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’ <3c ° rß,a V^ton. tlr)r _ • Proclnmatioa, Hr I, .ppflint-*I, Conru lo Vt open. ’• Axm to bo Collected, and Oit Ofllccs is bo Openod. AaTj. announcement or ir/b •• * APPOINTMENT OF HON. JAMES JOHNSON A3 PROVISION* . AL aoYERNOU. the fourth section of the • jUflyth artier ConibtMoß nf tbs flnitad ititoi dkclarw tlmt the . United U.H . “ *.-.*• • *• 0,. , % ■ Stitts su... *o ®*** e 111 the'Ulion a republican form of govern *’ menfc, and shall protect each of them agiinst invasion and domestic violence ; and whereas, the President of the Uni ■ ted States is, by the Constitution, made Camm andor-in-Chicf of the army and navy. a?> well as chief civil executive of. • fieer of the United States, and is bound .‘ by so’emn ourh, faithfully to exec ite ■ the office of President of the United • • Suites, and to tk * care that the laws be . . faithfully executed ; and whereas, the rebellion which has been waged by a • ‘• portion of the people of the United “•.States against the'pr *pcr y constituted . authorities of the government thereof in the most violent and revolting form, bat j ’ whose organ ilirfl and armed fufc's ha'> e ’ ‘ now been-almost entirely overcome, has. in its re*o%tioaary progress, deprived the people of the State-of Georgia of ali ‘ c>vii g >vernment; and whereas, it be co ues necessary and pr >ner to Carry out .and enforce the obligations #f the United • • States.to the people of Georgia i.i sac ii'r I ing them in. the Enjoyment of a rep.uolic an fo.r.m of government : • • Mow, .therefore, lb obedience to - t “. high--and'solemn duties imposed noon . ine by the const!tntion or the United Stated, and.for the purpose of enabling’ ’ the loyal people of said State to orgahize ai. • State- government. ’ whereby justice . ;inay be esfc domestic tranoallity restored and loyal citizens protected in all their rights cSf life; lioeTty and prop. . etty, t. Andrew -Johnson, President .'of , • the -Uni'ed State s , ‘and Commander-In* Chief of the .army r. n and nary or the Un;* j . ted Stares, do hone by an mint Jam-:* j #0? -of Georgia,- provisional Gov. j a- ; -fa. W.h m HU* j fjj it tl ‘ • . • •’ - ■ • tations n.s ‘pray m ’necessary and pfoper •aia *ft coaresti in com . and jf • deligale's to be eh< cm bv that . t * • *>• t . • 4i . f 1 S-a*e who art loyal to ■. the v. tailed States, and nof'dtf . purpose t s alterin g- . a r ling the thereof; arid with authority t>” ’ within the limits ef'said* State.- .all the powers accessary .an I proper* to enable such i, yal p 1 of the State ot* .Geor ia to restore said Slate to tfs eon • sirtutiasal relations to the federal fey., erament, and to present su<?h a Tepabßc* an form cf State .government as will ofl; title the State to the guarantee of the United States therefor, and it- people to . .protection by the United States’ against ..invasion, insurrection and domestic, vio • Jenca: Provided that in any election that . may be held hereafter for chno&n del; | ” egites to any Stare convention, as afore- ! • said, no person shall he qualified rs an e ector, or shall be eligible as a member j such c invention. unlessp.o shall have , .prc ’iously taker an \ subscribed the oath i oi amnesty, aw set forth in tne Prosi-* j ; de it’s amation of May 29, A. D. j 1885 : 1 is a voter quanted as - pre-i ’ scribe j. by the constitution and laws of the State ot Georgia, in force immedi ately before Pie 19th of*. January, A. IX .1881, the date of Hie so-called ordinance ■of secession. And the .said convention, when convened, or the Legislature that ‘• n : frer assembled, will prc. sc ; he qualifications of'the electors a id the eligibility oi persons to hold of* fi;-e under ttie Coiistitution and laws of the State—a power the people ot’ the several States composing the federal Un ion have lightfully exercised from the origin of the government to the present • time. Ami Ido her- , direct,: lirst—That the military commander of the department ar.d all officers and persons in the military and nav and service aid and assist the slid Provisional Gov ernor in carrying into effect this proc lamation; and they arc enjoined to-ab stain from in any way hindering, imped ing or discouraging loyal people from the organization of a State government as herein authorized. Second—That the Secretary of State proceed to put in force all laws of the United States, the administra; ion where of belongs to the State Department, ap .phcable to the geographical limits a fore •fiaid [ Third—That the Secretary of the Treasury pmceed to nominate for ap** pointmeut of taxes and collec tors of customs and of internal revenue, and such other officers of the Treasury department as are autho.ized by law, and put in oxeeiv ion the revenue laws of the United States within die geograph ied litn f-afore*a. 1. in unking apoint* men's the pr ffreaec shall be given tr ipi.hrud lo,ul pars .