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The Savannah Dally Herald. Wednesday., maV **, is«». FROM OUR EVENING EDITION! OF YESTERDAY. . GENERAL ORDERS. A number of General Orders of consider able importance and much interest to the community, went into operation this morn ing. The action of these, and the iutlux ol money, which welcome cargo is said to have arrived by the last boat, will inaugurate a “tide in the affairs of men," which all will welcome.-- - ~ For New York Direct.— The Pioneer Line-Steamship Chase, Cnpt. M. L. Rodgers, was cleared this morning for New York di rect, with passengers aud freight, by Messrs. Hunter & Gammell, Agents. Arrival ok the Schooner “Nancy" Mills. —The schooner Nancy. Mills, C’apt. Small, from New York, via Hilton Head, arrived last evening, having on board Ales, Wines, etc., for Kirkliu & Cos., of the “Our House,’’ lumber and other freight. Drowned. —On the last trip up the Savan nah river of the steamer Jeff Davis, between Poor Robin and Sister’s Ferry, a negro man, in a small batteau, signalled the steamer. The wheels were stopped and the man came alongside, stating that he wanted to go to Augusta. Iu the act of getting on board the Jeff Davis he fell overboard aud sunk immediately. From the bulky appearance , of his clothing it was supposed that he had on his person a large amount of coin or some weighty substance. The deceased did not rise after going below the sur face. The Surrender of Dick Taylor.— Gen. D'ick Taylor signed bis capitulation to Gen. Cauby with a Common steel pen tied to a stick‘with a thread. Gen. Canby used a quill pen. The correspondent of the-New York Herald says that iu speaking of the terms offered 16 the relief army by the government, the officers accompanying Gen. Taylor pro nounced them magnanimous. They con fesscdihat the North had fairly conquered, and the sooner the entire South laid down their arms the better it would be for them. They ask what those are now to do whose homes ai‘e m the loyal States, as the late order of the Provost Marshal General, Uni ted States Army, prohibits their return. In dignation and feelings of abhoirence were expressed by Gen. Taylor and his officers at Uie assassination of Mr. Lincoln. Among the officers surrendered were Gens. Forrest and Roddy, Chalmers, and Gideon ,T. Pillow. Qnk D-vr I*ater Nortiikkn News has been received, but it contains little of special in terest. Brief extracts from the N. Y. Her ald of the 18th appear in the Republican of this morning. A General Ordec from the War‘Depilrtoieht declares that all persons in arms against the U. S. Government east of Mississippi after June Ist, will be regarded as guerillas aud punished with death. The Stonewall had arrived at Havana, where she was taking in coal, t s. S. war vessels had beeu sent and were arriving from Key West, to shut her in and capture her. Gold closed at 180 on the evening of the !Bth. The stock market was lower. Cqtton was steady; sales about 2,500 bales. The quotations were Upland Ordinary 34, Mid dling 50, Middling Fair 75. The review of the armies assembled around Washington was to take .place on the 23d and 24tb instant. Thk Pcuuc Schools —lt will be Seen lrom the notice of Mr. J. F. Cann, Superin tendent of Public Schools, that the Boys’ Grammar School is to be opened to-morrow, the 24th inst., aud the Girls’ Grammar School upon the next day, Thursday, the 25th, The following are the names of the teach er* seeded for the two schools already es tablished : Grammar Schools lfcv. James S. Cozby, Mr. Edward C. Hough, Misses Mary A. Mc- Carter, Sallie E. Coxe, Yirgiuia Miller, Ella Uilham, Failure A. Dorartt. TUe following named teachers have been selected for the Primary Schools: . Misses Mary McCord, Ella E. Qnarutock, Mary Gould, Mr. C'ann, the able Superintendent of schools, has beeu iudelatigable in his efforts at reorganizing the schools aud securing the very belt teachers. It will be Been that his endeavors have been rewarded with a good measure of success, and we look to see a full attendance at the schools, and a cordial co operation of the citizens in sustaining the Superintendent in his arduous undertaking. Tub Pacificator ; a journal devoted to the interests of the Catholic Church, Au gusta, Ga. We have received Jute issues of this well conducted paper. The Pacificator is the authorized organ of the Church i» this sec tion, and is published under the approbation ot the Right Rev. Bishops of Sayanuah, Richmond and Mobile. It has long been the only paper devoted to Catholic interests in the ■Southern Htates, and is