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eligible to any office under the aoyernment
of the United Sfetes who is included in any

of the following cases, viz:
L. The President and Vice President of the
q Confederate States Of America so-callcd,
and the heads of dcpaytmcnts thereof.
2. Those who in dther countries acted as
agents OF the Contaderate States of Amcri-
ca" socalled. }
8. Heads of dcpartmen ents Of the United
States, officers Of thesarhy and navy of the
United States, and all persons educated at the
military or naval academy of the United States;
jud scs of the courts of the United States, and
members of either House Of the. Thirty sixth
Congress of the United States, who gave aid
or comfort to the late rebellion.
d. Those who acted as officers of the "Con-
federate States" socalled, above the grade Of
Colonel in the army or Master in the navy,
and any one who as Governor of either of the
so-called {" Confederate States" gave aid and
comfort to the late rebellion.
5.tThose who have treated officers or sold
'icrs or sailors of the army or navy of the
United States, captured during the late war,
otherwise than lawfully as prisoners Of war. /.
The Committee removed the injunction of
secrecy SO far as tho above propositions are
concerned, and permitted copies to be fur
nishcd to the press
1t is understood that the vote, upon them
was twelve against three, as it is known that
Senator johnson and Represen tatives Grder
and Rogers only voted on the negative. The
affirmative must be Senators Fcssenden,
Crimes, Harris, Howard and Williams, and
Representatives Stevens, Wash hburne, OF Hi.
mis- Morrill, bingham, ConkEng. Boutwell,
and Blow.
+ LrBERIA.-The following is an extract from
letter from Henry w. Johnson,s Esq, of
Monrovia, dated January 6, 1866. johnson
is an eloquent and talented colored lawyer
from Canandagua, New York, where he was
admittcd to practice in the Supreme Court.
He enigyuted to Liberia in June, 1865, with
his family, and rcjoices in the counsry of his
adoption
II am very much pleased with Liberia. l
have unbounded admiration for the country
1t has glorious future before it. It must
sooner or later, be the future home Of the
black man Of America. My family are now
going through the acclimating fever. Prof.
Freeman, of Liberia College, and family are
now thoroughly acclimatcd, and arc enjoying
themselves very much. think, with the
blessing of God and ordinary prudence, my
own family will be equally fortunate.
CoLLEuE on LOOKOUT MoUNTAIN.--A
wealthy Christian gentleman, Of this city, who
| is we'll known az among the foremost in every
good enterprise, Christopher r. Robert, Esq,
the founder Of Robert College, at CONSTANT
nopc, which he endowed with his own funds,
has, for some months! been in East Tennessee
for the purpose of establishing college for
the education of the white children of tho
South. He has purchased the whole of Look
out Mountain, the scene Of one of the most
hotly contested and important battles in the
late war, a splendid site for such an inst!tu-
tion, affordng a splendid view Of the valley Of
the Tennessee. lie has also purchased some
400 or 500 acres on Missionary Ridge, togeth-
er with the Government buildings, erected at
an expense Of sl5O,0O0, and either or both
sites will be occupied may seem most dcsi-
rable.
The buildings already there will acoommo-
date 400 or 500 pupils, and arrangements
have been made for opening the institutions
on the 10th Of May next. 1t will be under
the care Of Rev. Edward Williams, gradu-
ate of Yale College and of Princeton Tbeolog-
ical Seminary, who is scholar aud clergy.
men of experience. Mr. Roberts having re-
tired from active business, with ample for.
tune, isdevoting himself quietly but Efficient
ly, to the work Of doing good not only with his
money, butby pcrsol,el effort He is one Of
those good and wise men who choose to be
executors Of their own estates, and thus &C.
cure the appropriation Of the funds in the