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WASHINGTON, May p,
BIZ he President Of the Uaited States
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS, BY the proclamation of the
President of the llth day of April last, GER
tain ports of the United States therein spec
flied, which had previously been subject TO
blockade were, for objects of public safety,
declared, in conformity with previous spe-
cidI legislation of Congress, to be closed
against foreign commerce during the nation
al viii to be thereafter expressed and made
known by the President
And achereGs, Events and circumstances
have since occurred which, in my Judgment,
render it expedient to remove that restric-
ton, except as to the ports of Galveston
Lasalle, BrazOs de Santiago, Point Isabel
and Brownsville, in the State of Texas
N0c, therefore, be Il bnDaon that /, An
drew j ohnson, President of the United
States, do hereby declare that the ports
aforesaid, not excepted as above, shall be
open to foreign commerce from and after the
first day Of july that commercial inter-
course with the said ports may from that
time be carried on, subject to the laws of
the United States, and in pursuance of such
regulations as may be prescribed by the Sec
rotary OF the Treasury 1T, however, any
vessel from a foreign port shall enter any of
the before named excepted ports in the state
Of Texas she will continue to be held liable
to the penalties prescribed by the act of
Congress, approved on the 18th day of July,
1861, and the persons on board Of her to
such penalties as may be incurred, pursuant
to the laws Of war for trading or attempting
to trade with the enemy.
And L, Andrew johnson, President of the
| United States, do hereby declare and make
known that the United States of America
do henceforth disallow all persons trading, or
attempting to trade, In any ports Of the
| United States, in violation of the laws there
Of, all pretence of beligerant rights and
privileges, and give notice that from the date
of this proclamation all such offenders will
| be held and dealt with as pirates.
1t is also ordered that all restrictions upon
trade heretofore imposed in the territory OF
the United States, east of the Mississippi
river, save those relating to eontraband OF
war, to the reservation Of the rights *of the
United States, to property purchased IN the
territory OF the enemy, and to twenty five
per cent. upon the purchases of cotton, are
removed.
All provisions Of the internal revenue law
will be carried into effect under the proper
officers. lt 2.tf
/ IL. s. In witness whereof have hereun-
to set my hand, and caused The seal of the
United States to be affixed Done at the
city Of Washington, this the twenty sec
/ ond day of May, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and sixty
FIVE, and of the independence Of the Uni
ted States Of America the eighty ninth.
4 ~ ANDREW JOHNSON.
/ By order Of the President:
w HUNTER,
4 Assistant Secretary of State.
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FROM WASHINGTON.
THE GRAND REVIEW.
WAsHINeroN, May %.

WASHINGTON, May %
A more beautiful day has hardly been
witnessed this season. The sun shines out
brightly, and the air clear and cool. Busi-
ness has been entirely suspended, and the
whole population ofthe city is in the streets,
together with at least fifty or sixty thousand
strangers, to see the great review.
Pennsylvania Avenue is lined with people
from pavement to house top; flags are dls7
played all along the route, and the scene is
one of themost brilliant and imposing ever
witnessed here.
The avenue has been swept from curb to
curb, and guards posted at each alley and
street. so as to prevent any one from intru-
ding outside the curbstones on the Ave
nue.
In front of the President house, before
nine o clock, the scene was magnificent IN
deed The long terraeed rows OF seats on
each side of the street were occupied by
thousands oflaaies, while four stands were
for distinguished people.
AT stand number one, the President and
Cabinet, Lieutenant General Grant, Gen,
Sherman, General Meade, General Logan
and others were seated.
Their first appearance was greeted by
long and continued shouts of thousands, IN
terspersed with waving of flags, handker-
chiefs etc.
At nine o clock precisely, the grandest re-
view ever witnessed on this continent COM
menced
First came Sheridans famous cavalry
corps, commanded by Maior-Gen Merritt,
in the absence of Gen Sheridan.
All along the Avenue the advance ofsthe
cavalry was greeted with cheers. The hoi-
ses were gayly caparisoned and marched
with the regularity of veterans.
