuits, suspended the whole trade and business of our country, les sened the value of our property, destroy- j ed many of the pursuits of life, and has | involved the Soui.li iu irretrievable bank- j ruptcyand mi". ITS DEVASTATION. What has it done for Tennessee? It J fin- formed odious and unconstitutional military leagues' passed m*itary feills*w*» l inaugurated a system of oppressive tnxa- j tiou. without consulting the people, and j then, in mockery of a free election, Ins j •required them by their votes to sanction , its usurpation, at the point of the buyo- j net. under the penalty of imprisonment and death. It hai offered a premium for crime, iu ordering the discharge of cul prits from prison on condition that they , would enter the rebel army, and in recom- | mending the judges to hold no courts for the trial of offenders. It has stained our statute book with the rej udiation of hon est Northern debts, and lias palpably vio lated the Constitution, by attempting, through its unlawful extension, to do away with the right v' suffrage. It his passed laws making it treason to say or do , anything in favor of the Government of J the United .Status, or against the so call- j ed Confederate Slates. It has prostrated | and overthrown the freedom ol speech : and of the press; it lias involved the j whole South in a war whose success is | now proven t/> be utterly hopeless, and which, ere nnoihe year r< Us round, must lead to the ruin ot the common people.— Its bigoted murderous and intolerarttspir- j it has subjected the people of Tennessee ! to many grievances < )ur people have j been arrested and imprisoned ; our homes have been rudely entered and shamefully j pillaged : our families have been subject ed to insults, our women and children have been tied up and scourged, or shot by a ruffian soldiery; our towns have been pillaged ,* our citizens have been j robbed of their horses, mules, grain and I lyeat. and many of them assassinated and murdered. Hundreds, yes, thousands of our young men, middle aged and old mcn,liavc been driven from our State, and compelled to enter the Federal aimy, in strange regi ments, and their bones now lie bleaching upon the many battle-fields of the South and West, and all this because oup peo ple were true to the traditions of their fathers, and refused to worship rebel gods. And to thf honor of the people be it known, that more regiments to-day swell the nuuiucr of the armies of the I nioii than there are li¥iug traitors in the ranks of the enemy. • THE V N ION MARTYRS. In this proud capital of llic "\ oluntecr State," there have been thousands of I n ion refugees, men, women and children, broken-hearted, naked and starving, a great many are here still. They have fled from the wicked aud murderous guerril las, after being robbed of everything they possessed. They have lived in camps or tents, by fires in the woods, have dragged out a miserable existence for a time, and died amoug strangers, llund reds have suffered from actual want of necessary food,shelter while many residences iu this ffbe/Zious riti/ ' have been occupied by ihe families ot those who were fighting against their country, or being rittseu ri.bc/.i and lmm< fruitvrt , have fie.l within th rebel lints. These families have remained here pro tected, an I have yielded an over-ruling social influence. Many of them are wealthy, and live in ease and comfort.— They have busied themselves in giving information to the enemy, in carrying w delicacies to rebel prisoners who have ' been coufiued here for their crimes ai|d treasof. And it is suited upon undoubt ed authority, u,'jd the fact is notorious in this capital, that the. disloyal families never contributed in the slightest degree to the relief of the poor aud distressed Union women and children or disabled soldiers thrown upon this population by the operations of the war. I state these facts, which may have the appearauce of a personal aud local character, that you may know how to shape your course when personal and local legislation is called for. AMENDMENT TO THE £QNSTJTU TION. I have the honor to submit to the G«n- i eral Assembly of the State of Tennessee, p copy ot a joint resolution of Congress, { AMERICAN CITIZEN. ' passed by of two-thirds of each ! house, entitled "A resolution submitting to the Legislatures of the several States a proposition to amend the Constitution of the United States," which is in the ) following words: " Resolved, by the Senate and Howtc of Representative* ot the United States in Congress Assembled , (two-thirds of both houses concurring therein,) That the fol lowing