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BEPOBT of THE BECONSTBUCTION
. . COMMITTEE.
.. The Special Committee of Congress, which
yhas bad the subject of reconstructing the South
ern States under consideration for some time
past, last week made the .following report aod
propositions a scheme that no respectable
Southern man ought to endorse :
- JL Joint Retolution .prnpostuy an Amendment
to the Constitution of the United State.
'Be it resol? ed, by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of Ameri
ca in Congress assembled, two-thirds of both
Houses concurring,. That the following -Article
be proposed to the Legislatures of the several
States as an amendment to the Constitution of
the United States, which, when ratified by
4hree-fourtbs of said Legislatures, shall be valid
:-as part of the Constitution, namely :
Aeticle , Section 1. No State shall make
.r enforce any law which shall abridge the priv
ileges or immunities of citizens of tbe Uuited
.States, nor shall any State deprive any person
of life, liberty or property, without due process
of law, nor deny to any person within its juris
. diction the equal protection of the laws.
Sec. 2. Representatives shall be apportioned
-among the several States wtich may le inclu
..ded within this Union, according to their re
.epective numbers, counting the whole number
of persons in each State, excluding Indians not
taxed. But whenever in any State the elective
franchise shall be defied to any portion of its
male citizens not less than twenty-one years of
age, or in any way abridged, except for partici
pation in the rebellion, or other crime, the basis
of representation in such State shall be reduced
in the proportion which the number of such male
-citizens shall bear to the whole number oi male
citizens not lees than twenty-one years of age.
Sec. 3. Until the 4th day of July, 1870, all
persons who voluntarily adhered to tbe late in
surrection, giving it aid and comfort, shall be
excluded from the right to vote for members of
Congress, and for electors for President and
Vice-President of the United States.
Sec. 4. Neither the United States nor any
. State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation
; already incurred, or which may hereafter be in-
cur red, in aid of the insurrection or war against
the United States, or any claim for compensa
.tion for loss of involuntary service or labor.
Sec. 5. That Congress shall have power to
.enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provis
ions of this article.
A Bill to provide for the restoration of tlw.
State lattly in rebellion to their full J'oliti
cal Right.
Whereas, It is expedient that the States
lately in inunection houid at tbe earliest day
consistent with the future peace and safety of
the Union bi restored to full participation in all
' political rights; and whereas the Congress did,
hj joint resolution, propose for ratification to
. the Legislatures of the several States, as an
amendment to the Constitution of the United
States, an article in tbe following words, to wit
the constitutional article here inserted,) now
therefore,
Be it enacted, &,a , That whenever the thove
recited amendment shall have become a part of
the Constitution, and any State lately io insur
rection shall have ratified the same, and shall
liave modified its constitution and laws in con
formity therewith, the Senators and Kepresen
tatives from such State, if found duly elected
-and qualified, may, after having taken the re
quired oaths of office be admitted into Congress
. Second. And be it further enacted, That
when any State lately io insurrection shall have
ratified the foregoing proposed amendment to
the Constitution, any part of the direct tax, un
der the act of August 5, 18G1, which way re
' main due and unpaid in such State, may be as
sumed and paid by- such State, ajid the payment
thereof, upon proper assurances fiom such State,
o be given to the Secretary Treasury of the
United States, may be j-ostponed for a period
not exceeding ten years from and after the pas
sage of this act.
A Bill declaring certain person Ineligible to
office under the Government of the -United
JStates. ,
Be it enacted, &o , That no person shall be
Eligible to any office under the government of
the United States who is included in any of the
following cases, namely :
First. Tbe President and Vice-President of
the Confederate States of America, so-called,
and the heads of departments thereof.
Second. Those who in other countries acted
as agents of the Confederate States of America,
so-called.
Third. Heads of Departments of the United
States, officers of the Army aud Navy of the
-United States, and all persons educated .in the
Military or Naval Academies of" ike United
States, Judges of the Courts of the United
States, and members of either House of the
Thirty-Sixth Congress of the United States, who
gave aid. or comfort to. the late rebellion. -
Fourth. Those who acted as officers of the
Confederate States of America, so-caUed, above
the grade of colonel io the army or master in
, the navy, or any one who, as Governor of eith
er of the so-called Confederate States, gave aid
and comfort to the late rebellion.
- Fifth.- Those who have treated officers or sol-
- diers or sailors of the Army or Navy of the
.United States, oaptured during the late war,
Otherwise than lawfully as prisoners of war.
