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Each application must be accompanied by
1st. Evidence of special pardon by the Presi-
dent, or a copy of the oath of amnesty pre-
scribed in the President's proclamation of May
29, 1865, when the applicant is not included in
any of the classes therein excepted from the

benefits of said oath.

2d. Proof of title.

Officers of the bureau through whom the ap-
plication passes will indorse thereon such facts
as may assist the assistant commissioner in his
decision, stating especially the use made by the
bureau of the land.

VIII. No land under cultivation by loyal
refugees or freedmen will be restored under this
circular, until the crops now growing shall be
secured for the benefit of the cultivators, unless
full and just compensation be made for their
labor and its products, and for their expendi-
0. O. HOWARD,
Major General, Commissioner.
ANDREW JOHNSON,
President of the United States.

ures.

Approved:

For the Return to Persons Pardoned, of their
Property.

domestic, and commercial intercourse, with certain exceptions therein specified and set forth, were removed "in such parts of the States of Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and so much of Louisiana as lies east of the Mississippi river, as shall be embraced within the lines of national military occupation; **"

And whereas by my proclamation of the twenty-second of May, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, for reasons therein given, it was declared that certain ports of the United States which had been previously closed against foreign commerce, should, with certain specified exceptions be reopened to such commerce, on and after the first day of July next, subject to the laws of the United States, and in pursuance of such regulations as might be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury;

And whereas I am satisfactorily informed, that dangerous combinations against the laws of the United States no longer exist within the State of Tennessee; that the insurrection heretofore existing within said State has been suppressed; that within the boundaries thereof the authority of the United States is undisputed; and that such officers of the United States as have been duly commissioned are in the undisturbed exercise of their official functions:

EXECUTIVE OFFICE, August 16, 1865. Respectfully returned to the Commissioner of Bureau Refugees, Freedmen, &c. The records of this office show that B. B. Leake was spe- Now, therefore, be it known that I, Andrew cially pardoned by the President on the 27th Johnson, President of the United States, do ultimo, and was thereby restored to all his rights hereby declare that all restrictions upon inof property, except as to slaves. Notwithstand-ternal, domestic, and coastwise intercourse and ing this, it is understood that the possession of his property is withheld from him. I have, therefore, to direct that General Fisk, assistant commissioner at Nashville, Tennessee, be instructed by the Chief Commissioner of Bureau of Freedmen, &c., to relinquish possession of the property of Mr. Leake, held by him as assistant commissioner, &c., and that the same be immediately restored to the said Leake. The same action will be had in all similar cases.* ANDREW JOHNSON, President United States.

To 0. 0. HOWARD,

Maj. General, Com'r Freedmen's Affairs. Respecting Commercial Intercourse, and the Suppression of the Rebellion in the State of Tennessee, June 13, 1865.

Whereas by my proclamation of the twentyninth of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, all restrictions upon internal,

*Extract from letter of General Howard, April 23, 1866, in reply to resolution of the House of Representatives of March 5, 1866:

"In complying with these definite instructions, the bureau has been compelled to part with the greater portion of the property once under its control. Except in the very few cases where property has been actually sold under the act of July 17, 1862, and in that portion of South Carolina and Georgia embraced in the provisions of General Sherman's Field Order No. 15, its tenure of property has been too uncertain to justify allotments to freedmen. Acres.

Property seized under act of July, 1862, and re-
stored by this bureau.....
Abandoned property allotted to freedmen and re-
stored by this bureau...
Abandoned property not allotted to freedmen re-
stored by this bureau...............

.....

trade, and upon the removal of products of States heretofore declared in insurrection, reserving and excepting only those relating to contraband of war, as hereinafter recited, and also those which relate to the reservation of the rights of the United States to property purchased in the territory of an enemy, heretofore imposed in the territory of the United States east of the Mississippi river, are annulled, and I do hereby direct that they be forthwith removed; and that on and after the first day of July next all restriction upon foreign commerce with said ports, with the exception and reservation aforesaid, be likewise removed; and that the commerce of such States shall be conducted under the supervision of the regularly appointed officers of the customs provided by law; and such officers, of the customs shall receive any captured and abandoned property that may be turned over to them, under the 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 following articles contraband of war are excepted from the effect of this proclamation: arms, ammunition, all articles from which ammunition is made, and gray uniforms and cloth.

