Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-09-25

lu rnlulUn hW tlfiW, W HhaN Op n luN nhu
tnNront ubtNul 40 such claim thhl lhc
pctaun whose surtico ot talbot n claimed
bad been employed in hostile service
nrnmHt the government of Tho United
SolcA contrary 10 The provisions OF this
ort'
This ret was Reluctantly approved and
s.pncd hy President Lincoln on the 9th OF
August Another net was pissed conlis-
eating The property OF rpbc,s, but not In
cmdng slaves, Upon this latter act the
President, ON the 10th of August, issued
the following proclamation
WAsulsGroN, Aug. 10, ls6l
By rnE pRrsIprNr or ruG L. Scr AMERICA
A rUCLANArioN.
Whereas, on the fifteenth day Of April,
the President of the United States, in view
OF an insurrection against the laws, CON
sttution and the government Of the Uni
ted States which had broken out within
the States of South Carolina, Georgia, All
ALBANIA, Florida, Mississippi Louisiana and
Texas, and in pursuance of the provisions
of the act entitled an act to provide for
calling forth the militia to execute the
laws Of the Union, suppress Instructions
and repcl inva:ions, and to repeal the act
now in force for that purpose, approved
February %, 1895, did call forth the milio
tia to suppress said instruction and cause
the laws Of the Union to be duly executed,
and the insurgents have failed to disperse
by the time directed by the President:
And whereas, such insurectiou has
since broken out and yet exists in the
States OF Virginia, North Carolina Ten,
and A,lg on1 ,yhapaup tho
insurgents in all the said States claim to
act under authority thereof, and such
claim is not repudIated by the person ex-
ercising the functions Of government ia
such State or States, or in the part or parts
thereof in which combinations exist, nor
has such instruction been suppressed by
said States:
Now, therefore, |, Abraham Lincoln,
President Of the United States, in pursu
ance of an act Of Congress, passed July l3,
1861 do hereby declare that the inhabt-
ants of the said States of Georgia, South
Carolina Virginia. North Carolina, TeLr
ne5see, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, Ark.
ansas, Mississippi and Florida Except the
inhabitpnts OF that part of the State Of
Virginia lying west Of the Allegheny
! Mountains, and Of such other parts of that
State and the other States herein before
named as may maintain loyal adhesion
to the Union and the constitution, or may
be from time 20 time occupied and con.
| trolled by the forces engaged in the dis
persion of said nsurgents) pre in a state
Of insurrection against the United States,
and that all commercial mtercourse be-
tween the same and the inhabitants there.
IOf with the exceptions aforesaid, and the
citizens Of other States and other parts of
| the United States, is unlawful, and will
Iremain unlawful until such instruction
! shall cease or has been suppressed; that
! all goob anil chattels, ,caes cad merchandise,
coming from any ot said States, with the ex-
| ccptiors aforesaid, into other parts of the
( United States, without the special license
and permission Of the President, through
the Secretary Of the Treasury or proceed.
i ing to any Of said Stbtes, with the excep>
tions aforesaid, by land or water, together
with the resScl or rchiclc conveying tie same,
or Conveying persons to or from sail STATES, 'cih
said exceptions, willie forfeited to tie United
States and hat from ant after .ft,s:n days Il ON
tie issuing qt this proclamation, all slips amt
rsSSe& LeioHiDg IN nkolc or IN part to any cih-ep
~ tflN'Nit " t'Hh DtAtt'i Httt od ts1Nt tAS''o'
.toumd at sea or IN any portG the Undei States,
vW be forfeited to tie Tnacd Statcs.
And hereby enjoin upon all District
Attorneys, MarShRls and officers of the
revenue, and of the military and naval
forces Of the United States, to be vigllaEt
lin the execution Of said act, and in the
enforcement of the penalties and forfeit
ures imposed or declared by it, leaving
any party who may think mselfaggriev.
ed thereby TO his application to the Sec
retary Of the Treasury for the remission
Of any penalty, or for forfeiture, which the
said Secretary is authorized by law to
grant, if, in his judgment, the special cir
cumstances Of any case shall require such
remission.
i I'm witness whereof have hereunto set
my hand, and caused the seal of the Uni
ted States TO be affixed
Done in the city of Washington, this
10th day Of August, in the year of our
i Lord 1861, and OF the Ind ependence OF
the United States the eighty sixth.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
By the President VIM. II. Seward, Sec.
retary of State.
Towards the latter end Of August the
condition of things IN Missouri was such
as 10 warrant General Fremont, under au-
thorty Of the act of Congress already cited
TO proclaim the existence of martial law
IN that State, with all its pains and pen
alues. including the freedom Of slaves be-
longing to persons taken with arms in
their hands in the following emphatic
language -
, PROCLAMATION OF MAJOR GENER.
AL FREMONT.
HEADQUARTERS or THE WESTERN DEPT,
ST. LOUIS, Augult 81, 1861.
Circumstances, in my judgement of suf.
ficient urgency, render it necessary that
the Commanding General Of this depart.