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The Savannah Dally Herald. TUESDAY* MAY 93, 1803. FKOn OUR EVENING EBITIOIN OP YESTERDAY. ARRIVAL OF A PURCHASING AGENT FROM THE U. S. TREASURY DE PARTMENT. New Regulations lu Regard to Cotton. We had the pleasure this morning of a call from Col. T. P. Robb of the United States Treasury Department, who has been sent here as an Agent for the purchase ot cotton. We shall publish to-morrow morning some important announcements in regard to his mission, with a syuopsis ot the new regula lations on the supject. The government has adopted most liberal measures towards cotton owners, as they will see by the statements we shall make to il. orrow- This is of great importance t o people in the interior as well as to residents of Savannah. Thk Cth U. S. In FANtKv.— This morning this tine body of troops disembarked from the steamer Star of the South and proceeded to their encampment on the South Commons. As the Regiment ascended the hill of Barn ard street from the wharf and moved down Bay street to Bull street, large crowds assem bled to view them. Their discipline was perfect, and Col. James D Green may well feel proud of the gallant men uuder his com mand. The Regimental Brass Band,twenty live pieces, under the leadership ot Mr. Thomas Weldon, performed several Stirling pieces of music as they marched through the city. The drum corps consists of twenty one pieces, under Drum-Major Charles M. Ruby. The Rain. —This morning Savannah and the adjacent country was blessed with a re- Iresbing shower of rain- It came too late fori he crop of Irish potatoes, but was in season to benefit the water and musk melons, corn, tomatoes, okra, aud the second crop of vegetables. About the first of July the market will lie supplied with water-melons and in three weeks with green corn from the coast. Gen. Bruce to the Kentucky Troops.— We hope that every paroled soldier iu this city will read the farewell of Gen. Bruce to his Kentncky troops, to be found in our col lumn of Augusta news. It is a manly, feel lug, and sensible address, and is made iu a noble spirit of endeavor towards turning the current of feeling among bis paroled sol diers in the right direction. First Arrival of Cotton from Augusta. —The steamer Jeff. Davis, Capt. Henry, from Augusta, with a number of puaacngers, arrived this morning. The Jeff Davis also brought down two hundred and fifty bales of cotton, the first shipment received in Sav annah from Augusta. For New York.— The steamer (.'base leaves here for New Vork to-morrow morn ing. Information in regard to passengers, freight or passed can be obtained of Hunter A Gammell, Agents, Bay street. Important to Liquor Dealers.- A Gener al Order from Dist rict Headquarters, of great importance to liquor dealers, will appear iu our advertising columns to-morrow morning. FLORIDA. The Union Minstrels are giving conceits at Jacksonville. Opr St. Augustine Agent writes us that business is very dull, and that the non-pay ment of troops and Quartermasters accounts for many months, makes mouey extremely scarce. The Drought was severely felt in the country, but sufficient rain has fallen to remove danger. The markets are abundant ly supplied with produce, at moderate prices. Moonlight Excursion.— An impromptu excursion up the St. John’s river to Maupa riue, came off on Wednesday evening. The steamer Wyoming left the wharf at seven o’clock, returning about miduight. The General and Staff - were on board, with a large number of invited guests, ladies and gentlemen. They had a pleasant sail and plenty of music aud dancing. The Union Minstrel Band were in attendance. [.fauksonville Union. Witiiout Foundation.— The rumor brought iuU) town by persons Irom Luke City that Gen. McCook had arrived at Tallahassee and had been made Military Governor of Florida cannot be traced to any reliable source and is probably without foundation. Instructions have been received which would conflict with such an arrangement. —JacknonvUte lJ n - Ujll. President Lincoln’s forte lay mainly in de bate, or rather in the elucidation of profound truths, so that they can hardly evade the dullest apjjrehension. No other ntau ever so successfully Confronted, before a prejudic ed negro-despising audieni*, the plausible fallacies ot Senator Douglas'vaunted “Popu ar Sovereiguty ’’ His familiar exposition of that doctrine in liis Springfield speech, open ing the Senatorial canvass of ltf’iH “If A wants to make B a slave, c will not inter lere —was only paralleled in that passage of which reads': “My distinguished friend says it is an in sult to the emigrants of Kansas and Nebras ka to suppose til at they cannot govern them seives. We must uot slur over an argument ot this kind because it happeus to tickle the