. Trouble in Kentucky. Louisville, Ky.,
. April 26. This afternoon Judge Ballard, ot
ihe United States District Court, issued an or
.,der for tbe arrest offien. J. C. Davis, for in
terfering with the course of public justice in
disobeying the writ ot habeu corpus in the case
. of Hamilton. Marshal Alerriwether was resist
ed by Davis while attempting to enforce his or-
- der. Attachments were also made against Maj
. Gens. George H. Thomas and K. W. Johnson,
. and Gen. W. D. Whipple, A. A. G., and Pro-vjrost-Marshal
of Tennessee, returnable at the
iiiext regular term.
Several copies were ordered to be issued
against Gen. Davis and Lieut. Col W.. A Cuy
.Je,7orresisting the United States Marshal io
.the discharge of his duties, with the bail in
dorsed on each. Marshal Merriwether has no
tified the President of tbe condition of affairs.
Mr: Henderson was taken to Nashville last !
night by order of Gen. Davis, notwithstanding j
Ahe writ issued by Judee Ballard for his prose- j
..cation before the U. S. court.
Andrew, Broad pan, a Wisconsin patriot, went
Lio the war, and brought home, among other
plunder, jouiig negro. After keeping tho
. darkey at menial labor for some months, the
, model Republican who had brought -him out of
bondage into freedom, sold him to a fellow Re-
, puDJicsn tor a aog i iJroadpao is a specimen of
Jfcose pewong who profess to love the negro. - I
ANOTHER WICKED PBOOSITIOir.
Id tbe Congressional proceedings of Monday
'last, we find tne loliowing iniquitous acneme
proposed in the House by that venomous old
man, Stevens, of Pennsylvania:
Mr Stevens offered a substitute for the bill
introduced by him December 20th, and referred
to the Committee of the Whole on the state of
the Union, to double the pensions of those who
were made pensioners by the casualties of the
Tate war, to pay the damages done to loyal men
by the rebel government and rebel raiders, and
to enforce tbe confiscation of the property of the
enemy, which was ordered to be printed. The
substitute forfeits to the United States all the
public lands belonging to tbe eleven States that
formed the Government of the so-called Confed
erate States of America, directs the President
to cause the seizure forthwith of such property
belonging to the belligerent enemy as is deemed
forfeited by tbe act of the 17th of July, 1862,
to hold and appropriate the same as enemy's
property, and to proceed to the condemnation
of that already seized. It also provides that
the President shall appoint two commissions, of
more, to consist of three persons each, to adju
dicate and condemn such property, which shall
then become vested in the United States. The
lands thus confiscated shall be distributed to
the slaves liberated by the operations of the war
and the amendment to the Constitution, at the
rate of fifty acres to each adult male person, and
to each widow who is the head of a family, to
be held by them io fee simple, but to be inalien
able lor ten years; after which time the absolute
title to the lands shall be conveyed to them
The rest of the confiscated property is to be ap
plied to 'the following purposes, viz : Giving
one hundred dollars for the erection of buildings
on each homestead; two hundred millions to be
invested in United States securities, and the in
terest added toHhe pension of pensioners; one
hundred millions to go toward equalizing the
bounties of soldiers, and two bundled millions
to go toward defraying damages to loyal citizens
by the civil and military operations of tbe Gov
ernment lately called the Confederate States of
America. No person's property is to be seized
whose whole estate, on the 4th of March, 1865,
was not worth more than $10,000, unless he
had voluntarily become an officer or employee
in the military or civil 'service of the ee called
Confederate States. In enforcing all confisca
tions the value of $10,000 in real or personal
property is to be left to delinquents. Tbe last
section is as follows :
T'hat so much of the joint resolution passed
the 17th of July, 1862, entitled "A resolution
explanatory of an act to suppress the insurrec
tion, to punish treason and rebellion, to confis
cate the property of rebels, and for other pur
poses," as provides that nt proceedings under it
shall be so construed as to work a forfeiture
of the real estate beyond life, shall be repealed
so far as it refers to the seizure and forfeiture
of enemy's property.
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THE BECONSTBUCTION PLANS.
A Washington correspondent of the Balti
more Sun writes as follows :
"The bearing of the new Republican project
of reconstruction upon the next Presidential
election will be regarded with much interest. by
all parties. Should the President's plan of re
storation prevail, the eleven Southern States
would be represented by loyal uien at once; and
these would be in full participation with other
States of all rights. as members of the Union.
But these Stales, it is contended by the repub
licans, would, with the aid of one or two . emi
rebel States, as they choose to term them. ind
of certain Northern States which are alwajs
ready to bp demoralized, give a majority of elec
toral votes for a candidate who would be nomi
nated io opposition to the candidate of the Re
publican party.
Congress will, therefore, persist in measures
to defeat this combination. The eleven South
ern States are in the Union for some purposes
and arc acknowledged to be so by two out of
three branches of the Federal Government.
