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XXXIXTH CONGRESS.
FIRST SESSION ,
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, Jan. q. 1895.
COURT OF CLAIMS.

. COURT OF CLAIMS.
Mr.. TRUMBULL, from the Committee on the
aton to the Court Of Claims. This bill repeats the
i4h section of the act Of March 1861 and allows
appeal tho Supreme Conrt Of the United States ct
any time within 30 days after its passage In the cases
mentioned In the nth section OF said act OF 1862 er'
cept In cases In which money tas been paid into the
treasury The bill fxes AZ the opening Of the term.
the frat Monday in December. -.-..-..
RELIEF OF sEAMEH.
Mr.. GRDdEs from tue Naval Committee reported the
bin to amend the act for the relief Of seamen and Others
with amendments. one Of which guards against pay.
ment for costs which have accrued through the neR
gence or want Of win. or fraud Of the officer making
the application.
PAYING FOB SLAVES AND REBEL DEBTA
Mr.. WILSON (Mass.) offered Joint resolution. pro
posing a. an amendment to the Constitution Of the
United state, PrOssS. that no psy9sns 'ssa eve,
any account Of, the emancipation Of any slave OF
slaves Tor or account Of any debt contracted o.
incurred IN aid OF the Rebellion against the National
Government; which was referred 70 the Judiciary
Committee ~.
Mr. Samuel J. Kirkwood was sworn In - Senator
from lows till the ID Of March. 1867.
COLORADO.
MI SUMNER presented the petition Of tbs citizens Of
Colorado now In New-York asking for TIE immediate
admission Of that territory q State but upon condt
ton VI tho word rs being stricken from hef oonsti'
tuition.
SUFFRAGE FOR WOMEN. L.
Mr. BROWN (Mo) presented q similar petition on the
SANG subjects also petition asking for the extension
Of the right OF suffrage 10 women. "-
80. -lf TIE TEST OATH. --er
Mr. TRuxBuII. from the Committee on the Judiciary,
repoftedon ion OF the North Carolina Lcsise'
tnre asking that the test oath be fepeaed-s resolution
sat i soa DO neIpedient TO repeal the test oss 81
CALIFORNIA AND THE ASSOCIATED rRrn-
Mr. COMES (Ca) com iainsd thas In the reports q
tks Asspsis,sa P1sss by I'D VIA nAssafs 0sss
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The Reveaae scrvice-Pesitisn Of sha
OAicsrs fer IN Iscreaso sf Pay.
A petitiop will shortly be presented to Con-.