the insurrection, so far as it relates to, and And I hereby also proclaim and declare that within the State of Tennessee, and the inhabitants of the said State of Tennessee as re-organ15,452 ized and constituted under their recently adopted 14,652 constitution and re organization, and accepted by them, is suppressed, and therefore, also, that 400,000 all the disabilities and disqualifications attach430,104" ing to said State and the inhabitants thereof

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consequent upon any proclamations, issued by virtue of the fifth section of the act entitled "An act further to provide for the collection of duties on imports and for other purposes," approved the thirteenth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, are removed.

hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

Done at the city of Washington this twentythird day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, and of the Independence of the United States the eighty-ninth. ANDREW JOHNSON.

[L. S.]

By the President:

W. HUNTER, Acting Secretary of State.

Further Removal of Restrictions, August 29, 1865.

But nothing herein contained shall be considered or construed as in any wise changing or impairing any of the penalties and forfeitures for treason heretofore incurred under the laws of the United States, or any of the provisions, restrictions, or disabilities set forth in my proclamation, bearing date the twenty-ninth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and sixtyfive, or as impairing existing regulations for the teenth and twenty-fourth of June, one thousand Whereas by my proclamations of the thir suspension of the habeas corpus, and the exercise eight hundred and sixty-five, removing restricof military law in cases where it shall be neces- tions, in part, upon internal, domestic, and coastsary for the general public safety and welfare wise intercourse and trade with those States during the existing insurrection; nor shall this recently declared in insurrection, certain articles proclamation affect, or in any way impair, any were excepted from the effect of said proclamalaws heretofore passed by Congress, and duly tions as contraband of war; and whereas the approved by the President, or any proclamations necessity for restricting trade in said articles has or orders, issued by him, during the aforesaid in-now, in a great measure, ceased: It is hereby surrection, abolishing slavery, or in any way affecting the relations of slavery, whether of persons or of property; but on the contrary, all such laws and proclamations heretofore made or issued are expressly saved, and declared to be in full force and virtue.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

ordered, that on and after the 1st day of Sep-
tember, 1865, all restrictions aforesaid be re-
moved, so that the articles declared by the said
proclamations to be contraband of war may be
imported into and sold in said States, subject
Treasury may prescribe.
only to such regulations as the Secretary of the

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my
be affixed.
hand and caused the seal of the United States to

Done at the city of Washington, this thirteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and [SEAL.] sixty-five, and of the independence of the United States of America the eighty- [L. ninth. ANDREW JOHNSON. By the President:

Done at the city of Washington this twenty-
ninth day of August, in the year of our
S.] sixty-five, and of the Independence of the
Lord one thousand eight hundred and

United States of America the ninetieth.
ANDREW JOHNSON.

WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State. By the President:

Blockade Rescinded, June 23, 1865. Whereas by the proclamation of the President of the fifteenth and twenty-seventh of April, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, a blockade of certain ports of the United States was set on foot; but whereas the reasons for that measure

have ceased to exist:

Now, therefore, be it known that I, Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, do hereby declare and proclaim the blockade aforesaid to be rescinded as to all the ports aforesaid, including that of Galveston and other ports west of the Mississippi river, which ports will be open to foreign commerce on the first of July next, on the terms and conditions set forth in my proclamation of the twenty-second of May last. It is to be understood, however, that the blockade thus rescinded was an international measure for the purpose of protecting the sovereign rights of the United States. The greater or less subversion of civil authority in the region to which it applied, and the impracticability of at once restoring that in due efficiency, may, for a season, make it advisable to employ the army and navy of the United States towards carrying the laws into effect, wherever such employment may be

necessary.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my

WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State.

Passports for Paroled Prisoners. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, WASHINGTON, August 25, 1865. of the United States, and against whom no speParoled prisoners asking passports as citizens with passports upon application therefor to the cial charges may be pending, will be furnished Department of State in the usual form. Such passports will, however, be issued upon the condition that the applicants do not return to the United States without leave of the President. Other persons implicated in the rebellion, who may wish to go abroad, will apply to the Department of State for passports, and the applications will be disposed of according to the merits of the several cases.

By the President of the United States.

WILLIAM II. SEWARD.

