$1 a Month, in Advance. ''Let our just Censure attend the tmo Even*."-Shaksprare. Single Copies Five Cents By J. A. SELBY. . COLtJMBIA, S. C., FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 19, 1865. VOL. l.-NO. 43. THE COLUMBIA PHONIX, PU3LISHKD DAILT. EXCEPT SEN KAT, BY JULIAN'A. SELBY. TERMS [SPECIE)/IV AD l'A y CE. suusciVnrrioN. Six months, - - - *f> Oce mouth, - " - - - 1 ADVEUTISIXO. One square, (ten lines.) o::e time, iO cts Subsequent insertions. - ."??1 eta " The Confiscation Act. A Bill to Suppress Insurrection, to Punish Jreasnn and Rebellion, lo .S' izc and Confiscate Ike Property of Rebels and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and . Iiuu-.e of Representatives of tl ie United States of Ahrerica in Congress assembled, That every person who /?hail 1.(.leafier commit, the crime ol treason against the United States. Jud shall be adjudged guilty llieicof, shall Huffer death, and all his slaves, ii any shall be declared and made free, or lu shall be imprisoned for not less thai fiv-p veals and tined not less, that $10,000, and all. his slaves, if any shall be declared and made free; sai( ?ne shall bo levied and collected ot :uiv or all of lite property, real nm personal, excluding; slaves, of whiei the said person so c mvtitted was tin owner. ;.t the lime uf committing tb said crime, ?ny salo or conveyance t< the contrary notwjthstardttiii. SEC. 2.-And be it further enactec That if atty person shall bereifte incite, pet on foot, assist or engage i hny reb'dl'on <>r insurrection again." t :?.- atlthori y of the United States, c ti c laws thereof, or shall give aid i comfort liu-reto,.or shall engage in o jjivs nid ir o. ?ni fort io anv sue!- -'xis ing rebel!: <>r insurrection, and 1 convicted thereof str.-h person snail ii punished l>v imprisonmeri' for a perin not exceed tu o- 'cn years, ny a fine tr crxceeding Si0,000,* and hy the liber: tion of ail slaves ii anv lie have. SEC. And he it' further ena?lei That ever-.' person guilty effect or alter the ? ros ditton, cen viet ion or punishment anv person or persons guilty of treast against the .United States before tl n-iss.age of this Act,tmlees such perse is convicted under this Act. SEC. 5. And he ii further enncte That to injure thc speedy tenninntii ?>f thc present rebellion, it shall be ti duty cf the President of the Uni: States to cause the seizure of all t <--'nto :!t),l property, money, stix credits and effects of the persons hoi airer named in this section, and apply and cse the same and thc p i ...eds thereof for the support of t Cjtmv ol the United Stales, that, is ?av: first, ot any person hereat riding as an officer of thu army n .. wv ol' t'r.e rebels in-anns ngainst I Government of the Un.led Stat s eondly, of anv person hereafter fi : g a- l'tvsiilent, Y ice. President, me i r of Cingles-, judge of any cot cabin ?t? officer, foreign minister, co missioner or consul of the' sn cal Confed?rale States of America; thin of any person acting as Governor o State, member of n convention or le; Utvtre, oY judge o! any e.ant of so called Confederate Slates of Ai ric?.*, fourthly, of anv poison iv having held an office of honor, trus profit in the United State?, shall h .?tfter hold an office in the so-ca Confederate States of America; lift' of any person hereafter holding Dffice or agency under thc Governm )f the so-called Confederate Slate America, or any of the several St )f tho said Confederacy or fl.e ! thereof, whether such office or ag? he national, State or municipal i .d.'".racter: provided, that the per: .hirdly, fourthly and fifthly above reribed s?mil have accepted their ap pointaient or election since lue. date of' the pretended ordinance of secession of the State, or shall have taken an oath of allegiance to ot to support the Constitution of the so-called Confed? erate State?; sixthly, of nity perron who, owning property in any loyal Stat? or Territory of the United States, or in the District of Columbia, shall hereafter assist and give aid and comfort to such rebellion, and all sales, transfer or conveyance of any such property, shall he null, vnJ void; and if. shall he. a rufiicient har to any suit brought by such person for the pos? session or the us.-, of such proper! v, or any of it, to allege and provo that he is one of the persons desuiibed in this section. Size. 0. And he it further enacted, That if anv person within anv State, or Territory of the Uni'ed States, other than those named as aforesaid, after the passage of this Act, being engaged in .armed rebellion against the Government of the United States, or aiding and abetting such rebellion, shall not, within sixty days after public, warning and proclamation duly given and mad? by the Preside.is 'of the United States, cease to aid, ^ounte nanc.e .-ind abet such "rebellion, and return to his allegiance, to tb?; United States, ail the estate and property, moneys, stocks and credits ot such person shall be liable to seizure as aforesaid, and it shall bo the duly of thc President to seiz-* and use them as aforesaid, or lite proceeds thereof. ' And all sales, trnntsfeis or conveyances j of anv such property tilter thc expi? ration of said sixty days from the date i of such warning or proclamation shall j be nui! and void.- And it shall be n sufficient bar to .-un* suit brought liv such person !<>r tito possession or the use of such property, or a-ry of it, to ailege and prove that lie is ove of the persons described in'this section. SEC. 7? And be it further enacted. That to secure the condemnation and salo of any such property, after tlif same shall have been seized, so that it may be made available for the pm poses aforesaid, proceedings in rem shall be instituted in the name of thc United States in any distiict court thereof, <>r in any territorial court. 