The Sun.
London, England, 1868-07-20 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 20, 1868.

DEATII OF .111 R. STERLING. COYNE.

We regret to announce the death of Mr. Joseph
Sterling Coyne, which took place at his residence,
61, Talbot-load, We3tbourne-pa-rk, on Saturday
last, i❑ the 65th year of his age. Mr. Coyne, the
son of an Irish Commissariat officer, was born
at Birr, COunty, Ireland, and was edu-
cated at Dungannon School. He was intended
for the legal profession, but soon abandoned it for
that of literature. His first attempt was a farce
called " The Phrenologist," brought out in
Dublin in 1835. In 1837 he came to Eng-
land, and was introduced to a London
audience. His success was decided, and
many farces and dramas, some of which achieved
an exceptional success, remain to testify his
ndustry. For a number of years he acted as
dramatic critic to a weekly paper, and con-
tributed occasionally to other newspapers.. He
produced some minor works of fiction, and a work
called " The Scenery and Antiquities of Ireland."
Mr. Coyne was, jointly with Mr. Mark Lemon and
Mr. Henry Mayhew, one of the projectors and ori-
ginal proprietors of Punch.

PRESIDENT JOILV,SON'S PROCLAMATION.

The following is the text of President Johnson's
Am nesty Proclamation :

" Whereas, in the month of July, Anno Domini,
1861, in accepting the condition of civil war which
was brought about by insurrection and rebellion in
several of the States which constitute the United
States, the two Houses of Congress did solemnly
declare that that war was not waged on the part of
the Government in any spirit of oppression nor for
any purpose of conquest or subjugation ; nor for
any purpose of overthrowing or interfering with
the rights or established institutions of the States,
but only to defend and maintain the supremacy of
the Constitution of the United States, and to pre-
serve the Union with all the dignity, equality, and
rights of the several States unimpaired, and that so
soon as those objects should be accomplished the
war on the part of Government should cease. And
whereas, the President of the United States has
heretofore, in the spirit of that declaration, and
with the view of securing for it ultimate and com-
plete effect, set forth several proclamations offering
amnesty and pardon to persons who had been or were
concerned in the afore-named rebellion, which pro-
clamations, however, were attended with prudential
reservations, and exceptions 'then deemed necessary
and proper, and which proclamations were respec-
tively issued on the Bth day of December, 1863,
on the 26th day of March, 1864, on the 29th day of
May, 1865, and on the 7th day of Sept., 1867 ; and
whereas, the said lamentable civil war has long since
altogether ceased, with an ack no wledgment by all the
States of the supremacy of the Federal Constitution,
andof the Government thereunder ; and there no
longer exists any reasonable ground to apprehend a
renewal of the said civil war, or any foreign inter-
ference, or any unlawful resistance by any portion
of the people or any of the States to the Constitu-
tion and laws of the United States ; and whereas,
it is desirable to reduce the standing army and to
bring to a speedy termination military occupation,
martial law, military tribunals, abridgment of the
freedom of speech and of the press, and suspension
of the privilege of habeas corpus, and of the right
of right of trial by jury, such encroachments upon
our free institutions in time of peace being dan-
gerous to public liberty, incompatible with the in-
dividual rights of the citizen, contrary to the genius
and spirit of our Republican form of Government,
and exhaustive of the national resources; and
whereas, it is believed that amnesty and pardon will
tend to secure a complete and universal establish-
ment and prevalence of municipal law and order,
in conformity with the Constitution of the United
States, and to remove all appearances and presump-
tions of a retaliatory or vindictive policy on the
part of the Government, attended by any unneces-
sary disqualifications, pains, penalties, confisca-
tions, and disfranchisements, and, on the contrary,
to promote and procure complete fraternal
reconciliation among the whole people with
due submission to the Constitution and laws ;
Now, therefore, Be it known, That I, Andrew John-
son, President of the United States, do by vi.tue of
the Constitution, and in the name of the people of
the United States, hereby proclaim and declare un-
conditionally and without reservation to all and to
every person who directly or indirectly partici-
pated in the late insurrection of rebellion, except-
ing such person or persons as may be under pre-
sentiment or indictment in any Court of the United
States, having competent jurisdiction upon a
charge of treason or other felony, a full pardon and
amnesty for the offence of treason against the
United States, or of adhering to their enemies dur-
ing the late civil war, with restoration of all rights
of property, except as to slaves, and except also
as to any property of which any person may have
been legally divested under the laws of the United
States. In testimony whereof I have signed these
presents with my hand, and have caused the seal of
the United States to be hereunto affixed. Done in
the City of Washington, the 4th day of July, in
the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-eight, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the ninety-third.
(Signed) ANDREW JOIINSON.
By the President—
William H. Seward, Secretary of State.
" WASHINGTON, July 2."