First came the Sd Cavalry Division, COM
manded BY Gen Custar, who rode little in
advance of his column, literally eyefwhel-
med with wreaths of flowers, presented BY
ladies along theroute. Bands were playing
for every brigade
General Sherman and staff rode up PEN
sylyania Avenue beside Custar's Division
to the stand at the White House Wherev-
er he was recognized he was received with
intense enthusiasm oq
Shortly after nine o clock the head of the
column reached General Grant stand
where all the mounted officers saluted him
The immense coneourse Of spectators rent
the air with shouts.
The marching was very fine The troops
had clean bright uniforms The guns were
brightly polished, and the artillery reflected
the sunbeams brilliantly.
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A SCIENTIFIC PROBLEM. The Suez Ca
nal is not yet by any means finished The
two ends Of the canal, that is to say, the
works required for the entry from the two
seas, remains yet to be built, and it is exact
ly these which the English engineers decla-
red to be the most important and impractic-
able part of the enterprise. There never
was any doubt in any ones mind that the
ditch through the level sands of Egypt
could be dug from one end to the other, if
the money was provided 70 pay the work
men, nor even that Water enough could be
found to supply it this, in fact, has been
accomplished, and it is only to see its CEN
trai ditch, with three or four feet Of water
in it, that NJ. De Lessep has invited dele
gates from all parts of the world The ends
in the two seas are yet to be built, and the
practicability of their serving as entries is yet
to be proven
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CAUTION TO EMIGRANTs, As a measure
of warning to foreigners intending to emf
graf" to Mexico, under the promiee of
grants of land, etc, from President Juarez,
the agents of Maximillian publish an impe-
rial decree, made. in July, 1864. which de-
clares that all contracts made by Juarez after
his departure from the Capital were void,
and that all that he might thereafter make
would be void, and not only that, but the
person entering into them would be liable
to punishment The pronunciamento is
republished because it has come to the
knowledge of the Emperor that settlements
are proposed to be made out ON the Pacific
coast under contracts made with Juarez
"Emigrants' viii, therefore, takenotice that
to get possession of the promised land they
must not only go to Mexico, but fight for
their heritage. We suppose that many Of
them are going for no other purpose. This
proclamation viii sound to them as harm
less as Chinese thunder.
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THE FRENCH ACADEMY establish
ment Of an Academy in the republic of let
ters may be, as some suppose, an Utopian
scheme, and the United efforts of Acade-
micians may have produced but little but
it is certain that the French Academy has
made an imposing appearance in Europe.
1t was specially charged with the compost
ton of the dictionary, and the extension and
publication of the language. Yet, when
they published their dictionary, that Of Flu
retiere appeared as formidable rival and
DR. johnson did single handed for England
as much as the forty 'immortals' did for
France. Furetiere (born in 1920, and died
at the age of sixty-eight) began life as a
lawyer, and ended as a monk. He was
elected to the Academy. but for having prof
tied by the labors Of his colleagues in COM
posing the dictionary which bears his name.
He reYenged himself by writing cutting sa-
tires, in verse and prose, on his late col
leagues, and often had the laughers on his
side. Foltaire confesses that the great char
acters of the literary republic were formed
without the aid of academies ssForwhat'
he asks, are they necessary? To preserve
and nourish the FIRE which great geniuses
have kindled =" The Academy published
the first edition in 1884, and the sixth, and
| believe the last, in 1885.
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NEW ORLEANS, May Is.
x-ia G.no Nov u


The True Delta of yesterday published a
report that Kirby Smith had been assassi-
mated by Major NJ Kee. with whom diff
Guilty growing out of cotton speculation has
occurred =
The Deltd Of this morning says the report
has been confirmed by a rebel soldier from
Jackson.
Acting Master Fred Washburne of the
steamship Port Royal while riding in a car
rage was shot and Killed by a sentry on
Lion Street
The telegraph between New Orleans and
New York viii be completed in three or four
days, the only gap being between Mohtgom-
cry and 0perlouza. a'4
The first direct mail from Mobile to New
York win leave to-day on the steamer Rhode
Island
The steamer st. John was burned near
Mobile on the 18th. The boat and baggage
are total loss.
General Heron has occupied Clinton and
Osyka, and is rebuilding the telegraph to
Clinton, whence the rebels have a linework-
ing north almost to our line
The utmost good feeling is exhibited
throughout Louisiana The people are
overjoyed at the termination Of the war.
