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ATLANTA, GEORGIA
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7. 186^
BUPFEE1.VG9 OF THB KECttO.
la the locil department of the Macon
Telegraph of Tuesday last, we notice the
fotio * lug item :
“Fifteen Dead Negroes is one Pile
~Oa J-u.jday inf'«nn»t;«»a was received by
Col. White, Provjst Marshal, tnat a targe
number of dead bodies were in ihe river
J i 5 t below the city. A detail was dispatch
Id to the place tor the purpo3e.of ta&irg
them out ot the water and barying them —
The quad iound no ie«s than fi teeu bociie«
ot negio men within a space ot a few bUL-
dred yards. They were lodged in drib-
wopd and * long ’ be bunks of tee river. No
marks oi violence were reported ns h»v i g
been JuuaG upon them. The bodies were
buried on the banks ot the river whs. e they
Were found. Nothing whatever is as yet
known as <.0 how they came to their ueaih.”
Commenting upon the foregoing, that pa
per says of the “suff--rings which the unfor
tunates (the negroes) who fljeked to Macon
have undergone since the army reached”
that city, that “all the time they have been
a-IF-ring terribly in every conceivable Bhape,
and we have information that many hun
dreds have died from starvation and disease
—i he aggregate reaching a total that seems
6’most incredulous.”
This is indeed horrible / Thus far it ba9
not been the case—we mean death by star
vation or disease—in tnis vioinity, though
how coon we may be forced to make a simi
lar record, we kno w not. At present, the
indications are that we shall be compiled
to do so ere mariy days shall pass, for with
all the humane efforts of the military-au
thorities at-this point,the sound advice giveu
to the negroes who have abandoned their
homes to voluntarily return to them and
resume work on the abandoned farms, there
to be fed and cared for, the unhappy crea
tures—men, women, and children—still
fl.;Ck to gad remain in our city, some of
. them, it is true, begging for work, to earn
tbeir bread, but most of them begging for
bread, and not lor work—some seeking for
new homes, and but few returning to their
old ones. The humane and wholesome
counsel given to most of them, by the au
thorities here, we trust, will soon have a
good effect; if not, the scenes reported by
our Macon cotemporary as having been wit
nessed in and near that city will be're-en-
aoted here; and thus, too soon, the negro
will realize that his idea of liberty—the
privilege of living in idleness and being fed
by the labor of others—i9 like unto “the
baseless fabric of a vision”—that he must
work, or endure the misery of starvation.
Lapland, he will “multiply and replenish”
in the South ; and all that is now or will in
future be required of him, is, as a freedman,
he must wcik, that the West and the North,
and the South, r.s w II as hlnuef, may profit
by his labor. Hence we agree again with
the “ World" when it says:
"‘The most important and urgent inter
eats of the West is that the South shall be
relieved of its embarrassments at the earli
est day possible. What the West above all
ihiDgs needs, ia a market The market,
which lor four years it lost in the South, has
r betn temporarily supplied by the war. The
West has led onr vast armies, and the mui
ti-ude employed iu the manufacture or ar-
m> supplies. But this market is about to
disappear. Western agriculture will sink
intj a low and feeble condition unless it
gets back the Southern market; of which
there is no possibility except by the revival
ot S mrhern industry.” ^
But*lhe Mississippi is not now the only
route by and over which her immense am
pins produce, and stock of every descrip
tion may reach the South. Long liabs of
railway are at her Command by which, from
beyond Chicago, to Savannah, or Caarle e-
lon, she may transport, if not so cheaply, a*
least more expeditiously, what she can
spare for a marke’, and what the South, if
its fields are cultivated in the future, as in
the past, by African labor, will need—other-
wise the best market for the West in the wide
world, will become no market at all to her
VAGRANT NEGROES,
Ali vagrant negroes have been driven
from Macon. It was, the Telegraph of that
city say^, “a sad sight, but the proceeding
was necessary, and all who attempt to fol
low a similar line of conduct”—that is, to
vagabondize throughout the land—“may
expect to have the same course pursued to
wards themselves.”
The negroes in Atlanta who do not go to
work, bat idle the life long day, had better,
profit at once by the foregoing example
and go to work wherever they can get em
ploymenf. We would advise them to re
turn to the homes which they have left and
seek employment from their old masters.