article be proposed to the Legis latures of the several States as uu amend ment to the Constitution of the United I States, which, when ratified by the Leg islatures of throe-fourths of said States, shall be valid to all intents and purposes. | as a part of said Constitution, namely : ARTICLE XIII. '• Section 1. Ne-ther slavery nor invol untary servitude, except as a punishment I tor £)iuie v whercyf the party shall have j been duly convicted, shall exist within ! tlie United States, or any place subject j to their jurisdiction. I ''Section 2. Congress shall have pow j or to enforce this article by appropriate j ' legislul ion. " Approved Fenriwry 1, 1865." The slavery question here conies up in a form hitherto not discussed in our pol i itics. It is not a questi ti as to the right ' of Congress to exlude slavery froin the Territories, to legislate upon the matter themselves, noV does it involve the dis cussion of any doubtful powers, but is the shnplp proposition to amend the Con stitution of the United States in the man ner prescribed oy that sacred instrument ! so as to strike down the monster, institu | tion which has embroiled the Govern j ment for half a century, and culminated | in the most wieked, uncalled for and bloody | war known to the history of the civilized | world. LET IT HE RATIFIED. I Slavery, secured to the people of the South more permanently by the Constitu ! tiou of the I nitpd States, and by the j laws enated in pursuance thereof" than ! any species if property claimed by them j—not even excepting their land*—tvill I now perish by the war which it brought j about to enlarge its power and perpetuate j its existence. Let us do our part in this great work by ratifying the action of Con gress, and carrying out the wishes of our people. After the ratification by the pco plo of oar State of our Amended Consti j tutiou, embracing the same proposition, and after your election to the General As sembly on this platform, and by the same people. I have not considered an elabor ate argument in favor of the proposition submitted by Congress at all necessary. I may bo allowed to say. however, that to prohibit slavery in a State requires a change in the State Constitution. Pregnant as we find slavery to be of all sorts of polit ical mischief, it is uot to be got rid of, under the Constitution, in any other than a constitutional manner. And, while the sooner this can bo done tlio better, it does not appear in what part of the Constitu tion of the United States the power ol regulating it at all, in times of peace, is to be found. Fortunately for the future happiness of the country, the Constitu tion has provided a way iu which the people can reiyedy the great evil, with out any questionable exercise of power, and that is by amending the Constitution jnst as < Congress has, proposed. Slavery was so far made the subject of constitutional cognizance by the jieople ol the United States, when they adopted the Articles of Confederation, that it found u place in the compromises of that instru ment, both iff fixing the ration ol repre seutalion and the apportionment of direct taxes; aud also iu rcquitiugthe people ol a free State to surrender so much id' this sovereignty as not to have the right to piotect the slave that sought refuge from bondage—it would seem 100 late iu the day to question the right of the people to adopt amendipentg to that instrument, in regard to thus or other subjects embraced in its provisions. It becomes us, there fine, to approach thb subject with an en lightened statesmanship, and with a de gree of moral courage that is not afarid to do right, appealing to the ultimate judgment of mankind to vindicate our action. It is iu this way, and in no other, that a Uniterm rule cau be provided, aud an eud put thereby, in all time to come, to a possibility of reviving that which has ■ beeu the fatal cause of all the mischief in the country. To insist upon exclu ding slavery fruin a State, by amending her Constitution, before recoguizing her again as within the pale of the Union, would look awkward, and fall beloy the dignity of political sagacity. ( Our State lutsshown her hand aud placed herself square upon the record; and i flat'er myself that her representatives here as sembled are ready for' a measure which shall forever exclude slavery from the United States. "Let us have Faith that Righfmakes Might; and in that Faith let us, the end,dare to do our My as we understand it'-'—A.. Lincoln BUTLER, BUTLER COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 13/1865. PROTECTION TO FREED MEN. Some legislation is necessary