The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-04-15

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General Headquarters, State of Min

1.-The following extract from the Depart
ment of the Provost Marshal General is pub
lished for the information of all concerned:
When person has been drafted, in purs,l-
ance of the Enrolment Act of March 3, 1868,
notice of such draft must be served within ten
days thereafter. by written or printed notice,
10 be served on him personally, or by leaving q
COPY t@ ms ust place Of residence, requiring him
70 appear at designated place Of rendezvous
Tor duty. Any person falling to report for
duty AFTER notice LEFT AT HIS LAST PLACE OF
RESIDENCE, or served on him personally, with
out furnishing substitute or paving 1900. is
pronounced by law to be a deserter he NAV
be arrested and held for trial by coprt-martiaI
ana SENTENCED TO DEATH.
1t person, after beEg drafted and before
receiving nOtlce, deserts the notice NAV still
be served by leaving it at his last nIoce Of
residence, and ii he does not appear in accor
dance with the notice, OR furnish The substitute
or pay S5oO, ne VIII be in law deserter and
must be treated accordingly There is no
way or manner in which a person. once on
rolled, can escape his public duties. and when
drafted, whether present or absent whether he
changes his residence or ab5conds the rioht
OF the United States against him are secured.
and it is only by performance of his duty to
his country, that he will escape the liability to
be treated as criminal.
JAMES B. FRY,
Provost Marshal General
Ii. Parties leaving Minnesota for Idaho or
elsewhere, and requesting letters or certificates
OF citizenship from the State authorities, will
hereafter be required to furnish undoubted evil
dence (such as the certificate of the Provost
Marshal of the proper distrct) that the res
pective towns in which they reside have fur
nlshed their full quota of men to the army,
upon the calls of the President. or that such
applicants are exempt from military duty.
Ill. Such parties should distinctly under
stand, that. while such letter from these head.
quarters will probably be respected by Iowa
and neighbOring States, no iicate can re-
lieye them from their obligations to the ma
tional government.
By order CT the COMMANDMENTS Chief.
OSCAR MALMROS,
Adiutant General.
CAN papers in the State are authorized to pub
lsh Once.)
General Butler Talking TO a Rebel
Clergyman.
The Norfolk Ne,c Re7i0ae Of March 20,
publishes two column report Of the ex-
animation of Rev. George D. Armstrong,
of that city, by General Butler This is
the same clergyman who was recently sem
fenced to imprisonment at Fort Hatteras
for his rebel sentiments. An aid of Gen
Butler conducted the first examination,
but the General himself afterwards made
careful personal investigation, cross
questioning Mr.. Armstrong very sharply.
The following are extracts from the report
Of the Interview:
General Butler-I perceive that in your
former examination you declined answering
this question: do YOU call Yourself loyal
man in letter and spirit ,o-dav!"
Mr.. Armstrong; do not decline to answer
now if | were to put my own Interpretation
upon it, should say am but don't know,
sir.
General-Well, sir. perhaps l can teach you
Now, sir, what is the name of that gentleman
who had taken the oath, and while coming ont
of the Custom House with you, made the re-
mark that he would like to spit upon the
Northern Yankees"
Mr.. AIR. Charles Reid. 1 declined to an
swer on my former examination because had
not his consent to tell, sir; but since that
sent to mention his name
General--Where is Mr.. Reid
Mr. Ale is in Norfolk.
General. TO an ade.) Telegraph TO Colonel
Wheldon, provost Marshal. Norfolk to ar
rest Mr.. Charles Reid and send him here. He
lives on Main street.
General-He stated that, as he came out from
taking the oath
Mr.. Ayes sir.
General-Wth the oath fresh on his lips and
the words hardly dry in his mouth. he said he
wanted to spit in the face of the northern
Yankees?
Mr. A-Well, General. he took it with the
same view as l did.
General-I agree to that, sir.
Mr. Al meant to say
General-StCp. sir; don't like to be insult
ed. You said, sir. that that internal secession
ist wanted to spit in the faces of loyal men of
this Union, and that you took the oath with
the same view as he did. or rather that he
took it with the same view that you did-it
makes no difference which. ! agree sir that
you did. l have treated YOU, sir, during this
Interview, with proprietv and courtesy up to
this moment and yet you, sir, here tell me, in
order to clear this vile wretch who shall be
punished as he deserves, that YOU took the
oath to my government with the same view
that he did,
Mr.. A.-Well, sir, it was Notifying fact to
confess that we were a conquered people and
1t was the irritation growing out of that fact.
General-YOu have not helped it, sir. You
had not better 20 in that direction any further,
sir, for your own sake. Now, sir, while you
did preach very virulent sermon upon THE
Victory of Manassas, ct the recommendation
of the Confederate Congress, have you ever
since preached in your pulpit sermon favor
able to the Union cause, or one that would be
likely to please the loyal, and displease the dis
loyal?
Mr.. A.-No, sir, never have.
After some further questioning, the ex-
animation was continued as follows:
General--You said you looked upon the
hanging of John Brown as just and right be-
cause he interfered with the peace of the coun-
try.
Mr.. Ayes, sir.
General-Very good, sir. Now, then, would
Won look upon the hanging OF the prominent
rebels. Jefferson Davis for instance, as lust and
right You know the rebels have interfered
with the peace of the country and have caused
rivers of blood to flow where John Brown onlv
caused pints. What do you say to that
Mr.. A. 4 would not, SIR
General-Are Your sympathies with the
Union or the Confederate cause
Mr.. A.-With the Confederatcs.
The examination concluded with tbs