> is residing witliiu he ... , JC i'-e du* j tves ar- to oa pe- ruied Rut if suita* :,,J 1# -s and • . /i.yl not bi l uid, Jt . . 9 id mg in other States or u. •; r e ‘. >;i ill be appointed. Fourth T at th ‘ Postmaster Geners al Jjr>ccd to establish {o.d offices and post routes, and put into execution the postal laws of the United States within sail -Sate, giving loyal vesidents the preferenc *of app iitf m< f; but if sui a ble residents arc n tsoao J, then to ap= point agents. Ac ,f o n othnr States. * Fifth—That the District Judge for the Judicial distr or in which Georgia is included, proceei to hold courts within sai l State in acoo'da icn with the provis’ io sos the act of Congress, and the At torney General wi i instruct the proper u.Hr rs (o libel-and bring *o judgement, contiscar-iuri* an 1 sale, p operty subject to eooh ca ioo/uii 1 euf rco the administra tion -ot jis ice w thin said State’ in all mutters withifi the cognisance and juris* di-tio i ~f the feue al courts. Sixth —That the Secretary of the Na vy tike possession of all.public property belonging to. the Navy Department within said geographicil limit , and pot in operati n ait nets of Qongrefs in rela tiou t>- naval a Hairs having application to said State. ‘ • • Sin city ’v —That the Secretary of the Interior put in ioroe the laws relating to the interior Department applicable to tlie geographical it.nits a!ore*aid'. - In tesYiiaony whereof L have hercun Ip set my hand and caused .the seal ct the Unite i States to bo affixed.’ • I)o-iC c.: niio ‘ *i'y of G’ ..-o.ogton this .-. seventeenth daj of Jane, in tl e u* of caf Dor 1■ , thousand eight hll •redaa i- .* mn J of the • ijtGQpeod#bee of the Jailed States tile eighty-ninth. • : ANPRGW JOHNSON. liy the rr e-sident : . . it 1L .•* M • -j -, -G” ,:,v.ry of State. ■ iiitw *’ . ■ 1 le in. tiac*- Seti;a€.r.U;‘. • 1 I• _ _ • • • Whei •• .••• r 7 my pr iplamati >n of .... ,e i MsS| up -02. internal <i 7 * ... . umercjai in .n e ■( tioqs thure j in specified and ‘set P->r■ fa. were removr and iin such paits of the ; yes.of Tennessee, : Virginia,’ North* Uaroli la, G -itgia, F-or*- : ida, Ala ha iu, Mj*sisV i; aid s a much lof Louisiana as lies Oa- ‘ of -he Mis-is- I sippi .river as shall be embraced within ] the iines of n ifi mal m lit ary o cupition ; j and whereas, bv mv *proelam.atien of the j Jdd of May, lb 115, f r rea-ms therein i given, it was declared tha* certain ports of the United States widens had been previously ’closed against foreign com. mercc, should, with certain specified ex ceptions, he reopened to such ooinuierce on and after the first day of July next, j subject to the laws of the United States, and in pursuance of sm*h regulations as I might he prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury ; an 1 whereas, I am ?at ; sfic> tori ly informed that daugf r >us com bin as ■ tions against the laws of tjje United States no longer exist within ihe State .of Tennessee ; that the insurrection hereto ore existing .within said State has | been suppressed , that within thd boun daries thereof the authority of the Uni te States is undisputed and that such officers of the U nited States- a- have bi en duly commissioned, are in the an* di.-t rt cd exercise of their offiei.il iunc ftions. > r ow, therefore, be it known that I. Andrew Johnson, President of the finis ted States, do hereby declare that all re stric:ions upon internal, domestic and coastwise intereouse and trade, and upon the removal of products of States liereto foie declared in insurrection—reserving and excepting only those relating to eon traha- and oi war, as hercina'ter iccited, and also th<>se which relate to the reser vation oi r;ghfs ol the United Stales to property purchased in ihe territory of | an enemy, heretofore imposed in the ter ritory of he U. States east of the Mis sissippi river—are annulled ; and Ido hereby direct that they be forthwith re moved, ana that on and after the. first day ol July next all restrictions upon foreign commerce, with said ports* with ■ • the exception and reservation aforesaid, be removed, and that the commerce of said States shall be conducted under the sujervision of the regularly appointed officers of the custonn provided by law; and such officers of the customs shall re ceive an captured and abandoned prop er!