conducted with such ability as to eutitle it to the high trust. An editorial note says: ■The Confederate money paid in for sub scriptions, aud with which we calculated on defraying the expenses of publieation for the remainder of the year, is now valueless. We there time, appeal to our friends to renew their subscriptions, aud sincerely trust that they will eviuce their approval of our efforts by complying with oujr term* as jjooh as they uav# the means. ' nvtm no or thg cirmi _ ._. OF TiTJIU COltt W Resolution* iu Regard to Rea Admission to the Union. CONFIDENCE IN TU£ (J. 8. GOVERNMENT. Official Report of the Proceed* liia;*. Pursuant to notice a meeting of the citi zens of Tatnall County assembled in Reids ville on Monday, the 15th of May, 1835, to take into consideration the present condition of the County. On motion of Rev. Wm. J. Jordan the Hon. A. D. Eason was called chair, ami J. A. Rogers requested to act as Sec retary. The chairman having stated the object of the meeting, on motion of A. W. Daley a committee of live was appointed by the chair to draft suitable resolutions for the consideration of the meeting. The commit tee was composed ot the following named persons: A. W. Daley, Jas. A. Standtield, John H. Durrence, James B. Smith and L. A. H. Tippins. The committee after retiring for a short time returned with the following preamble and resolutions, which were read and unani mously adopted: Whtreas, the present condition in which Georgia is placed demands that important action should be taken, and we believe now, as we have heretofore expressed ourselves, that the war which has raged with such magnitude could have been avoided if rea son had been allowed to dictate, since the two sections of the country were strongly allied iu their common interests—each de pendent on the resource's of the other, for bidding that such hostilities should ever have existed; and since we think that the time lias arrived when all differences and hostili ties should cease, and both sections of the country unite uuder the principles estab lished by the patriots of ’76; therefore, Resotmi, Ist. That this meeting concur in the opinion of His Excellency, Governor Brown, that the necessity is great for the convening of the Legislature. 2nd. That we deem it the duty of Georgia to seek her former position iu the Union by repealing the < Irditmnee of Secession. 3rd. That we have full faith and confidence in the United States Government; wekuow that it is for the interest of both sections of the country that the South should be restored with all rights guaranteed uuder the Consti tution, and we do not believe that our North ern brethren seek to disfranchise us of any right of property guaranteed to us by the Constitution of the United States, but to provide a safeguard to protect us In the same. •ftb. That our Senator and Representative in the General Assembly of Georgia be, aud they are hereby instructed to urge every means to carry out the intentions of the fore going Resolutions. Mir. That the proceedings of this meeting be published iu the Savannah papers, and that a copy be sent to the Hon. Sheldon P. Smith, our Representative in the State Leg-* islature. On motion tlie meeting adjourned. * A. D. Easox, Chairman. J. A Rooers, Secretary. Where Was Jeff. Davis Going?—Jeff. Davis was captured iu t he town ol Irwiusville. in the Southern part ot’Georgia, at a point near the Florida line, and not very lar from the Florida epast, It is evident, therefore that his intention was to reach some spot on that coast, perhaps near St. Mark’s, and by means of a fishing sinfcck or some other small vessel make for the Island of Cuba, which is only some sixty or seventy miles distant. If he succeeded in reaching Cuba, he might bave secured passage in a blockade runner or some French vessel, and proceed direct to Matamoras. He might have entered Texas, if he chose, by that route, or with his hand ful'of followers, thrown himself under Maxi milian's protection. But his escape from Florida was doubtful, for .provision bad beeu made by the government to watch with ceaseless vigilance the entire Florida coast in anticipation of the arch-rebel seeking his exit from that quarter.