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AMNESTY PROCLAMATION.
Jiy Liic President of the United States of
America.
u numm, May 89,’ 1860.
■ where*.. Th ” ° r f ‘ he l ai ’
{ States on the Bth day of December,
, { } iSG3, and on the 26th dayof March,
jr* 1864, did, with the object to. sup
press the existing rebellion, to induce all
persons to return to their loyalty, and to
restore the authority oi too L uiteu States,
issue proclamations offering amnesty"and
pardon to certain persons who had direct.
’ 0T by implication participated in the
gjud rc*^bell ion : and
Whereas, many persons who had so 6i*-
.} m sal 1 rebellion, have, since the
issuance of said proclamation, failed or
iected to .take the benafits offered there
by; and ■ t ,
’ whereas. Many persons wlio have Dcen
justlv deprived of all claim to amnesty
and * pardon thereunder, by reason of
their participation directly or by implica
tion in said rebellion, and “continued in
hostility to the goveernmnt of the United
States since the date of said proclamation,
now desire forand obtain amnesty and par
don ;
To the end, therefore, that the author,
ity of the Government of the United States
IQ ay be restored, and that peace, order
and freedom may be established, I, Andrew
Johnson, 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, except ae hereafter excepted,
amnesty >ud pardon, with restoration
of all rights of property, except as to
slavexcept in eases where legal proeee
dings under the laws of the United States
providing for the Confiscation of property
of persons engaged in rebellion have
been instituted, but on the conditions, nes
verthelesa, that every such person shall
fake and subscribe to the following oath,
which shall be registered, for permanent
preservation, and shall be- of the tenor
and effect followsing, to-wit:
1 do solemnly swear or affirm in pres
ence of Almighty God, that I will hence
forth faithfully defend the Constitution
of the United States and the Union of
the States thereunder, and that I will in
like manner, abide by and faithfully
port all laws and proclamations which
have been made during the existing re
bellion with reference to the Emancipa
tion of Slaves. So help me God.
The following classes of persons are
excepted from the benefits of this proclam
ation:
I. All who arc or have been pretend
ded civil or diplomatic officers or otber
vrise domestic or foreign agents of the
pretended Confederate States.
1; All who left Judicial stations under
the United States to aid the rebellion.
3. All who have been military or naval
officers of the pretended Confederate Go°
vernment above the rank of Colonel in the
armv. or Lieutenant in the uavj-.
4. All who left their seats in the Con*
cress of the United States to aid in the
rebellion.
5. Ali who resigned or tendered their
resifpiation of their commissions in the
Army and Navy of the Uni led States to
evade their duty in resisting the rebellion.
G, All who have engaged in any way
in treating otherwise than lawfully prison
ers of war persons found in the U. S. ser
vice as officers, soldiers, seamen, orin oths
tr capacities.
7. All persons who have been or are
absentees from the United States for the
purpose 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
office of the Government of the States in
insurrection against the United States.
10 All persons who left their homes
vi*\ in the jurisdiction and protection of
the U. States, and"passed beyond the Fe*
deral military lines into the so called Con<-
federacy for he purpose of aiding the reb
elfion.
11. 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 U. S. from Canada, or been engaged
in destroying the commerce of the 11. S.
on the lakes and rivers that seperate the
British provinces from the U. S.
12. All persons who, at a time when
they seek to obtain the benefits thereof by
taking the oath herein prescribed are in
military naval or civil confinement or cus
tody, or under bond of the military or na
val authorities or agents of the United
States as prisoners of any kind, cither
before or after their conviction,
13. All’persons who have voluntarily
•participated in the rebellion, the estimated
value of whose taxable property is over
$20,000.
14. AH persons who have taken the oath
of amnesty, as prescribed in the Presi
dent's proclamation of Dec. Bth, 1803, 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
inay be made to the President for par
dm >•*’ any person belonging to tb'vev'**,p
ted classes, and such clemency will be ex
tended as may be consistent with the facß
• * the case and the peace and dignity
U S. The Secretary of State v
abliah rules and regulations for *dn in •’
sUrritig and recording the said amr<
ty oath, so as to insure its benefits . to ‘the
i•• ;• v. : • • j
In testimony whereof. I have hereunto
: < t> t nr, hand, and caused the Mil of tie j
| United States t.o be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington, this
tj, , 29th day of May, A. D..1866, an 1 oi ■
.ij,, independence of America the 89th. ..