}* .hat mar be turned over to them under th.e law by the military or naval .forces of the United States, and dispose of such property as shall be directed by the Secretary of the Treasury. The articles, contraband of wr, arc excepted from the effect oi this proclamation: Anns, ammunition, ail articles from which ammunition is made, mid gray uniforms and cloth. And I hereby also proclaim and de clare that the insurrection, so far as it relates to and within the S*a!e of Ten uesaeo, a3 recognized and c nstituted tin der their recently adopted consMfcutioi iid reorganization, and accented by them, is suppressed ; and therefore, also, that all disabilities and disqualification* attaching to said State and the inhabita nts then of, consequent u.on any proc lanntions, issued bv virtue of the fifth sect cn of the act entitled, ** An act fur. ther to provide far collection of duties on i iinorts an i for o lur anprov ed the thirteenth dr of July, 1831 aro remove i. Bu* nothing herein eo tain ed i h ill be ousidered or ooistruel as in anywise ch in ing or impairing any of the penalties an 1 forfeit a res far treason he rot if are ine irred un ier the laws of .the United States or any of the provis i. s, restrictions or disabilities set in c y proclamation bearing date the 29 a day < of Mty, 18136, or as impair ng existing regulations for the suspension ‘of tine habeas corpus and the ex vreise of tuili tarv l.w in cases where it shall .be nee essary f r the general pub]to ea4etyand welfare during the existing insurrcc tion ; nor shall this proclam than ‘affect ~ r in any way ‘inpair any laws hereto!,ore ■p- ssotl by Con >re.-s an I duly approve). v the’ Pro idouf, r any proclamation or order issued by him cur ng the aioie si i 1 ins ur recti n abolishing slavery, wfiether it£ p vs .• > . rfcy ; h'd, ui the contrary, all guilt laws and pt’oebm* .ulions heretofore* unui* or issued are ex pre sly sovo i •n | iefclafed tfltibefin ft force an 1 v rtue. In testimony whereof T have hercunt > sot n r hand and caused sch seal: of tho 1 biit id Sttfes k>be a h lb pond at the c ty of Wit ton this thirteen ill day jo\‘ Juno, in-the. year of our L r 1 one* thousand eig’ot hundred ed x ‘v-.lv e; v’ . . i i dc *ce of tine United .Stateo the eigh- . tv-nliuh. ‘ . iANIXEEW* JPII^SOS. By the Pres’dent : • WlirfflAM Id, S&jfafLßi . 1 Secretary cFSt ie.- AMNESTY PROCLAMATION. ‘By the F;*esldoai of the United States of America, ’ Washington, May 20, ISo-3. Whereas, The President of the United States on the Bth day cf December, A. D., 1853, an 1 an 1 on thd 28th day of-Mirch. A. D.,t8<31, did, with the object lo suppress the exislrug rebellion, to Induce all persons to return to then* loyalty, an 1 to restore the ‘authority o,f the United States, issue proc lunations, offering .amnesty and pardon to certain persons who had directly or by inn plicuiou participated iu the said re-beilioa ; aud ♦ Whereas, many persons who had so enra ged in said rebellion, have, sinca thenisuance of sti i proclamation, failed or neglected to take the benefits offered thereby ; and Whereas. Many persons who have been justly deprive I of ail bliitn to amnesty and pardon thereunder, by reason* of their p.ar ticipition directly or by implication in said rebellion, and continued in hostility to the government of the United States since the date of said proel imation. now desire for and obtain amnesty and pardon; . To the end, therefore, that the authority of the Government of the United States may be restored, and that poflee, o der and ftee ! dom m ty be established, I, Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, do proclaim and declare, that I hereby grant to all per sons who have directly or indirectly partici pated in the existing rebellion, except as hereafter excepted, amnesty and pardon, with restoration of all rights of property, excep as to slaves exc pt in cases where lea gal proceedings under the ‘laws of the United States, providing for the Confiscation of pros perty of persons encased in rebellion hive been instituted, but on the conditions, never iheles , that every such person shall take and Subscribe to the following oath, which shall be registered, for permanent preservation, and shall be of the tenor aud effect follows ing. to wit : 1 do solemnly swear or affirm in presence j of Almighty God, that I will henceforth faith i fully defend the Constitution of the United States and the Union of the States thereun der, and that I will in like manner, abide by and faithfully support all laws andproclama j tions which have been made during the ex isting rebellion with reference to the Eman cipation of Slaves# So help me God. The following elapses of persons are ex cepied from the benefits of this proclamation I. All who are or have been pretended civil or diplomatic officers or otherwise do* niestic or foreign agents of the pretended Confederate States. 2 All who left Judicial stations under the United States to aid the *ebellion. 