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The following order has just been Issued by
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Z Hereafter no person, shall, be arrestede p a
deser<srfS for hAvhk failed % report Under any
draft, or for any otlhar non compliance with
tfe snDlipem act or thsAmesdmeutsthere-
To-. Any and ar persons Of this class now
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Brsevet Major o General neral Lorenzo n, fhon.. M
Adjutant General of the United States army,
will shortly ask TO- be placed on the retired
list, and will take up his residence in Loaisi
ana of'A cotton estate Yhich he has phchased.
Advices have besn received from the cleo
tion in Florida, which took place on the 10th.
"A very light vote vas pollsd, not to exceed
1900 in the entire State. The deiekAt<s
sl111eastD the Stats Convsntioo arsn1sG1y of
Q strong Union character, and strongly en-
dorse the policy indicated by Gov. Marvin.
Judge Burritt was elected . delegate from the
jacksonville Distsict,
Strong efforts are being made to induce
the President 70 nslease ex-senator, David L.
Yulee, Of Florida, from Fort Pulaski, where
he is nov confined. Mr. Yulea is Presidept
Of the Jacksonville and Tallahassee railroad,
. man Of wide influence on the political and
material interests Of the State, and his re-
lease is greatly desired by the people Of Flor
ida, in order that he may exert himself for
the restoration of basisess prosperity in that
State. IL CI GA
A delegation is here urging the suspension
of the order Of Gen. Howard as to the occp.
patton Of the SEA islands. They want the
Freedmen kept there temporarily till oil ar
rAngements can be made for their transmis-
sion TO the State of Florida, where their labor
is much needed on the plantations.
Tho H<rnI<Js W~sh,r r<or .. 90. I'll
John W. Fairfield, of 1oudon county, ex-
chief of the rebel Gen. Longstreet' staff, and
who received pardon from the President1a
short time since, has forwarded the necessary
documents to secure the restitution Of his
property in the above county, now held by
the Freedmen Bureau, and which il known
a. the Monroe Estate
Since the execution Of Champ Furguson at
Nashville. certain parties here who are f.
miliar with Col Mosby's war history, are in
teresting themselves to bring the latter To JUS
|tice. They allege that Mosby, although a
rose colored gentlemanly sort OF = villain,
was guilty of guerrilla atrocities which would
have made Champ Furguson blush. They
claim TO have names of ex-rebel officers among
the list of witnesses wherewith to prove inhu-
man crimes upon the Virginia partizans
In consequence, perhaps Of rumors, other
organized euorG 10 prevent the muster ont
OF the Veteran Reserve corps BY the next
Congress, il is said the authorities have full
ly decided to dispense with the corps before
that body meets Gen. Fry, and other friends
of the corps seem to have over reached them.
selves, and to have precipltated by their own
conduct the very action they desired TO pre-
vent. Mr.. Stantons answer TO recent ap-
plication for commission in that corps. was
that before the commission could be made out
and forwarded, the corps would ceased To ex-
ist. Gen. Grant is also supposed to favor the
muster out of all troops excepting the regu-
lar army. If this should prove inadequate 10
the exigency of the future, Congress can in
crease the force. A coatroiing reason of
the Secretary of War and Gen. Grant is prob
ably that the privates unanimously desire to
be mustered ont, and the officers are unam
mously opposed to il, as the lasters diinterest.
edness is not above suspicion their recommen-
dations have less weight.
The death sentence of the Indian chiefs
Medicine and Htae Six, implicated in the
Minnesota massacres, three wears ago, has
been suspended by the President in Difference
to the remonssrance of Bishop Grace Of tha,
State TO the execution of the sentence. The
original records and testimony taken in the
premises are therefore referred to the com
missioner of Indian affairs for further sub
sanitation of the guilt of the chiefs