for the protection, government and oontrol of the emancipated slaves among us. When this war is over a portion of those who fought to perpetuate slavery will show the emancipated slaves no quarter, and espe cially that class of slaves who have been rudeand violent toward their former own ers. What the character of this legisla tion should he, I leave the good sense, prudence and reflection of the members of the General Assembly to determine. It is certainly proper and right fiir the Legislature of tne State of Tennessee to determine to what extent this state shall be overrun with the emancipated slaves of other States. If their presence in any State is a blessing, they should be distri buted; if an evil, is but just that we should he taxed only with our own share of tfiein. i aid, myself, the advneat* of providing for them a seperafe ami appro priate amount of territory,' and settling them down permanently as a nation of 1 freeduie'i. In this case, as in most oth j ers, it will probably be well to guard against exceptive legislation. The ne gro h;ts had no agency himself in bring* mg on our troubles, and does not merit unkind treatment at our hands. WAR ON GUERRI 1.1.AH. • The attention of the Legislature is ear nestly called to the subject of the ro ving bandit of guerrillas, and squads of robbers and murderers who frequent those counties and portions of counties re mote frmnour military forces. The dep redations and murderspotnnii,ted by them a>e of such frequent occurrence as to have created a general feeling qf iusecu rity among our citizens, causing hund reds to saernfiee their properly and aban don their homes and the graves of their parents and,loved mies, seeki g new homes, among strangers iu the Northwes tern States. INritt:AS)lii> bEVEUITIT OF THE I.A\\\ The criminal laws of Tennessee prior to the rebellion were equal to the de mands of justice and the wants of socie ty, but the}'are now inadequate iu both these cases. The corruption of the rebel j lion have exhibited themselves in every quarter, and the effects of the same have been to demoralize all classes of society more or 'ess, calling for more stringent enactments, so as to meet the numerous eases arising in ojir country. I advise that horse-stealing, house-breaking and highway robberies be punished with death. Let the proof in all such cases bo clear and unquestionable, and then leWlhe offenders Ikj hung, even for the first offense. This character of a law will close out all those acts of perfidy which now reuder life aud property in secure, more or less in all counties of the State ; and when the necessary reform is had. a future Legislature can repeal or amind the statute. Such a law may look to others as a bloody act, but it can never affect injuriously au honest man or a law-abiding citizen. Aud you, gentle men, should feel no concern for the op posite class of men but to punish aud re lorm them. * * * * * * AMENDMENT OF STATE CONSBITUTIO.V. 'J he recent amendment to tho State Constitution abolishing slavery will re quire some changes in the revenue laws The item of slaves wid no longer appear in the list of taxablas. he cen-ns of 180'J show* there were in the State about JJS.OUO slaves. The issessor's return l show that 180,425 were reported for tax ation. Their average value hatl steadily Increased from 8413 72 ie lß4li to §**o 40. It is a significant fact that the next year, the first year ot the war, the aver age fell to isti, taxes at the low rate of seven cunts upon the one hundred dob lars to which our State taxation was re ; duced iu 18t)H, the slaves* averaging a little the rise of sixty-two cents each, a.iuouuting to SBJ,OUU iu the aggregiate. The slaves had no property. Hping emaucipaLed. they will now be subject to a poll-tax.—.Many of them will soon ac quire taxable property far beyond their personal value as slaves. ****** COMMON SCHOOLS. The common school system will, in this connection, demand your attention. The lund appropriated for the purpose has beeu squandered by the bad men aud i dishonest fuuetuaries who fled on the ap proach of the old, flag. What shall be done to replace tjiis great loss ? At no : period iu the history ot the State has the - young and risiug generation appealed so affectionately for legislative aid. Precti : cally denied all scholastic advantages du : ring the last four years, aud deprived, as thousands have been, of their natural protectors, if they are not poua provided I for it will be too late for them. Indeed, not a tew have already passed beyond i the age to atteud school, hopelessly i Ulc erate. ****** THE NATIONAL BANK. The National Bank System is believed on many accounts to be preferable.