ANDREW ‘ JOHNSON. •
‘ By the President,
Wm. H Sewai'd'-Sotnrotary of- Stale. j
.CWTKKPTBIEIYT
■ of’ ‘ ■
CUEIOHG I A.
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas, by “the Proclamation of An
drew Johnson, President of the United
States, dated .17th of June A. I). 1865, 1
have been appointed Provisional Governor
of the State of Georgia, with instruction- !
to provide, at. the earliest practicable pel
od, such rules and regulations’ as mu u* <
necessary and proper for convening a ■ 1
vention of the people, composed of
gates to be choseu by that portion ol
people who are loyal to the United St
and no others ; and also with all the pm -
ers necessary and proper to enable sue
loyal people of said State-to restore it to
its conststitutional relatiors to the. Federal
Government, and to present such a form of
State Government, as will entitle the State
to the guarantee of the United States
therefor, and its people to the protection
of the United States against invasion, in
surrection and domestic violence :
Now, therefore 1, James Johnson, Pro
visional Governor of the State of Georgia,
as aforesaid, do by. virtue of the power in me
■yested as “aforesaid proclaim and declare—
-Ist. That, an election for delegates to a 1
Convention will beheld on the first Wed
nesday in. October A. D, 1860, at the dis-.
ferenl precincts at which elections are di
rected and authorized by law tobc held for
members of the Legislature.
2d. That the thirty-seven counties in
the State, tfliich, by law in force prior to
the first of January,” ISGI, were intitled to
two members of the House pf Uepresenta”
tives, shall be authorized and entitled to
elect each three, delegates,- and that the
remaining counties .shall each be author'"*
zed and entitled to elect two delegates to
said Convention.
Bd. That no person at such election shall
be qualified as an elector, or shall be elgi
ble as a member of such Cbnvention, unless
he shall have previously theret.o, taken and
subscribed the oath of Amnesty, as qet
forth in the President’s “Proclamation of
May 29th A. D, 1865, and is a voter quali
fied as prescribed by the- Constitution and”
laws of the State of Georgia, ia force im
mediately before the 19th oi January, A.
D. 1861,* the date of the 6 -called Ordi?
Hauce of Secession. . * .
4th. That any two Freeholders qualified
to vote at. such eleotion as aforesaid, may.
act. as managers of the election at each of
the precincts as aforesaid ; and that in
managing and superintending such flees
tion, they shall be governed by and pro
ceed under the laws of the State regula
ting and prescribing the election of .mem
bers’of the Legislature, prior to the first
of January, 1861 ;■ Provided, that each of
said managers, before entering on the dus
ties, prescribed, shall swear the other tru
ly and faithfully to superintend and make
return of said election according to law as
aforesaid and the requirements- of this
Proclamation.
sth. That the delegates who shall be
elected as aforesaid, shall assemble in Con
vention at the city of Milledgeville, at 12
o’clock, meridian, on . the fourth Wednes
day of October, A. D. 1865
And whereas, The rebellion which has
been waged by a.portion of the people
against the government of the United
States has, in its revolutionary progress,
deprived the people of the State of all civil
government; and whereas, they must re
main without civil officers and the admin
istration of civil law until a State Govern
ment shall have been organized by the
Convention called as aforesaid ; and where
as. it is necessary in the meantime that
domestic tranquility be ensured, and that
the loyal people be proctected in all their
rights of person and property, I do further
proclaim and declare :
Ist. That, no individual by virtue of his
own authority, shall inflict coporeal pun
ishment on any person for any real or sups
posed injury, whether such injury relate
to persons or property ; and that in all
such cases, redress must be sought trom
and given by such military authority, as
may be invested with jurisdiction over the
cases.