The railroad between Bayou Sara and
Woodhill Will be ihnqediately repaired.
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FROM MEXICO.

New York May 20.
The steamer Evening Star, from New
Orleans on the l3th arrived at this port
this morning. Hen adriees have been an
ticipated by telegraph from Cairo. 49, m
The papers: contain some MeNican news.
When Colonel Towiskisly went out to. at
tack the Liberals, atNa7a, the greater part
of his cavalry deserted when ordered to
charge He fired upon them with his in
fantry, and commenced retreating, but he
fell into.an ambush and was killed The
remainder Of his troops surrendered imme-
diately. I'd
The Liberals had marched within eight
miles of Piedras Negras. ~
Maximillian S native troops cannot be
trusted A letter from Rio Grande city
says: Ahew revolution is breaking out on
the frontier. Both of the Cortinesses have
Joined their forces with Leon and Cathargo
and are expected to attack Matamoras. Ii
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THE FRENCH MINISTER. The MARQUIS
De Montholon, the new French Minister at
Washington, does not come to this country
an entire stranger, unacquainted with the
habits and feelings Of our people. He has
resided much in the United States, having
been attached to the French Embassy many
years ago, having also been Consul at Nor
folk, and at the beginning of the rebellion
and for some months afterwards, Consul
General at New York, When wecomplete
his record by stating that he has been mar
ried foFo many years to an American lady,
the daughter of General Grstiot, we say
enough to convince our readers that the EN-
peror Napoleon has made the selection of his
Minister with tact, and chosen representa-
tive who will be agreeable to the American
people.
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THE THIRD SERIES OF SEVEN
THIRTIES.


The great success of the 7.S0 Loan must
always be looked upon as one Of the most
powerful evidences of the strength of the
United States Government, and of its strong
hold upon the confidence and affections of
the people. On Saturday, May 18th the
subscriptions were over thirty million dol
lars, and for the week ending on that day,
over nigtety-eitghtnai1lioe dollars, and in the
three months that the loan has been in
charge Of Mr.. Jay Cooke, ocef fire hundred
naiuiqn dollars These large receipts viii
enableithe Treasury topay off our armies as
they are disbanded, and to rapidly discharge
the various obligations that have been in
CURED during the war. History viii show
that a. great war debt to individuals has
never before been 50 promptly paid; and
we llwill agree that Secretary McGdhoch
deserves great credit for the ability he has
manifested, not only in securing the means,
but for the financial skill he hasb displayed
in so directing these vast receipts and dis
bursements as not for a moment to disturb
d ~ V
the equilibrium ofcommerce, embarrass In
dividuals, or in any way tighten the money
market. IEis doubtless true that the Sec
retary Of the Treasury might have negotia-
ted the remainder of his loans at SIX per
centinterest, instead of.T30, bat so much
valuable time would necessarily have been
lost Ia popularizing new loan that the
great object of the Government, VIZ an
immediate supply Of money sufficient to pay
all the debts incident to the war, would have
beendefeated ): and besides, the difference
of interest would not have been equal to
three days expenses The policy may yhavt
looked penny wise, . but, the best inancia
authorities, as well as common sense, pro
nounced It pound foolish. = As ii is ant
viii be, no solaier viii go home without hi
greenbacks, and the floating debt in tn
shape Of vouchers; acquisitions, &c, will b
wiped out as rapidly as the proper, officer
can audit and adjust the accounts. - "a
The Second Series of the ESQ Loan wa
exhausted on Saturday, May 18th. 90
Monday, the Secretary Of the Treasury au
thorized Jay Cooke, the General subscriF
tion.Aeent for u. S. Securities, to receiz
subscriptions for. $3.50, 600, 200 rof 5Thir
Series, which Is all that is authorized b
Congress, and is without doubt the last loa
at this high rate Of interest that will be Q
fered hy the Government fa saiisisas.
There is no change in tina terms or cond
tions ofthis Third Series, except that Il
Gcwarnnent reserves the rightcs pa2ingil
tsrest at six per cent, IN gold ihsts'n 0fse'
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WHO Is PREsIDENTeoF THE CoNFEDERA-
CY.-We are in the receipt of numerous
communications raising the constitutional
question as to who is acting President of
the Confederaey, now that jeff Davis is in
our possession, and Mr. Stephens viii not
assume the responsibilities of the Office.