These States may, and probably will choose
Presidential electors, according to the.provisions
of the existing Constitution. When the votes
are counted, it will belong to the President pro
tem. of the Senate to" count such votes as he
pleases, and declare the result, lie would eith
er act with his party or not. In either way, if
the result would be affected by his decision, a
political crisis would arise.
The proposed Constitutional amendment as
sumes that the eleven Southern States are not
in the Union. .- It is proposed in antagonism to
the President's views and policy. The amend
ment will pass Congress, even if it go no furth
er. Whether it be ratified or not by the requi
site number of. States, it will settle the Presi
dential election in favor of the Republican ma
jority of Congress. If it be Bot ratified, Con
gress will assume that fhe eleven Southern
States are not entitled to take part in tho Pres
idential election. If it be ratified, then the
eleven Southern States will either go with the
republicans or be divided, and besides, will be
Curtailed in their number of electoral votes.
FOREIGN ITEMS.
The Richmond papers pronounce tho tele
gram concerning a riot in Falmouth, Va , in
which a number of negroes were said to be
killed, a sheer fabrication. Steps are being
aken to expose the author of the wicked rumor.
There is every reason to believe that we are
on the verge of a serious misunderstanding with
France. If tbe recent opinion of AttorneyGen'l
Speed, that arms may be sent to the Juarists in
Mexico, is iollowedvby corresponding action, it
will surely be regarded by the French govern
ment as a violaiioo of Mr Seward's pledge of
absolute neutrality, and the French troops in
Mexieo instead of being withdrawn will be re
inforced. Valparaiso has been bombarded by the Span
ish fleet Tbe town and twenty million dollars
worth of property were destroyed? Great blame
is attached to the British and American Admi
rals for not interfering with therr.Ships to pre
vect such a wholesale destruction, iostead of
leaving tbe harbor.
Gov. Jenkins, of Georgia, has applied to Hen
Thomas for troops to be sent to Fannin county,
Northern Georgia, to quell disturbances which
the authorities are powerless to repress. The
troops will be sent.
Dr R W. Gibbes, late Surgeon General of
South Carolina is now in "the Isle of Pioes
where he intends settling with his family as ag
riculturalist and colonist. He was a well-known
scientificand literary gentleman of Columbia.
Judah P. .'Benjamin, late Secretary of the
Confederate Statesgls in Montreal letters hav
ing been received .from him by Louis Lvon
uib uau vrotuer resiuiug in w&rrenton, Va.
BURNING OP COLUMBIA, S. C.
Another' Letter from General Wade Hampton.
: -The followiog well written letter, addressed
by General Wade Hampton to the Hotr. Rever
se Johnson in relation to the burning of Cel-
dv Johnson io relation
umbia. South Carolina, was read by
the latter
in the Senate on Tuesday :
Wild Woods, Mississippi,!
April 21, mm. j
To the Hon. Reverdy Johnson U. S. Senate :
g1R : a few days ago I saw in tbe published
proceedings . of Congress that a petition from
Benjamin Rowls, of Columbia, South Carolina,
askin' compensation for the destruction of his
homeby tbe Federal army in February, 1865,
had been presented to the Senate, accompanied
by a letter from Major-General Sherman. Io
this letter General Sherman used the following
language: "Tbey," jhe citizens of Columbia,
et fire to thousands of bales cotton rolled out
into the streets, aod which were burning when
he entered Columbia. I myself was to the city
as early as cine and saw these fires, and knew
that efforts had been made to extinguish them,
but a high and stormy wind kept them alive.
1 gave no orders for the burning of your city,
but, on the contrary, the reverse, tod I believe
the conflagration resulted from the great impru
dence of cutting the cotton bales, whereby the
contents were spread to the winds, so that it be
came an impossibility, to arrest the fire. I saw
ic your Columbia newspapers the printed order
of General Wade" Hampton, that on the ap
proach of the Yankee army all the cotton should
be burned, aud from what I saw myself, I have
no hesitation in saying that he was the cause of
the destruction of your city."
This grave charge made against me by Gene
ral S , having been brought before the Senate
of theUoited States, I am naturally most solic
itous to viudicate myself before the same tribu
nal. But my State has no reprei :ntative io
that body. Those who should be there are de
barred the right of entrance. . In those halls
there are none to speak for the South none to
participate in tbe legislation which governs her
none to impose the taxes she is called on to
pay and none to defend her or to vindicate
her sons from misrepresentation, injustice or
slander. -Under theso circumstances I appeal
to you, in the confident hope that you will use
every effort to see that just we is done in this
matter.
I deny most emphatically that any cotton was
fired io Columbia by my order I deny that
her citizens set fire to thousands of bales rolled
out into the streets I deny that any cotton
was on fire when the Federal troops entered the
city. And I most respectfully ask of Congress
to appoint a committee charged with the duty
of ascertaining and reporting all the facts con
nected wnh the destruction of Columbia, and
tlrVs fixingipon the proper author of that enor
mous criuc the infamy that he deserves.