ear. I admit that the emigrant to Kansas or Nebraska is coni|>ctent to govern himself • but I deny bis right to govern any othei per s m, without that person’s consent. “The only mau who has been able to drive »ien. uraut, duiiog the war, was his coach man. ’ He did uot drive the General— he o“ly drove the horses. LATBIt FMOM AUGUSTA. Dates to tlic lOtll. Arrival of the (.eesbnrg. Important Address to tlie Kentucky Troops. By: the arrival of the Steamer Leesburg, from Augusta, 19th, We have received co pies of the Chronicle & Sentinel of May 19th, ior which we are indebted to Lieut. S. F. Gordon, in charge of the boat. Important Address to tlie Kentucky Troops. Augusta, Ga., May 10, 1865. Soldiers of Kentucky.— Finding it utter ly impossible to communicate with each of you as I would wish, aud even to answer by letter or verbally the various inquiries pro pounded me. 1 have lakeu this method of responding, and saying a few things to you, that I deem justified by our past relations and the hopes ot our common future. First, frankly my advice to you is to return to your homes. There is no hope of prosecu ting the war to a different conclusion, either here or in the Trans-Mississippi department; and I feel assured that ever}' man who shall lose iiis life hereafter iu the nmd strife, will be self-murdered. I would not, therefore, have you led further astray by any delusive prospects of a continuance of the struggle. Your duty heucelorth lies at home, in the peaceful pursuits of civil life. Your title to the appellation of heroes has lieen fully established. You have proven yourselves Kentuckians, worthy of the name, crowned as it is by heroic daring, and wreath ed with the laurels of victory won on so many battle-fields of past historic renown. A nobler duty now awaits you. Successful you have not been. But patient and mag uaniinous you can be under defeat, showing yourselves as good and faithful citizens, as you have been brave and chivalrous sol dieis. At considerable personal hazard I have re mained here in order to further your interest. I have had frequent interviews with the United States military authorities, who have treated me with uniform kindness and cour tesy, and acceded to all my requests in your behalf. Recognizing and respecting your soldierly qualities, they now ouly desire to facilitate your return to your families, and to treat you honorably as soldiers aud fellow’ citizens. lam sure you will reciprocate this magnanimous and kind feeling. Paroles will be furnished you in this city, and the various towns w’here you may be located, which will entitle you to transpor tation anti rations where they can lie fur nished Transportation will be furnished via Atlan ta, Dalton, Chattanooga, &c. I fear you may be compelled to walk from Atlanta to Kingston or Oartersville. Wagons, howev er, will be furnished for the sick aud wound ed. Your parole will guarantee you subsis tence at any point where a United States commissary depot may be established. And now, my friends, I hid you an affec tionalc farewell. My parting injunction is to be true to your manhood—to be calm, courteous and dignified. Avoid discussions. Use no language of recrimiuation. Be, above all things, gentlemen. In the peace of your homes rest quietly. Be not allured by any enticements to en gage in guerilla warfare. That will produce evil and ouly evil. It is unchristian and in human; and can only protract a contest which has already caused tears of blood to fiow r and reared hecatombs of martyrs. I repeat, therefore, accept your paroles and regard them with scrupulous fidelity. Let your conduct be marked by a faithful obedi ence to the laws of youi country. Resolve to aid in the great work ot reconstruction and reconciliation, which will give peace and prosperity again to this once happy and prosperous laud. Commending you to the Great Controller, of events who has so sorely afflicted us, 1 pray that He may guide and protect you ; that we may learn w’isdom from the bitter experience of tbe past; and that your honor may never be sullied. I am, your fellow’ citizen, E. M. Bruce. First U. S. Mail to Augusta.— This noon Mu. A. L Harris, Special Agent P. O. Department at Savannah, forwarded the lirst 11. S Mail to Augusta, peg steamer .Jeff, Davis, t'apt Henry.