Paroling certain State Prisoners. EXECUTIVE OFFICE, WASHINGTOF, October 11, 1865 John A. Campbell, of Alabama; John H. ReaWhereas the following named persons, to wit: gan, of Texas; Alexander H. Stephens, of Georgia; George A. Trenholm, of South Carolina; and Charles Clark, of Mississippi, lately

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engaged in rebellion against the United States
Government, who are now in close custody, have
made their submission to the authority of the
United States and applied to the President for
pardon under his proclamation; and whereas,
the authority of the Federal Government is suf-
ficiently restored in the aforesaid States to admit
of the enlargement of said persons from close
custody, it is ordered that they be released on
giving their respective paroles to appear at such
time and place as the President may designate,
to answer any charge that he may direct to be
preferred against them; and also that they will
respectively abide until further orders in the
places herein designated, and not depart there-
from: John A. Campbell, in the State of Ala-
bama; John H. Reagan, in the State of Texas;
Alexander H. Stephens, in the State of Georgia;
George A. Trenholm, in the State of South Caro-
lina; and Charles Clark, in the State of Missis-
sippi. And if the President should grant his
pardon to any of said persons, such person's
parole will be thereby discharged.
ANDREW JOHNSON,

And whereas the reasons for that suspension may be regarded as having ceased in some of the States and Territories:

Now, therefore, be it known that I, Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, do hereby proclaim and declare that the suspension aforesaid, and all other proclamations and orders suspending the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus in the States and Territories of the United States, are revoked and annulled excepting as to the States of Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas, the District of Columbia, and the Territories of New Mexico and Arizona.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

Done at the city of Washington this first day of December, in the year of our Lord ono [L. s.] and of the Independence of the United thousand eight hundred and sixty-five,

States of America the ninetieth.
ANDREW JOHNSON.

WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State.

President. By the President:
Martial Law Withdrawn from Kentucky, Octo-
ber 12, 1865.

Whereas by a proclamation of the fifth day of
July, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-
four, the President of the United States, when
the civil war was flagrant, and when combina-
tions were in
in Kentucky for the pur-
progress
pose of inciting insurgent raids into that State,
directed that the proclamation suspending the
writ of habeas corpus should be made effectual
in Kentucky, and that martial law should be es-
tablished there and continue until said procla-
mation should be revoked or modified;

And whereas since then the danger of insurgent
raids into Kentucky has substantially passed
away:

Now, therefore, be it known that I, Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby declare that the said proclamation of the fifth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, shall be, and is hereby, modified in so far that martial law shall be no longer in force in Kentucky from and after the date hereof.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

Done at the city of Washington this twelfth day of October, in the year of our Lord [L. S.] one thousand eight hundred and sixtyfive, and of the Independence of the United States of America the ninetieth. ANDREW JOHNSON.

By the President:

W. HUNTER, Acting Secretary of State. Annulling the Suspension of the Habeas Corpus, December 1, 1865.

Announcing that the Rebellion has ended, April

2, 1866.

Whereas, by proclamations of the fifteenth and nineteenth of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, the President of the United States, in virtue of the power vested in him by the Constitution and the laws, declared that the laws of the United States were opposed, and the execution thereof obstructed in the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the marshals by law;

And whereas, by another proclamation made on the sixteenth day of August, in the same year, in pursuance of an act of Congress approved July thirteenth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, the inhabitants of the States of Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Florida (except the inhabitants of that part of the State of Virginia lying west of the Alleghany mountains, and to such other parts of that State and the other States before named, as might maintain a loyal adhesion to the Union and the Constitution, or might be from time to time occupied and controlled by forces of the United States engaged in the dispersion of insurgents) were declared to be in a state of insurrection against the United States;

And whereas, by another proclamation of the first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, issued in pursuance of an act of Congress approved June 7, in the same year, the insurrection was declared to be still existing in tho States aforesaid, with the exception of certain specified counties in the State of Virginia;

Whereas by the proclamation of the President of the United States of the fifteenth day of Sep- And whereas, by another proclamation made tember, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-on the second day of April, one thousand eight three, the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus hundred and sixty-three, in pursuance of the act was, in certain cases therein set forth, suspended of Congress of July 13, one thousand eight hunthroughout the United States; dred and sixty-one, the exceptions named in the

proclamation of August 16, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one were revoked, and the inhabitants of the States of Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Florida, and Virginia, (except the forty-eight counties of Virginia designated as West Virginia, and the ports of New Orleans, Key West, Port Royal, and Beaufort, in South Carolina,) were declared to be still in a state of insurrection against the United States. And whereas the House of Representatives, on the 22d day of July, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, adopted a resolution in the words following, namely:

to the authority of the United States in the States of Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Florida, and the laws can be sustained and enforced therein by the proper civil authority, State or Federal, and the people of the said States are well and loyally disposed, and have conformed or will conform in their legislation to the condition of affairs growing out of the amendment to the Constitution of the United States, prohibiting slavery within the limits and jurisdiction of the United States;

