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' - ' - --* . l-. . The Decree of EmancipationWakhiugtot, Monday, 8ept 22. ** ; Hi/tM* President tf tiit Unit'd Stalrt cf America: A PROCLAMATION. I, Abbaiiam Lixcoln, President of the United States of America, and Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy thereof, do hereby proclaim and declare, that hereafter, as heretofore, the war will be prosecuted for the object of practically restoring the constitutional relation between the *' United States and the people thereof in which Ft Jes that relation is, or may be suspended or disturbed; that it is my purpose, upon the next meeting of Congress, to again recommend the adoption of a practical measure tendering pecuniary aid to the I'rcc acceptance or rejection of all the Slave States so called, the people whereof may not then be in x rebellion again.-! the United States, and which States may then have voluntarily adopted, or thereafter may-voluntarily adopt, the immediate or gradual abolishment of Slavery within their respective limits; and that the cfTorts to colonize persons of African descent with their consent, upon the Continent or elsewhere, with the prcbusly obtained consent of the governments existing there, will be continued. That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixtythree, nil persons held as slaves within any State, or any designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebell on against the United States, . shall be then, thenceforwardy and forever, free; and the Executive Government of the United States, including the military find naval authority thereof, * .v. i??J ? ....?i. will recognize ana maintain me nccuum ui duui persona, and wHl do no act or acts to repress such persons, or any of them, in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom. That the Executive will, on the first day of January aforesaid, by proclamation, designate the States and parts of States, if any, in which the people thereof, respectively, shall then be in rebellion against the United States; and the fact that ? * any State, or the peoj4e thereof, shall on that day be in good faith represented in the Congress of the United' States by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of soch State shall have participated, shall, in the absence of strong countervailing testimony, be deeAed conclusive evidence that such State and the people" thereof have not been in rebellion against the United States. That attention is hereby called to an act of Congress entitled " An act to make an additional article of war," approved March 13, 1862, and which act is in the words and figure following: " Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 8tates of America in Congress assembled, That hereafter the following shall be promulgated as an ad ditional article 01 wer iur us gutcruuicutw ui am.; u. the United States, and ahaH be obeyed and observed m such. Article?All officers or persons in the military or naval service of the United States are prohibited from employing any of the forces under their respective commands for the purpose of returning fugitives from service or labor who may have escaped from any person to whom such service or labor is claimed to t?e due, and an} officer who shall be ffiund guilty by a Court-martial of violating this article be dismissed from the service. Suction 2. And be it further enacted that this act ?t?n take effect from and after its passage/' Also to the ninth and tenth sections of an act entitled " An act to suppress insurrection, to punish treason and rebellion, to seize and confiscate property of rebels, and for ether purposes," approved July 17, 1862, and which sections are in the words and figures following: ff further enacted, that all slaves of ner sons who shall hereafter be engaged in rebellion against the Government of the United States, or who shall, in any way, give aid or comfort thereto, escaping from such persons and refuge within the lines of the army; and all slaves captured from such persons or deserted by them and coming under the control of the Government of the United States, and all slaves of such persons found on (or being within) any place occupied by rebel forces and afterward occupied by the forces of the United Statea, shall be deemed captures of war and shall be forever free of their servitude and not again held as slaves. Sec. 10. And be it further enacted. That no slave escaping into any State, Territory or the District of Columbia, from any of the States, shall be delivered up, or in any way impeded or hindered of his liberty, except for crime or some offence against the laws, unless the person claiming said fugitive shall first make oath that the person to whom * the labor