gress py the officers Of the revenue servos sskng ,hsi
their ratio Of pay be increased to equality with The
nav Of officers of the same rink In the Navy This ss
movement in the right direction. and are,only sur
prised that steps have not been taken In this MATES
branch Of the Government as the naval snd now that
the Is the duties OF revenue Officers are mucn
more arduous than those OF naval officers Ibe same
qualifications are necessary a. In the Navy una the
eIamin for promotion quite NJ difficult pass
There great discrepancy in the pay OF the hghet
ranks-as FOR instance Captain In revenue service
only paid roo per annGm ne ss,i o. sil rsna ID
table showing the amount OF pay IN both services;
Naval Per a1nu ND c Revenue. Per an,9m;
Lieut.. Commander. s2Sss EEap Zap. @
Master 500 second Lieutenant. 1900
Ensign:-.;........ Sool Third Lieutenant. EGG
lat Asa Eusineer.. iSols: Asst Engineer. 100
"a Asst Engineer. l.200l2d Asst Engineer. 800
In addition to their pay she above.named grades Of
naval officers are allowed one ration per day. which In
year amounts to el09 g. while tho correspondence
ton money whatevef. Another grievance TO- that
there Is provision made for the Old egs Of the Rove
cared for BY The Governmest until bis DEATH and then
his heirs are entitled 70 pension. These inequalities
have long been . source Of Just complaint, and W
hope the petition W have spoken Of will meet with
favorable reception IN Congress- and that fair remu-
neration will be allowed TO body Of men whose serv'
ices are acknowledged 70 DO of much Importance 70
The mercantile community ana tho nation at largo
THB HKW REVENUE CuTTKR HUGH MCuLLoch.
| The new revenue cutter Hugh McCnlloc9
was built By j. T. Fardy Brother Of Baltimore sc sc
10 fine sids.wheel steamer Of 500 tuns burden. Gig
carries three guns and Ia allowed TO DO tho fassss w,
eel In the service. Tho McCulloch % now sSs
ssun bot her viii DO from s"s bv
Capt j. H. Neryman and has .ttsehsd g H ssr tho
sssEips officers: Es d 6ieHs:1'sTS rd Lsassas"
r II Muis,t, Chisf.EpriDeer, ~ T. Cbeverei FIRST
c.,s5 sss s,sSisa csnn
Gnsnsr Tho,a.s q 'rks; Csl rss.er Douglass Thonp'
SOL. rsr~ = ID
A CHILD Rry ogti AID KILLEp.-Ao man
1901 NI,ehslg wrs t.si.a igst eysDihg ~ Oness
p,a,, ~ lie .s1n:h pgec.l icing che driver o.
b.,cbcr cart Vnie.E ysssseF . ~ titled htte ELLA
cbatbem.st Deceoiea 'a ysegs olags shu resicvs
At No. Of Frar knty', ~ me sna tss ,p.nlps bed
iii h dsvsIopsd Of tic Coroos Inquest 'ns "''s'
-, Nileheipg vS ksseJ 40.
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Mass Reconstvsctiea Neesisg 10 be Held
on washingtsa's Birthday-Unesnai.
tissaI suppors Of tho Prtsideht-Thc
Ne0ro Testsaseny Biti.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Tuesday, Jan. %. ices.
In opposition to the memorial recently placed
before the public coming from the Union citzcns OF
favorable to the speedy restoration Of the State TO ts
proper position Of equality and influence n the Union
to bold meeting on Wsshipgtons birthday, the
22d OF February 20 secure this desired end.
A hearty and unquesoned Endorsement Of the rcsto-
ration policy OF President Andrew johnson Ii pledged
The call Is signed BY the leading Conservative mem
bers of the Legislature and By the most prominent
Union men In theState.
The negro testimony bin passed second reading IN
the House to-day. by vote Of - to 90 NJ tH
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Scale of Depreciation,

The following Act, in relation to the scaling of
Confederate Currency, from the time of its first
issue to the end of the war, passed at the recent
session of the General Assembly:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT 10
ESTABLISH A SCALE OF DEPRECIATION
OF CONFEDERATE CURRENCY.
WHEREAS, By an ordinance of the Convention,
entitled An ordinance declaring what laws ane
ordinances are in force, and for other purposes,
ratified ON the 18th day of October, A. D., 1865,
it is made the duty of the General Assembly to
provide scale of depreciation of the Confederate
Currency from the time of its first issue to the
end of the war; and it is further therein declared
that "all eXecutory contracts, solvable in money,
whether under seal or not made after the depre-
citation of said currency before the 1st of May,
1865, and untitled (exccpt official bonds and penal
bonds payable to the State) shall be deemed to
have been made with the understanding that they
were solvable in money of the said currency"
subject nevertheless, to evidence of different in
tent of the parties to the contract; therefore,
Be it enacted by the General assembly Of the State
Of North Carolina, and it is hereby enacted by the
1etthoriy Of the same, That the following scale of
depreciation be and the same is hereby adopted
and established as the measure of value of one
gold dollar in Confederate currency, for each
month, and the fractional parts of the month of
December, 1864, from the 1st day of November,
1861, to the LIST day of May, 1865, to-wit:
Scale Of depreciation Of Confederate currency the
gold dollar being the unit and measure Of Ualue,
from November 1st 1861 to Man 1st 1865:
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Convention of Maryland Radicals

BALTIMORE, August 15.-The Uncondi
tional Union Convention met to-day.
George w. Bonds, of Howard County,
was chosen permanent presidnet. He
made speech endorsing the action of
Congress as against the Presidents pol
icy.
Resolutions were adopted to appoint
delegates to the convention of Southern
loyalists, which meets at Philadelphia
on the Sd Of September.
The committee on resolutions, through
the chairman G. G. Fulton, reported a
series of resolutions endorsing the recon
struction measures of Congress, and
proposed an amendment to the Cousti-
tuition, urging the necessity of maintain
ing the registry law, and condemning
the course of Gov. Swami in relation to
said law.
The convention unanimously nomina-
ted Col. Robert Bruce, Of Cumberland,
formerly of the Second Potomac brig
ade, for State Comptroller.
The following were appointed dele
gates at large to the Sd OF September
convention:
Hon. J. A. J. Creswell, Hon. Francis
Thomas, Hon. John L. Thomas, Jr.,
John Lee Chapman, Mayor of Balti-
more Gen. Dennison, G. G. Fulton,
Col. Samuel G. Graham, George II.
Sands, Samuel L. Evans, and Alfred
Mace.
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[From the Erie Dispatch, August g
DREADFUL DEATH OF A BURGLAR.