The query is timely one, but moment S
reflection would have satisfied our cores
pondents that Mrs. Davis is the legitimate
successor to her husbands duties. When
he ran off with her petticoats she had no al
tentative but to put on the breeehes. And
in view of the language she used on the oe-
casion, we venture to predict that foreign
nations viii make all haste to recognize her
as beligerent.-N T. Times
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EMIGRATION ERoM IRELAND. Letters
from various parts of the Irish provinces
show that the people are already preparing
in considerable numbers to emigrate during
the spring, their friends in America having
assured them already that the war is nearly
over. and that the restoration of peace will
be followed BY brisk demand fer labor.
One communication from the county of
Longford states that there are FIVE of the
female for one of the male sex quitting the
country In every instance the money to
Say the passage or free ticket came from
relatives on the other side of the ocean.
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JAMES a. Wilson, who has lately dis
tinguished himself by the capture of Davis,
is a native of lower Illinois, and was born
about lS40 He graduated at West Point
June so, 1868, fifth in his class. He is
young looking, about five feet eight inches
in height, light hair and eyes, and rather
boyish in manner The latter peculiarly,
however, does not detract from his merits
as a soldier. He has the reputation of
good judgment in the disposition Of troops
and the management of isolated expedi-
tions. Gen. Wilson's present rank in the
regular armyis is Captain in the corps of en-
eineers, dating from May Z, 1865.
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The INCOME OF THE PRINCE OF WALES.
The friends of the Prince of Wales repre-
sent that this young gentleman is in needy
circumstances, in consequence Of the in
creased duties devol7ing on him, since the
Queen was called into retirement by domes
tic affliction. His gross income does not
much exceed $500, 600 per annum, including
the receipts from the Duchy of Cornwall, a
Parliamentary grant, (which when approved
some people were foolish enough to believe
adequate, and the rents of the Sandrigham
estate There are few other trifing a
mounts within reach, ofwhich, perhaps, the
largest is $50,000 pin money voted to the
Princess
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THE petition circulated among the color
ed people of North Carolina, to be Presen-
ted to President johnson, after referring to
the friendship ofthe late President Lincoln
Johnson their love for the old flag, and
the services they have performed both I'M
der and for it, ask that the elective franchise
be extended to them, saying they cannot
see the justice of denying that privilege to
those who have been fighting for the coun-
try, while it is freely granted to men who
have returned from four years fighting a
gainst it. They call attention to the fact
that up to 1885 free colored men voted in
North Carolina without detriment to the in
terest of the State.
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The Sentence of Arguilles and his Con
federates.

Arguilles, the Spaniard, whose surrender
to the Spanish authorities created so much
feeling in the country to the prejudice of the
State Department, has been tried, convicted
and sentenced to nineteen years confinement
at hard labor, a fine of $4,000, and perpet-
ual loss of civil rights and functions and
for nineteen years thereafter, should he live
so long, he is to be subject to the vigilance
Of the police At the time of his offence,
Arguilles was Lieutenant Governor of the
District Of Colin, in the Island of Cuba,
and it was thought the exercise of his Off
a number of negroes, sold them into slavery
and pocketed the proceeds dividing of course
with his confederates. In addition to his
sentence, he is ordered to restore to the
purchasers of the negroes the price he re-
ceived for them, indemnify all who suffered
damage by his proceedings, and pay three
ninths of the costs of the whole judicial
proceedings against him.
The Presbyter, d. Jose Hilario Valdes,
who gave certificate, of the burial of the
negroes sold out of the slave ship is con-
demned to eight years of imprisonment and
forfeiture of parochial benefee, and to pay
two-ninths, of the cost of judicial proceed
ings
The remaining confederates in the scheme
are sentenced to Imprisonment for terms va
rying from five to nine years, indemnifca-
ton to purchasers, and payment of the re-
manning costs of prosecution.
The speculation in the slave trade has
proved very dear business to all concerned.