“WHAT CAN BE BONE FOR THE
iiuiiHri
The New York World in an article
headed as above, contains many truthful re
marks and many very sensible suggestions,
dirte ed as we'l to the “Great West” as to
the South. The grand reason it s.iys of the
West in fighting the South “was commonly
condensed m a single sentence, viz : that the
We9t would never relinquish its right to
the Mississippi.” We admit that this was
“a grand reason,” but it was not the only
grand reason. It wa9 not, lor, iu many
ways, the West received from the com
mencement of the war, assurances- from the
South, and subsequently in official form it
rcoeived assurances, that this right would
be guaranteed to it; that ths navigation or
the wateis ot the Mississippi would -be se
cured to it as taoroaghiy as though they
foron-d a pai“ of the recogu zed waters os
the U iifed Srates, over wni h tne fhg of
tea' government waved, as it dots now, iu
triumph over the Potomac, the 8 ivannah,
or the Chattahoochee. The grand rea
eon ass gaed therefore, ‘h»ud commonly
condensed into a smgta sentence” was
really outa a grand and not the grand reason^.
why the West entered so spiritedly and so
poweriuliy into th8 war. We have seen
enough and heard enough from the West
and Wisiern men, to satisfy us that the tru
ly grand reason which infiiancsd the West,
partook more of feeling than interest. It
was devotion to the Union—a deep settied*
devo.iou to the 11 \g of their country, which
had been insulted, Ihe people of the West
conceived, at Fort Sumter, and to uphold
which and the Uaton, they deteimined to
Sacrifice every iuterest or prove victorious
.in the struggle.
As to the value of the! Mississippi to the
Great We3t, the “ TForkZ,” wo think is right,
in affirming that it is “valuable only as af
fording a cheap and commodious route to a
market” Eut what market ? it asks. “Not
mainly,"it says, “th® Weat Indies: for ihe
consumption of Western products is com
paratively small on those islands. Jfot Eu
rope most certainly ; for the route is too cir
cuitous.” It then comes to this conclusion,
"The best market ths West ever had, is ths
South itself" And so it was, sad so it will
ever be, if her vast resources be developed;
if her agricultural advantages ba im
proved by that labor which alone esn
make the South of value to the West,
or the world. Slave labor can never
accomplish again what it has done. Bat
the negro free, is still a negro. Freedman
he may be, but he will s»ill retain the char
acteristics of the African race. What God
has implanted in his nature, man may not,
$aanot remove. While he would perish in
PUBLIC NESTING IN COLUNBUS.-
We received several numbers of the
KJo umbus Enquirer % Extra, on yesterday,
from one of which we clip the following ac
count of a public mdfeting held ia that city
on the 29.h ultimo, for the purpose of con
sidering “ihe condition of the country.”
By this meeting it will be perceived that a
series of resolutions jvere adopted indica
tive oi a desire on the part of the people of
that city and its vicinity, to make known
through a committee their peaceful inten
tions towards the Federal Government, to
represent Ibeir wants, and to give such as
surances of co operation and good will on
their part, to the President at Washington
City, if leave could be obtained, as might se
cure the objects set forth in the resolutions -
This Committee, we learn, hadf an inter
view with Gen, Wilson, at Macon on
Thursday last, and are now en route to
Washington City, where we have no doubt
the gentlemen composing it will be received
and lisKired to by the President with all
due courtesy:
<*?.■
THE PEOPLE OF GEORGIA MOVING.
PUBLIC MEETING IN COLUMBUS.
Prom the Enquirer Extra, May 29.
A portion of ih« citizens of Columbus and
Vicinity, iu obedience to previous notice,
sssemb ed in Temperance Hall on Saturday
May 27 h. D. F. Coleman was called to
the chair, and M, L. Patterson appointed
secretary.
The President, on taking the chair, ex
plained the object of the meeting in the fol
lowing remarks:
Felloe-Citizens: —We have met this
morning for the purpose of taking into con
sideration the condition of our country.
After more than four years of desolating
war, the sword has been sheathed, never,
we trust, to be drawn again in a sectional
strife.
Lei us come up here this morning in the
true spirit of patriots, each earnest to do
what his country most needs-divesting
ourselves of all selfish ends or aims—for
getting so far as we can the past, and calmly
consider how we may best heal the wounds
of our bleeding country, and lay the foun
dation Of a bright inture for our children
and a peaceful old age for those of us who
have passed lite'u meridian.
In this great woik we cordially invite ev
ery lover of his country to -unite with us,
3Ed ignoring all parly spirit, let all labor
wi h manly courage to build again that no
ble structure of our common nationality
wmch has been so ruthlessly torn down,
to the end that the proud old State of G_oi-
gia may again take her place in the great
lamiiy of Stales as in days past.