— Savannah Herald, Nay 13. That is a good movement as far as it goes, aud for it we return Special Post Office Agent Harris our hearty thanks. We pre sume a great many of our citizens do like wise. But there is another thing which we wish Mr. Harris would do ; aud for doing which he would get not only the hearty Uianks of the residents of the city, but the hearty’ thanks of all the residents of the State. We wish he would come to Augusta at once, aud devise some sort of a plan which would tend to have the mails carried through Georgia once more. The public do not expect to have at once the mail facilities they enjoyed before the days of secession. It will take time and labor to bring matters back to that condition. But the citizens of Georgia we are sure would he content for the present, if they could have things as they existed under the “one-horse, picayune system” of Reagau, the party who had charge of mail operations under Mr. Davis. We trust oui special agent Harris will take pity on this community in the hour of their distress, and do something for their relief. “Our suffering is intollerable.’ ’ ' For Savannah Ovkrlasd.— Parties who desire to go to Savannah overland can be accommodated by calling on Jesse Osmond, near the factory. He will also cairy freight’. All persons who who go or have anything' carried By this route, must have the proper papers from the military authorities. Gen. Moi-inkux lias issued an order an nouncing that Confederate property must be turned over to U. S. officers; limiting the (unctions of the City Council to such duties as may be permitted from headquarters; ap pointing Lt.-Col. W. M. Rex ford, LJlst N. V. Vols., Provost Judge of the Post; placing all cotton under guard till the titles are proved; and appointing Lt. C. O. Dorranoe, 28th lowa Vols., Post Quartermaster, in place of Lieut. Fisher, who takes charge of wagon trains, fuel aud forage. An ingenious clockmaker of Versailles has invented a clock no larger than the ordi nary instruments, which will go for one year, or indeed for a‘much longer time. The internal inechauism is not altered, hut the peudttiom is replaced by a horizontal lever, which acts on a twist of elastic w ire suspend ed vertically. r ,l i | j!!J l JlTfi_"i*»»'.jMiiL_riiKjirii n.ii ir tin CHARLESTON NEWS! Dates to the lOth Inatnht< The Methodist Conference. At the Fourth day’s session of the Metho dist Conference, appropriate resolutions were passed iu reference to the assassination of President Lincoln. Feeling and eloquent re marks were made by Rev. James Lynch. Rev. R. H. Cain offered resolutions repel- the imputation that distinction in regard to color was made in the Methodist Confer- 4 ence: — Whereas, the opinion does exist in the minds of many members of tlie Methodist Churches of Charleston that the African Methodist Episcopal Church is an organiza tion based on a distinction of co/or, and that we do exclude w’liites or mulatto persons from our Church and whereas, many persons have propagated this statement either igno rantly or maliciously to tbe detriment of tbe cause of our elevation as a race, aud our prosperity as a Church organization; and whereas, many persons have been impressed with tbe belief that if they transfer their membership from tbe Methodist Episcopal Church, South, to which the}’ formorly be longed, to the African Methodist Episcopal Church of tbe United States of America, that the}’thereby w’ould lose their Church prop erty and be turned out of their homes, aud driven from all the associations of the Church: Therefore. Resolved, That this Conference learns with deep regret that such an opinion has gained credence, in this community, that we do en tertain any feelings on account of color; and we do denounce any such imputation as wicked and malicious, and unwarranted by any acts of our Church, or any laws or re gulations therein. Resolved, That we hail all men as our brothers, whatever be their complexions, and we have ever maintained that ours is a Church without distinction of color—accept ing gladly all men who believe in Christ, and work for the elevation of our race. * * Bishop D. A. Payne spoke at length- upon tbe resolutions very impressively, and they were unanimously adopted. Major W. R. -Delaney (colored) w r as to deliver a scientific lecture on the Origiu of the Races on Friday, at Zion's Church. The Railroads. The work of putting the railroads in run ning order is progressing rapidly. Cars are now sent to a point some miles beyond Branchville. Trains are runuing regulaily to Summerville. A great many passengers travel each way. New York and Charleston Steamship Line. The second ship of this line —the Grenada, Capt. Rodney Baxter—is announced to leave on Wednesday next, the 24th inst, to be suc ceeded by the Alhambra, Capt- Benson, on Wednesday, the 31st inst. Washington Race Course. A large attendance was present at the course on Wednesday last to wituess a race between grey horse, “Union Billy,” entered by John Hawthorn and chesnut mare “Etta Cooper” entered by Win. A. Grant. Stakes a side for three-quarters of a mile heat. “Etta” won the Iqjat—time, 1 minute 55 seconds. Owing to some misunderstanding, however, the stake holders had not paid over. V Tlie Course is to be open