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VOL. I. ' CAMDEN. S. C., MONDAY MORNING, JUNE, 12, ,1865. ' ^JT''
? J. T. UERSfilHAtf ...D.D.1IOCOTT,
KDITOIiS.
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BE PAID F0L1NALYANCK.
No deduction ramie, except to cur regular ndveniis
ingpayons. ^
essssr~ amnesty!^ 4'
The Terms of Pardon for the
Rebels?President John
son's JTreatment of Traitors?v^lio
are to be restored
to Citizenship and Who
are to be Disfranchised?
All Civil Office^ of the
Confederate States and all
Military or Naval Officers
. Above the Rank of Colonel
in the Army and Lieutenant
in the Navy Excluded
. from its Benefit?No Par .
Jv don for Rebel Governors,
* Ex-United States Con*
- ?' < 'gressmetfand Judges, Ren:
egade West Pointers, Canadian
4 Conspirators, Pi.
rates or Raiders?All Vol*'
untary Rebels with over
Twenty Thousand Dollars
of Taxable Property % .Excluded,
&c., &c.
Proclamation by tlac President of
tlic United States of America.
- Whereas, the President of the United States,
on the eighth da||>f December, A. D., eighteen
hundred and sixty-three, andcon the twenty
sixth day ot March, a. jc/., eighteen nsnareu
imcl sixty-four, did, with the object tn suppress
the existing rebellion, to induce all pcrv
sons to return to their loyalty and to restore
the authority of the United States, issue
proclamations offering amnesty^and pardon to
certain persons wh? had, directly or by irnplication;.participatcd
in ^ie said rebellion;
^nd
Whereas, many persons, who had so engaged
in said rebellion, have since the issuance of
said proclamation failed or neglected to take
the benefits offered thereby; and, "
Whereas, many persons, have boon justly
denied of all claim to amnesty and pardon
. . :sthereundcr by reason of their participation,
directly or by implication, in said rebellion and
continued hostility to the government of the
TT -A - ^ Oa_a_ ? tV. n /lrt^A a? oiiirl twaaI n m r? I
i ^ yH116Q OlcHUS biiiUC LiiU Uftio ui DUJU ^luwiauia''
* *'0D> now dcs're to ?,PP'y ^or an^ obtain amncstfgfc.
K ty and pardon.
To the end, therefore, tbattbc authority of
h^BF the government of the United States may be
restored, and that peace, order and freedom
may be established, T, Andrew Johnson, Pros-BMP
ident of the United States, do proclaim and
9KK declare that I hereby grant to all persons who
"have dirtfetly or indirectly participated in the
existing rebellion, except as hcrcitialrer excepted,
amnesty and pard-in, with restoration of
. all rights of property, except as to slaves, and i
< \ . except iu 'cases wlvv" bynl proceedings under j
-jilie taw&of the lite, >i 'as providing }.>rihi: J
.? ?.w>.tiscaU6n of proplrt. t persona ctgaccd
in rebellion, have been instituted, but otr the
condition, nevertheless, that every such perseh
shall lake and subscribe the following oath or
affirmation, aod thenceforward keep and maili:
taiu said oath inviolate, and which oath shall be
registered for permanent preservation, and
shall be of the tenor and effect following, to
wit j? . J
1 , do solemnly swear or affirm, in
presence of Almighty God, that I will henceforth
faithfully support-and defend the eonsfty
tution of the United States and the Union (if
the States tb'ercuudcr, and that I will, in liks
manner, a[ ido by and faithfully support all
laws and'proclamations which have been mad/;
during the existing rebellion with reference
the emancipation of slaves. So help mc God.'
The following classes of persons arc excepted
from the benefits of this proclamation :? j
First?All who arc, or shall have been, pre-:
i?i-.1 ... ?*v! ,.:.u
tt'IIUUU civil U? UlplUJJlillfU UUIUUIB, UI ULUL-17
wise, domestic or forcigu agents of the pretend-'
cd Con federate government. v]'
Second?All who lcl't judicial stations under
the United States to aid the rebellion. '?;
Third?All who shall have been military otf
naval officers of said pretended Confederate)!
government above the rank of colonel in thej
arinyor iicutcnantin the navy.
Fourth?All wbo'left seats in the Congress
of the linked States to aid in the rebellion, f
Fifth?All who resigned or tendered resignations
ov their4 commissions in the army or'
navy of tUe-Uwfed Stated to cntdc-duty 4fi*'
resisting the rebellion.