In 1'b dience to a resolution of the meet
ing, the cb tir appointed a. committee com
posed of the ioliowing named gentlemen,
v z: das. Johnson, R L Molt, A Alexander,
J hn L Mimian, D L Booher, John McTl-
henDy, A M Allen, TJios C Johnson, J H
Mosheli, Joseph E Webster, John J Bos
well, T M Morgan, E Wiliet, Thos 8 Tug
gle and Wm 8 Morton. The commmee
through their chairman, Jas Johnson, re
ported the lollowiag resolutions:
We, a portion of the people of Columbus
and vicinity, being assembled, deem it
proper, on this occasion to announce to our
fellow citizens our position in relation toour
c tndioon, and f »r that purpose we declare:
Is;. Tuat in our opinion the war has ter
m-na ed, and that it is the duty of all to sub-
mi «o >he authority of the United S ates.
2d. That we earnestly desire that law
and ureter may be speedily restored, that
persons and property may be fully secured,
and to this end we request,respectfully, that
the proper authority may, as early as prac
ticable, lake steps to have the Slate organ
ized in such a manner as to enable her to
resume her position as such with her sister
States of the Union.
3d. That we exhort every person to resort
forthwith to their usual avocations, such ben
ing necessary xor the support and subsistence
of the country.
4th. That we regard the assassination of
President Lincoln with abhorrence, and
deeply regret bis fate, and here declare our
belief that no brave Southern man could
have lent his aid to an act that carries upon
its face the ynpress of cowardice and per
fidy.
5th. That until order is folly restored, and
society assumes its usual routine, we most
respeottully request tne United States au
thorities to continue the garrison at this
place. And we here take occasion to say
that Capt. J. C. Lamson, as senior officer in
command, and Capt. O’Bannon, in charge
of commissary stores, as well as the whole
commaud, have, since they have been
among us, deported themselves with fairness
and gentlemanly consideration, and are en
titled to the thanks of the people, and we
express the hope that they may be permit
ted to remain with us.
Gih. That a committee, consisting of the
following gentlemen, namely—James John
son, R L. Mott, and J. L. Mustiaa—is here
by appoimed by this meeting to make
known our wishes to the commander of the
United States forces at Macon in regard to
the continuance of the garrison; and that
said committee be also requested to proceed
to Washington City, (if leave can be ob
tained) lor the purpose of making known
the peaceful intentions of this portion of the
people of Georgia towards the Federal Gov
ernment, and make such representations in
regard to our wants, and give such assuran
ces of cooperation and good will on our
part, as wift secure the objects set forth in
the foregoing resolutions.
7th. That these resolutions be sent to
Such parties, and be published in sfich pa
pers, as the President of this meeting may
direct.
Mr. James Johnson, in an able speech,
urged the adoption of the resolutions, ar*
guing that the result of the war had placed
our country under the government oi the
j military authority ot the United States,
which would be continued so long as diso
bedience was manifested: that further resis-
tancescould result in nothing but additional
disaster, and, if possible, The more complete
bankruptcy and hopeless condition of the
country. He, therefore, upon the ground
of necessity and interest, exhorted submis
sion to the authority of the United States
Such a step would bring about a re-organi
zation of the State Government, the resto
ration of the civil law, the re-establishment
of courts, the return of men to industrial
pursuits, and trade assume its usual chan
nels, and to some extent repair the banka
ruptcy of the country.
The war had also wrought a great change
in the labor of the country, to which we
should not be blind, bat set about accom
modating ourselves to it.
Col. Thos. C. Johnson urged upon the
meeting the adoption of the resolutions in
an able speech, stating, among other things,
that he had "acrificed as much, according to
the amount of his means, a3 any one, to
establish the Government of the Confede>
rate States, but that he now, without quaffs
fieation or reservation, submitted to the
authority of the United States, and exhort
ed all to do likewise.
The resolutions were then unanimously
adopted.
John L. Mustian then introduced 31 the fob*
lowing resolution:
Resolved, That we earnestly solicit other
counties and communities to cosoperate
with us # in carrying out the object of this
meeting.
This resolution was likewise unanimously
adopted.
The meeting then, upon.motion adjourn
ed.
B. F. COLEMAN, Chairman,
M. L. Patterson, Sec’y.
Heavy Robbery of Specie—$200,000
Stolen.—A few days since 4 wo ot the offi
cers ot the Richmond banks, whose assets
were removed from that city upon the
evacuation in April, reached Washington in
this State. They were empowered by the
authorities to remove their effects, consists
ing of three hundred and twenty thousand
dollars in specie, to the capital of Virginia.