next Friday to all horses. Attempt to Render Useless. Tlie Eugine House of the 2Et.ua Fire En gine Company was entered Wednesday night by some unknown parties and two sections of tne hose cut, making it unfit for use. Tlie Engine House of the Phoenix Fire Company was also entered recently, the suction dis placed, and the hose thrown iu such a man ner that in case of alarm any rapid move ment to bring out the engine would Itave entirely ruined the hose. Savannah, Ga., May 1(5, 18G5. To Alhert G. Brown k, Esq. Supervising Special Agent, Treasury Depart ment, Fifth Special Agency : Sir: —To correct misunderstanding and to secure uniform action by Agents of the Trea sury Department in collection of captured and abandoned property, all agents will be required to observe the following directions. No property owned by individuals and noir in their possession will be treated as cap tured, except such as has been taken by the National forces from hostile possession, and has been or shall he turned over to agents of the Treasury Department under military orders. No property will be treated as abandoned except such as has been or shall be found ac tually deserted and out of the custody of the lawful owners or their agents, aud no house hold goods,appurtenances,or furniture will be touched by agents of the Treasury Depart ment under any civcumstances, except for the purpose of keeping the same carefully stored subject to directions from the Secreta ry of the Treasury. Any property, which there is satisfactory reason to believe, has belonged to the late so called Confederate Government will be treat ed as abandoned, when found by Agents of the Treasury Department, or will be treated as captured, w r hen taken and turned over under Military orders. No authority whatever can be given to purchase products in States heretofore declar ed in insurrection, except for account of the United States, until aftci the President shall declare that the insurrection has been sup pressed, or shall otherwise make such pur chase or the Act of Congress, approv ed July 2, 1 stif, shall he changed. You will, by every proper means, eucour age a return to industrial pursuits in your agency. All products of free labor heretofore pro duced within the National lines, as then de signated, or hereafter produced in the States ot Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina, Geor gia, Florida, and so much of South Carolina, Alabama and-Alississippi, as shall be declared within the Hues of occupation by the Depart ment Commauders thereof, may be taken, or sent to market iu the loyal States by the pro ducers on their own account, without sale to the United Slates, or auy charge except the internal reveuue tax, ana the intercourse fees prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. All products other than of free labor, pro duced iu insurrectionary States, prior to the order of the Secretary ot NVar extending the lines of military occupation, dated April 17, IHCJ, nuty be sold to agents appointed by tfte Secretary of the Treasury to purchase for the United States. These agehts will be lo cated at all the Atlantic and Gulf ports Im mediately, and will pay for such property three-fourths (3-4) of the New York market price. Arrangements will be immediately made in your ageucy for unrestricted trade in the sale of all supplies not contraband of war. All persons who take the oath of loyalty will be permitted to’ bring such supplies, in any quantity desired by them, to all mili tary posts in your agency, and there to sell the same to all loyal persons, in unrestricted amounts. The purpose of the Government is to es tablish in all districts where good order is maintained by the inhabitants, as nearly an unrestricted trade as possible under the pres ent law ; aud you will lie careful to see that the above directions are carried out in your ageucy, aud that all technicalities are avoided which are not absolutely required uuder the law’. I am your ob’t serv’t, - Wm. P. Mellen, General Agent Treasury Dept. The State Agricultural College of Maine is still unlocated. - Benjamin F. Nourse, of Boston, formerly of Bangor, has offered as an unconditional gift his farm at Goodale’s Cor ner, in Orrington, the area o£ which is over four hundred acres, with all its farm imple ments, buildings and improvements. pipping |f itielligeiu*. PORT OF SAVANNAH. Monday, May 22,12, M. Arrived This Forenoon. Steamer Jeff. Davis, Henry, Augusta, Cleared This Forenoon. U S iron Clad steamer Savannah, Eldridge, Augusta; steame,- Emilie, Bender, Hilton Head. el ||rnbals, PULASKI HOUSE. Monday Morning, May 22, ISOS. M Bryant, USA S J Langdon, Charleston J B Rife, “ W A Frazer “ J R Norton, Savannah' J Y Frazer “ J M Ogden “ J H White, Virginia- T J H-enan, H Head Mrs W S Reed “ C Dallas A B De Saulles, N O E G Francis, Augusta S Huntington “ H Waterman •• W L Harvey, Richmond A Pitcher “ J J Wingfield “ C E Staples “ H Spears W B Davison “ J McKim and lady, 6US I WII Crane, Jr., “ Dr Sturgis, New York D C Seymour, Georgia Mr and Mrs Knnochau A Dexter, “ 2 children, 2 nurses, N O ini, HEADQ’RS DIST. OF SAVANNAH, ! Savannah, Ga., May -.’o, 1805. j Grnkr ai. Order, ! No. 34. f General Order No. 33, revoking General Order No. 29, is hereby revoked. General Order No. 29 will therefore immediately go into effect, subject to any amendments which may hereafter from time to time be found necessary. By command of Brevt. Maj.