And whereas, in view of the before recited premises, it is the manifest determination of the American people that no State, of its own will, has the right or the power to go out of, or separate itself from, or be separated from the American Union, and that therefore each State ought to remain and constitute an integral part of the United States;

"Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Congress of the United States, That the present deplorable civil war has been forced upon the country by the disunionists of the southern States, now in revolt against the constitutional Government, and in arms around the capital; that in this national emergency Congress, ban- And whereas the people of the several beforeishing all feelings of mere passion or resentment, mentioned States have, in the manner aforesaid, will recollect only its duty to the whole country: given satisfactory evidence that they acquiesce that this war is not waged on our part in any in this sovereign and important resolution of spirit of oppression, nor for any purpose of con-national unity; quest or subjugation, nor purpose of overthrowing or interfering with the rights or established institutions of those States; but to defend and maintain the supremacy of the Constitution and to preserve the Union with all the dignity, equality, and rights of the several States unimpaired; that as soon as these objects are accomplished, the war ought to cease."

And whereas the Senate of the United States, on the 25th day of July, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, adopted a resolution in the words following, to wit:

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And whereas it is believed to be a fundamental principle of government that people who have revolted, and who have been overcome and subdued, must either be dealt with so as to induce them voluntarily to become friends, or else they must be held by absolute military power, or devastated, so as to prevent them from ever again doing harm as enemies, which last-named policy is abhorrent to humanity and freedom;

And whereas the Constitution of the United States provides for constituent communities only as States and not as Territories, dependencies, provinces, or protectorates;

Resolved, That the present deplorable civil war has been forced upon the country by the And whereas such constituent States must nedisunionists of the southern States, now in re- cessarily be and by the Constitution and laws of volt against the constitutional Government, and the United States are made equals and placed in arms around the capital; that in this national upon a like footing as to political rights, immuemergency Congress, banishing all feeling of nities, dignity, and power, with the several mere passion or resentment, will recollect only States with which they are united; its duty to the whole country; that this war is And whereas the observance of political equalnot prosecuted on our part in any spirit of op-ity as a principle of right and justice is well calpression nor for any purpose of conquest or sub-culated to encourage the people of the aforesaid jugation, nor purpose of overthrowing or interfering with the rights or established institutions of those States, but to defend and maintain the supremacy of the Constitution and all laws made in pursuance thereof, and to preserve the Union with all the dignity, equality, and rights of the several States unimpaired; that as soon as these objects are accomplished, the war ought to

cease.

And whereas these resolutions, though not joint or concurrent in form, are substantially identical, and as such may be regarded as having expressed the sense of Congress upon the subject to which they relate;

States to be and become more and more constant and persevering in their renewed allegiance;

And whereas standing armies, military occupation, martial law, military tribunals, and the suspension of the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus are, in time of peace, dangerous to public liberty, incompatible with the individual rights of the citizen, contrary to the genius and spirit of our free institutions, and exhaustive of the national resources, and ought not, therefore, to be sanctioned or allowed, except in cases of actual necessity, for repelling invasion or suppressing insurrection or rebellion;

And whereas the policy of the Government of the United States, from the beginning of the insurrection to its overthrow and final suppression, has been in conformity with the principles herein set forth and enumerated:

And whereas, by my proclamation of the thirteenth day of June last, the insurrection in the State of Tennessee was declared to have been suppressed, the authority of the United States therein to be undisputed, and such United States Now, therefore, I, Andrew Johnson, Presiofficers as had been duly commissioned to be indent of the United States, do hereby proclaim the undisputed exercise of their official functions; And whereas there now exists no organized armed resistance of misguided citizens or others

and declare that the insurrection which heretofore existed in the States of Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee,

Alabama, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi and Florida is at an end, and is henceforth to be so regarded.*

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

Done at the city of Washington, the second
day of April, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-
six, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the ninetieth.
ANDREW JOHNSON.

[SEAL.]