Procuring teams and a guard of twelve men,
these gentlemen set out upon their return
home, intending to take the railroad at
Chester, S. C.
At tije end of the first day’s journey,
they encamped on the grounds of Mrs*,
Morse, eighteen miles lrom Washington,
.and three from the Savannah river. The
officers retired, and the guards fell asleep,
About midnight a party of twenty moun
ted men, who were evidently aware of the
value of the train, suddenly dashed upon
it, and the guard surrendered without firing
a gun or making the slightest show of re*
sistance. The freebooters immediately went
to work bursting open the specie a kegs and
helping themselves to the glittering contents,
One fellow, it is related, had a large leath
em haversack, which he filled, but just as
he was mounting his horse the straps gave
way and the precious metal fell chinking to
the ground. He eagerly scraped up the
gold and sand, leaving a number of pieces,
and placing the coin in a bag, rode off. The
next morning a- negro teamster found five
dollar pieces scattered in profusion all
about the ground.'
Some two hundred thousand dollar were
stolen, leaving abqpt one huqjlrqd fmd
twenty thousand. * With this amount the
bank officers journeyed on, sadder, but wiser
men. Upon reaching Abbeville, S. C.
they offered a reward of twenty thousand
doliars for the recovery of the property.
The robbers are supposed to be paroled
soldiers, who followed the train from Wash
ington. It is singular, that iu the present
demoralized state of the country, the gentle
men in charge made no secret of their val
uable possessions; nor did they use any ex
traordinary measures of precaution to pre-
serve their property.—Augusta Constitution
alist.
PRESIDENT JOHNSON AND THE
RADICALS.
The Washington correspondent of the
Philadelphia Ledger says:
There are certain indications which go to
shew that President Johnson, like the la
mented Lincoln, in his latter day9, will give
the extreme radicals wide berth, and T
hazard nothing in saying that the prociama
tion opening the South to trade will be soon
followed by evidences still more conclusive
of the desire of the President to heal the
breach as quietly and pleasantly as possible
and uoite ihe two sections again in one
“harmonious whole.” You will note that
his proclamation reviving trade is not ad
dressed alone to the loyal people of the
South, but includes • he “ well disposed” in
its privileges, and that, too, without com
pelling them to take the much abused and
often broke a oath of allegiance.
The South, iu so far as trade is concerned
comd ask no more than this, for the door
of commerce is open as wholly and as freely
ro all the people as if such a thing as war
had not been known. Whether they will
avail themselves of the offer, remains to be
seen, but they must be rebellious, indeed; if
they allow so handsome a privilege to re
main a dead letter with them. I understand,
upon authority I cannot doubt, that terms
equally generous to those offered to and ac
cepted by Lee and Johnston, will be shortly
offered to the whole Southern people—a few
of her leaders in the rebellion excepted. Ia
other words, there will be a general am
nesty tendered, and a disposition evinced to
make the situation for our “wayward sis
ters” as pleasant as possible.
The radical element have got an inkling
of the policy of the President and declare
that its adoption will end in the retention of
slavery at the South, thus defeating, as they
believe, the great object for which the war,
during the'p iSt four years, has been fought,
and leaves the old ‘bone of contention’ still
to be attacked and gnawed around by the
opposing factions.
Let those beware who attempt to oppose
the policy of President Johnson. Mr. Liu*
coin has been credited with firmness, but in
his successor’s little finger, there will be
more of J teksonian firmness, than there was
in Mr. Lincoln’s whole hand.
csEairTo believe that the more hours chilj
dren study at school the faster they learn is
a folly.
*
E^’Flour is selling in Augus.a at frsm $5
to 50 per sack, and corn, meal at $1 59
per bushel,
-*!>»*■
fool in a high station is like a man
on the top of a mountain—everybody ap
pears small to him, and he appears small to
everybody else.
A PROCLAMATION.
by ths president of THE TTNTTKD states
OF AMERICA.