2d. That slavery is extinct, and invol
untary servitude no longer exists. Hence
no person shall have control ol the labor
of another, other than such control as may
lawfully result from indenture, the relation
of parent and child, guardian and ward
and the contract of hiring, freely and fair
ly made ; and that, for a breach of duty
on the part of any one standing in these
relations the military authority will ad
minister ill a summary manner, adequate
and proper relief under the laws of the
land. ‘
3d. Th:\t all riotous or tumultuous as s
semblages; of the people, and also all as*
semblageß for unlawful purposes and un
lawful objects, will be dispersed ; and to
this end, if necessary, the military powc”
I of fib? united States Will he invoked.
‘ “Ji. That the idea, if any ttuch is enter 1 ’
: that private proper tv wii l be 1 j—
f ad or parceled out is not only delu
out dangerous and raisehievous and
• - vfjfrripf should bo up’ I- !*\ an*,
rsoti or persons to effect such an, object
f : ’-v -•■. r, •• a unlawful men-’ 1 v. II! on!-
j pepiiie. to htto rtl cm ppr ! !
nUinishm snt, °
1 ft, To the end that people may qunl
‘•iiy tließ ‘ a voters, it will doubtless
of th cOramissioned oflfi
s rvice of the l nited States, to
havfe the oath of amnesty administered
! under the rtileAandregulations prescribed
- Secretary of State “.of the .United
desire and solicit the cheerful co-op*ration .
! of. the people, so that Georgia fboy speed
ily be delivered es- ndlitary rule : - that she
may once a-grin regulate “her own domestic
affair.-, and again enjoy the blessings of I
civil government, and be heard and felt ,
by her B< aators and- Representatives in’
the councils of the nation-.
Done at Milledgeville. the ( apitol o.f the
State, on this, the 19th day o* July, in
• the year of our Lord eighteen hundred
. atld sixty five; and eighty ninth year of I
American lnpcpendenee.
• JAMES JOHNSON. ‘
I . ‘ . Provisional Governor of Georgia
i . !•*- the Governor, . • •
i. Beiscox, Secretary. “ .
■■•’ . ■ •
QIF SOUTH.; GEORGIA. .
DakikS, June 141la, 1865. ..
Gen. O 71, Bead O ■’
” ters Departments the South; is-hereby pub
lislied for the in formation of this command.-
4. While wuljtyry restrictions upon trade
■ ax# thus-removed, till Uistrict and row com*
mandersare reminded that they, are expec
ted i” keep sacb a osilitapy control over , all
merchants add traders as is netemary for the
maintainance of gooft orderanda
lice within -their cominandS; To this end
they are authorized to regulate the sale of in- ,
toxicating liqnore, ak-.'s and winds as mayseem
to them requisite*. ‘ .
• 11. Licenses will he given-to a limited num
. ber of- responsible parties, authorizing the
sale by them-, of liquors ales and. wines, lor
which a licenseiee of twenty-five dollars will
bee barged. Baid license to. continue m force
•fortheterm of three months.
Printed licenses .will be. furnished as soon
a.- practicable, which will be required t<>-in
conspicuously post-ed in the place of business.
‘Applications for licehses will be made
through the Post commander, to the Assistant
Adjutant General at these Head Quarters. •
No liquors Will.he sold or otherwise dis
posed of to the enlisted meu of the army.
Any parson having received said license,,
upon being convicted <>t keeping a disorder
ly iho.us* will have their license revoked. .
Proprietors will .be held responsible for
the conduct of their employees, and any per
son who shall bo convicted of having knowing
ly Violated any portion of the foregoing regu
lations-will, be fined, pot less-than ten, nor
more ttian one hundred oollare for said offence,
Bv Command of
\ Brevt? Brig. Geh.. WASHBURN.
W. H. IvF.r.LEu, ..
” “ Act. Asst. Ajt.. Gen.- •
July. 12,186 J. “'•• : ‘ ,ts-.
. HD. QUS.,t>tST- OF SGTrfH. GEORGIA’
liI.ACESUtAH, July 4tli, 18:
.General Order, . 7 . ■ ‘
No. 5. : $ .
To enable residents of this District who
mav desire and are qualified to avail them
selves of the b- lclits of the President’s Am
nesty Proclamation; of the 20th of May, 18G5,
.Post. Command rs are hereby directed to ap
point suitable -vers to administer and recoid
the Amnesty Oath prescribed in said procla
jnation.