We have now to chronicle another
attempt at robbery quite as bold and
impudent as any that have yet taken
place. Wednesday after noon, while a
young girl, the daughter of one of our
old citizens, was sitting in the drawing
room she heard slight noise in the
hall. She walked softly to the door
and discovered the door ajar and the
theft walking quickly, though very
stealthily, up stairs. She waited a mo-
ment, then following cautiously, OBJ
served him enter a front chamber; the
door of which being opened exposed to
view tempting array ofjewelry and
other articles Of bijouterie scattered a.
| bout the toilet bureau. With pres
ence of mind wonderful in one so young
she hastily closed and fastened the
door, but not before catching glance
of most vicious looking pair of eyes.
She descended to the drawing room,
almost overcome with agitation at the
success of her bold experiment, for she
was alone in the house. She waited in
breathless anxiety until dark, when her
parents returning she communicated
the startling intelligence to them of
the thief she had SO dextrously Gagged.
Mr.. Smith seized mallet and Mrs.
Smith another and both ascended to
the chamber. Upon entering they dis
covered the thief, partially screened
by the bureau. Mr.. S. demanded his
business there, received no reply save a
malignant glance, accompanied by a
dash toward the door, which Mrs. Smith
quickly pushed too while MIR. S. gave
him a blow with his mallet. The
wretched creature now rushed from one
side of the room to the other, making
frantic efforts to escape the blows lev
elled at him by Mr.. and Mrs. Smith
Finally a crushing blow on the head
stretched him senseless.
One would suppose humanity should
now have prompted cessation of hos
tilities, but Mr.. Smith was seen to kick
the inanimate form, and then carried
him down stairs and threw him, all
bleeding and senseless, into the street.
In the morning the poor outcast was
found stark and stiff, having probably
bled to death dnring the night. The
Common Council have taken no steps
to remove the remains, and they are
still to be seen in the vicinity of the
Baptist Church.
During the melee blow from pate,.
f0naaIsds aimed at the robber came
near disabling Mrs. Smith instead,
while a fierce lunge from her mallet
(they were croquet mallets) shattered
several valuable panes of glass. 1t is
to be hoped the fate of this unfortunate
thief may prove salutary lesson to 9TH
er evil doers.
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE,

Washington, December %, 1865.
SIR: The time has arrived when in the
Judgment of the President of the United
States, the care and conduct of the proper
affairs of the State of North Carolina may be
remitted to the constitutional authorities
chosen by the people thereof, without danger
to the peace and safety of the United States.
BY direction of the President, therefore, you
are relieved from the trust which was here
tofore reposed in you as provisional COVER
nor of the State of North Carolina. When
ever the governor elect shall have accepted
and become qualified to discharge the duties
of the executive Office, you will transfer the
papers and property of the State now in
your custody to his excellency Governor
Worth.
1t gives me especial pleasure to convey to
you the Presidents acknowledgment of the
fidelity, loyalty, and discretion which have
marked your administration.
You will please give me reply, specifying
the day on which this communication is re-
ceived
have the honor to be
your excelency's most obedient servant,
WILLIAM H. SEWARD.
His Excellency w. w. HOLDEN,
Provisional Goeernor of N. G.
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GENERAL REMARKS.