01 in the United States District Court foi the District of Columbia, within whicli the property ano ve described or ans part thereof may be found, or itttc which the same, if moveable, may firsi ?e brought; which proceedings slial conform as nearly as may be to pro ee?dmgs in admiralty or revenue cases and il said'property, whether real 01 personal, shall be fourni to have he longed to a person engaged in tin rebellion, or ?fho has given aid o comfort thereto, the same shall he com demoed as enemies' property, am become the property ol the Unitei Slates, anti bo dispose ! o! as the cour shall decree, and thc proceeds thereo paid into tho treasury ol the Unitei States for the purposes aforesaid. SEC. S. And be it further enacted That the several courts aforesaid shal have power to make such orders, es tabUsli such forms o? decree and sale and direct such deeds and con voyance to he executed and delivered by th marshals thereof, where real est?t shall be the subject of sale, as sha! fitly and efficiently effect the purpose of this Act, and vesls in tho purchn sers of such property good and vali tides thereto. And the said com shall have* power to allow such fee ami discbarges of their offieets .1 shall be reasonable and proper in th premises. \ Sr.c. 0. And bc it further enactei That all slaves or persons who sha hereafter be engaged in rebeliio against the Government of the Unite Stntes. or who shall in any way giv aid or t comfort thereto, escaping frot such persons and taking refuge withi the Iir.es oi the army, and all slavi j captured from such persons, or deset . 1 . 1 1 eu by thom and coming miner the ! ?control of the Government ,ol the ' United States, find fl! slaves of sind; j persons found or being found within any pince occupied hy the forces of j the United States, shkil bo deemed | captives of war, and shall be forever j fre?$ of their servitude, and not again ? held as slave-. S;;c. 10. And be il further enacted, ' That j,o slave escapinginto 'any Hinte, ! Territory, or the 1> -.. ict of Coiitmhia, l j from any other Stat', shall ix; chdiv- J ered np, or in anv way impeded or I hindered ?i? his lib' r'ty, except for I crime or some offence against the j laws, unless the per?on .claiming?aid ! fugitive shall first, malee oath that the I person to whom the k.bor'or service of : such fugitive is alleged to bo due w , bis lawful owner, and bas not borne i anns against the United States in the present rebellion, nor in anv way given aid and comfort thereto; ami no per? sons engaged in the mil: ta rv or naval service, of the United H'nte- shall, under any pretences whatever, :issuri\e lo decide on the vail lity of the chiim of nnyjperson to the service or labor of any other person, or surrender up anv si>ch perstn to tho claimant, on pt.in of heinr naval officers of said so-called Con ed era te Government, above the ran! d colonel in tho army, of lieut enan ri the navy; all who have left se:;t-- i: he United States Congress to aid i he rein ilion, all who resigned coir marions in the anny or navy of th Jnited States and afterwards aided th ebellion, and all who have engage n any way in treating colored persqr ir white persons in charge of sud >thcrvvise than lawfully as prisoners 1 var, and ?which person;-, may hav jeer? found in the United Slates se vice as. soldiers, reamen, or in \y oilier capacity. And I do further proclaim, declare and make known that'whenever, in ?ny of the Stales of Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, Missis? sippi, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina and . North Carolina, a number of persons not less than one-tenth in number of the votes cast in such States at the Presi? dential election of the year of our Lord 1SG0-each having taken the oath aforesaid, and not having sinjte violated il, and being a qualified voter . by the election law of the Sate exist ing immediately before the so-called act of . secession, and' excluding all others-shall re-establish a State Go vemment, which shall be republican, and in no'wise contravening said oa'.l), puch shall he recognized as the true Government o' tue State, am the Slate shall receive thereunder the benefit of the corstitotional provision which declares that "thc United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a republican form ot' Govern? ment, and shall protect each cf them against invasion, on application of the Legislature, or of the* Executive ?hen the Legislature cannot be convened, and against domestic violence.': And I do further proclaim, declare and make known, tba' any provision which mav be adopted by such State Government in relation to the freed people of such Stat?', which shall . recognize and declare their permanent freedom, provide for their education, and winch may vet be consistent as temporary arrangement with their present condition tis n laboring, landr less and houseless das0, will not be objected toby the National Executive. And it is engaged as not improper that, in constructing a loval State Govern? ment in ;my State, thc name o! the State, the boundary, the -subdivisions, , . the constitution and the general code of laws, as before the rebellion, be maintained, subject only io the modi- , float ions made necessary hy the con-' ditions hereinbefore stated, and such others, if any, not e- .-..'ravening said conditions, and which may bi deemed expedient by those framing the new State Government. To avoid mi^undOkTstanditig, it may be proper to say that this proclama? tion, so far as it relates to State Government, has no reference ?o S'ates where loyal State Governments have all the while boen maintained. And for the samo reason it may be proper to further say, that whether members sent to Congress from any State shall bc admitted to seats con? stitutionally, rests exclusively with the respectivo houses, and not to any extent with the Executive; and still further, that proclamation is intended to present to the people of the States, wherein the . national authority has he