Such officers wSibe”guided by and strictly,
adhere to the ami regulations establish .
ed by the Secretary of State in the following
DEPARTMENT op STATE. • h
Washington, May 29, 18G5.
’ gj.p ; _A copy of the President s Amnesty
I‘roclamatioii of this datle is herewith append
ed. By a clause in the instrument the Score
•tarv of State is greeted to establish rules and ’
regulations for administering amt_ recording
the AmneStv Oath, so an to insure its benefits
to the people and guard the Government,
againstfraud. • Pursuant to this injuttetion you
are informed that the oath prescribed in the
proclamation may be taken and subsc iibed •
before any commissioned officer, civil, military
or naval,’in the .service of the United States,
cr aaV civil of military officer of a loyal
State or Territory, who by the laws thereof
mav be qualified for administering oaths. All
who receive such oaths are heieh\ authoii/ed
to give certified copies thereof to the persons
respectively by whom they wefe made; and
such officers are hereby required to transmit
tbc origins!s oi sucli Ht bs curly t d<i\
a- may be convenient, to this department,
where thev will be deposited and remain in
the archieves of the Government, • A regist
er thereof will he kept in the department, and
on application, in proper cases, certificates of
such records will be issued in the customary
form of official certificates.
I am, sir, your obedient servant,
’ WILLIAM H. BEWAKD,
• Secretary of State.
In all eases the officer administering the
oath will require, in addition to. such other
evidence as he may deem necessary, the affi
davit of the applicant that lie is not excepted
from the. benefits of the Proclamation by any
one of the therein made.
All persons excepted above will berequired
to make special application Ih writing through
District ltead Quarters, for permission “to be
allowed the benefit of said amnesty. Said ap
♦>li, ;ion roast set forth the clause under which
they ar< e xcepted ami accompany the same by
) an -.(lid;’’ t ihat the person appliving does not
other of the ex< pt ions
Drevi B e Gen. W’ASIIBI RN.
A\ II Kelxi r.
Lieut., do A. A. A. G.
♦ U
|jf) Qt h.,d cent of the south
j Ha n. s. t . ,ione 86,1865
G ■■ 7 1 Ot tier, . (
No. inn- - ] .
II District and other Commanders are again
reminded that they are required to deliver to
the Treasury At enls all abandoned or cai Mir
pd Cotton in Ibeir possession, and will < jve
the A cents all needed and proper assista o. e
Tb Military forees'will nbt, >• em.
ployed in eeftrtuhing for Onttotf. nnr will they
~). it. . \\ o-j, • !,|. ‘H it. •• •, \
i t tr . j F o 1 I!■ *s. : i ; o mu. i ■ !
Bj ‘ • <t>tmntid of Maior rtfineHl
A i:! il V; i lev .
• \\ Ji. M BurgMi ,
• \ j tant > h t;. nerttl
Official \V It k> LER,
i Lietn A A A A .
- 1 ! I
HEAD ERS POST rUOMASVIIXE, J
ruow \ svii *i, Ga Juno 30th, 1865 \
ilrncrai Orders, f
No. 3. \
i NTIh farther oran the sab of intoxica
tiug spit Rons liqdors in entirely prohibit©®
w ithin tne limit** of this Poet, or Sub-district,
until the person making the sale. in any ouan
t.iiv, is first (lulv authorised and lioenwa by
the proper office! nt these Head Quarters;
and no person can.be licensed or authorized
to s. !! spirituous or intoxicating liquors to any
enlisted man in t li<• service of the United
States,and upon conviction thereof attJ per
sons making such sale will be punished ay
confiscation of his stock, or such other pan
ishment as may be deemed proper. . • •
Kaj ; ji. Hastings, Asst, provost Marshal
is charged with the execution of this order.
By order ot Col. \VM. K KIMBALL, j
Commanding Post. ]f
. R. B. Kendall, Pttet Adjutant. •
July IS*. . ■ .
