The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-08-25

Pensions in the Southern States.

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A communication from the Sccrrta
r. Of the Interior was received in the
House Of Representatives on the day
before I'd ournmcnt, transmitting Il re.
port from Hon. Joseph II. Barrett,
Commissioner Of Pensions, in reply to
resolution adopted By the House on
the I'd Of May last calling for certain
information IN relation to pensioners
who were dropped from thcrolIs under
the operation Of the act of Congress,
approved February lth, 1864, authori-
Hing thG Secretary Of the Interior to
strike from the pension rolls the names
Of such persons as have taken up arms
against the Government, or who may
have in any manner encouraged the
rebels.
The Commissioner says that to an
swcrthc resolution in full involved so
large an amount oflabor that he deemed
it impracticablc to have the informal
ton complied before the adjournment
o~fcongrcss, and he proposes to fur
nish it Immediately after the opening
OF the next regular session. For the
present he merely states the following
facts:
Claimants are required to establish
their past and present loyalty by two
rrcditahlc and respectable Witnesses
Most Of the widow pensioners, rs well
rs Il large portion Of the inyalils are
advanced in life, ranging from sixty
five or seventy TO nincty-i five or one
hundred years Of age.
The annual amount Of pensions in
the insurrectionary States was IN the
10th June, 1861, say Sl52,l55, and
with the exception ola few--not more
than ten who were refugees; or per
formed some m%pritorious service for
the army-nonc were transferred or
paid until after the enclosed instructions
had been issued and their requirements
fulfilled.
The Instructions referred to direct
that the names of all pensioners who
have resided within the insurrectionary
States during the rebellion shall be
dropped from the pension rolls, and re
quire those who still claim the benefit
of the pension law TO make application {
for restoration to the rolls with the I
requisite evidence OF loyalty according ,
to certain prescribed forms. A
Foul Murder in North Carolina.
A few nights since Mr.. Crutchncr, of %
Edgecombc county, North Carolina, son .
of Mr.. Joseph Crutchncr, was shot and
killed by a negro at his store, near ,
Whitakcr's Turnout, on the line of the II
Weldon (Sorth Carolina) railroad :
Early on the evening Of the fatal affair, {
m attempt was made to break into Mr.. e
store, but before the bur
was a negro--succccdcd in
Icing so, he was frightened off by =
ounds of approaching footsteps. A
ew hours after the fellow again return
d and forced his way into the store, es
fter which he stealthily walked up to 9
there Mr.. c. was sleeping and struck q
i'm over the head with a Ratchet. The on
then followed up his blows tn
life was extinct. When found next ,
morning, the murdered man presented )
! CHASTITY appearance. There wcreI
wounds from o hatchet-which !
found close by-in different parts est.
Of his body, and the floor on which he Civ
lay vas flooded with blood. est;
Much excitement prevails in Edgo. so'
county in consequence of this wi,
foul deed, and as soon as it was dis. a
covered aiarge number Of citizons arm =
ed themselves and started in pursuit of
The murderer. At the latest accounts he 49,
had not been captured. Il,