Revenue Stamps may be used unfortunately
upon any of the matters or things enumerated in
schedule b, except proprietary and playing card
stamps for which special use has been provided
Postage stamps cannot be used in payment OF
the duty chargeable on instruments.
1t is the duty of the maker of an instrument to
affiX and cancel the stamp thereon 1.-The neglects
to do so, the party for whom it is made, may
stamp it before it is used; and if used after the
3Oth of July, 1864, and used without stamp, it
cannot afterwards be effectually stamped. Any
failure upon the part of the maker of an instru-
ment to appropriately stamp it, renders him liza
BILE to penalty of two hundred dollars.
Suits are commenced in many States by other
process than writ, viz: summons, warrants, pub
caton petition, &c, in which case these, as the
original process, severally require stamps.
Writs OF scira facias are subject to stamp duty
as original processes.
The jurat of an affidavit, taken before Justice
of the Peace, Notary Public or other Officer duly
authorized to take affdavits, is held to be GER
titicate, and is subject to stamp duty of five
cents, except when taken in suits of legal proceed
ings.
Certificates of loan in which there shall appear
any printed written evidence of an amount OF
money to be paid on demand or at any time de-
signatsd, are subject to stamp duty as Promisory
Notes.
The assignment of mortgage is subject to the
same duty as that imposed upon the original in
strument; that is to say for every sum of five
hundred dollars or any fractional part thereof, OF
the amount secured by the mortgage, at time OF
its assignment there must be affixed stamp or
stamps, denoting duty of five cents.
When two or more persons join in the execution
of an instrument, the stamps to which this instru
ment is liable under the law, may be affixed and
cancelled by one of the parties.
In conveyances of real estate the law provides
that the stamp affixed must answer to the value
of the estate OH interest conveyed.
No stamp is required on any warrant of attor-
ney accompanying bond or note, when such
bond or note has affixed thereto the stamp oil
stamps denoting the duty required, and whenever
any bond or note is secured by mortgage, but one
stamp duty is required on such papers, such
stamp duty being the highest rates required for
such instruments, or either of them. In such a
note memorandum of the value de-
nomination of the stamp affixed should be made
upon the margin in the acknowledgement of
the instrument which is not stamped.
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[Telegram-Received $40 p. MI
RALEIGH, N. c., august 26, 1865.


To THE PRESIDENT:
SIR: In reply to your despatch of Au-
gust 22d have the honor to state, in no in
stance in making appointments to Office, or
in recommending for appointment, have 1
participated in the rebellion; on the con-
to appoint persons who were original Union
men, and persons who were in favor of re-
storing the authority of the federal govern
ment. Doubtless in many appointments
(some four thousanD some have been ap-
pointed who ought not to have been, and in
some cases even friends have misled, to some
slight extent by their recommendations !;
but. upon the whole, only loyal Union men
have been appointed and recommended at
Washington. 1t is my purpose and wish to
encourage and strengthen those who have
never at heart faltered in theiI allegiance to
the federal government. 1 have proceeded
deliberately and carefully in the work of res
toration, and thus far 1 am sure there are
no grounds for apprehending that North
Carolina will not present an acceptable con-
stitution. The great body of her people are
loyal and submissive to national authority.
l know there are macOntcnts, radicals, and
not good men, who are engaged in Inisrepre-
senting facts, and fomenting strife for Ger
tain purposes: but none of these things move
me in the performance of duty.
Thanking you heartily for the confidence
you have heretofore reposed in me. and for
the honor you have done me in making me
provisional governor of this noble State,
am, sir &c, W. w. HOLDEN,
Professional G0pernOr
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Telegram
EXECUTIVE OFFI(


Washington, d. c., October 1S, 1865.
w. W. HOLDEN, Provisional GoOer7aor, Raleigh,
NJ c.:
Every dollar of the debt created to aid the
rebellion against the United States should
be repudiated finally and forever. The great
mass of the people should not be taxed to
pay a debt to aid in carrying on rebellion
which they in fact, fleft to themselves, were
opposed to. Let those who have given their
means for the obligations of the State look
to that power they tried to establish in vio-
lation of law. constitution, and will of the
people. They must meet their fate. 1t is
their misfortune. and cannot be recognized
by the people of any State protesting them
selves loyal to the government OF the United
States and in the Union. l repeat that the
loyal people of North Carolina should be ex-
onerated from the payment of every dollar
of Indebtedness created to aid in carrying on
the rebellion trust and hope that the peo-
pie of North Carolina will wash their hands
of everything that partakes in the slightest
degree of the rebellion, which has BEEN SO
recently crushed by the strong arm of the
government IN carrying out the obligations
imposed by the Constitution of the Union.
ANDREW JOHNSON,
President Of the United States
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The National School Convention.