— This would give us a circulatim current all over the country, and subject our bank ing to more correct principles of finance. Other States are adopting the National Hanking system, and I recommend the same to the Legislature of Tennessee. — Such an institution eould be used profita bly as the fiscal of the State, and if you can secure the means, one in each of the other graud divisions of the State would work to advantage. ELECTIVE FRANCHISE. The qualifications of voters, an 1 other limitations of the elective franchise, have been entrusted to you by the people This delicate responsibility will devolve uprtn you a heavy task, and merits your j whuk: attention. \ should be some attitionul limitations prescribe!, few wiil don}'. Many persons in the State, by every act of which they were capable, have disfranchised themselves. Probably ihoy neither expect nor desire the privilege ol again voting, and would not exercise it if granted them. Many others have committed acts deserving dis franchisement, who nevertheless will re sist it, and strive for every civil right they enjuyid before the war. and before trea son had involved the State in so much suffering. While J would not recom mend you to give way te the impulse of vengence any more than to the appeals of sympathy and pity, I would urge onto guard the ballot-box faithfully and effect ually against the approach of treason, Tin matter in what character it may come. — The loyal people <jf the Stale, who sent you here, expect you to act decisively in the matter.afid to have no child's play in determiding the qualifications of voters. This subject has been considered by sever al of our sister States, whose reform was not any more loudly called than with us. It is quite probable that this action and its effects may assist you in depiding what to accept aud what to avoid. ****** CONfIKESSICINAL REPRESENTATION. The duty devolves upon you at this session, of electing two .Senators to the Congress of Ihe United States, and of re districting the State, so as, without delay to provide for the election of eight Rep resentatives to the next Congress. It is with profound regret that I have obser ved several Republican journals aud some leading politicians of ability and influ ence. are opposed to tho admission of Sen ators and Representatives from Tennes see. 'J'hey take the ground that flic State should be treated as a T< i i ilm i/, and continued under military government, subject to the arbitrary orders of military rule. If their dangerous and revolution ary doctrine is adhered to by any con siderable portious of Senatorsand Repre sentatives in Congress I shall for one, dread the consequences. My confidence in the wisdom and patriotism of Senators and Representatives, leads 1110 to believe they will discard, indignantly, any such proposition. The loyal people of Tennes see have resolued through the ballot-box to rule themselves under the Federal flag; taking the ground that the State has never been out of tl'lo Union, aud boldiy denying that the unconstitutional and treasonable acts of those in rebellion ever earried them out of the Union.— Besides, the inauguration of the Vice President from this State, and the with drawal of a Military Governor, to give place to eiuil authority, fix the status oi of Tennessee in the estimation of tho Federal authorities proper. And to you' good sense aud unyielding firmness, I submit this grave question, not doubting that your action wiil be correct. ****** CONCLUSION. Having thus fully placed before you the information requisite to cua. le you to judge of the condition of the state, the evils which environ us, and the meas ures of legislation needed for averting them, aud ridding ourselves of them, it remains for uie but to invoke your atten tion to the consideration bf tboso means by whjch, above all others we uiay hope to restore order and prosperity to to our coudtry. Aud if one be more prominent than another, it is the necessity for earn est aud cordial cooperation betseen the State aud Federal Governments. To you especially, as Seuators and Representa tives, do the loyal people of Tennessee look for encouragement and eouncil.— And to your actions in the halls of legisla tion will 911 eyes be turned—not only in Teunessee but in other States^—for exam ples of what is befitting loyal men. I feel full confidence that you will prove yourselves equal to the emergency, aud meet expectations, both at home aud abroad. 