The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1862-05-29
The Blockade at an End.


Proclamation Of the President.-Reg:
ulations relatiUe to Trade.
The text of the Presidents procla-
NATION declaring an end to the blockade
of certain ports, is as follows:
By the President Of tie United States
Of Anserica :;
A PROCLAMATION.
WAEREAs, By my proclamation of
the 10th of April. one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-on it was declared
that the ports of certain States, includ-
ing those of Beaufort, i'm the State of
North Carolina, Port Royal, in the
State of South Carolina, and New Or
leans, in the State of Louisiana, were,
for reasons therein set forth, intended
to be placed under blockade and
whereas the said port of Beaufort, Port
Royal and New Orleans have since
been blockaded but as the blockade
of the same ports may now be safely
relaxed with advantage to the interests
of commerce:
Now, therefore, be it known that I,
Abraham Lincoln, President of the
United States, pursuant to the author
ity in me vested by the fifth section of
the act of Congress, approved on the
18th of June last, entitled can act
further to provide for the collection Of
duties on imports, and for other pur-
poses," do hereby declare that the
blockade of the said ports of Beaufort
Port Royal and New Orleans, shall so
far cease and determine, from and af-
ter the first dav of June next, that COM
mercial intercourse with these ports,
except as to persons and things and in
formation contraband of war, may, from
that time be carried on, subject to the
laws of the United States, and to the
limitation and in pursuance of the reg
ulations which are prescribed by the
Secretary of the Treasury in his order
of this date, which is appended TO this
proclamation.
In witness whereof l 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 May, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-two. and OF the Indepen-
dence of the United States the eighty
sixth.
L. s.. ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
By the President:
WM. FL. SEWARD, Sec'y of State.
The following are the Instructions of
the United States Treasury Depart
ment, comprising the regulations relat-
ing to trade with the ports thus opened:
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, May IL.
First-To vessels clearing from for.
eign ports and destined to, ports opened
by the proclamation of the United
States, of this date, viz: Beaufort, in
North Carolina Hilton Head, in South,
Carolina, and New Orleans, in Louisi.
ana. Licenses will be granted by the
Consuls of the United States upon sat-.
isfactory evidence that the vessel SO
licensed will convey no persons, prop
erty or information contr3band of war.
either to or from said ports, which
license shall be exhibited to the Collec-
tor Of the port to which said vessel may
be respectfully bound Immediately on
arrival, aud, if required to any officer
in charge of the blockode, and on leav-.
ing either of said ports, every vessel
will be required to have clearance
from the Collector of the Customs,
according to law, showing no violation
of the conditions of the license. -
Any violation of such conditions will
involve the forfeiture and condemna-
ton of the vessel and cargo, and the
exclusion of all parties concerned from
an future privilege Of entering the
United States during the war for any
purpose whatever.
Second-To vessels of the United
States clearing coastwisc, for. the ports
aforesaid, license can only be obtained
from the Treasury Department.
Third-In all other. respects the
blockade remains in full force and eff
feet as hitherto established. and main
tanned nor is it relaxed by the proc
lamation, except in regard to the ports
to which the relaxation is by that in
strument expressly applied.
(Signed) S. p. CHASE,
W Secretary of the Treasury.
T.