or service or such fugitive is alleged to be due, is his lawful owner, and has not been in arms against the ^United States in the present rebellion, nor in any way given-' * ????i /vmrfnrt thftreto. and no neraon engaged in the mil itary or naval service of the United States shall, under any pretence whatever, assume to decide on the validity of the claim of any person to the 'service or labor ef any other person, or surrender up any such person to the claimant, on pain of being dismissed from the service. And I do hereby enjoin upon and order all persons engaged in the military and naval service of the United States, to observe, obey and enforce, within their respective spheres of service, the act and sections above recited. And the Executive will in due time recommend that all citisensof the United States who shall have remained loyal thereto throughout the rebellion, shall (upon the restoration of the constitutional re- I . . htion between the United States and their respective State* and people, if the relation shall have 4 ?JBShlnMtanftr* vSr* - * - * r: " '.*8'"- /-11H ''1'-' ' . ? ? boon suspended or di3t.11 bed,) be compensated for ail losses by acts of the United States, in-fading .1 Ik* Jots of slates. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the Unite 1 States to ' be affixed. v Done at the City of Washington, this Twentysecond day of September, in the ye ir of our Lord una a<\naniul aifflit hnnitnvl and sixtV-ttl'O. find flf VUV WVUfXUlU vigil* 11 w- ? J 7 the independence of the United States the eightyseventh. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. By the President. William H. Seward Secretary of State. A Proposition for Employing the Negroes. Pout Royal, S. C., Sept. '25, L8C2. Mr. Editor :?As many opinions have been expressed in fhis Department, and in fact throughout the couutry, in regard te the manner of " employing contrabands that are now or may hereafter come into our lines," and the fact of their being employed as soldiers having caused a great deal of dissatisfaction and ill-feeling among the officers and men ofthis command, I most respectfully suggest through your columns the following method of making them usefnl?and in my humble opinion we should make them more efficient and serviceable in the manner I propose, than by forming them into separate organizations. Besides usin^ them in every capacity that they can fill in the separate Staff Departments, as laborers, mechanics, Ac., I would have from fifty to one hundred negroes attached to each regiment for fatigue purposes, policing camp, Ac., as it is a wellknown fact that each regiment here has a daily c.ill for a detail of men for some service or other, outside of the wants of the regiment, besides a large number for their own purposes. It is almost impossible, under such circumstances, to keep a regiment up to what it ought to be in drill and discipline, and when reviewed or inspected, those men who have been on extra duty or service often "mar the whole review, and a frequent excuse made by the commanding officer, is, " these men have not drilled three times in a month ?they have been detailed on some service or other and it is impossible to keep my men together." In many a regiment a large detail is always required to load and nnload wagons, vessels, &c., and in going into action they are often suffering from fatigue and exhaustion occasioned by their fatigue duties the day and night previousbesides this^many men are required to remain in 1 camp to take care of property and keep out stragglers. Now, I would have these contrabands drilled, so that they couid perform all these services (and I think they c.onld, nearly as well as the white soldiers,) thereby increasing the effective force of each regiment. They could also be employed with artillery,?carrying ammunition, shot and shell, and * ? ?? ^ -* d.iliAa tr V* inh A?C in assisting ui many 01 uie ueuvjr uuuca muvuiuv always necessary in that arm of the serviqe. By thus employing them, the prejudice existing amongst many of the officers and men in regard to arming the blacks would be done away with, as they could not fail to see the benefits they themselves would derive by "employing them in this way j?while those on the other hand who are in favor of arming them would be satisfied when they learned that they were more useful than they would be in any other capacity. I merely offer this a* a suggestion which came to my mind on thinking the matter over; and as I feel deeply interested in the welfare of this unfortunate race, although not what is termed an Abolitionist. c. k. r. Dismissed.?The following named officers, by direction of the President, were dismissed from the service of the United States for being absent ( without proper leave from their respective com ; mauds while the armies to which they belonged : were fighting the enemy in the field:?Capt. 1 Thornton'Smith, Assistant Quartermaster of Vol- j lintppra? T.ianf. John Simnn.,n. of the 99th Penn- < sylvania Volunteers; Lieut. J. H. Harrison, of the 20th New York Volunteers ; .Surgeon Edward B. j Dalton, of the 3Cth New York Volunteers; Capt. j E. Valentine, Aide-de-Camp; Lieut. J. L. Christie, Aide de-Camp ; Capt.'J. V. Patten, 78d Ohio Vol- ' nnt?