Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-06-15

I'd of Nav. ls65, for reason e, .
gwen, it was declared thas csriain ports
Of the United States, which bad been
previously closed sgsi9st f0reign cor
peree, should, with certain speei6 d
exceptions, be re-opeRrG 10 such com
meree on and sf.er the 6rst day Of Jaiy
uexi. subject to the laws Of tAe Uslteu
STATES aud in parsuancs OF such regula
tons as n GIT be prescribed 6y he Sec
Rotary OF TIE Treasury and.
WHEREAs, / am satisfactorily inform
ed that dangerous combinations against
the laws OF the United States 40 longer
exist within the State OF Tennessee;
that the insurreetion heretofore existing
within said State has been suppressed
that within the boundaries thereof the
authority of the United States Is unGis-
puted; and that such officers OF the
United States as have been duly Gem
else Of thsis Official functions;
Now, therefore, be u knoEn that /.
Andrew johnson, President If the
Cnited States, do hereby declare that
ell restrictions upon iaternai, domestic
and cosstwise intefcoarse and trade.
aud upon the removal Of produces ot
States heretofore dec AIRED in insarree-
ton, reserving aud excepting those re
latiag 90 articles con'rata Is Of war. as
hereinafter reeited, and Il 0 those which
relate 70 the reservation Of the ghJs VI
the Uaitsd States to property purehasro
10 the territory Of the enemy heFesofo e
Imposed in the territory Of the Units &
States east Of the Mlss,ssippi river, are
annalled; and do hereby direct that
they be forthwith removed. and that On
and after the LIST day Of July next, al
restrictions upon foreign commerce ~ith
said ports, with the exception and reser-
vation aforesaid, be removed, aud thai
the commerce Of said States shall b.
conducted under see supervision Of the
regularly appointed officers Of ihe Gus
toms provided BY Law, aud such Olicars
Of the customs shall receive ans cap ~
ed Or abandoned properly thar may BE-
turned over TO them under shs Las, by
the military or naval forces Of The
United States, and dispose o. such prog
erty as shall be directed By she Secretary
OF the Treasury.
- The following articles eontraband Of
war are excepted from the effect Ut TIM
proclamation: Arms, ammunition. all
articles from which ammunition Is mad
aud gray uniforms and cloIh; aud 4
hereby, also, proclaim and declare, that
the instruction, 30 lar as IL relates 20,
and within the State OF Tennessee, IS
organised and constituted under their
recently adopted Constitution and or
ganiEA,ion, aud accepted by them, Is
suppressed, and, therefore, also, thar all
disabilities and Disqualification tach-
ing to said State aud the iuhab tants
thereof, consequent upon any proelama-
tons issued By vi-tue OF The fifth sec
ton Of the act entitled "Au act further
to provide for the collection OF duii. on
Imports, and FOE other purposes, az
proved the 18th day OF July are removed.
But nothing herein contained shall be
considered or construed As in anywise
changing or impairIug any Of the penal.
ties or fortei ures for treason heretofore
incurred onder the laws Of the United
States, or any Of the provisions, rsstric-
tons or disabilities SET flrth in ms
proclamation, bearing da'e The % b d'y
Of May, 1860, or as impairing existing
regulations for the suspension Of the
hsbees corpus and the exercise Of mill
tary Law IN cases where IL shall be me-
essRry for ihe general public safety and
welfare during the existing insurreeiion;
nor shall this proclamation affect, or in
aey way impair, Ang Laws heretofore
passed By Congress and duly approved
By the President. or any proc amation
o. order issued by him durlng the afore-
said insurrec'ion abolishipg slavery.
whether Of persons or property, but on
the contrary, all such laws and pro-
clamations heretofore made or issued
are expressly saved and declared 20 be
in fall force aud virtue.
In testimony whereof have hereuuio
set my hand and caused the sea- Of the
United States 10 be affixed. Done a.
the city of Washington. this thirteenth
day Of June, in the year OF our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and sixty
Eve, aud Of the indep- ndsncs Of the
United Safes the eighiy-ninih
lSignedl ASlREw JcHxsoS.
By the President.
w. n g.