I am willing to submit the case to any hon
est tribunal. Before any such I pledge myself
to prove' my positive order, by direction of Gen.
Beauregard, that no cotton should be fired
that not one bale was on fire when Sherman's
troops took possession of the city that he posi
tively promised protection to the city and that
in spite of this solemn promise his soldiers
burnt it to the ground deliberately, systemat
ically, atrociously I therefore most earnestly
request that Congress may take prompt and effi
cient measures to investigate this matter f ully.
Not only is this due to themselves aud to the
reputation of the United States army, but to
justice and to truth.
Trusting that you will pardon me for troubling
you,
am.
&c.,
Wade Hampton.
STATE ITEMS.
Mr H. B Kingsbury, of Oxford, N. C , has
been appointed at larre by tbe President a Ca
det at West Point. There- are but ten appoint
ments yearly for the whole country, and the se
lection of Mr Kingsbury with so many hun
dreds of applicants, shows the President's re
gard for our State, and affords flattering proof
of the merits of this young gentleman. Ral
eigh Standard.
Send them forward We again ask the
county court Clerks for Alleghany, Cherokee,
Chowan, Clay, Craven, Gaston, Gates, Haywood,
Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Martin, Mitchell,
Stanley, Surry, Watauga and Wilkes, to send
to the Secretary of State here, II. W Best, lists
of acting justices of the peace, as the laws of
the State cannot be sent to them- until tbey are
thus reported. Raleigh Progress.
Outrage tjear Kikstox, N.. C. A
Bloody Fight Ensues. Mr Wm. C. R Lof'tcn,
residing six miles from town, was attacked on
Saturday night by twelve or fifteen mounted
men of both colors. " Horse stealing is supposed
to have been their object in making tbe attack.
Mr Loften was shot in the arm, and'a negro
living with him was shot in the face. Several
of the robbers were wounded in the fightj and
they were finally driven off, leaving a horse and
a cart behind.
A Dr. Bartleston's house was burned, togeth
er with the out houses, and himself shot several
times. It is supposed here thai the same party
was concerned in both outrages.
List of Pardons in the Executive Of
fice. We have been kindly furnished with
the following list of pardons now in the Gover
nor's Office, which can be had by the parties
named on application :
N J Whitaker, G A Upchurch, J R Dunn,
L D Stephenson, G H Wilder, of Wake; An
drew 3iickle, T F Carter, of Orange; Thomas
Jones, of Martin; Isaac Jarrett, of Yadkin; Jno
Larking, of Harnett; W H Ellison, , Hcnrv R
Bryan, of Craven; W K Home, S V Simmons,'
Geo. WT Little, P Richardson, of Anson; Sam'l
Miles, W H Garris, of Northampton; Sidney X
Johnston, of Gaston; James J Phillips, of Edge
combe; B F Mebane, Geo. Patterson, S H Tur
rentine, B F Morton, John Tapscott, of Ala
mance; 1) Murehison, Cumberland; V A Mc-
Bee, Lincoln; .W G Deberry, C W Woolley 'of
Montgomery; W S Tayloe, W W Mitchell, of
Hertford; W H Gentry, Ashe Rdleigh Sen
tinel. '
Conviction for Treason In the Circuit
Court 6a Jefferson county, Tennessee, last week,
Dewitt C. Wiliiams, late Confederate soldier,
was tried before Judge J. P. Swann for treason
against the State of Tennessee, in enlisting in
the Confederate army, .and under the charge of
the Judge the jury found tbe accused guilty, I
ana nxea rus puuisnmeqr at tourteen years con-'
nnement in the penitentiary. An appeal was
taken to the Supreme Court of the State, and
the defendent bailed for his appearance in Sep
tember. A negro man was attacked and eaten up by
wolves in Arkansas, a short time since. He
had defended himself with a knife he had used
in slaughtering hogs, and killed five wolves be-
jLiore no was overpowered.
GOV. EIXIS'. REMAINS.
r .From the Salisbury Watchman. 1.7
It is doubtless known to most of our readers
that the remains of the late Gov. John W
Ellis, who died in 1861, while in actual dis
charge of his Executive functions as Governor
1 impulses of parental and brotherly grief, de-
pot i ted in tne ramuy cemetery, in .uaviusou
county. But as that private burying ground
has since passed into the hands of strangers, it
became tbe' anxious desire of tbe widow, as well
as of the family and intimate friends of the de
ceased, that his remains should be removed to
the public Cemetery of Salisbury. , . r -
Rowan was the County of his birth; and it
was in this town where he received in part his
eaTly education, preliminary to his graduation
at the Univerhity of North Carolina. A RoVan
constituency first returned him, when a youth
ful member of the Bar, to a seat in the Legisla
ture of the State; and their repeated re-election
of him to tbe same post, evinced the high esti
mation in which he was held by the people of
the country. In fine, his forensic success, bis
brilliant legislative, judicial and Executive ca
reer, were attained as a citizen of Salisbury. It
is exceedingly fitting, therefore, that his earthly
remains should find a resting place here, and be
entombed in the neat and substantially enclosed
Cemetery io this town.