1 feel assured, that being uuited liu a common andliuly cause, yotl will rise bLkjvo all veifish considerations, uud bow- ing to Divine Will, you will unite wit! all good in ,n in reverently invoking the blessings of our Heavenly Father upon all we say and do, while iu the service of the State. It is, perhaps proper for me to state. that since writing this Message, impor tant facts have come to my knowledge, aud upon unquestionable authority, rela ting to the use of a portion of the funds of the Bank of Teunessee, that may re quire me to send jou, at no distant day, a special message. The interests of the State, and the just rights ol tho people, ahould be sacredly and vigileutly guar ded. no matter who suffers ruiu and dis grace. Ww. G Bkownlow. Nashville. April 6ih. 1805. COMMIMt For the America" Citizeu. SCHOOL EXHIBITION. Mr. ftniTOtl: —Permit me, through tho columns of your very excellent pa per, to drop a flw remarks to the citizens of Butler co., concerning a School ex hibition held in Winfield tp., School House, No. 2, on the evening of tjie 28th inst. Wo cannot intrude upon your space, by making the comments on exhibitions, in general, that we should like to. We frequently see notices of school terms closing with a public performance; and they are spoken of almost invariably with the greatest commendation, l'he writer has attended many exhibitions, and has found all of them more or less interest ing. But in every case, there has been the same, tpirit of iguoranre at work, tending to make them disgusting, and to bring them into disrepute—l mean the grossly bad conduct of many of those at tending such meetings. Reader, don't begin to think that the writer is opposed to such exercises. lam not. lam ever ready and willing to add my Write of iu flueuee to any thing that may encourage education; hut lam always iu favor of giving the bitter with tlfo sweet. Wo are liot disposed to publish tho uood and keep back the bad, thus screen ing the evil doers in society. It seems to be the impression with many that Ex hibitions Spellings, and Singing Schools, are just the right places for fun. 'J'hey, goto those meetings with no inten tion of showing that they have auy re spect 1W themselves or any body else. But we promised to tell you of the evening of the 28th in particular. We were on the ground at an 841 iy hour, but lata enough to find that "every body and most oft heir friends were there before us." Tho house was decorated in such a way as none but ladies could have done it. Among the ornaments, the flag of our country, was not forgotten. Ere long the curtain was raised, aud tho exercises for tho evening commeueed. I must say that the pieces were well selected, well com mitted, and mostly spokeu for new beginners. The dialogues were mauy of them new and interesting; and the "es says" read by the young lad'os were not only good, but excellent. They bore the murks of talent and good sense. In ad dition to this budget was tho Leumres utile G't'-.i He, edited by tho very worthy teacher, Miss Maggie Lawell. This was of itself a literary treat. 1 should like to see it 111 print, aud thus have the people judge of its merits. Will not M..ggic send, at least, a lew of the best articles 10 it to tU CITIZEN for pub lication ? We must not forget to tell you 1 hat. there was also plenty of good music on hand. The three Mr. Loves with two violins and a flute, Messrs. Kiskaddeu and Beajy both violinists, aud Mr. Rals ton with buss viol, Constituted the band. Considering the character of the per formances, and the preparations made, it might have been a rich literary feast. Tho teacher had evideutly done every thing necessary to mike the exercises troth intcrestingand instructive. Reader, do you ask why it was not interesting '(— I will tell you. As i have already inti mated, aud as is usual on such occasions, the house was crowded to overflowing, and the evening was warm, causing, ol course, much discomfort. But thoro was a worse element than heat to contend with. I dou't like to call it iynora ice ; if it souud better, we will call it " bad manners." During the whole evening, the confusion caused by talkiug and laugh ing wee uucu urable. Ad efforts mado I 'to secure quiet were trcuteJ, not with si ient, but with noisy contempt. Wouder ful to say! it was uot confined to the young iuen. Many of those wearing the dress of ladies, mingled their toices with the discordant song. Mauy of who acted thus woikld be offended, were they to be called anything but Indies and yen tin men. Will ladies andgentlemeu act-so at a School exhibition ? Is it a projmr place t for such c tiduet ? Many, no doubt, were J more with houoot luioutiuiM. Jd*iiy