Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1871-12-14
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Special Notices inserted at 70 cents per IfHs.
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Martial or military officers of the Tn tied
States all arms, ammunitions, uniforms
disgulses aud other emeaRs and imple-
mems used by them for carrying out
their unlawful purposes. This warning
not having been needed. On the 18th OF
! October another proclamation was issued
suspendng the privilege of the writ oil
habeas corpus in nine counties in that
State. Direction was given that with in
the counties SO designated persons
supposed upon credible Information
to be members of such unlawful com ina
tions should be arrested by the m i'ltary
forces of the United States and delivered
to the Marshal, to be dealt with accord.
ing to law.
In I've Of said conn ties. York and Spsr.
tansburg, many arrests have been made.
At the last account the number of per-
sons thus arrested was one hundred and
sixty-eight Several hundred whose
Grim lnality vas sscertsined to be of en-
in ferior degree, were released for tho
| present..
Those have generally made con fessian
of their guilt. Great caution has been
| exerc ised in making these arrests, and
notwithstanding the large number, it Is
believed that no tangent persons ars now
in custody. -;s
The prisoners will be held for regular
ria in the judicial tribunsls OF the Uni
ted States. AS soon as it appeared that
the authorities 0 fthe United States we're
about to take vigorous measures to enferea
the law macy persons absconded and there
is good grounds for supposing that all
such persons hare lolated the law.
A full report of what has beea done
under til is law will be submitted to Con-
gress By the Attorney General.
The Public Lands.
l renew my rcoommenda ticn that the
public lanAs DO regarded as heritage 10
our children. to be disposed OF only %
required for occupation and 10 setual
settlers.
Those already granted have been, m
great palt, disposed Ct in such wsy as
20 sceure access to the balance BY the
hardy settler who my wish to avail himself
of them. But caution should be cxereis-
ed even in attaining SO desirable and OBJ
ject.
Educational interest niay we'll Be SER
we'd by the grant of the proceeds of the
sale Of the public lands to the settlers.
do not wish to be understood as recon-
mending in the least degree O Cur tailment
OF what is being done by the General
Government for the encouragement Of
education.
Operations Of the Bureaus.
The report of the Secretary of the In
terror, subm iited W 18th this, will give you
all the information collected and prepared
for publication in rega I'd to the census
taking during the year 1870, the opera
tons of the Bureau os Education for the
year, The Pasens Office, the Pension Office,
The Land Office, and Indian Bureau.
The report Of the Comm issioner of AgFi-
culture gives the operations of bis Depart
ment for the year. As agriculture is
the ground work Of oar prosperity, too
much Importance cannot be attached to
the labors Of this Department. 1t is in
tie hands of sn able head, with able as
sitsnts, all sea lously devoted to iu,roiuc-
ing into the agricultural productions Of
the nation q Il useful produee adapted
to any Of tie various climates and soils Of
our vast territory, and to giving all useful
as 50 the method of cultiva-
ton of the plants, cereals and other pro-
ducts adapted to particular loca hties'
Quietly, but surely the Agricultural
Bureau is working great national good,
and, if literally supported, the more
" idely its influence will be extended and
the less dependent We shall be spon the
products of foreign countries.
The subject Of compensation TO the
heads of Bureaus AID officials holding
positions of responsibility and requiring
ability and character to Eli properly, is
one to which your attention is invited.
But few of the officials receive compen-
sation equal to the reasonable support Of
q family, while their duties are such 80
to involve millions of interest.
Ia private life services demand COM
equal to the service rendered.
A wise economy would dictate she same
rule in She Government service.
I have1 not given the estimates for the
of the Government for the ensu-
ing year, nor the comparative statement
between the expenditures for the year just
passed, and the one just preceding, be-
cause all these figures arc contained in
the accompanying reports, or in shose
presented directly to Congress. Ihesa
estimates have my approval,
Removal Of Disabilities.
More than six years having elapsed
since the last hostile gun was fred
the armies then arrayed against
,acn other, one for the perpe tuation, the
,ther for the destruction of the Union, il
may we'll be considered whether it is not
now time that the disabilities imposed by
he Fourteenth Amendment should bs
That amendment does not exclude the
ballot, but only imposes the disability to
lold Office upon certain classes. When
he purity of the ballot is secure, maiorities
ire sure to elect officers rejecting the
1iews of the majority.
| do not see the advantage or propriety
If excluding men from Office merely
because they were, before the rebellion, of
standing aud character sufficient to be
elected to positions requiring them to
AXE oaths to support the Constitution, and
to eligibility those entertaining
precisely the same views. but of less
standing in their communities. 1t may
De said that the former violated am oath,
while the latter did not. The latter did
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