-Gen’l C. GROVER. Edward G. Dike, A. A. G. may2o HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF SAVANNAH, Savannah, Ga., May 20th, 1805. CIRCCLABfc?' Until further orders it will be necessary for persons desiring to go North from this District, on private steamers or other vessels, to forward their applica tions for such permission to the Headquarters of the Department, through the.-e Headxuarters. By command of Bvt. Maj.-Gen’l GROVER. Oi.iver Matthews, A. A. G. HEADQUARTERS U. S. FORCES, Savannah, Ga., May 20, 1865. General Order,! No. 3<i. ( General Order No. 12 is hereby revoked. By command of Brvt. Muj. Gen. GROVER Epward G. Dike, A. A. G. may2rt HEADQUARTERS U. S. FORCES, Savannah, Ga., May 20th, 1863. General Order,! No. 35. f All restrictions heretofore placed upon the bringing in of wood from outside the picket lines surrounding the city, are removed. - Those availing themselves of the privileges so ex tended will however be held strictly responsible that they do not cut wood upon lauds not belonging to them, without proper authority. Neither will they be permitted to disturb fences or other improvements. By command of i Brevet Major Gen. C, GROVER. Edward G, Dike, A. A. G. may2o HEADQ’RS DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH, Hilton Head, S. C., May 18, 1860. General Order,! No. Cl. f I. The Districts of Hilton Head and Beaufort, are hereby consolidated into one, to be known as the Dis trict of Port Royal, with its Headquarters at Hilton Head. 11. Brig. Gen. E. E. Potter, U. S. V., is hereby as signed to the command of the District of Port Royal. in. The following General Orders from the War Department, are published for tlie information and government of this command : WAR DEPARTMLNT, Adjutant General’s Office, Washington, May 1,1865. General Orders, 1 No. 79. / FOR REDUCING THE NUMBER OK GENERA!., FIELD AND STAKE’ OFKIOERU. It is ordered bv the President, that, resignations of of General, Field and Staff Officers will be received un til the fifteenth of this month; at which date the Ad jutant General is directed to commence mustering honorably out of service all General, Field and Stan officers who are unemployed, or whoso service is no longer needed. By order of the President of the United States. W. A. NICHOLS, Assistant Adjutant General. WAR DEPARTMENT, Adjutant Office, Washington, May 3, 1805. General Orders,) No. 81. f With a view to prevent accidents, Commanders or Army Corps, Departments, and Military Divisions,will immediately take the precautions necessary to ensure the discharge of all small arms and cannon, including those captured from the enemy, before being tarqeif over by the troops for storage or shipment. By order of the Secretary of War. W, A. NICHOLS. Assistant Adjutant General. WAR DEPARTMENT, Adjutant General's Office, Washington. MayO, 180;.. General Orders,) No. B.*. / FOR REDUCING THE NUMBER OF COMPANY AND STAFF OF FICERS OK VOLUNTEER REGIMENTS. By direction of the President, all Company and Staff Officers ol Volunteer Regiments, absent Horn their commands on account of physical disability, or by vir tue ol leaves of absence granted them on their return to loyal States as prisoners of war, will be honorably mustered out of the service ol the United States, of date the fifteenth (15th; Inst. Said officers will immediately apply by letter, to the Adjutant General of the Army for their muster-out and discharge papers. In case of physical disability Irom disease or wounds, the let, er must lie accompa nied by a Medical Certificate of the usual form. The Post Office address of the officer must be given with caie in all cases. By order of the Secretary of War. W. A. NICHOLS, Assistant Adjutant GeutHff By command of Major Gei>- (jj. A^iHLLMORE. waylti Capt, 35th U, 8. C. TANARUS., A. A. A. G, fffltial. [offklial.] HEADQ’RS. DEFT. OF THE SOUTH Hilton Head, S. C , Mav 15 1 General Orders! ’ y 16 ’ No. 52. f The following General Order from the War iw.,t ment. Is published for the Information of this com" maud.