Whereas, The President of the United
States, on the 8th day of December, 1863,
did, with the object of suppressing the ex
isting rebellion, to induce all persons vo lay
down their arms, to return to their loyalty,
and to restore the authority of the United
States, issue proclamations offering amnesty
and pardon to certain persons who had di
rectly, or by implication, engaged in said re
bellion; and . _
Whereas, Many persons who had so en
gaged in the said rebsllion, have, since the
lUuance of said proclamation, failed or neg
lected to take the benefits offered thereby;
^Whereas, Many persons who have bean
iastly deprived of all claim to amnesty and
pardon thereunder, by reason of their par
ticlpation directly or by implication m said
rebellion, and continued in hostility to the
Government of the United States since the
date ol said proclamation, now desire to ap
ply lor and obtain amnesty and pardon; __
To the end, therefore, that the^ authority
of th* Government of the United States may
be restored, and that peace, order, and free
dom may be established, I, Andrew John
son President of the United States, do
proclaim and declare, that I hereby grant to
all persons who have directly or indirectly
participated in the existing rebellion, ex
cept as hereafter excepted, amnesty and
pardon, with restoration of all rights of
property, except as to slaves, except in
cases where legal proceedings under the
laws ot the United States, providing for the
confiscation of property of persons engaged
rebellion have been instituted, bat on the
conditions, nevertheless, that every such per
son shall take and subscribe to the following
oath, which shall be registered for perma
nent pieservation, and shall be of the tenor
and effect following, to wit:
I do solemnly swear or affirm ia presence
of Almighty God,that I will henceforth faith
fully defend the Constitution of the United
States and the Union of the States there
under, and that I will in like manner, abide
by and faithfully support all laws and proc
tarnations which have been made during the
existing rebellion with reference to the
emancipation of slaves. So help me God
The following classes ot persons are ex
cepted from the benefits of this proclama
tion :
I. All who are or have been pretended
civil or diplomatic officers orotherwise do
mestic or foreign agents of the pretended
Confederate States.
3. All who left Judicial stationsuuder the
United States to aid the rebellion.
3. All who hive been Military or Naval-
Officers of the pretended Confederate Gov
ernment above the rank of Colonel in the
Army, or Lieutenant in the Navy.
4. All who left their seats in the Congress
of the United States, to aid the rebellion.
5. All who resigned or tendered the res
ignation of their commissions in the Army
and Navy of the United States, to evade
their duty in resisting the rebellion.
6. All who have engaged in any way
in treating otherwise than lawfully as pris
oners of war persons found in the United
States service as officers, soldiers, seamen,
or in other capacities.
7. AH persons who have been or are ab
sentees from the United States for the pur
pose of aiding the rebellion.
8. All military or naval officers in the
rebel service who were educated by the
Government in the Military Academy at
West Point or at the United States Naval
Academy.
9. All persons who held the pretended
offices of the Government of the States in
insurrection against the United States.
10. All persons who left their homes
within the jurisdiction and protection of
the United States, and passed beyond the
Federal military lines into the so called
Confederate States for the purpose of aiding
the rebellion.
II. All persons who have engaged in the
destruction of the commerce of the United
States upon the high.seas and all persons
who have made raids into the United
Btates from'Canada or been engaged ia
destroying the commerce of the United
States on the lakes and rivers that separate
the British Provinces from the United
States.
13. All persons who, at a time when they
seek to obtain the benefits hereof by taking
the oath herein prescribed are in military,
naval, or civil confinement or custody, or
under bond of the military or naval authori
ties or agents of the United States as pris
oners of any kind, either before or after
their conviction.
13. All persons who have voluntarily
participated in said rebellion, the estimated
value of whose taxable property is over
$30,000.
14. All persons who have taken the oath
of amnesty, as prescribed in the President’s
proclamation of December 8th, 1863, or the
oath of allegiance to the United States
since the date of said proclamation, and
who have not thenceforward kept the same
inviolate, provided that special application
may be made to the President for pardon
by any person belonging to the excepted
classes, and such clemency will be extended
as may be consistent with the facts of the
case and the peace and dignity of the Uni
ted States. The Secretary ot State will es
tablish rules and regulations foi administer
ing and recording the said amnesty oath, so
as to insure its benefits to the people and
guard the Government against fraud.
In the testimony whereof, I have here*-
unto set my hand, and caused the seal of
the United States to be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington, this, the
29th day'of May, A.’D. 1865, and of the in^
dppendenoe of America the 89 th.
ANDREW JOHNSON.
By the President^
Wm. H. Seward, Secretary of State.
APPOIIfTMBXT OF GOVERNOR
NORTH CAROLINA.
IN
PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
From^tbe Cinoitm ati Commercial,
ROUGH ON GEN. HALLECK.
H. W. Haileck is not dead, popular im
pressions, and not a few sanguine hopes,- to
the contrary notwithstanding. He has
lived to be used to heap insults on General
Sherman, the man to whom he rejoiced to
give .the glory ot the fighting to the bitter
end on the first day at Shiloh, and saving
our army from destruction. Haileck wrote
a dispatch at Richmond, on the 36th, in
which he used such choice and courteous
phrases as the following;
“I have telegraphed back to obey no orders
of Sherman’s, but to push on as rapidly as
possible.”