Profiting by the counsel and acquiesence of
the Hon. Philo White and Lady, -(parents of
the first Mrs. Ellis,) who are on a visit to their
relations in this town and county, the family
and friends of the deceased Governor, on Mon
day evening last effected a removal of bis re
mains to a sepulture in the Salisbury Cemetery,
(best known as tho English Grave Yard)
where, we understand, it is intended to erect a
suitable memorial in honor of this eminent
statesman and pure patriot.
CONGRESS.
April 30. In the Senate, Mr -Fessenden,
Trom the Reconstruction Committee, reported
the bills and joint resolution published in anoth
er column, and stated in doing so that it had
been the intention of the committee to accompa
ny these bills and this joint resolution with a
lengthy written report, but such had been its sit
uation that this report bad not yet been com
pleted. He hoped to be able to present it to
the Senate before long. The bills and joint
resolution were ordered to be printed.
Mr Howe, from' he Librarj Committee, re
ported a joint resolution for the purchase of the
library of James L. Pettigru, of South Carolina,
for the law library of Congress.
A bill was passed authorizing the bridging of
the Mississippi at Quincy, Illinois.
In the House, Mr Stevens, from the Recon
struction Committee, reported the resolution
proposing an amendment to the Constitution,
which, under the suspension of the rules, was
made the special order for Tuesday week. The
bill for the admission of the Southern States,
also reported, . was made the special order for
Wednesday week. The bill declaring certain
persous ineligible to office was made the special
order for Thursday week. '
May 1. In the Senate, Mr Tr.ambull
presented the petition , of 146 citizens of
Staunton, Virginia, representing that tbe troops
having recently been withdrawn from that place,
Union men are being persecuted by the rebels,
and praying that the troops should be returned
for the protection of loyal citizens. Referred
to Military Committee.
iir Johnson read a portion of a letter from
General Wade Hampton on the subject of the
burning of Columbia, South Carolina. General
Hampton controverts the statement recently
published by General Sherman that Columbia
was burned by his (Hampton's) orders. .He
asks for the appointment of a special committee
of Congress to investigate the subject. He
says his State is debarred from representation
find has no one to impose tbe taxes which she
is called upon to pay none to vindicate her or
her sons from misrepresentations, injustice and
slander, and asks Mr Johnson to see that justice
be done io this matter, though the Heavens
fall. Sherman said he c3u!d not aUow this
charge of this most impudent letter against the
whole army to be entered upon the record with
out some answer. The charge of General Sher
man, in relation to tbe burning of Columbia,
was in an official report, and was fully sustained
by report? of other officers. Sherman did not
charge that Hampton gave an explicit order on
that subject, but simply that his previous order
in relation to burning of cotton, &c, caused
that result.' Sherman read from the. various
official reports to confirm the charge
General Hampton.
against
(See Gen Hampton's letter in another col'ran.)
In the House, Messrs. Boutwell of Massachu
setts, and Bingham of Ohio, gave notice that at
the proper time tbey should offer certain amend
ments to the report of tbe-Joint Committee on
Reconstruction; and it was so ordered.
Mr Elliot of Massachusetts, offered a resolu
tion reciting that, in view of tbe alarming desti
tution prevailing in the South, especially in
Arkansas, Alabama and South Carolina, the
Committee on Frcedmen be instructed to inquire
into the expediency ot appropriating fcluU.UOO
to be expended in the distribution of rations ot;practicai W atchmaker 6c Jeweler,
food under the direction of the Freedmen's Bu-
i r a j c a l i. . ir f r . . v
reau. t oe resolution was agreed to.
The bill making appropriations forNthc use of
the Freedmen's Bureau was passed. It will re
quire over eleven millions of dollars.
May 2 In the Senate, Mr Williams offered
an amendment to the bill reported by tbe Com
mittee of Fifteen for the admission of the South
ern States. It provides that the States shall be
admitted after the 4th of March, 1867, with
the exception of Tennessee and Arkansas, which
will be admitted immediately on the ratification
of the proposed amendment. Mr Dixon also
offered anjiraendment, which declares that when
any of the lately rebellious States shall present
itsell not oaty m an attitude of loyalty, but re
presented by men capable of submitting to Con
stitutional tests, it shall be admitted to the
rights of representation.