Sixth ?All who have engaged in- any way
in treating otherwise than lawfully as prisoncis
of war persons found in the United States service,
as officers, soldiers, seamen, or iu other
capacities.
Seventh?All person? who have been or'are
absentees from the Uuited States for the por
pose of ait!inn the rebellion.
Eighth?Ail military ;md naval officers in
the rebel service who were educated by the
government in the Military Academy at West
Point, or the United States Naval Academy.
Ninth?All persons who. held the pretended
offices of Governors of States in insurrection
against the United States.
Tenth?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.
Eleventh?All persons who have been engaged
in the destruction of the commerco of
the United States upon the high seas, and all
persons who have made raids into thu United
Stales from Canada, cr been engaged in destroying
the commerce of the Uuilcd States upon
the lakes and rivers that seperato the British
provinces from the United States.
Twelfth?All persons who, at the time when
thev seek to obtain tlic benfita hereof bv ta
kiDg the oath herein prescribed, are in military,
naval or civil confinement or custody, or tinder
bon/ds of civil, military or naval authorities
of agents of the United States, as prisoners of
war or persons detained for offences of any
kind either before or after conviction.
Thirteenth?All persons who have voluntarily.
participated in said rebellion, and the estimated
vajuc of whose taxable property is over
twenty thousand dollars.
Fourteenth?All persons who have taken the
oath of amnesty as prescribed in the President's
proclamation of December eighth, A.D.,
oue thousand eight hundred and sixty five, or
at: oath of allegiance to the government of the
United Stipes since the date of said prouhnnatn.ni,
anil who have not thenceforward k'. pt,.iid i
maintained the same inviolate: '
Provided that special. application may bj.
made to the President for pardon by any person
belonging to tho excepted olaeses, and such
clemency will bo liberally extended as may be
consistent with tho facts of tho case and the
peace nnd dignity of the United States. .
The'Secretary of State will eSlfcblish rules
and regulations lor administering and record
iug the said amnesty oath so as to iysuro [its'
benefit to the people, and" "guard the government
against frand.' 1
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set-^my
hand And caused the seal of the United
States to .be affixed.,
Done fit the city of Washington, twenty-ninth
day of May, in the year'of Onr Lord, one
thousand 'eight hundred and sixty-five,
atn) of the iudependenco^.pf the United
. States the eightv-niath. ' '
AN?>ilE}W JQJiNSON.
tTir* "Prpci/lAnt. , s'
Wm. H. Seward, Secretary of Sftat6.
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h- I", Ml?LL
CAi??I^/;MiJ^Ay,.4]P(JG 48...
* " . . ' Conspiracy
to attack-Foenou' Co^^^Under
tue Mexican Flag.?Th? N..T/liciilUiwyfl:.TweD-!
ty-inen of tbo bark Erontes Mejacantymi^jri'on ]?irty
\me arrested by ilio police a Taw flights since on a
charge of conspiracy to seize a Peruviangfeamor lying
in that harbor, in which to put to sea to attack French
^ommerce as a privateer under Mexican colors.
- Wc notice by late NorjJjwi joumaJa^hat. full one
*ftfTf oflasf year's \vneat .prop r.iised'ig.id, HIE7
nots. and otlierof the Northern Stales arcyeton hand,
and as soon there after iis facilities for transportation
can be procured South, will be shipped to Southern
markets. A heavy decline in the urtielu will no
doubt be the result.
Hy the Charleston Courier of a late date wc learn
that business is being resumed, and that the absent
refugees are-daily rcturuiDg in largo r.uinbers to the
city, nearly all of whom aic taking the oath of allcgiflucc,
and endeavoring to effect arrangements by which
they may -reopen their houses of business. This is as
it should be. ^
Our limited spaco iu this issue is taken up almost
exclusively with the "Amnesty arid ' Reconstruction"
proclamations of President Andiujw Johnson. Ho .vever,
wo presume they will provo interesting to at
least nine-tenths ofour readers?nearly all of whom
come under the ltead of classified exceptions to citizen
Bhip. ,
At the close' of the sitting of the House of
Representatives at Springfield, Illinois, the
clerk read the following: " I am requested to
announce that Rev. Dr. McFarland will deliver
a lecture this evening in this Hall, on the
education of idiots." "Members of the Legislature
are invited to attend !" The announce'ment
was received with shepta of laughter by
the members present
Gravitation has, amidall immensity, wrought
no such lovely work, as when it rounded a
tear.