- s WAR DEPARTMENT, Adjutant General's C Wicr General Orders! April -.4 1865. No. 73. / The attention of all Commanders of Military Divis ions, Departments, Districts, Detachments and Posts" is drawn to the annexed opinion of the Attorney ,7’ frali Which they will observe, and regnlau- theKon in accordance therewith l on ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE, Hqn. Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of vTar ' Sir : I have the honor to acknowledge the receint of your letter or the 22d of April. In it ySu ask me three questions, growing out of the capitulation made be twixt Gen, Grunt, of the United Slates Army, and Gen" Lee, of the rebel army. ■ You ask, First. Whether rebel officers who once ie sided in the city of Washington, and went to Viieinis" or elsewhere iu the South, aud took service, can re turn to the city under the stipulations of the canit ni« tion, and reside here as their homes ? P u .Second. Whether persons who resided in Waehinir ton about the tune the rebellion broke out lelt the city and went to Richmond where they have adhered to the rebel cause, entered into the rebel service or otherwise given it their support, comfort, and aid can return to Washington, since the capitulation of’Gen Lee’s army, and the capture of Richmond, aud reside here under the terms ot the capitulation ? Third. You state that, since the capitulation of Gen Lee’s army, lebel officers have appeared iu public in the loyal States, weuring the rebel uniform : and you ask whether such conduct is not a fresh act of hoslili ty, on their part, to the United States, subjecting them to be dealt with as avowed enemies of the Govern Your letter is accompanied with a copy of the terms of capitnlatiou entered into betwixt Gens Grant and Lee. It is as follows: ’•Rolls of all the officers and men to be made in du plicate ; one copy to be given to an officer designated by me, the other to be retained by such officer or offi cers as yon may designate. The officers to give their individual paroles not to take up arms against the Go vernment ot the United States until properly exchang ed, and each company or regimental commander sign a like parole for the men of their commands The arms, artillery, and public property to be parked and stacked, and turned over to the officers appointed bv me [Gen. Grant] to receive them. This will not em brace the side aims of the officers, nor their private horses or baggage. This done, each officer and man will be allowed to return to their homes, not to be disturbed by the United States authority so long as they observe their parole and the laws iu lorce wnere they may reside." I —ln giving construction to these articles of capitu lation, we must consider in what capacity Gen. Grant was speaking. He, of course, spoke by the authority of the President of the United States, as Commander in-Chief of the Armies of the United States. It must be presumed that he had no authority from the Presi dent except such as the Commander-in-t .’hief could give to a military officer. The President performs two functions of the Govern ment; one civil, the other military. As President of the United Stales aud its civil head, he possesses the pardoning power; as President oft he United States he is puiiinaudei-in-Ohief of the Armies of the United States, and is the head of its belligerent power His power to pardon as a civil magistrate cannot be dele gated : it is a personal trust inseparably connected with the office ot President. As Commander-in-l’hief or the Armies of the United Stutes, he has of necessity to delegate a vast amount of power. Regarding General Grant then pn tly as a military officer, and that he was speaking as one possessing no power except belliger ent, and considering that tact to be well known io°the belligerents, with whom he was making the stipula tion, let us come to the consideration of the first Ques tion which you have propounded. It must be observed that the question is not as to the extent ol the power that the President, as Com inauder-in-Chief ol the Armies, possesses • it is uot whether he, as Commander in-Chief of the Armies of the United States could grant parole, by virtue of his military authority, to rebels to go to, and reside in loy al communities—communities that had not been in re bellion aguinst the Government of the United States; hut the question is whether by, and under the terms ot the stipulation, he has granted such permissions lti the cases In 2 Black, commonly called the'Prize C °Hf t ,P r the r “ iteil y i.,tes decided that the rebels were belligerents: that this was no loose, imotgamzed insurrection, without defined boun dary, but that it had a boundary, marked by lines of bayonets, which can only be crossed by force; that llue “ enemy’s territory, because claimed and held by au organized hostile and belligerent