The ship was fitted out, and the slaves i'm
ported by Arguilles as matter of specula-
Sion, and the certificate of death employed
to cover up the transaction 1t was the
abuse of his official position as much as the
nefarious character of the traffic, that ag-
gravated the character of the crime. Csa
Com
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IT is represented that the interest in the
Mexican emigration scheme, in New York,
isunabated, and the rush ofyoung and able
bodied men to the different stations for the
purpose of registration andlearning the par
ticulars of the expeditionhas not yet serious
ly decreased within the past few days
Many of the immigrants from Europe, now
arriving in considerable numbers by each
steamship, are absorbed by the expedition
as well as residents of our own country,
whose term of service has expired, aud an
occasional butternut is found who viii enter
his name for riches and honor in the land of
the MonteZnmas. @
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PEcUNIARY RESULT OF THE REBELLION.
The foreign holders of Confederate bonds
viii feel @darkly, deeply, beautifully blue
ON the next adYices from this country. An
intercepted letter from the rebel Adjutant-
General at Richmond, complains that the
writer has nothing but Confederate money,
and is starving food. and an an old darkey
in the rebel capital refused a hatfal Of this
money for drink of Jamaica rum, but on
the presentation of five dollar greenback
managed to procure enough hyuor to salts
fly the thirsty throats ofhis patrons. These
gentlemen abroad. who have staked their
pile onLet and Beauregard, will head the
insolvent lists shortly, and there will be no
pleasanter music for loyal ears than the
sound of the auctioneer's hammer in their
houses. Let them reap as they have sown.
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SHERMAN's RETURN advance of
Gen. Sherman's army, hitherto announced
as having arrived at Alexandria, consisted
only of those who from illness and fatigue
could not keep up with their columns, and
were brought to Alexandria from Richmond
by boat. Yesterday, however, the long lines
OF his advancing columns were plainly yisl-
Bile, marching down the crests of hills upon
the opposite bank of the Potomac.
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MEMPHIS, May 10, 4
via CAIRo. MAY u.

The influx Of paroled prisoners haseaused
a great excitement among the colored troops
here A plot to rise and murderevery rebel
in Memphis in revenge for the Fort pillow
massacre was discovered last night, and the
white troops were put on guard during the
ofthe fort Int were resisted bv the white
troops, aud after sharp skirnfish, in which
twenty were killed or wounded, were driven
back. They are now under strong guard
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TRYING TO STEAL GRANTS HoRsEs.-
Gen. Grant being down to the War Depart
ment, man appeared at his house with an
order from him for his two most valuable
horses, the jeff Davis pony ard the choice
bay trotter, but some suspicion arising, the
horses were not delivered. The man, there
upon went away, leaving the order, which
proved to be a forgery
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THEN Awn NOW.

From the Lon Prom the iI,sn-l From the Lon
don Times of don Times OF don Times Of
Nov. 20, 1890, Sept. IA, 1854 April "a, 1865.
at is evident AThe public "The catastro-
on the snallestlwill admit thatlphe seems COM
reflection thatltheg haxe not plcte, and in all
the South, evenlbeen misgnidedIits accessories
If united could by our comiaents calculated TO iB-
never resist, for We said that thelpreas people
three months the north could new with feeling
greatly prepon- er subdue thelthat the work
derating power south, and thel is accomplished,
Of the north north has DOW and that the civ
proclaimed theil war is really
same conclu- at an end"
lsion.n
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PROCLAMATION Blythe PRESIDENT

Raising Of the Blochade 44long the Whole
Atldiltic and Part Of the Gtt{f Coost-
A Fer Ports on the Tecas Coast onilt
EYcepted- Trade Ailosced to Be
C3nsmeaced IN oil the States East of the
Mississippi.
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:, ITis stated that the representatives of the
Christian Commission, who paid visit of
ceremony andrespect'' to the rebel General
Lee, at Richmond have been recalled, and
their authority TO act as delegates revoked
BY the Commission at Philadelphia. aa
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GEN. FoRREsT The Nashville Press has
a doubtful runner, derived from rebel Of
ficer from Dalton, Ga, that Gen. Forrest
was killed the other day by Captain Walker
of the rebel army. The Captains son was
on Forests staff, and falling to get leave
of absence, took one. Upon returning he
was shot by Forrest. His father, learning
this, found the General, and in revenge shot
and killed him.