According to statistics iu the Trieste Gazett,e'
the number of Circasian children of chriatiHn
parents annually exported from Constantinop
and other Turkish ports to the Egyptian port
port of Alexandria, amounts to more than
10,000. The boys are sold to their Egyptian
masters at from 1,000 to 4,000 piasters each,
the girls at from 10,000 to 15,000 apiece.
The trade is carraied on openly under the eyes
of the Turkish Government, which docs not
move a linger to suppress it. I
K?v. j.Vi i'1 Sharp, the oldest Methodist EpiselurgvKian
in Oi.io, died en tL- J 1st ult.
iiu v.* >:j ,;j . Jcctivc minister forj fjrty-sevcn
years.
PROCLAMATIONOF THE, H 5
- PRESIDENT OPTHE
s. op America. . * 'rmBM
The Return?The Wenk of . 'Reconstfili^^^^m
TJBegu??P-resident Johnson Announ
Policy of Re,vmtf?ction^App<nnt^t^^^^^.
Provisional -Governorfor North"Carolimf&feCff,
Wm. W. Halden Chosen for the
. ?t Authorized tor'call a ;Convefilion^^ff^^
Delufjatii to he Chosen fiy Loyat.;ti&shn^fi^
and no Others?The' -Military AutlwjiufyN''' ij
ordered to Aid and Assul 'the..pPYoiisidri<ij^*;.'$
Governor, <6cn&e.. ,. _
: .; ' - '
Whereas, the fourth), - section oft
article of the constitotwrij>f. the Ujiited<^]8gp|> : .
declares that the United-States ?haU'g^W]3[tecr
to every State in the Union a republican forjn?
of go^erunicnt, and shall' protecVeach Of '
against iilvasiofc
, Whcfcus, 'the Ihresidepfbf tho*nLTojttf^atea ;i:
^k^tonstitatwnmarffl Uo^Snaitiier-inChief
of the Arirfv aucT-Nayjj .-/aa.Vi^ijjchief *
executive officer of the United "Stateaj and is
biffind by solemn oath faithfully to execute the . ' 'v.
office of President of tho United States, and to
^ake care.tl'?t the law's .be faithfully executed^ '
.aud , '
. AVhercas, the rebellion, which has been waged
\}f a1 puittorr"ofthe p<mple--cX-the,tJ^ked^tabta'^1^^
against the proper constitutional HUihoVities
the government thereof in the most violent and
revolting form, but whose organized and armed
forces hsfvc now been almost entirely ovircome,
iias in its revolutionary purposes deprived thb
people of the State of North Carolina of a civil
government; aud
Whereas, it .oecmnes necessary ano proper
to carry out anil enforce the obligation of theUnited
Sates to the people of North Carolina 'v
in securing tlicin in tho enjoyment of a republican
form of govermuent,
Now, therefore, in obedience to the;high
anil solemn duties imposed upon roe by the
constitution of the United States, and for the
purpose of enabling the loyal people of said
State to organize a State government, whereby
justice may be established, domestic tranquility
onil IavqI cihTPTis nrnl(>nl/>fl in ull tlwir
rights of life, liberty and property, I Andrew
Johnson, President of Ihe'Uuited States atjd
Commander-in-Chief of tbo Army and Navy of
tbe United States, do hereby appoint YVm. W.
JJolden provisional Governor of the State- of
North Carolina, whose doty it shall be, at the
earliest practical period, to prescribe such
| rules and regulations as may be necessary and
' proper for convening a convention composed of
delegates to be chosen by tbat portion of the
people of tbe Slate who are loyal tothc United
J Suites, and no others, for the purpose of alteiling
and amending the constitution thereof, and
I with authority to exercise within the limits of
said State all the powers necessary and proper
{to enable such loyal people of the State of
I North Carolina to rcstoj? said,State to its con
stitutional relations to the federal government,
' and to present such a republican form of State
I government a3 will entitle the State to tbo
i guarantee of the United States therefor, and
its people to protection by the United States
against invasion, insurrection and domestic
violence: Provided that in any election that
may hereafter be held for choosing delegates
to any State Convention, as aforesaid, no'person
shall be qualified as an elector, or shall be
eligible as a. member of such convention, unless
he >11iii 1 have previously taken and subscribed
to tUv oath or amnesty as set forth in iho Pros*[CONTINUED
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