The. House voted on, and defeated the army
bill. It will next consider the bill: which has
passed the Senate for re-organizing the aruiy.
May 3 In the Senate, the' bill to establish
telegraphic communication with Cuba, reported
from the Committee of Conference, 'as passed,
an(j vovr awaits the signature of the
President.
In the House, Mr Stevens of Pennsylvania,
offered a resolution tendering tbe congratula
tions of the American Congress to the Emperor
cf Ruseia and to the Russian serfs on the occa
sion of tire recent escape of the Emperor from
assassination. Mr Ross of Illinois, insisted up
on the reference of the resolution to the Com
mittee on Foreign Affairs, whereupon Mr Stevens
withdrew it The bill for the admission of
Colorado was taken up and passed.
j :; THE FEDERAL ARMY. ,
The report just tnad.e .by the Provo6l .VJarshal
General of the United States of the details and
operations of the Federal conscript law during
the late civil war, js an exceedingly interesting
japer. Ajuriag me ursi timcvu muuiua ui mo
war the Federal Government relied for recruits
upon the enthusiasm which sent so many thou
sands to the field as soon as Fort Sumter fell,
and the Conscript Bureau was not established un
til the early part of 1863. At that time the mil
itary ardor of the North was no longor'at fever,
heat, and four hundred thousand additional
troops were required for offensive military opera
tions. Few, if any volunteered, and thousands
were deserting tho service as the terrible disasters
of 1863 were followed by a long period of,inac
tivity upon the part of the Federal armies. : -
The insufficiency of the system of recruitment
previously pursued had been demonstrated, and
the army .was diminished by the ordinary casual
ties of war, but more rapidly by the expiration of
the terms for w hich the trroops were engaged to
serve. The General Government, through this
Bureau, assumed direct control -of the business
which had heretofore -been transacted mainlj' by
the State Governments. The Provost Marshals
of the several Congressional Districts, aided by a
Commissioner and-Surgeon in each, were recruit
ing officers. Springing directly from the people,
and at the same time exercising the ' authority
and representing the necessities and wishes of the
Government, they reached the masses and were
able, without abating "the requirements of ther
conscription, to promote volunteering, and to ex
amine, enlist, muster, clothe and forward. recruits
as fast as they could be obtained. The quotas of
districts and sub-districts were made known.
Each locality was advised of the number it was
required to furnish, and in the event of failure,
then the draft would follow.
The report of the" Provost Marshal General,
which has just been sent into the Senate and or
dered to be printed, .shows .that the aggregate
number ot men capable of performing military
service in the Federal armies during the late war
was 3,254,579, and of this "number 1,000,616
were in service and fit for duty
ended. The Confederate force in tho.fiehiat
that time could not have etceeded one hundred
and thirty thousand men of all arms. The sta
tistics, of this report are exceedingly interesting,
and we present the,fol!oving condensed summary
of the most important of these statistics :
'One million one hundred and twenty thou
sand six hundred and twenty-one men werexais
ed, at an average cost (on account of recruit
ment, exclusive of bounties) of $9 84 per man,
w He the cost of recruiting of 1,356,693 raised
prior to tho organization of the Bureau was
$34 01 per man.
' "Seventy-six thousand five hundred and twenty-six
deserters were arrested .and returned to the
army.
"The quotas of men furnished by the various
parts of the country were equalized and a pro
portionate share of military service secured from
each, thus removing the very serious inequality
of recruitment vhich had arisen during the first
two years of the war, aod which, when the Bu
reau was organized, had become an almost in
superable obstacle to .the further progress of
raising troops.
"Records were completed showing minutely
the physical condition of 1,014,776 of the men
examined, and tables of great scientific and pro
fessional value have been compiled from this
data. .
The casualties in the entire military force of
the nation during the war, as shown by the offi
cial muster-rolls and monthly returns, have been
compiled with, in part, this result:
Killed in Action or died of Wound in Service.
Commissioned Officers 5,221
Enlisted men 90,868
Died from Disease or Accident,
Commissioned Officers 2,321
Enlisted men' 182,329
Total loss in service . 280,739
These figures have been carefully compiled
from the complete official file of muster-rolls and
monthly "returns, but yet entire accuracy is not
claimed for them, as errors and omissions to some
extent doubtless prevailed in the rolls and returns.
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Fjciiting in Mexico Advices have been
received stating that a fight had taken place be
tween the Imperialists and Liberals, in the'
State of Oaxaca, Mexico, a report of which had
reached Aspinwall. Tbe Liberals were success
ful driving the Imperialists before them, cap
turing seven hundred muskets,' five cannon, two
thousand mules, much ammunition, and a large
amount of money. .