pow er ; that, all persons residing within that territory must be treated as enemies, though not foreigners; an Jit is well settled that ail persons going there without li cense, pending the hostilities, or remaining there alter hostilities commenced, must be regarded aud treated as residents of that territory. It follows, as a matter of course, that residents ol the territory in rebellion cannot be regarded as having homes in the loyal States. A man’s home and his residence cannot be distinct the one irom the other. The reliels were dealt with by General Grant as belligerents. As belligerents, their homes were of necessity iu the territory belligerent to the Government of the United States. The officers and soldiers of Gen, Lee’s army, then, who had homes, prior to the rebellion, iu the Northern States, took up their residence within the rebel States, and abandoned their homes in the loyal States; and when Gen. Grant gave permission to them, by the stipulation, to return to their homes, it cannot be understood as a permis sion to return to any part of the loyal States. That was a capitulation of surrender, aud not a truce Vattell lays it down that: [p. 414] ‘ During the truce especially if made for a long period, it is naturally al lowable lor enemies to pass and repass to and from each other's country, in the same manner as it is allow ed iu time of peace, since all hostilities are now suspended. But each of the sovereigus is at liberty, as he would be in time of peace, to adopt every precau tion which may be necessary to prevent this intercourse f.om becoming prejudicial to him. He has just grounds ot suspicion against people with whom he is soon to re commence hostilities. He may even declare, at the time of making the truce, that he will admit none of the enemy into any place under his jurisdiction. ‘•Those who, having entered the euemy’s territories during the truce, are detained there by sickness, or any other uusurmountable obstacle, and thus happen to remain in the country after the expiration of the ar mistice, may, in strict justice, be kept prisoners; it is an accident which they might have foreseen, and to which they have, of their own accord, exposed them selves; but humanity aud generosity commonly re quire that they should be allowed a sufficient term for their departure. “H Hie articles of truce .contain any conditions ei ther more extensive or more narrowly restrictive than what we have here laid dowu, the transaction becomes a particular convention. It is obligatory ou the con tracting parties, who are bound to observe what they have promised jn due form; aud the obligations theace resulting constitute a conventional right Now if the rights of enemies, during a long truce and suspension of hostilities, are thus restricted, it would seem evident that their rights under a capitula latiou or surrender, withont, eny suspension of hostili ties, could not, Without express words in the stipula tion to that effect, be anything like as large as under a truce and suspension of hostilities. Regarding Gen. Grant, then, as sneaking simply as soldier, and with the powersuf a soldier; regarding this war as a territorial war, and persons within that tei ntory as residents thereof, and. as such, enemies of the Government ; and looking to the langnage of tho stipulation, 1 am ol opinion that the rebel officers who surrendered to Gen. Grant, have uo homes within the loyal Status, and have no right to come to places which were their homes prior to their going into the rebel lion, 11. -As to your second question—The stipulation of surrender made betwixt Gens. Grant and l.ee, does uot embrace any persons other than the officers and soldiers of Gen. Lee’s army. Persons in the civil ser vice ol the rebellion, or who had otherwise given it support, comfort and aid, and were residents cf the rebel territory, certainly have uo l ight to return to Washington under that stipulation. 111. —As to the third quesiion—My answer to the first is a complete answer to this. Rebel officers certainly have no right to be wearing their uniforms in any of the loyal States. It seems to me that such officers, having don ewrong in coming into tTe loyal States, are but adding insult to injury in wearing their uniiorms. They have as much right to bear the traitors’ fiag through the streets of a loyal city as to wear a traitors’ garb. ’I he stipulation of surrender permits no such thing, and the wearing of Buch uniform is an act of hoßtililY acainst the Govern ment. * Very respectfully, yoqr obedient'servant, _ 'JAMES SPEED, Attorney General, By order ot the Secretary of War: W- A. NICHOLS, _ Assistant Adjutant General. By command of Major General q. A. GILLMORE. T. D. Hodges, Capt 36th U. 8. C. TANARUS., Act. Asst, Adjt. General.