— N. Y. Ilemhl. ° At a recent temperance meeting held in. Elmira, N. \., Rev. T. K Beecher, a broth er of Henry Ward, took position in favor of the use ot ale and wiues, as a prophylactic for iuteinperance. He said that he had so taught lrom his pulpit, and he should do it again—that he had advised Messrs. Briggs & Bovier to rebuild their brewery in the tem perance cause ; that he had a barrel of good ale in his cellar, but there was scarcely a saloon in Elmira where a glass of ycWale could he procured, as lie had tried at almost every one ; and that if we formed a tempe rance organization on the basjs of total absti nence, we should act contrary to conscience and so contrary to God, aud should conse quently fail. Hakmony Brtwekm the Generals —The American people will bear with satisfaction that between Lieut.-Gen. Grant and the eminent subordinates who have led the ai inies ol tha Lnion to the magnificent triumphsmf the l&st Tew mouths, there ex ists not merely perfect accord aud harmony but the fullest mntual confidence, the most fraternal esteem and trust. Each feels that the other has acted well his part; and that the conclusive victories of the Union cause do honor to each and all, being the tVuits of their well combined efforts aud their perfect co-operation.— N. Y. Tribune. Says the Washington Chronicle, ‘ The statement that Booth made f‘>o,ooo a year in his‘profession,’every well-informed man know* to be false. 11 is engagements were almost universally failures, and latterly no sagacious manager has dared to present him to the He failed Irj Ijis profession.” George S. Hillard, of Boston, one of the writers of the Courier of that city, rose to address an audience in Charlestown, Mass., on the occasion of services in memory of Abraham Lincoln, but the people wouldn’t bear; they said they didn’t want anything lrom the Boston Courier; so Hillard was obliged to sit dowu. There is in the Patent Office at Washing i? J, model of a steamboat invented by Abraham Lincoln. It was patented. Wmhhsll Phillips ton Matter to Jtrt. D«vm, ■■is a mtmiugvi the Aati tMgvery Association, held in New Yotk .recently, Mr. Phillips came forward and asked that, while Ab?audienceweretnaki og up their minds as to whom they would like to hear next, he 111 beallowed one single word in reply to Mr. Tilton’s observation that, iu bis opin ion, lie had placed an obstacle in the way of negro suffrage by renouncing the gibbet. He would only say that holding a common Southern white man iu one hand reading a newspaper, aud the negro in the other wield mg a bayonet, both stauding each on his own farm, he Would not be afraid of Jefferson Davis (applause); not If they multiplied him by one hundred thousand- Until be .was made afraid be would never hang him.— (Voices —“You ought to,” and cheers.) — He once wrote over the grave of John Brown, “Virginia dared not let him live,” and never, with his consent, should a South erner write over the graye of Jefferson Davis “The Union dared not let this wretch live.” Wandering over the face of the earth, and pointed at with the finger of scorn as the man who had tried to found a republic on slavery, he is not so strong as resting iu his grave, with his friends saying to the world, he was too strong in his cause and in his ad herents for the Union to permit him to live. Brother Ignatius, the English monk, has been observing Lent with such extraordinary rigor that he several times fainted in church from exhaustion. President Johnson has recently had his life insured for #IO,OOO. His late illness was from vertigo, to which he has always been sub ject. The rebel General Early, it is said, died’ recently at Lynchburg. Previous accounts had left him there suffering from rheumatism in the stomach. George D. Prentice of the Louisville Jour nal, is lying, sick at the St. Cloud Hotel, Nashville. Clarence D. Prentice, his sod, latety a rebel officer, has taken the oath of allegiance to the Federal Government. Hilton Head, May 17, 1805. Sir : I have to-day seen the new regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, which went into effect on the 10th inst. As I bave no copy for you, I give you a synopsis thereof and such directions as they seem to require. You will please see that 'the same are promptly executed in your agency. All previous regulations are revoked! Tbe new substantially prescribe as follows: Ist, Nothing but cotton can be purchased by agents appointed to purchase for the United States. 