>r?! Main*, n f! Austin. 12fith Pennsylvania Volunteers; Lieut. William Warren, 38th New , York Volunteers; Lieut. R. P. Crawford, Aide-de- ] Camp; Capt. John J. Sperry, 106th Pennsylvania Volunteers. ? | Abms Exough.?Some fears have been express- 1 ed lest the government should find difficulty in 1 providing arms for the new troops. The Wash- j ington Republican states, however, that the War ; Department has arms in readiness for all the troops mustered in so far, and arrangements which en- ] sure a full supply as other troops take the field. ' ^ ' y&tf . ?r * ^ y ?, ,^a .'JL^.'/ .' 1P; ' '-'. : ? i.i- J_! ?i , '-i.-L.,: -^-A drunkard *8 the annoyance of modesty, the trouble of civility, the spoil of wealth, the destruction of reason. He is the thief of h s own substance, the beggar's companion, the constable's trouble. He is his wife's woe, his children's sorrow, his neighbor's tcoff. his <yvn fhame. He is a ^ spiritof unrest, athing below a beast, and a monster of a man. ' *" * * . ' " ? A beggar in New Orleans approached a welldressed ci.izen and held ont his hand for alms. The citizen offered him a Confederate note. .No, ^ said the poor fellow, taking a mournful survey of S his own dilapidated dress, I hare too many rags already. MARINE HEWSARRIVED. * Sept. 19?Bark Parker Cook, Fulton, Fenian dina ; Schr. Edw. H. Webster, Spicer, New York; 21?Brig 8. R. Allen, Baker, New York; 23? U. S. 8. Connecticut , Key West; Steamer Gen Burnside, Wilcox, 1-erBandina; 24?Brig Abby E:len, Gilmore, Phila ; 23?Steamship; m Ericsson, Lowber, New York ; Steamer Neptune, Lynch, St. Augustine ; Bark A. A. Drebert, Kcudd*jr, Phila.; Schr. Marietta Tilton, Tilton, Phila.; ^ 26?Schr. Tunis Depew, Edmonds, St. Augustine; Schr. John Walker, Bunnell, New York. CLEARED. * Sept. 20.?Steamship Aiago, Gadsden, New York; 24?Brig Humming Biid, Pultz, New York; Sch. Trojan, Shourds, Phila.; Schr. John Guyant, Smith, St. Augustine; '25?brig Intended, White, Phila.; Schr. Edw. H. Webster, Spicer, New York. X SAILED. ... ? Sept. 20?Bark Parker Cook; Steamship Arago; 23?U. S. S. Connecticut; 25?Biig Humming Bird. DEATHS. Private Lawrence Barrow, Co. I, 47th New York Vols., Sept. 11, (last week reported Pennsylvania Vols.) George Sweetner, Private, Co. B, 7th N. H. - ' Vols., Sept. 12. Charles p. Kimball, Private, Co. K, 7th N. H. Vols., Sept. 15. Patrick Barns, Private, Co. G, 7th N. H. Vols , A Sept. 14. Henry Oliver, Private, Co. I, 7th N' H. Vols., Sept. 15. Horace Benton, Private, Co. K, 7th N. H. Vols., Sept. 15. Wm. E. Lock, Private, Co. A, 76th Penn'a. Vols., Sept. 16. Charles Stearns, Private, Co. H,7th N. H. Vols, ; Sept. 16. . Thos. L. Rich, Private, ~o. A, 3d N.H. Vols., Sept. 17. Morris Winn, Private, Co. B, 7th N. H. Vols , Sept. 18. ^ llenry L. Brown, Private, Co. K, 48th N. Y. Vols., Sept. 15. r. J. Urontou, mvate, Co. o, an conn. v ois., Sept. 18.* . George Br van, Private,'Co. E, 47th N. Y. Vols., Sept. 18. George Green, Private, Co. G, 97th Pennsylvania, Sept. 20, typhoid fever. James McKee, bergeant, Co. F, 47th New York, Sept. 19, Acute Dysentery. Wm. Potter, Private, Co. B, 76th Pennsylvania, Sept. 21, Pys&err. John Cutty, Private, Co. C, 8d New Hampshire, 41 Sept. 21, Dysentery. :. . , E. Peters, Private, Co. I, 76th Pennsylvania, Sept. 21, Dysentery. ^ TUST RECKlYJEiJ Ai. xtus uiuua oiuu?, J under the Foe* Office?* fine lot of Letter and Note Paper?ruled and plain?extra Rupee and common qualities. Envelopes, Buff, White, Tinted, Opaque, Prtriotic, ac..?all sixes and qualities. Steel and Gold Pens. Ink?black, blue and red. Inkstands, paper folders, erasers, port folios, pea knives, prize stationery, etc. dc. Also, Patten's Manual fcr Officers, Infantry Tactics, Dusne's Engineers Manual and various other books of interest and value to (he soldier. /Uso, a large variety of Novels, Song-books, pictorial papers, and by each mail (he latest issues of the New York daily papers. P?BT ROYAL HOUSE, HILTON HEAD. 8. C.?THE SUB- , J scribe rs wish to inform their friends and the Public that their House is now open fox yjaitqrs, the traveling public and permanent boaruers, on reasonable terms. No pains will be spared for the comfort of guests. 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