Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1865-05-13
PROCLAMATEONs HY TEgE
PRESIDENT.
vigorous Operations Ordered
Against Rebel Pirates.

WASHINGTON, May 0.-President johnson
has issued proclamation declaring that
Whereas, Armed resistance to the authori-
ty OF this Government in certain States here
tofore declared to be ip insurrection may be
regarded as vertually at an end, and the
persons by whom that resistance, as well as
the operations of insurgent cruisers were
directed, are fugutives or captiyes;
and Whereas, 1t is understood that some
of these cruisers are still infestng the high
seas, aud Others are preparing to capture,
burn, and destroy vessels of the United
States;
The President enjoins all naval, military,
and civil officers of the United States dill
gently to cndeavor, by all lawful means, to
arrest the cruisers, and to bring them into
n port of the United States, in order that
they may be prevented from committing
further dGpredations on commerce, and that
the persons on board of them may no Ion
ger enjoy impunity for their crimes.
And he further proclaims and declares
that it, after reasonable time shall have
elapsed for this proclamation to become
known in the ports of nations claiming to
have been neutrals, the said insurgent cruz
sers, and the persons on board of them, shall
continue to receive hospitality in the said
port, the Government viii deem itself lusti-
fed in refusing Hospitality to the public
| vessels of such nations in the ports of the
/ United States, and adopting such measures
as may be advisable towards vindicatlng
the National sovereignty.
The President has also issued an executive
! order to rc-establish the authority Of the
| United States and execute the laws within
the geographical limits known as the State
of Virginia.
1t is ordered that all acts and proceedings
of the politicals, military, and civil organl
cations which have been in state of in
surrcction and rebellion, within the
State of Virginia, against the authori
ty and laws of the United States, and OF
which jefferson Davis, John Letcher, ant
William Smith were late the respective
chiefs, are declared null and void. All per
sons who shall exercise, claim, pretend, OF
attempt to exercise any political, military
or civil power, authority, jurisdiction, ol
right. by, through, or under Jeiferon Davis
late of the city of Richmond, and his con
feGerates or under John Letcher, or Will
liam Smith and their confederates, or under
any pretented political, military, or civi
commission or authority issued by them o
of them since the 18th day April, 1861, shal
be deemed and taken as in rebellion agains
the United States, and shall DC dealt will
accordingly.
The secretaries of the State, War, Trea
sury, Navy, and the Interior Departments
and the Postmaster General, are ordered tt
proceed to put in force all the laws of tn
United States pertaining to their severa
departments and the district judge of sucl
district to proceed to hold courts within
the said State in accornance with the pro
visions of the acts of Congress. The
Attorney Generals will instruct the pr6pe
officers to libel and bring to judgement
confscation, and sale, the property subjec
to contiscaton, and enforce the adminstra
ton of justice within the said State in al
, matters civil and criminal within the cogni
zance OF the Federal courts, to carry int
effect the guarantee of the Federal Constitu
ton Of a Republican form of State Govern
men, and afford the advantage and securit
of domestic laws, as well as to complete tn
re establishment of the authority of the law
, of the United States, and the full and com
plete restoration of peace within the limit
aforesaid.
Francis A. Pierpont, Governor of tn
State of Virginia, will be aided by tn
Federal Government so far as may b
necessary, in the lawful measures which h
may take for the extension and administra
tion of the State Government througEou
the geographical limits of the said State.