2d. All other products in States included in the President’s proclamation of April 20, 1805, may be forwarded to loyal States, by any owner thereof, whether be lie the orig-. iual producer or a purchaser, upon payment of tbe internal revenue tax. 3d, Any person taking the prescribed oath that he will be hereafter loyal to the Uuited States, receive any amount of goods, not contraband of \vaivand, may dispose of them without restriction at any place in the lines named, to any persou who shall have taken the same oath. The authority to do that will be given by tbe custom officer of the port where the goods are received, or by any other officer of the Treasury Department. lou will at once commence acting niider the new regulations as above indicated. You w ! ll also at once dismiss nil local special Agents hi your agency, duty being here alter required of them. T Any merchandize now arrived or hereafter arriving in your agency, under a proper clear ance, you will cause to be permitted to be landed and disposed of to or by any person authorized as above. Please to instruct assistants in your ageucy accordingly. I am, very respectfully, Your obedient servant, (Signed) Wm. P. Meli.es, General Agent Treasury Department, Albert G. Browne, Esq., Sup. Spec. Agt. stli Agency, , B | Treas. Dept., Savannah, Ga. 1 ftotcl Ijlrribals, PULASKI ROUSE. Tuesday Morning, May 23, 1865. .1 P Schindeh USA ,T P Hoyt, Colnmbns J AHe Forrest, N H .. Col ,1 P Green, 0 U SRI PORT ROYAL HOTEL, (HILTON HEAD,) MAY 21 Mrs Hallex, Washington A L West and lady, V:v Caps. E B Vanwinkle, Char T Greenhow “ •• A Getty, Phila W G Waller Mr and Mrs Foster and J .1 Elam, “ cbiid. St Augustine J Brown and wife « Mr and Mrs Smith, - J B Rowell, 3avh St Augustine, APutenhope, “ Ma,i A Bogle, Boston Capt J Baxter. TS Batt W Logan, wifi; aud child'n. N V V V 7 U SI D J Hutchinson, T 5 Batt .1 Uffendill, NY N Y V V W H Dimond, Capt and Maj R M Howe, H Head A A G, U S V DrHarrold, Va —i '"""J UUUL _J ibippiug lutflUgciue. PORT OF SAVANNAH. Tuesday, May 20, 18, M. Cleared This Forenoon. Steamer U. S Grant, Briggs, Hilton Head. Pioneer line steamship C%we, Rogers, New York, Hunter A Cjaibiflpll. P.VBSBHOBKB —p F Jett, J Blackwell, A L Harris, i K . Bnrimy H Waterman, Cjiaa E Staples, L Jaqnelin Smith, H L Flash, Geo II Frost, Z B Wheeler, JMe Donougb, A Dexter, Mrs Dexter, C Balyean, Mrs Bal y-an, S Cntner, J 8 Cooper, M H Gowdv. F M Thread eiaft, John E Beebe, J H Craig, F Cervean, J L Jtiuek ta, D Kemp. F W Jones, Mrs Haas, and 5 steerage. Savannah Exports. New York—Per Pioneer line steamship Chase, 350 dry bides, 20 packages soldiers’ freight, 101 bbls rosin. 8 casks and 6 bbls beeswax and tallow, 1 bale wool. 31 bbls ale • JJOST QUARTERMASTER’S OFFICE, Central Railroad Bank, Savannah, Ga., May, Ist, 18C5. In pursuance of orders, received at this office, all citizeus occupying buildings, whose owners are ab sent within the Rebel lines, or buildings, or other property belonging to disloyal persons, will, unless such buildings have been previously assigned—rent free—settle the rents for the same, due the Uni ted States, at tjjig ojhre on or before the io(h of May. A failure to comply with the above will cans* a I'oi feiture of all claims to further occupation. 8. S. STARR, mayl Capt. and A. Q. M„ in charge of buildings. CIDER FOR .SALE, To families by the quart or gallon, at O'MEARA & CO’S mh24 OVCT Ad4ra *’ I * B * Office. Bay street^ —— - .JS.fflgf y 1 HeADCTR’9, - * Hilton Head, S. C., May ir >( 186r> j- Grnkra*. OrdersT “ - - - * No. 08. • i j ~“ - »- 1. The proclamation of A. G. styling himself Governor of South Caroliua’ dated at Headquarters, Columbia, South Carolina, May 2d,’1805, declaring that all sub sistence stores anti the property of the Con federate States within tbe limits of the State should be turned over aud accounted for by tbe Agents of the State, appointed for that purpose, apd directing that the subsistence and other stores shall be used tor the relief of the people of the State ; and the proclama tion of Joseph E. Brown, styling himself Gov ernor of Georgia, dated at the capitol of that State, on the 3d day of ,May, 1865, requiring the officers and members of the General As sembly to meet in extraordinary session at the Capitol in Milledgeville on Monday the 22d day ot May, 1865 ; and the proclamation ot A. K. Allison, styling himselt Acting Gov ernor of Florida, dated at Tallahassee, on tbe Bth day of April 1865, giving notice and di rection that an election will be held on Wed nesday, the 7th day of June, 1865, for Gov ernor of the Stale of are, each and all of them, declared null and void, it having become known to me, from trustworthy in formation, that tbe aforesaid A. G. Magratb, Joseph E. Brovyu, aud A. K. Allison, are dis loyal to the United States, having committed snndry and divers acts of treason against the same, iu adhering to tbeir enemies, giving .hem aid and comfort. Tbe persous and peoples, to whom the proclamations hereinabove referred to have been respectively addressed, are therefore enjoined and commanded to give no heed whatever thereto, or to any orders, procla mations, commissions, or commands, emana ting from persons claiming tbe right to exer cise the functions and authority of Governor in either ot tbe States of South Carolina, Georgia, or Florida, unlass the same shall have been promulgated by the advice or consent of tbe United States authorities. 