# # * * * <
“I suggest that orders ba telegraphed
through General Thomas that General
Wilson obey no orders from General Sher-
m^n
The point is, it would not have been diffi
cult to* have given those orders, it they, had
been necessary, without making them the
vehicles of insnlt; and the publication of
such a dispatch by Stanton, shows his
anxiety to slur the reputation of Sherman.
He has undertaken a large contract. Hai
leck, since his great effort of the 30th of
April, has subsided into a collector of rebel
pamphlets, newspapers, &C-, for the use of
the historians, who are expected in the fu
ture ages in whicir posterity is thought to
be interested. He had better stick to that,
or he will provoke the publication of what
all the generals who have commanded the
Army of the Potomac, from McClellan to
Meade, think of him.
Whereas, The fourth section of. the
fourth article of the Constitution -of the
United States declares that the United States
shall guarantee to every State a Republican
form of government, and shall protect each
of them against invasion and domestic vio
lence, and,
Whereas, the President of the Uailed
States is, by the Constitution, made Com
mander-in-chief of thd army and navy, as
well as Chief Executive officer ot the Uni
ted States, and is bound by solemn oath
faithfully to execute the office of President
of the United States, and take care that the
taws be faithfully executed; and,
Whereas, The rebellion which has been
waged by a portion of the people of the
United States against the properly ci nstitu-
ted authorities of the Government thereof,
in the most violent and revolting form, but
whose organized and armed forces have
now been almost entirely overcome, has, in
the revolutionary progress, deprived the
-people of North Carolina of all civil gov
ernment; and,
Whereas, It becimes necessary and
proper to cairy out and enforce the obliga
tions of the United States to the people of
North Carolina, in securing to them the en
joyment of a republican form of govern
ment ;
Now, therefore, in obedience to the high
and solemn duties imposed upon me J by
the Constitution of ihe United States, and
for the purpose of enabling the loyal people
of said State to orgauiza a 3UVe govern
ment, whereby justice maybe -established,
domestic trauquility inured, and the loy-.l
citizens protected ia ail Their iight3 of li/e,
liberty, and prqperty, I, Andrew John
son. President of the United States
and Commander in Chief of the army and.
navy oi the United State3, do hereby ap
point William W. Holden Provisional Gov
ernor of North Carolina, whose duty it
shall be, at the earliest practicable period,
to prescribe such rules and regulation as
may be necessary and proper for convening
a convention, composed of delegates to be
chosen by that portion of the people ot said
State who are -oyal to the United State?,
and no others, for the purpose of altering
and amending the Constitution thereqi, and
with the au'bority to exercise within .the
limits of said State all the powers necessary
and proper to enable such loyal people ot
the State of North Carolina to restore the
State to its constitutional relations to I he
.Federal Government, and present such a
’ ■publican form of State governm »t as
will entitle the State to the guarantee of the
United States therefos*-. and its people to
protection by the United States against in
vahion, insurrection, and domestic violence
Provided, that in any election that may be
hereafter held for choosing delegates to the
State Convention as aforesaid/ no person
shall be qualified as an elector, or shall ba
eligible as a member of such convention
unless he shall previously have taken
the oath of am nest/, as set forth iu the
President’s proclamatibn of May 39, 1865,
and is a voter, qualified as prescribed by the
Constitution and taws of the State ot N uth
Carolina in force immediately be-oro the
20th day ot May, 1861, the date of the so-
called ordinance of secession, and the said
convention, when convened, or the Legisla
ture that may thereafter be assembled, will
prescribe the qualification of electors and
the eligibility ef persons to hold office under
the constitution and laws of North Carolina
—a power the people Pf Jtbe States compos
ing the Urioa have-rightfully exercised from
the origiffof the Government to the present
time; and 1 do hereby direct—
1. That the Military Commander of the
Department, and all officers and persons of
the military and naval service, assist the
said Governor in carrying into eft ct this
proclamation, and they are enjoined to ab
stain from "in any way vindicating or dis
couraging lo> al people from the orgmizi-
tion of the State government as heruiu au
thorized.
That the Secretary-of State proceed to
put in force all laws of the United States,
the administration whereof belongs to the
State Department, and is applicable to the
geographical limits aforesaid.