INDIANAPOLIS, August l3.-The second
meeting of the National School Super
intendants convened at the house OF Rep
resentatives> this afternoon, President
Birdsley Grant Northrop presiding.
An address of welcome to the State was
delivered by Professor Haas, of Indian
ma. Among the distinguished dele
gates present were J. w. Buckley, Su-
perintendant of Schools of Brooklyn;
w. Colby, Superintendent of Freed
mems Schools of Illinois. Isaac L.
Goodenon, State Superintendent Of
Kansas J. B. Wickersham, State Super
intendant of Pennsylvania, F. j. Sarmi-
ento, Minister of the Argentine Repub-
lie, read a paper before the association,
which was received with applause.
INDIANAPOLIS, August 14.-The Ma
tional Association of School Superinten-
dants closed it's session tonight.
Additional delegations eportedto-day
from Michigan, New York, Ohio, Ten
nessee, and Indianna.
A committee appointed to memorial
ize Congress for the establishment of a
National Bureau Of Education reported
a resolution, which was adopted, thank
ing the House of Representatives for
the passage of a bill looking to the es-
tablishment of such an Institution, and
appointing a committee to bring the
subject properly before the Senate.
The Hon. E. E. White, of Ohio, was
elected president of the association.
The statistical report shows the In
dian school fund to be over 81, 100000,
larger than that of any State.
The American Normal Association
convened here to-day, and delegates
from all sections Of the country were
present.
The National Teachers Association
meets tomorrow.
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RALEIGH, n. c., TUESDAY,
Telegram
EXECUTIVE MANsIo,

EXECUTIVE MANSION,
Washington d. c., August %, 1865.
Governor WIN. w. HOLDEN, Raleigh, NJ c. ::
Information comes to me that reports are
freely circulating in influential quarters, and
where, without contradiction, they are calcu-
lated to do harm, to the effect that in ap-
pointments to office, and in the recommen-
dations for appointments, the true Union
men are totally ignored, and the provisional
governors are giving decided preference to
those who have participated in the rebellion
The object of such representations is to en-
barrass the government in its reconstruction
policy; and while place no reliance in such
statements, feel it due to you to advise you
of the extended circulation they have gained
and to impress upon you the importance of
encouraging and strengthening to the fullest
extent the men of your State who have never
faltered in their allegiance to the government.
Every opportunity should be made available
to have this known and understood as your
policy and determination. Acknowledge
the receipt of this telegram.
ANDREW JOHNSON,
President Of the United States.
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE,

Washington. Norenaber 21, 1865.
SIR: The President sincerely trusts that
North Carolina will, by her, Legislature,
promptly accept the congressional amend
ment of the Constitution of the United
States abolishing slavery.
He relies upon you to exercise all your
functions hereafter with the same wisdom
and in the same spirit of loyalty and devo-
tion to the Union that have marked your adj
minstration hitherto.
The President desires you to feel entirely
assured that your efforts to sustain the adj
minIstration of the government and give eff
feet to its policy are fully appreciated, and
that they will in no case be forgotten.
1 am, sir, your obedient servant.
WILLIAM H. SEWARD.
His Excelency w. W. HOLDEN,
Professional Goce,nor Of N c. Raleigh.
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[Te1egram.l
of'J
RALEIGH, n. c., December %,


RALEIGH, N. c., December %, 1865
SIR: Your dispatch relieving me of my
duty as provisional governor of North Caro-
lima, has been received. 1t gives me pleasure
to he relieved of the responsibilities and la
bors of the office. / will at once transfer the
great seal, the papers, and property of the
State now in my possession to the Hon.
Jonathan Worth, the governor elect BE
pleased to convey to the President my sim
cere acknowledgements for the honor he has
done me, and the confidence reposed IN me
in calling me to this position. With the ex-
preston of the hope that his plan for res
toring the insurgent States to their nat
ural and appropriate place in the Unaon
may be crowned with entire success,
I have the honor to be,
With high respect, your obedient servant
W. w. HOLDEN
Hon. W, II. SEWARD, Secretary Of Stase-
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[Telegram.-Received 1.3O p. m. Sept. 21. ]
RALEIGH, N. c., September 81, 1865.
To THE PRESIDENT:
SIR: have decided that as persons who
belong to the excluded classes cannot vote,
so they cannot sit In convention unless they
exhibit their pardons. Ex-Governor Graham,
of Orange, in letter published in the news
papers, holds that unpardoned persons can
sit in the convention. He declines being a
candidate, but urges this view. Am right
or wrong2 The Better to Ex-Governor Ora
ham, to which he replies, taking this view,
does not show q good spirit.
The election here is progressing quietly.
A large vote Will be polled in the State.
will telegraph you. as the returns come in.
w. w. HOLDEN,
N Provisional Governor.