3. All who have been military or naval of. ficers of the pretended Confederate Govern"* raent above the r ink of Colonel in the army* or Lieuteuant in ibe navy. 4. All who left their seats in the Congress of the United States to aid in the rebellion. 5. All who resigned or tendered their res ignation of their commissions in lire A/any .ni Navy of the United States to evade their duty m resisting the rebellion. 6. All who have engaged in any way in treating otherwise than lawfully piioueis of war persons found in the U. S. service as of* fiesrs, soldiers, seamen, or In other eapci ies. 7. All persons who hav beeu or are üb-.- sentees from the United State- for the t ur pose of aiding the rebellion. 8. All military or nival ..ffi'ersin the reb el service who were educated by the govern* meat to the Military Aea loiny *t Waikt Point . or at the Unite l Stales N.iv.il Academy. 9 All persons who held the pretended of fice of the Government of tne Status in in- . surrectiou against the United States. 10 All persons who le%their hom?8 withs. in the jurisdiction and proteetion of the U. States, aril passed beyond the Federal u;ili-. tary lines ioto the so call- and Confederacy lor the purpose of aiding the rebellion. 11. . All persons wuo have engaged in tho destruction of the commerce of the United • States upon* the high seas an l all person* •no hive male raids into the U. ‘ . Jrmn Canada or been engaged in deatrpytng. the commerce of the U. S on the lak sand riv ers that srperato tho 11. itish provinces from . the U. S. 12. All persons who, at a time when they geek to obtain Ibe ben din thereof.by takiug . the oath hetvia prescribed are. i:i mil it* -y n irai or civil confinement or fiisto !v. or l der bond of the miii ary or nay a] author pies or agents of the United States i • iksoners . of any kinl, either before or after then cans viotion. * - 13 All perswns who have voluntarily par. ticipatSd in the rebellion, flic efitiia - va . of whose taxable property is , 14. All persons who luyre taken the oath of- ■ amnesty, as prescribe i in tU .* Ii ‘ proclamation of Dec. Bth, • of nilgianer t > the Uni tea-St at - ‘ I dale pt said proclamatrcpi, tin • twa ’ t a . • : ’ i vide 1 -!r-it spi . , lie i* ion may e 1 to th? Prc -i >ent.for pardon by Kay \b. } m ging to the t top ei t •• *.> • l ■ clemency vtrll be ex’Wiidc.i as may - r With th : fact ; of the on . ■ • ■ { t ;nd dignity of the U- . ; # wU” wt*festablish va’ •; beg ...... j id iit s ’ pri ■t! •pie <4 4 guard the governoienl tgkii (,! i In I r.<:y tv:mi, and c.;us-'u the. i .. oi . Uni ! Stales to be a fixed. *• .* Done >'t 1 1*.• City of VTa^hingion,. this 29th day of. May, A. D 18 i r > .• l;i ----lei m nee of America the SI) h.. • ’ • AMj.:;; ;■ Cv the Presklent, I. *• * | .. Win. 11. So Ward. Secretary of State. ! ■ • ... Uenry s, Foi te. Henry S. Foote, was fifteen year’ ago, a United States Sen Aor from M; -.ds-dp pi. and'distinguish and himself by his sup-- port of the Comoro nise uieasuras of 18a sd, in opposion to his aoUeagtitr, J fl Davis, who opposed them in behalf of • * 4 “t' Olthern Rights.” At the e; j--j i State election, tho-e tw > Senators vv re pitted agiiost each other as “ Uni-m” and 44 States Fights’, candi a*es res pecitvely for Govern >r, aud F rota beat Davis over IGO D votes in the la r get 001 l ever had in the State ; the vote landing; Foote, 28,738 ; Davis, 27.729. Foote removed, on his return to private life, to Memphis Tennessee, where he stood out for the Union until the secession tide ran mountain high, when he, iike John Fell and too many others, s iccam bed to it and became a secessionist. As such he was sent to the rebel Semite, where his inveterate antagoni* m to Jeff • “ O Davis was so manifested that he prooa. bly did the rebellion more harin’ than he could have done by adhering to the Un ion Finally, becoming satisfied that the rebellion.was a failure, he abandoned it in disgust, and was making his wav to the Union lines, when he was- arrested and brought back to Richmond. His second attempt was more s ccessfal and he reached Washington, but not being ready to take the oath of allegiance, he was inquired to leave the country. lie went to England, but soon returned to this port where he was arrested and kept for some time in jail On the urg nt representation of lriends he was at length released on parole, being required to re port himself to Gen Dix each alternate day. He so reported himself one day last week, when he was shown an order from the War Department that he should j either stand trial for treason or quit the count? yat once. He chose to go, and departed tor Canada, where we presume be still is. — N. Y. Tribune. t