3. That the Secretary of the Treasury
proceed to nominate tor appointment, as
sessors of taxes and collectors of customs
and internal revenue, and such other ofiK
cers of the Treasury Department as are au
thorized by law, and put in execution the
laws of the United Statea aforesaid. In
making the appointments preference shall
be given to qualified loyal persons residing
in districts where their respective duties are
to be performed, but if suitable residents of
the districts shall not be found, then persons
residing in other States or^districts shall be
appointed.
4. That the Postmaster General proceed
to establish po9t-routes, and put into exe
cution the postal laws ot the United S ates
within saiaStates, giving loyal residents
preference of appointment, but if suitable
residents are not found, then appointment
from other States.
5. That the District Judge for the Dis
trict in which North Carolina is included,
proceed to hold courts in said State ac
cording to provi°ioas of the acts of Con
gress. The Attorney General wiil instruct
the proper officers to libel and bring to
judgment, confiscation and sale, all property
subject to confiscation, and enforce the ad
ministration of justice within said State in
all cases within the Congressional jurisdic
tion of Federal courts.
6. That the Secretary of the Navy take
possession of ali the public property belong
ing to the Navy Department within the
said limits, and put in operation all acts of
Congress in relation to naval affairs having
application to said State.
7. That the Secretary of the Interior put
in force the taws relative to the Interior de
partment applicable to the limits aforesaid.
. In testimy whereof, I have hereunto set
my ha <d, aud caused the seal ct the United
States to be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington this, the
2fith day of May, A. D, 1865, and of the iu
dependence of the United States „the eighty
ninth.
ANDREW JOHNSON.
By the President:
W. H. Seward,
Secretary of State.
TRIAL OF THE CONSPIRATORS.
DEVELOPMENT op the cypher letters.
.The Crops.—The wheat harvest, says the
Milledgeviile Recorder, commenced with
us, to a limited extent, last week. The cold
dry spring, with the rust of late, has consid
erably injured it. We hope, nevertheless,
there will be enough made for home coo-
sumption. Corn and other growth has, from
late rains, considerbiy improved, though
more backward than usual. Proapec-.s on
the whole are as yet tolerably fair.
tar* It is no disgrace hot to be able to do
everything, bot to undertake or pretend tc
do that which you are not made lor, is not
only shameful, but extremely troublesome
ana vexatious.
M Nor affect to be witty, nor to jest, so
as ^wound the feelings of another. Aosay
S little as possible of yourself, and
of those who are near to you. To aim at
cheerfulness without levity.
In the conspiracy trials at Washington,
vigorous efforts are making to expose tl e
syttem of correspondence iu cypher used
between the Confederate Government and
ts agents, during the w.*r. Ou the 21sl
the following testimony on this subject was
introduced:
The Assistant Secretary of War, Mr.
Dana, was sworn, and identified the rebel
cypher arrangement, wnich ho took from
the room in Richmond formerly occupied
by Secretary Benjamin, on ihp 6.h ot April.
Tne contrivance is a reel, to be turned to
as to substitute one set ot letters of the al
phabet for oiliers.
MA.7- ECKERT’S TESTIMONY.
Ms j. Eckert was sworn. A ca ph* r was
exhibited to him, loimd in the track of J.
Wilkes Booih. He compared it with the
Benjamin letter, aud said it was the same.
Some ot ihe rebel cyphers ot other parties
had fallen into his hands, and these were
on the same priuciple, although the key
wo:d may be different. The witness fur
nished a translation of cypher dated Oct 13.
It is to this tffect: “We again uryo our
gaining immediate advantages. "Strain
every nerve ror victory. We now look up.
on the re-election of Lincoln as almost cei-
taiu, and we need to whip the hirelings to
prevent it. Btsides, with Liucolu’s ie-
elecUon and his armies victorious we net d
not hope lor recognition, much less the
help mentioned in our last. Holcombe will
explain this. Our friend sb*!l be imme
diately set to work as you direct.”
This cypher was iu reply to ono of the
9cb. The correspondence was carried on
between Richmond and Canada. Several
rebel cypher dispatches, which had Sailen
into the hands ot the War Department had
been referred to hint (Ecker.) for examina
tion, some of which were the same as this
and wot feed on the sumo principle. The
rebel tie patches of the 13 h and ,19th of
October last were iu ns possession, and.
worked on the same principle, aldiongh
the key word whs different. The following
iransh tiou was then read: * Oct. 19, ’6-1 —
Your letter ot the 13th is at hand.—There
is yet time enough to colonize many volets
before November. A blow will shortly be
stricken here. It ia not quite time. Gen.