-
East Tennessee The Bristol Gazette
says that many families have sought refuge' in
that town and vicinity from lawless marauders
of Upper East Tennessee; many of them the
oldest and most respectable citizens of the State
men who took no part in the late war, and
who are quiet, inoffensive, peaceable, conserva
tive citizens, all concurring in the statement
that the course pursued by Gov. Brownlow and
his son, Col. John Brownlow, has brought about
this disregard for law and order.
AUGUST NIEMANN,
(Next door South of the Maneion IToute,)
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
The subscriber respectful! informs the public
that be is prepared to do alt kinds of work in his
line promptly aud efficiently. 4Je professes to
thoroughly understand his business, and those pa
tronizing him may expect to bare their work well
done.
J6gy Clocks, Watches, Jewelry. Music-Boxes, kc,
repaired at short notice and on satisfactory terms.
AUGUST NIEMANN,
Next door to Mansion House.
April 30;.1S6C .
W. H. Peters. Wash'n. Reed.
' NORFOLK, Va., May 1, 18GC.
Th undersigned have taken an Office, No. 20
Commerce street, Norfolk, Va , and w;ill hereafter
devote themselves to the ' - --- -
GENERAL COMMISSION", SHIPPING &!
FORWARDING BUSINESS.
We retain oar spacious Warehouse and Wharf on
Water street, Portsmouth, for tbe Storage of Mer
chandise and Produce of all kinds. We have con
nection with the Seaboard iload to tbe end of our
Wharf, whereby ue are enabled to receire.and de
liver Produce free of charge fordrajage.
Consignments of Cotton. Staves, Nural Stores and
otb'?r pro-luct respectfully solicited. -
PETERS REED.
We refer to John Wilkes ajid SamI A Harris
of Charlotte, NCj O G Parsley & Co, Wilmington,
N C; Fraser, Trenholm & Co, Liverpool ; Bullock
& Robertson, Liverpool ; " Wilkinson, Wood & Co,
Halifax, NS; Dowley, Corner h Co, New York ;
Darrell & Nash, New "York ; Jos Wescott & Son,
Portland, Maine ; Edwin E Hertz, & Co, Savannah ;
L M Merritt, New Orleans ; Isaac E Hertz & Co,
Charleston ; E P Clay too, Augusta, Ga ; Ferdinand
Phinizj,-AugU3ta, ua.
May 1, 1866
3m
METHODIST QENL CONFERENCE.
We glean from the papers, that the correct list
.of tbe lour newly elected Bishops is as follows:
Rev Dr 'W M Wight man of Alabama, Rev C
! M Marvin of Missouri, Rev Dr D S Doggett of
. y irgiuia, ax- 4.i iucijfcire oi Ala
bama.
Rev W H Redford, of Louisville, Ky., 'is ap
pointed .Book' Agent, and Rev Dr Summers
UooV Editor. The Domestic Missionary Board
is located at Nashville, Tenn., and Rev Dr Mc
Ferrin was elected Secretary. Tbe Foreign
Missionary Board is located at Baltimore.
On motion of Dr McTyeire, tbe Committee
on changes in Economy was instructed, by a
large vote, to report in ? favor of admitting lay
representatives in the. Annual and General Con
ferences. In the place of tbe ordinance changing tho
name of tbe Cburch, it was amended by insetting
"Episcopal;" the title now is the "Episcopal
Methodist Church." ' '
Tbe special committee, to whom tbe subject
of lay representation was submitted, made their
report. It was to wit : There shall be four lay
members in the annual Conference, one of whom
may be a local- preacher, from each presiding
Elder's district;, they shall participate in all
proceedings except in thai which involves min
isterial character and relation, and provided that
no one shall be elected unless heis.over twenty
five years of age, and has been a member of th
church six years.
The General Conference shall be composed of
one ministerial representative to every twenty
five ministers in the annual Conference, to be
chosen by them, and the. same number of lay
delegates chosen by the lay delegates of the an
nual Conferences, tue-fourth of whom may bo
local preacher?, provided they are over. twenty
five, years of age, and have been members of tha
church six years. No Conference, however,
shall be without two lay representatives.
Tbe whole subject to be submitted to the an
nual Conferences for ratification
The Commissioner of Agriculture has received
from Honduras, Central America, a swarm of
stiogless bees. These bees are easily swarmed,
and are excellent honey makers.. ,.
The Latest
and llic Cheapest.
McLEOD 6c
STEELE,
Are now receiving their
SPRING AND SUMMER STOCK
Their stock is complete, and tbey hope that All
who wish to purchase or look at T11E1U GOODS
will give them a call. They will chfcrge nothing
for showing thetn.
April 23, 1866
NOTICE.
All persons indebted to tbe Estate ofll.L.W.