HD. QRS., DEFTMENT Os THE SOUTH*
Him on Ilk.au, S.C., Jub©-24, •
• General Orders, ) . . •
• No. 98 . $ . ■ ’ ■
. The following raids will be charged on all
f r , i ,it shipped ©n piyatsaccount, on beard
ii ►vernmeat vessels w ithin this Department,
V 1 Between Ililtou Head- and Beaufort, 95
’ Between Hilton Head and Charleston 50
1 ’ Between Hilton Head and Fernandina, 6SH*
■ ‘ ‘ Bet ween Hilton Hoad ami Jacksonville 62%
Hot weonVl ilton Head and At. August iim,
* ’ ~Hot \voei^ H 1 lilt oil Head ami Savannah, 37Vfz
04 Between Savannah and Augusta, 50 cents
11 Between Charleston- and Georgetown,, ol)
i C 6 other plaees in the
! not mentioned above, private fregb
charged for at the same rate. 3 Vi eVI es
received will be accounted for to tin Ghiet
■ Qnar-tennaster, Department oj the South. •
I BjCom mM l.ffc)o r -Gen^ oßE
j W. L M Burger.
| . •. Assistant Adjutant ‘General.
Official: W. HKell JK, 0
j Bieut. A.A. A. A. O.
July 12,1865. ts . ;". ‘ ‘
HD OUS DI6T. OF SOUTH. GEORGIA
• • V Bi.ackshkak, July 4th, 1865.
• General ()eder. ) ■
No. 4. V .. ■ ‘ ■ , . •
Pursuant to instructions from the Major
General commanding Department of the South
Comtaandersof Sub Districts are required to .
give evry facility for transporting from the in
terior. all products to market. • _ .
■Railroads and steamers will take private
freight ataremunerationto Government when
‘it does not interfere with public business..
• By -command of •
• Brevt. Brig. Gen. WASHBURN..
■ W H. Keller,
.. . -A. A.A. Genl*
; ■ J’ ‘glSlffiS-nly ■’ “ •’ •’ ■
HD: QUS DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN G'A.
BnACKSHXA.It, Juiy Sth, 1865.
General Order > }
No. ‘B. ‘ . y ‘ •
It having been reported to. these Head
Quarters that the arms of the 4fch Georgia
Cavalry* nqver were turned over, to the Uni
ted States authorities in accordance with the
terms of surrender of General Johnson’s com
mand; it is hereby ordered that ail persons
formerly belonging to'said regiment, having
arms in their possession • will. at once turn
i over *to the eogimatider .of. the United
States forces at the neayest-Post. . _
.All persons having in iliejr possession any
arms, accoutrements, Amunition, ‘&e., belong
ing to the late C. S. Gbveminent; inust turn
them over, to the U. S. authorities at once or
be tried for theft and*Beverely punished.
Bv Command of
Brevt. Brig. Gen. WASHBURN,
. , \Y. 11. Ki;i.ler,
i A. A. A, Gen.
July 5, 1865. ‘ ts ..
HD. QUS.jDIST.. OF SOUTH GEORGIA.
Darien, June 12th; 1865.
General Order }■
No 1. )
I, Pursuant to orders from Head-Quarters,
Department of the South, I hereby assume
command of the District of southern Georgia,
comprisimr as follows: all the counties lying
South of North line of the counties of Liberty ,
Tatnall, Montgomery, Laurens. Pulaski, Doo
ly. •Sumter. W ebster, and Stewart.
11. The following are announced as the staff
of the General commanding, and will be obey
ed and respected accordingly ■
Surg-, S. C. Drown, Chief Medical Officer
Map, J. M. Wiswrll. Provost Marshal.
Capt., John . Garwood, Commissary.
CapL> Jas. M. Thompson. Provost Judge.
Lieut., W. H. Keller, A. A. A. Genl.
Lieut., Henri Daniels, Aid.-de-eamp.
Lieut.* E 11. Sturgis, “ “
E. L Ola rk, A. A. Q M.
11. D WASHBURN,
Brevt. Brig. Genl.
duly 121865, ts
perfumery;
LYON'S KATHARION,
HAIR DYE,
TOILET SOAP, .
COMBS,
BRUSHES,
&c., Acc., Ac.