Longatreet is to attack Saeridau without
delay, and then move North as f\r as piac-
ticabie toward important points. This will
be made inbtead of the movement before
mentioned.—tie will endeavor to assist the
R ipublicaus in colli cling their ballots. Be
waichfiSl and ass.si, him. Tne original whs
sent to its address. The cipher of the 13th
Oc'oher ctme lrom Canada a id went to
Richmond; that ot the 19 it came from
Richmond and went to Canada.
On the immediate act of killing Mr.
Lincoln, tl;e following evidence was brought
forward:
' COL. STEWART’S TESTIMONY.
I was at Ford’s Theatre dn the night of
the assassination. Was sitting in the front
chair iu the orchestra, near the right hand.
There are two aisles near the orchestra.—
My seat was on the left hand, right under
and bringing me immediately next to the
music stand. At the report of the pistol I
was startled. 1 was speaking to my sister,
my head being turned to the left. I glanced*
back to the stage. An exclamarion was
made, aud a man leaped from the box. He
came down witb his back slightly to the au
dience, but when he was rising his face
came fully in view. I rose and attempted
to leap on the stage; made two or three
steps on the railing alter alighting from
where I sat, and keeping my attention to
the man who had alighted on the stage and
had jumped from the President’s box —
When he reached the stage and on looking
to the left I perceived he had disappeared
on the left hand egress. I exclaimed, “Stop
that man,’’and then w» - t pan of >hi ; l-ngth,
ot the stage, and turii.n w .be n.;h'., l ,vas
20 feet from the door, it was slammed. I
got to the door very quick, but I swung It
the wrong way, but remedied that and pass
ed out. As I approached the door aHe? I
had said “Stop that man,” some out: said
“He has gone ou a horse,” and I heard the
tramping oi a horse. When I got out of the
door, I perceived a man mounting a horse.
He was at that instant hardly mounted.—
The moon was just beginning to rise, and I
could see him better, the horse moving ss
though prematurely spurred in mounting.
I ran in the direction to which the horse
was heading at about eight or ten feet from
the head of the horse and rider bi-inging
him around to the right again. The horse’s
feet were rattling violently on the stones.—
I crossed in the same direction, and was
now on the right hand side of the horse,but
he was gaining on me. When about twe-
thirds nf the way out of the alley, he
brought the horse forward and swept to the
left o! the street. I commanded him to
stop. It all occupied but two seconds. 1
passed several persons in the passage, one
two men, perhaps five persons all together,
but at the near door, on the right side, 1
passed a person who seemed in the act oi
moving. I saw the person who did not
seem to be moving about. Witness here
identified Spangler as the one who looked
like this latter person. Mr. Stewart then
explained the route taken by Booth in es
caping from the theatre, by plans.
Cross-Examined—When I got out of
doors, the person was in the saddle, leaning
forward, the left foot apparently iu the stir
rup, He was leaning to the left. The horee;
wasj leaviug the walk in a sort of motion,
making apparently a circle. He was get
ting the horse under control for a forward
movement.
By Judge Holt.—Every person liia®*
came under my notice, as I ran through the
stage, seemed greatly agitated and literally
bewildered, except the person near the
door, who did not. It seemsd as if it took
me as long as you could count one, tw<>,
three, four, five, from the time of the rcpoit
of the pistol until I reached the floor. My
impression was, when he came from tno
President’s box, that the President had been
assassinated. Was so much under that im
pression, that they had shot him, after the
person on the horse, had gone off, that I
informed the people in the alley that the
person who went off on the horse had shot
the President. I saw a profile and fuil face of
this person as he passed across.
T recognized Booth when I saw him on
the stage, ^.tter returning, I took my fam
ily home and immediasely ran to Stanton’s
residtnee; but finding persons there, I went
to the Police Station, gave Superintendent
Richards my name, and what information I
had. I said I thought I knew who it was.
Every person except one I have mentioned
seemed perfectly bewildered on the stage.
I felt much vexed at Booth’s getting awav..
I could cot possioly be Bath fled that the
door was not slammed by some other per
son than the one who went out. The per
son I saw inside the door was in a position,
if be had been so disposed, to bsve embar
rassed the exit of Booth, fla showed no
agitation like other persons I met; could,
have obstructed Booth’s motions; except
one who seemed to be pressing off the per
son nearest the door, was in no better
aition to have obstructed Booth ; the man
nearest the'door could have opened it and
gone out before I did. It was immediately
within his control; cannot say whether the
persons on the stage or in the passage knev f
that the assassination had been commUjr ^
They acted as if astonished,