Torrence, deceased, are hereby requested to make
payment, and those havinp claims against it are no
tified to present them within the time prescribed
by law, or this notice will be pleaded in tar of their
recovery . . GEO. F. SIIEPllERD,
April 30, 18C6 Administrator.
JTJ3T RECEIVED, "
10 Barrels Familj-" FLOUR, made bj J St'ircwalt;
;30 Dags (Whittlesey) Extra.
Also, 7 barrels iN (J HbUItlAU, 5 boxes Adaman
tine Candles, 5 boxes Candies. On commission.
April 30, I8C6 II. B. WILLIAMS.
DRY GOODS AND NOTIONS.
Spring and Summer Goods for Ladle at
A. SINCLAIR'S
BOOTS AND SHOES.
A large S'ock of Ladies') Gents', Misses', Yonths'
and Children's Shoes, al! prices, just received at
A. SINCLAlIfS
GUNS' AND PISTOLS.
Double-barrel Shot-Guns, Pistols, Cartridges,
Lead, Shot, Powder and caps at A. SLNCLAIH'S
GROCERIES.
Sugars, all grades, cheaper than
A. SINCLAIR'S
Coffees, Teas,
the cheapest, at
BACON.
2000 lbs Brevard Davidson's best Bacon, at
April 30th- A. SINCLAIR'S.
Administrator's Sale. .
On Tuesday, the 15ih of Muv, I will sell at the
late residence of Col. 15. W. Alexander, in this town.
all the HOUSEHOLD AND KITCHEN FURNITURE
and one Milch COW. Terms. C months credit.
S. P. ALEXANDER, Adm'r.
All persons indebted to tbe estate of Col. B.
W. Alexander are requested to make settlement, and
those having claims against the same must present
them, duly authenticated, within tbe time prescrib
ed by law or this notice will be pleaded in bar f
their recovery. S. P. ALEXANDER,
April 23, 1866 ,4t Adm'r.
L. W. SPRINGS
WITH .
J0U.NG, -M00UE & CO.,
No. 42U Market and 418 Commerce Street,
.Philadelphia,
Importers and Jobbers of Hosiery,' Notions, White
Goods, Embroideries, Gents' Furnishing Goods, Ac.
Refer to McLeod & Steele, Jno L. Springs,
Charlotte, C. -. ' '
April 23, 1866. 3m . ,
Slate of IV. Caroling, Mecklenburg Co.
Courx of Plea $ $ Quarter Stitiont April Term, I860.
V. W. Alexander vs. M. B. Taylor.
Attachment Levied on four Lots in the city of
Charlotte known as the Tan Yard property, together
with all the fixtures and stock on band in said Tan
Yard. .
It appearing to the saticfacf ton of tbe Court that
Moses li Taylor, the defetidant in this cac, is not a
resident of this State, but resides beyond tbe limit
of tbe saiue, it is therefore ordered by tbe .tfourt
that publication be made for six weeks in tbe Wes
tern Democrat, ft newspaper published In the city of
Charlotte, for defendant to appear at the Uext term,
of this Court to be held for said county, ! at the
Court Hcuse in Charlotte, on the 2d Monday in July
next, and show cauie wby the property levied upon
ehould not be ordered to be noli.
Witness, Wm Maxwell, clerk of our said ourt, at
office in Charlotte, the 2d Monday in April A D 1860.
15-61 WM. MAXWELL, Clerk.
State offl. Carolina, irlecklciibtirc Co.
Court of Pleat $ Quarter Senior April Term, 18wC.
Richard F Biy tbe, Adm'r of Margaret Duckworth,
vs. the Heirs at law of Margaret Duckworth.
Petition to sell Land to pay debts.
It appearing to ff.e satisfaction of tbe Court that
Mary Allen wife of Samnel Alien Wilkins Duck
worth, Caroline Duckworth, Dorcas Duckworth,
Alex Duckworth, children of Robert Duckworth,
deceased; Margaret Duckworth, Mary Duckworth,
Thomas Duckworth, Harrison Duckworth, Robert
Duckworth, cbildrou or George Duckworth, heirs at
law of the said Margaret Duckworth, deceased, are :
not inhabitants of ibis State, it is therefore ordered
by the Court that publication be made for six weeks
in the Western Democrat, a newspaper published iu
tbe city of Charlotte, for said defrndan s to appear
at tbe next term of this court, to be held for:be
county of Mecklenburg, at the Court House iu Char
lotte, on tbe 2d Monday in July .next, .and. show ,
cause why the Lands described in tbe, petition eball
not be sold according to tbe prayer of the petitioner.
Witness, Wm Maxwell, clerk of our said court, at
office in Charlotte, tbe 2d Monday in April A D 1866.
i5-6t WM. MAXWELL, Clerk.
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