11. The policy and wishes of the general government towards the people of these States, and the method which should be pur sued by them iu resuming or assuming the exercise of their political rights, will doubt less be made known at an early days It is deemed sufficient, meanwhile, to an nounce that tbe people of tbe black race are free citizens of the United States, that it is the fixed intention of a wise aud beneficent government to protect them in the enjoy ment of tbeir freedom and the fruits of tbeir industry, and that it. is the manifest and binding duty of all citizens, whites as well as blacks, to .make such arrangements and agreements amo’ng themselves, for compen sated labor, as shall be mutually advan tageous to all parties. Neither idleness nor vagrancy will be tolerated, aud the govern ment will not extend 'pecuniary aid to any persons, whether white or black, who are unwilling to help themselves, 111. District and Post Commanders throughout this Department will at once cause this order to be circulated far and wide, by special couriers or otherwise, and will take- such steps, to secure its enforcement as may by them be deemed necessary. -, ■ » Q. A. Gillmore, Major-General Coffimandmer. T. D, Updoes, „ .... . 5 Capt. 35th U. S. C. TANARUS,. Act. Asst. Adjt Gen’l. heauquahtkkn district of Savannah, • Savannah, Ga„ May 20th, 1805. • ■■ • > Oiuecr.Aß. Until further orders it will be necessary for persons desiring to go North from this District, oh private steamers or other vessels, to forward their applica tions for such permission to the Headquarters of the Department, through these Headquarters. By command of 4 “ Bvt. Maj.-Gen’l GROVER. Oliver Matthews, A. A. G. U7 S.' FORCES, „ * ' Savannah, Ga., May 20, 1565. General Order,! No. ac. i . ... ■ A General Order No. 12 is hereby revoked. Bycommandof Brvt. Maj. Gen. GROVER Edward G. Dike, A. A. G, may2ft HEADQUARTERS U. S. FORCES, Savannah, Ga., May 20th, 1805. General Order,! 1 No. 35. | All restrictions heretofore placed upon the brfbging in of wood from oufside the picket, lines surrounding the city, are' removed. ° Those avaiiing.themselves of the privileges so ex tended will however be held strictly responsible that they do not «ut wood upon lands not belonging to them, without proper anthority. Neither will fliey be permitted to diitrwb fences or other improvements. By command of Brevet Major Gen'. C. GROVER. Edward G, Dike, A. A. G. tnay2o HEADQ’HS DEPARTMENT OF TUE SOUTH — Ililton Head, S. C., May IS, lt>Cs. General Order,! No. Cl'. ' f I. The Districts of Ililton Head and Beaufort, are hereby consolidated into one, to be known as the Dis trict of Port Royql, with its Headquarters at Hilton Head, 11. Brig. Gen. E. E. Potter, U- a. V.„ is hereby as signed to the command of the District of Port Royal. IIL The following General Orders from the War Department, are published for the information and government of this command : WAR DEPARTMENT, Adjutant General's Office, ~ Washington, May 1,1666. General Orders,) No. 79. / for reducing the number of general, field and STAFF OFFICERS. It is ordered by the President, that, resignations of of General, Field and Staff Officers will be received un til the fifteenth of thiß month; at which date the Ad jutant General is directed to commence mustering houorably out ol service ail Geueral, Field and Waft officers who are unemployed, or whose service is no longer needed. By order of the President of the United States. W. A. NICHOLS, • Assistant Adjutant General. WAR DEPARTMENT, An.itiTANT General's Office, ' Washington, May 3,1806 General Orders,! No. 81. j ' -' * With a view to prevent accidents, Commanders of Army Corps, Departments, and Military Divisions,will Immediately take the precautions necessary to ensure the discharge of all small arms and cauuoii, iueluding those captured from the enemy, before being fumed 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’!) Office, General Orders,! 0, 1805. No. 82. FOR REDUCING THE NUMBER OF COMPANY AND STAFF OF l> a. FILERS OF VOLUNTEER REGIMENTS n .P y direction pf the President, all Cpaipany and Staff Will Immediately apply by letter, to the aiwPlwi, °f the Army for their muster-out c * , * r U e P#PP''«. Iu ease of physical disability Jif wounds, the lot'er must be accumpu n hi by a Medical Certificate of the usual form, .