For sale by
DfAVITT A STEGALL
and .dv 5,1865 ts ;
Da M F iMVin. D* t W-STEGALL
BeWitt feStegall, .
I if El 1 ■ ufetantly in store and Rr sale si.
I\ well selected stock of .
M EDIbnSFES
and oil other articles usually kept in drugstores
dnlv 5. T 865. n
(5 -.'a gVAOks I'OlllMtrs—Two
: at ion “ ill be
Provost .1 ndgo ol said
<•< nr.’ ,at i.l t’ •• egularterm df said court,
t two months fmm this
J <l fife lands belonging i<
G Hunter late of paid
j count.\ i- eea-’ i ‘or the benefit of the heirs
iid di ceased
j “ Hunter ta
1W MS!
AT. ©ASH mOiS,
nrfflE UNDERSIGNED has just received *
8 iin. supply of select
BEY GOODS
AT THE.OLD BTAND OF
xi. ev^ns,
I’,, which be invites the attention of all woo
• wish
GOOD BARGAINS
AT
SMALL PBOFTTS.
(Vu.uo with your money and you caanxhhange
it to great advantage. .
Hr has on hand many articles of prime nee
e.-sit v with all the little notions of the kisses
and seasons, and will De constantly replenish
ing his stock to supply
m MB if 111 HOT.
The undersigned will also act as
CONSIGNEE
ON
COMMISSION
To Receive, Deliver, Store or Forward all
Goods or Merchandise
Consigned to his care.
JOHN TRICE.
3JOOTCRIS
OF PRIME FARM ING LANDS
FOR SALE!
riIHE UNDERSIGNED offers jggjgggfc
X for sale his splendid . • jgggaeSjffc
TP ATIM
Situated in Thomas County, about half way
between No,, 17 , on. the Atlantie &• (in!? Kail
Road and Monticello Florida; which readers it
one of the most .convenient places to market
in the Country. Everything is hr splendid or
der for carrying oa the
FARMING BUSINESS
’ • . NEXT YEAR! !
16,90 of the .3.000 acres are. Cleaned and Qniei
cultivation, ahdgood’fencing. •
The Fann is
ittUMitfttin
As well with, farming implements.** with*
Cattle, and has a splendid .•
eMmS ft
r Ai i t A
In. operation for Grinding Com and Gimme;
Cotton.
pcrytnQTOWs ato Mm'S 7
UJ Jj IjK*/ V Gj Ouj do \ lUojOj I ojjuj L3
are also on the place for all purposes. The
Si NEGRO^QUARTERS-are framed hiiild
ings, neat- and commodious, situated in a most
healthy locality. The farm is
WELL WATERED
both by streams, Avells and a large and bean
tiful Lake, abounding with fine fish. The wells
are in good condition and alford
Excellent Water!
The farm is three miles from Grooverville.
twelve from Monticello and fifteen front
Thomasville- 1 will take great pleasure in
showing it. to any person desiring to purchase.
Here then for sale is one of the best farms
IN THOMAS COUNTY
ready furnished with
Every Tiling
necessarv for the farming business, with about
SEVEBTY-FiVE Fill II FEIFLE
on the place wh<> may be liired at moderate
wages to do the labor.
Come and See For Yourselves .
MOSES W. LINTON.
Aug. 2. ts ‘ *
WARE HOUSE
AX
THOMASVILLE, GA
rjIHE copartnership heretofore existing be
ll tween R. R. Evans and W. J. Parnell,
having been disolved by the death of R. R .
Evans, the undersigned will continue the Wars
House and * . .
Commission Business
in ThomasviUe. on his own account. I.n eon
nection with the ware house a good Haney
Cotton Pres?
has been constructed for repacking purposes.
and to aid him in. tVie business the undersign..
| ed has engaged the valuable Services of Mr-
K M Bain Nothing but the customary rates
STORAGE & COMMISSION
Wlltir UK CHiVn&ED.
This V arc House is situated about o
hundred yards from the Railroad depot A*
Thomasville, ao< .
general satisfaction, the undersigned solicit*
the patronage ot ootton planters and bn vers.
WILLIS J PARNELL:
[ ,lnh B. 1865 3n