By the President:

WM. H. SEWARD, Secretary of State. Order in Relation to Appointments to Office.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, April 7, 1866. It is eminently right and proper that the Government of the United States should give earnest and substantial evidence of its just appreciation of the services of the patriotic men who, when the life of the nation was imperiled, entered the army and navy to preserve the integrity of the Union, defend the Government, and maintain and perpetuate unimpaired its free institutions. It is therefore directed:

First. That in appointments to office in the several executive departments of the General Government and the various branches of the public service connected with said departments, preference shall be given to such meritorious and honorably discharged soldiers and sailors, particularly those who have been disabled by wounds received or diseases contracted in the line of duty, as may possess the proper qualifi

cations.

Second. That in all promotions in said departments and the several branches of the public service connected therewith, such persons shall have preference, when equally eligible and

*The following official telegraphic correspondence shows
the scope of the proclamation, in the opinion of the Presi-
dent:
AUGUSTA, GA., April 7, 1866.

Maj. Gen. O. O. HOWARD:
Does the President's recent proclamation remove martial
law in this State? If so, Gen. Brannau does not feel au-
thorized to arrest parties who have committed outrages on
freed people or Union refugees. Please answer by telegraph.

[Answer.]

DAVIS TILLSON,

Brig. Gen. of Vols.

ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, WAR DEPARTMENT,
WASHINGTON, April 17, 1866.

The President's proclamation does not remove martial
law, or operate in any way upon the Freedmen's Bureau in
the exercise of its legitimate jurisdiction. It is not expe-
dient, however, to resort to military tribunal in any case
where justice can be attained through the medium of civil
authority.
E. D. TOWNSEND, A. A. G.

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Whereas some military commanders are embarrassed by doubts as to the operation of the proclamation of the President, dated the 2d day of April, 1866, upon trials by military courtsmartial and military offenses, to remove such doubts, it is ordered by the President that

Hereafter, whenever offenses committed by civilians are to be tried where civil tribunals are in existence which can try them, their cases are not authorized to be, and will not be, brought before military courts-martial or commissions, but will be committed to the proper civil authorities. This order is not applicable to camp followers, as provided for under the 60th Article of War, or to contractors and others specified in section 16, act of July 17, 1862, and sections 1 and 2, act of March 2, 1863. Persons and of fenses cognizable by the Rules and Articles of War, and by the acts of Congress above cited, will continue to be tried and punished by military tribunals as prescribed by the Rules and Articles of War and acts of Congress, hereinafter cited, to wit:

Sixtieth of the Rules and Articles of War. All sutlers and retainers to the camp, and all persons whatsoever serving with the armies of the United States in the field, though not enlisted soldiers, are to be subject to orders according to the rules and discipline of war.

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By order of the Secretary of War:
E. D. TOWNSEND,
Assistant Adjutant General.

Against the Fenian Invasion of Canada, June 6, 1866.

Whereas it has become known to me that certain evil-disposed persons have, within the ter ritory and jurisdiction of the United States, begun and set on foot, and have provided and prepared, and are still engaged in providing and preparing, means for a military expedition and enterprise, which expedition and enterprise is to be carried on from the territory and jurisdiction of the United States against colonies, districts, and people of British North America, within the dominions of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, with which said colonies, districts, and people, and kingdom the United States are at peace;

TO GOVERNOR WORTH, OF NORTH CAROLINA. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 27, 1866. To Gov. WORTH: I am directed by the President to inform you that by his proclamation of April 2, 1866, it was not intended to interfere with military commissions at that And whereas the proceedings aforesaid constitime or previously organized, or trials then pending before tute a high misdemeanor, forbidden by the laws such commissions, unless by special instructions the accused has been instructed to proceed with the trial to which you are to be turned over the civil authorities. General Ruger of the United States, as well as by the law of

nations:

refer; but before the execution of any sentence rendered by Now, therefore, for the purpose of preventing
bad commission, to report all the proceedings to the War the carrying on of the unlawful expedition
Department for examination and revision. There has been
An order this day prepared, and which will soon be issued, and enterprise aforesaid, from the territory and
which will relieve and settle all embarrassment growing jurisdiction of the United States, and to main-
oat of a misconstruction of the proclamation, of which I tain the public peace, as well as the national
honor, and enforce obedience and respect to the

vill send you a copy.

Edmund COOPER,

Acting Private Secretary to the President.

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