-lit ” , t*m ce address of the officer must be given with care in all rases. By order of the Secretary of War. W. A. NICHOLS, „ Assistant Adjutant Geueral. By command of Major Gen. Q. A. GILLMORE. x. D. HODGES, wayio Capt 36th U. 8. C. TANARUS., A. A. A. G. fll f LA t • fostsewi-t _ HEADQ'Rjy DEBT. OF THE SOUTH . ’■ Hilton Head, S. r Gcnkr al Orders) No. 62. / The following General Order from the War rn. . menq isßubhahed for the information of* WAR DEPARTMENT GiNnaAnOanaKNl April*,, No. 73. / The attention of all Commanders of Military n ions. Departments, Districts, Detachineut! *nH P"'*' is drawn to the annexed opinion of thH*At» Md Po?,s ' eral, which they will and riutale , h r^ y Uen m accordance tneiewith •- g Hate thell action ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, Hon. EmjriN M Stanton, Secretary of YVai! Sir.- I have the honor to acknowledge the re. • . you'letter or the 22d of April. In it % as £ 1 ««¥ nt questions, growing out of the <mpitnlatim.\^H ,h !' ei ‘ twixt Gen, Grant, of the United States Arm!, d , e he ' Lee, ol'the rebel army. Army, and Gen. You ask, First. Whether rebel officer* sided in the city of Washington and w™7m ?. nc ? ,e --or elsewhere in the South, and took 1,g,,uu ’ turn tothe city under the stipulations of the cam!!,!*’ turn, and reside here as their homes ? e ca P ltu| a- Keconrf. Whether persons who resided i„ a, ~ ton übout the time the rebellion broke tT city and went to Richmond where they have lan to the rebel cause, entered into otherwise given it their support, comfoi t and??u ’ ° r return to Washington, the capHniatufn , r V the Capt u Ure 01 Hichmond. aud here under the terms of the capitulation r ° ft de V Third - Tou Btate since the capitulation of Lee's aimy, rebel offlceis have aDneare.l in Uii ,l the loyal States, wearing th« rebef upifornr■ P atid' C von ask whether such conduct is not a fresh act of jLfm! ty, on their part, to the United States, to be dealt with as avowed eneS of&Crm Your letter is accompanied with a copy of the term* SiTTKSSMSr lm '“ A plime* to^c^glven by.me, the ether to be retained by suth office? cers as you may designate. The offlrers to individual paroles not to take up arms against ve.nment of the United States mltil proS eVcW ed, and each company or regimental commander sf™ a like paiole for the .men of .their commands ,rA... arms, artiUery, and public property to be parked and stacked, and turned over to the officers appointed bv me LGen. Grant] to receive them. This tiffl not cm brace the side arms of the officers, nor the r mivme homes .or baggage. This done, each o»c ®ans will be allowed to return to their homes not disturbed by the United States authority’s? loi!? « ug maTreside.'.‘ r laws *-ce M . A ri ln construction to these articles of canitn. lation, we must consider iu what capacity Gen Graut was speaking. He, of course, spoke bv tbe mi ™ ! « the KsiTisTommaS in-Ciiiti of tlic Arinu'b of tho United ii mi » be presumed that he had no authority from dent except such as the Commaialer-in-t ffiief could give to a military officer. ~ coulu The President perforins two functions of the Govern, meut; one civil, the other military As I-, the United Stales and its civil head! he pardoning power ; as president of the he is of the..A«niesof the United States, and is the head of its belligerent power His power to pardon as a civil magistrate cannot be del? 18 . a P ersOß *l trust inseparablv connected with tbe office ol President. AsUommander-in-Chiel ofthe Annie, of the United States, he hiw of tv m delegate a vast amount of power. Reeardino Grant then pu fly as a military officer, and tffi,tbew?s speaking as one possessing no power except belliirer eut, and consideiTng that lact to be well knowniothe belligerents, with whom he was making the etionln tion, let us come to the consideration of the first q ,c? tiou which you have propounded 0181 qntß^ It must be observed thul the question Is not «« n. the extent of the power that theWSnt Ait manOer-m-Chief oT the Armics ft',? 0 ”; whether he, as Commander in. Chief nf i ~.' » 1 . llo i; the Unitedltates coffifl M pm^L 1 military authority, to relief, to go to, and reside in lov al communities—communities that had hot Store, belhon against the Government of the United but the question is whether by, and under the terms ot that the rebels w ere belligerents : that this was no da*? 