The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-04-01

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WASHINGTON, March 2s.
A PROCLAMATION.
By tie President Of the United States -
WHEREAS, It 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, 1863 and
the manner in which they shall proceed to
avail themselves of these benefits, and whereas
the objects OF that proclamation were to sup
press the insurrection, and to restore the au-
thority of the United States, and achereas the
amnesty therein proposed by the President
was offered without reference to these objects
alone.
Now, therefore, !, Abraham Lincoln, Presi-
dent of the United States, do hereby proclaim
and declare that the said Proclamation does
not apply to the cases of persons who, at the
time when they seek to obtain the benefits
thereof by taking the oath thereby prescribed
are In military, naval, or civil confinement, or,
civil, military or naval authorities, or agents
of the United States, or prisoners of war, or
persons detained for offences ofany kind either
before, or after conviction, and that on the
contrary 1t does apply only to those persons
who, being yet at large and free from any ar
rest, confinement, or duress shall voluntarily
come forward and take said oath with the
purpose Of restoring peace and establishing
the national authority.
Persons excluded from the amnesty offered
in the said Proclamation, may apply to the
President for clemency like all other offenders,
and their application will receive due consider
alton. And do further declare, and proclaim,
that the oath prescribed in the aforesaid Proc
laa,ation of the8th of December 1868, may
Ma fob nd cv1t,o bad kafO
stoned officer, civil, military and naval, in the
service of the United States, or any civil or
military officer of State or Territory not In
insurrecti0n, who by the laws thereof may be
qualified for administering oaths. ..
All officers who receive such oaths are here
by authorized to give certificates thereon to
the persons respectively by whom they are
made ; and such officers are hereby required to
transmit the original records of such oaths at
as early day as may be convenient to the De
partment of State, where they will be depos-
tied, and remain among the archives of the
Government.
The Secretary of State will keep Registry
therefor, and will, on application, in proper
cases, issue certificates of such Records in the
customary form OF official certificates.
In testimony whereof, have hereunto set
my hand and caused the Great Seal of the Uni
ted States TO be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington, this 25th
day of March, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, and of
the Independence Of the United States the
Signed ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
By the President. VIM. Il. SEWARD,
Sec'y of State.
New YORK, March 26.-The Iri5u,ae's
specia. dispatch from Washington says that
a great number of ambulances have been
sent to the front. A.
An order has been issued allowing the
officers and privates of the invalid corps fit
for active duty to enter the veteran corps.
The HerdLd's Washington dispatch says
that the 4th New York heavy artillery is
ordered to the front as infantry. 1t num-
bers 1000 men.
WASHINGTON, March rs The President
states that Gen. Grant intends to place all
the general officers on duty at once.
Brigadier General Birney, U. s. A., has
been confirmed as Major General in the
volunteer service, his commission to date
from May 20, 1868.
WASHINGTON, March 26.-Gov Bran
lette, of Kentucky, and ex-senator Dixon,
of the same State, are still in Washington.
Their business with the President is in re-
ference to the draft. Those who profess
to be well acquainted with that subject
confidently say that no difficulty is appre-
hended as to the execution of the draft I'M
der the amendatory enrolment act in that
State, and that all proper measures will DO
taken by the government to prevent mill
tary excuses or any contravention of the
rights of the citizens. Moreover, they as
sert that Kentucky will promptly furnish
her full quota under the draft.
For several days past our streets have
been more than ordinarily lively with
movements of troops of all kinds.
WASHINGTON, March 2S.-A special dis.
patch TO the Herald says that Gen. Blair
is about resigning his seat in Congress in
order to return to- the army There are
some indications that the report is true
that Gen; Grant desires Mcclellan and
Fremont to have commands
WASHINGTON, March 29.-GSpecial dis
patch to the New York World THE
Committee on Ways and Means speat the
whole of Monday on the tax bill Adj
vices iroT Richmond state that the rebels
have formed their plans for the reclama-
ton of Tennessee and. Kentucky. jeff
Davis believes Richmond to be almost inn
pregnable, and the bulk of the rebel troops
will be concentrated in the West, where
they intend to recapture Chattanooga,
reach the Ohio, and again close the Mis-
sissippi
WASHINGTON, March 80 Especial dis
patch to the New York Tribune. 1.-The
paroled prisoners at Annapolis have been
paid of, and large number of officers
have left for the North on twenty days
leave of absence. Eight or ten have al
ready died, as fifty more probably will,
from the effects OF the privations under
gone ia the Libby prison. Further proof
of the placing of gunpowder under the
prison 10y the rebels is furnished BY these
prisoners.
New York, March 26.-Major Bond,
Chief of General Rosecrans' staff, sent to
Washington by that General with dis
patches, was put under arrest, on Monday,
by General Halleck, under an old and dead
order of the War Department. forbidding
officers to come to Washington without
leave from the Secretary of War. The ar
rest is supposed to be owing to Rosecrans'
recent speech in St. Louis. So says the
7s.ibune's despatch.
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