Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-04-01
GREAT EXCITEMENT AT MAT
81 .n.-o ri TOON, ILL. +, ...''' =
A Large Gang Of Copperheads
Marching on that Place.
Martial Law Proclaimed.
Southern News from Rebel Sources
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.
Proclamation Of the President.
Rebel Prisoners not entitled
sre1.H to Amnesty. etl

By THR PRESIDENT OF THE UNIT1D S1ATxS or
AMERICA. ..s.., g.
WHEREAS, 1t has become necessary to de-
fine the cases in which insurgent enemies
are entitled to benefits Of the proclamation of
the President of the United States, which
was made on the 9Th day of December, 1868;
and the manner in which they shall proceed
to avail themselves Of these benefits; and, b,
WHsREAs, Tho objects Of that proclamation
were to suppress the instruction and restore
the authority Of the United States; and,
WHEREAs, The amnesty therein proposed
by the President WAS offered with reference
to these objects alone,
Now, therefore, 1, Abraham Lincoln, Pres
ident Of the United States, do hereby pro.
claim and declare that the said proclamation
does not apply to cases Of persons who, ct
the time when they seek to obtain the bene.
fits thersof-of taking the oath thereby
prescribed are in military, naval or civil
confinement or. custody, or under bonds, or
on parole Of tho civil. military or naval au-
thorities, or of agents Of tho United States as
prisoners of war, or prisoners detained for
offences Of any kind, either before or after
conviction, and that on that, on tho contrary,
1t does apply only to those persons who, b.
ing yet at large and are free from any arrest,
confinement, or duties, shall voluntarily
come forward and take said oath with the
purpose Of restoring peace and establishing
the national authority. ..., - f,a
Prisoners, excluded from the amnesty of.
fered in said proclamation, may apply to the
President for clemency like ali other offend
ers, and their application will receive due
consideration, and 1y5 '.'ue9 JE. -lE4
do further declare and proclaim that the
oath presented in the aforesaid proclamation
of the 9Th of December, 1868, may be taken
and subscribed before any commissioned off,
cer-civil, military or naval-in the service
Of the United States, or any civil or military
officer of State not in instruction, who, by
the laws thereof, may be qualified for admin.
istering oaths. All officers who receive such
oaths arg hereby authorized to give oerti6'
Gates thereon to the persons respectively by
whom they are made, and such officers are
hereby required to transmit the original rec
Ords of such oaths, at a. early day q con
venient. to the Department of State, where
they will be deposited and remain in thu
archives of the government. The Secretary
Of State will keep registry thereof, and will
on application in proper cases, issue certif
Gates Of such records in the customary form
Of official certificates. '' '<
In testimony whereof, have hereunso Sc,
my hapd apd caused tie seal to be fixed.
Done At the City Of Washington, thi,
~~ Goth day of March, in the year o.
{ SEAL our Lord 1854, and Of the lndepend
~ ence of the United States the ssth
be- ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
By the President. ID = 21p2 = ~ ~
VIZ. Il. SEWARD, SeGy Of State 's-.a
l.t ~ d,NEw YoRK, March 80.
Hilton Head advices of the Gath. mention
an attack made by the rebels on Jenkins
Island on fotllla of boats, but their plan
was frustrated by our picket boats, which
fred into them. '.s ~ l'j"I
Pilatka, Florida. has been occupied by q
small detachment of our forces, and =. small
steamer called the Sumter captured there.
The Knoxville correspondent Of the TIL
buMs, under date of the goth, states that our
force ct Morristown has marched back to
Massey creek in order to keep better commu-
nication with Knoxville 80 LID p.
The rebel headquarters are said to be at
Greenvl.le. 6 y e1,l j e1vss -.ae
dom 4, rribunes Special. d L .4l-
? a4-.ss7... ~ WASHINGTON, March so.
The House Naval Committee leave for the
West on Thursday to examine the sites for
the navy yards at St. Louis, Cleveland and
Cairo. -''''7S
t9-o'."-i Hsrala's Special. l-'
..-'' 3~ WASHINGTON, March %.
The steamer ShawSewan has arrived at
Washington, D. c., with schooner, slocp,
and thirteen gunboats loaded with tobacco
and grain captured from the rebels on W are
and York rivers. .. ,,-->.......-e-
f. l7i.NRw YoRK, March 30.
-, A letter dated off st. Marks, Fla, 18th,
says the Unionists Of central Florida have
organized and gone into camp, and commence
ed operations against the rebels by raid
upon the salt works and capturing a rebe!
tax collector. They had two engagements
with rebel cavalry, beating them handsomely
and capturing ter, prisoners, 80 wagons,
mules. horses, 100 contrabands and destroy
ing . large amount Of rebel subsistence.
"a These men only ask protection, arms and
from the government. lasa q
The New York Custom House investipa-
lion has developed extensive trade between
parties and rebel agents at Matamoras. Sew
eral arrests have been made.
Maj. Alexander Hill. Of the 18th Regiment.
Corps de Antique, has been sentenced to
degradation from rank in the presence of his
troops and confinement at Dry Tortugas.-
General Banks approves the sentence The
,ffsnse is an attempt to effect by violence .d-
Vantages over powerless women, and is dis
graceful to himself and criminal in the eyes of
God and man. The country does not wish
n its service those who so disgrace the uni.
orm they wear. 1"' '+sr ,'t"'
The Africa, from Liverpool the 10Th, and
queenstown, Goth, has arrived, with three
lays later news. 49,. -.
, The Germans are vigorously prosecuting
be seige Of Duppel. -. 80.
The English Parliament separated without
Expressing any, opirion on the present state
sdaa Special to the Post. $500
''s 7oi Eis y WARRINGTON, March 80.
The Finance Committee of the House viii |
'robably report against allowing the New
FORK Bank of Commerce to become ma
icnal bank without complying with all the
onditions Of the national banking law. 70
The statement that manufactured tobacco
rill be taxed so cents per pound in the new
i'll is simply guess work. There is no pros.
ect that the committee will arrive ct any
UGH conclusion. ed' q 4r93 2ga@ IA
The New York CONNIE, ciars special states
hat the Secretary of the Interior has under
consideration a proposition making National
'anks Government agents for psying pen.
ions. ''@=f-'
..s :? @2 - New York, March 80.
The COMMERCIAL has. received Richmond II
apers of tho 18th. ''' - ''5'''-'''' ~ I,
The Enquirer states that official informa.