6 ’ Smt fc hfi? , ftlr n ; reCt T’ with(,ut defined boun dary, but that it had a boundary, marked by lines of bayonets, which can only be crossed bvTorce • th*r south o* that line is enemy's territory, because claimed e? d th e a l t d J]T a " o,gan,z « i ho8ti »« and belligerem pow al[ persons residing within that territory must be Heated as enemies, though not foreigners • and it is well settled that all persous going there without li cense,. pending the hostilities. ,fr remaining Safte? hostilities commencecL must be regarded and treated as residents of that territory. It fifilowa, as a matter V he lerrit "ry in rebellion camiot be regarded as having homes in the loyal States. A man * home and his residence cannot be distinct the Jig® n . a the ■* ebela w « re ' deal* with by General Grant as belligerents. As belligerents, their homes Wfre of necessity in 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 m the loyql states; and when Gen. Grant gave permission to them, hy the stipulation, to return to their homes, H cannot be understood as a permia. sion to return to any part of the loyal States v That was a capitulation of surrender, and not a truce Vattell lays it down that: [p ; 414] * During the truce, especially if made fora long period, it is naturally ah lowable tor enemies to pass and repass to and from each other's country, in the same manner as it is allow, cd in time of peace, since all hostilities *re now suspended. But each of the sovereigns is at liberty, as he.would be in time of peace, to adopt every preean. tion which may be necessary to prevent this intercourse from becoming prejudicial to him. He has just grounds of suspicion against people with whom he is soon to recommence 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 enemy’s territories during the truce, are detained there by sickness, or any Other uusurraouutable obstacle, and thus happen to remain m the country after the expiration of the ar mistice, may, in strict justice, be kept prisoners • it is au accident which they might have foreseen, aiid to which they bave, ofrtieh- own accord, exposed them selves; but humanity and generosity commonly re, qmre that they should be allowed a sufficient term lur tbeir departure. v™ w trnce con, W auy conditions ei ther more extensive or more narrowly restrictive than W.liat we have here.latd down, the transaction becomes a particular convention. It is obligatory on the con tracting parties, who are bound to observe what they have promised ip due form; aud the obligations the.ice resulting constitute a conventional right. Now if the rights of enemies, during along truce and suspension of hostilities, are thus restricted, it would seem evident that their rights under a capitula !''f!O^° r l .) ,irre . ndor ’.u Wkhol,t,ln s' suspension of hostili ties, could not, without express words in the stipula tion to that effect, be anythin; l like as large as under a truce and suspension of hostilities. Regarding Gen. Grant, then, as speaking simply as soldier, and with the powefa'of a soldier; regarding this war as a territorial war, and persons within that teintoryfts residents thereof, and, as such, enemies of the Government; and looking to the language of the stipulation, lain of opiniou that the rebel officers who surrendered to Gen. Graft!,, have no homes within the loyal. (tales, and have no l ight to come to places which were their homes prior to their going into the rebel lion. ll.—As to your second queslion-The stipulation of surrender made betwixt Gens. Grant and Lee, does not embrace anv persons other than the officers and soldiers ot Gen. Lee’s army. Persons in the civil sei vice of the rebellion, or who hack otherwise given it support, comfort and aid, apd were residents cf the rebel territory, certainly have no right to return IQ WashipKtoii under that stipulation. , —a® the third question—My answer to the first a complete answer to this. • Rebel officers certainly have no right to be wearing their umiorms in any of the loyal States. It seems to ipe that auch officers, having don ewrong in coming into tTc loyal States, are but adding insult to injury in wearing their muiorms. They have as much tight to bear the traitors’fiag through the streets of a loyal city as to wear a traitors’ garb. Ihe stipulation of surrender permits no such thing, and the wearing °f such unifoim is au act of hostility against the Govern ment. ~ , Very respectfully, your obedient servant, JAMES SPEED, Attorney General By order ot the Secretary of War: W. A. NICHOLS, _ Assistant Adjutant General, ‘ommandof Major General Q. A. GILLMORE. T. D. Hodges, Capt. 36th U. S. C. TANARUS., Act. Asstj'Adjf. General.