East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-01-06

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he did. rs~. frf
When hehad finished his bloody work,
and secured everything of value, he
threw the deal body down the rocks,
and left it to be devoured by the wild
beasts and vnltures. He then went
home 10 triumph, and related his exploit
to his astonishei family. lie lived for
many years after IN THAT vicinity, but
was never again molested.
The Emancipation Proclamation.
WAsmNGToN, Jan. !, 1868.
By the President of the United States Of America :
Whereas, On the 22d day of Scpten
ber, in the year of our Lord 1862, a
proclamation was issued by the Presi-
dent of the United States, containing
among other things, the following, to
wit: That, on the first day of Janu
ary, IN the year Of our Lord one thou.
sand eight hundred aud sixty.th,ee, all
persons held as slaves within any State,
or designated part Of a State-the peo
pie thereof shall there be in rebellion
against the United States--shall be
then, hencetorth aud forever, free, and
the Executive Of the Government of
the United States, including the militia
ry and naval authority thereof, will rec.
ognize and maintain the freedom of such
persons, or any Of them, in any effort
they may make for their actual freedom;
that the Executive will, on the first day
of January aforesaid, issue a proclama
ton Designating the States and parts of
States. If any, in which the people
therein, respectively, shall DO in rebel.
lion against the United Statss--aDd the
fact that any State, or the people there
of, shall, on that day, be in good faith
represented in the Congress Of the Uni
led States by members chosen thereto
at elections wherein a majority of the
qualified voters of such States shall have
participated, shall in the absence OF
strong countervailing testimony, be
deemed conclusive evidence that such
State, and the people thereof, are not
in rebellion against the United States. y
Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln,
President of the United States, by vir-
tue of the power in me vested as Com
mauder.in-chief of the army and navy,
in time of actual armed rebellion against
the authority Of the government of the
United States, aud as a fit and hecessa.
ry war measure for suppressing said
rebellion, do, on the first day Of Janua-
ry, in the year of our Lord Ole thousand
eight hundred and sixty.three, and in
accordance with my purpose so to do,
publicly proclaimed for the full period
of one hundred days from the date OF
tho fret abovo. mentioned order. desg.
nate as the States and parts Of States,
wherein the people thereof respectively
are this day in rebellion against the
United States--the following, to wit
Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana-except
the parishes of st. Bernard. Plaque
mine, Jefferson, st. Johns, st. Charles,
st. James, Ascension, Assumption,
Terre Bonne, La Fouche, St. Alary,
st. Martin, and Orleans, including the
city of New Orleans Mississippi, Ala
bama, Florida, Georgia, South Carroll
ma, North Carolina and Virginia--ex.
cept the forty eight counties designated
as Western Virginia, and also the coun
ties of Berkeley, Accomac, Northamp
ton, Elizabeth City, York, Princess Ann
and Norfolk, including the city of Nor
folk and Portsmouth-(which excepted
parts are for the present left precisely
as if this proclamation We're not issued,
: and by virtue of the power and fol
the purpose aforesaid, | do order and
,!eclare that all persons held as slaves
within the designated States and parts
of States are, and bepceforward sbal
be, free, aud that the Executive govern
nent of the United States, including
the military and naval authorities there
of, will recognize and maintain the free
dom of said persons. fr
| And hereby enjoin upon the peo
pie so dcclaied to be free, to abstain
from all violence, unless in nccessar,
self-defcnce; and / recommend To then
that, in all cases where allowed, they
labor faithfully for reasonable wages
!, and l further declare aud make knowI
that such. persons, of suitable condition
will be received into the armed scrvic,
of the United States to garrison forts
positions, stations, and other places, ant
to man vessels of all sorts in said Ser
vice. hfs1d 8ft Sra btssts d
1 And, upon this, sincerely believed t.
be an act of justice warranted by tn,
constitution upon military necessity,
invoke the cousideratc Judgment O
mankind and the gracious favor of AL
mighty God.
In witness whereof / have hereunt,
set my hand, and caused the seal of th
United Statcs to bo affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, tki
first day of January, in the year of ou
Lord one thousand eight hundred anC
sixty.thrce, and OF the independence o
the United States Of America the eigh
ty.scventh.
(Signcd) ABRAHAM LiScoLS
EThcrc is not really half the gal
lan.ry of manners there used 10 b'
fifty years ogo. Now, gentleman onl,
lifts his hat 10 a lady; then. tho hat wa
entirely removed from the head, an,
the gentleman stood before her uncov
cred, Now the gentleman takes
smack from her ruby lips, aud hardl.
looks red in tho face then, he, strue