be- j » haved themselves as all should have done. Had every one acted the part of prudence and good manners, all would have been edified, the faithful teacher gratified, and the schollnrs encouraged. As it was, the would- i'-taarifrs were disgusted, the teach er sorely vexed, the schollars discouraged, aad what was worse still, "young Ameri ca" rendered ridiculous. The writer has been told that this was the first attempt of this school at a public performance. Will it be the last 1 I hope not. Will the citizens of the district hereafter encour age, or will they discourage exhibitions ? Will they tako the teacher by the hand and favor the cause of education ? or will they turn round and say to "Young America,""go in," -'have things your OWN way." LEMMON. Highly Interesting Developments. Sj»«fciAl Dtoputcb to l'itt*burgh Commercial WASri J NGTON April 25. The following series of dispatches from the chief corrcponucntof the Pitts burgh COMMERCIAL, in Sherman's army have just been received. They relate on ly to the preliminary operations : KAT.ETOII, N. C., April 10.—On the 14th Gen. Sherman received a communi cation from Oeu. Johnston asking that hostilities might cease until Oen. Sher man could obtain authority from Gen <i rant to accept the Surrender of his ar my on the same terms granted to Lee. < Jen. Sherman stated in reply that he was already authorized to grant the same terms which Leo received. reply was forwarded to our cavalry advance to bo sent out under a flag of truce. By a strange eversight the paper was delayed nearly a day, or in all probabili ty this dispatch would convey tlio new* of Johnston's surrender. Hostilities have ceased, the troops having been ordered into camp soon after starting yesterday morning. An answer is expected from Johnston in the conrse of the day. Ra leigh will be the headquarters of the De partment of North Carolina, and the af fairs of' the department are already being arranged with the view to a speedy peace. While the citizens manifest little I non scntimcntg. yet all seeui rejoiced at the prospect of peace. The army is* over joyed and exultant. IIALKIGII, N. C., April 17—noon.— The newsof the assassination of president and the attempt upon the life of Secreta ry Seward, lias not yet been made known to the troops. It is flying among them as a discredited rumor. The guards are being doubled aud tribbled in anticipa tion ol'the storm of tyrath which will surge ovpr this army as winters wildest storms sweep the ocean. To those who know of this all our victories have grown dim. The expected surrender of today has ceased to be talked about, nnd each is staggering undor a load of sorrow under the effect of the rumor, only a hush.as of death is setting over this army, and none speak of the possible truth of the rumor with dry eyes' What will follow when the soldiers hear the fact, God only knows. Gen. Shermau is at Durham's Station, negotiating with Johnston. KALEIQII, N. C., April 17—Evening —Majo.r M'Cov. of Gen. Sherman's staff, returned last night from the enemy's lines with a replj to Gen. Sherman's commu nication informing Johnston that hew; s authorised tr grant him the same tern s of surrender which Lee received. John ston appointed Durham's Station, on the llillsboro road, as the place, and tbi» naming as the time for an interview with Gen. Sherman. The General and his stiff left at eight o'clock, on a special train. There is scarcely any doubt but a surren der will tako place qither to-day or to morrow. Brigadier Gen. Cox and Gen. Grimes, of Lee's army ,arrived hero hcr« with their staffs yesterday. Jeff. Davis in trying to reach Charlotte was obliged to return as Stoneuian was on the road, In a second attempt to pass by another road he also failed, and after trying to leave Greensboro' in an ambu lance he was again intercepted and turned back. Very little Uuion feeling exists here. The masses, though glad that the war is over, are greatly cast down by the failure of their traitor revolution. At the Epis copal church yesterday not a sing e citi zen, male or female, was present, aud the rector omitted the prayer for the ' I'resident. At tho Baptist church the Pa-tor refused to give out notice that tho trusteosliad given the use of the blouse to oue of our chaplains for the evening. Tho army is quiut in camp, all talking ot peace aud home. Tljeeitizens of Ka'ieigh yesterday hold . a large meeting at the Court House to ex press thsif sorrow and indignation at ihe I assassination of Mr. Liucolu. Strong res olutions were adopted. Both the lJru j jriM aad the fitumlard are out la u. | uMiutuU£ tiiu iiwiumg. NUMBER 21; Secretary Stanton's Offioial Bi^ll^tin, WAR DEPARTMENT, 1 April 25—10.25 M. | Major General Dix : * A dispatch has just been received by this Department from Gen. Grant, dated, Raleigh, 9 a. m., April 24th. He says ; I reached hero this morning and deliver ed to Gen. Sherman the reply to his ne gotiations with Johnston. Word was mediately sent to Johnston terminating the truce, and information that oixij matters could not be entertained in any convention between army eommacdors, (Sigued,) E. 51. STANTON, Secretary of War. Orders Concerning Eebol Officers. WASHINGTON, April 25. ' 'I he Richmond Times of yesterday haa the fallowing: An order has been issued by the Gen 1 eral commanding this department desig nating tho PowTiatfan Hotel, corner of •'road and Eleventh streets, as tiie place ol entertainment of all Confederate offi cer-and soldiers. Tho Spottswood Hotel is forbidden entertaining all such, and and those now stopping there are requir ed to vacate their rooms and leave. The Honorable Charles Faulkner, of Berkley county, has arrived in this city. The Richmond Whig of the 24th has the following: Gen.Sheridan routedEarlyat Waynes boro about the middle of March, putting him individually upon tho most tremen dous race, which concluded tho bring up in Richmond, attended by oue of his staff, nuns coat, hat and almost everything. \\ hen Sh.jridau's column had swept by liichniond, Early was ordered back to Sumton, and was thoro at the time of evacuation of this city. Upon hearing of this event he hastened towards Lynch burg and thence towards Soulh-Western V irgima, where, ranking Echols, he took column),d of the forces retreating before Stoneman and Thomas. \V heq last heard from, being unable to withstand the for ces in front, and afraid of Gen. Grant in his rear, he had deflected to the right aud v/as apparently making for the Kai)a«.ha Valley. It is doubtful whether he tias yet become acquainted with tho surren der of Leo. })o look with interest for tidings from him and his command. We are authorized to announce that by order of the military authorities the Com mittee of Subsistence to the United States army in this city, will to-day begin fo is sue to all citizens bread at six and one fourth cents per loaf of eighteen ounces. The humanity of this move, prompted by tho considerate thoughtfulness of the military authorities, cannot bii «ver esti mated. Washington Items. WASHINGTON - , April 25. Within the past two days a number of officers and men of Lee's army who were absent from their commands at the time of the surrender, have come into our lines and reported to the Prqyost Marshal hero, asking permission to be paroled. To-day four officers o. the Virginia Par tiean Rangers crossed the river and came to Washingto n. They claimed this dis trict as their home, and desired to be par oled the same us Leo's men, but they were committed to Old Capitol, and their cases ref erred to the Secretary of War. The rebel Guerrillas in Alexandria aud Loudon couuties, .Virginia, have been nearly all cleared out, and considerable numbers of farmers, a3 far up as Wolf Run Shoals, aro putting in small crops this season. This section of the country bids fair to speedily produce more than it has for the past four years. Paroled men of the rebel army of Norther Virginia, who were allowed to return to Washington, will be exchanged immediately, and sent South, it having been decided that they cannot claim this district as their place of residence. Those who return to their allegiance, however, by subscribing to the oath, will bo allow ed to reuiaiu. UDQ'RS MIL- DIV. or THE JAMES, ) RICHMOND, VA., April 25. j GENERAL ORDERS, NO. 2. First —All restriction "(Jomestio commerce aud trade except M to articles couiraband of war, iu the S'ate of Vir ginia, as insurgent territory, are. by au tbori'y of the 1 resident, revoked in res pect to all parte and counties of that. State which haye duly submitted, to au» thority, and are in military possession of the United Statec. * Secsmi—Aruis, ammunition, and all articii t froin which ammunition >j manu factured all locomotives, cars and rail road stock, all telegraph sire and sp;ar< a;us, all rebel uniforms and gray cloth tor manufacturing them, and all spiritu ous liqouis, arc to be deemed contraband of war. Third—The commanding General of the military division has authority to make gUt-h exceptions to trade hereby au tlidhtfcd as iu his opinion circumstances . may tequiro. j By order of Maj. Gen. HALLI'CK. (Approved. By order of Sec y of, War.
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