Litchfield enquirer., 1865-06-01
Amnesty Proclamation. RECONSTRUCTION IN THE NORTH
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fae Last Fee COngnered. ACClDENT IN MOBILE. JEFF DAVIS INDICTED

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 the President has ssued 7. nex smn.st proclamation, offering pardon to persons of al classes of southern society. upon their takjn the oath of allegiance. except the following
 The civil and diplomatic agents of the Con federacy.
 The judiciai officets wto deserted their DOS, to join the rebellion.
 Military officers above the rank of Colonel and naval officers above the rank of Lieutei, ant.
 Deserters from ihe United States Congress
 Omcers who resigned commissions in the Ser wee of the United States to join the rebellion
 Rebel officers or agents charged with inhu rlanity to United States prisoners of war 2
 Persons absent from the country for the pur pose of aiding the rebellion. ..
 C6scers edatcdted at Vest Point or at tk. NarI Academy. s........
 All the rrefended Governors of rebel States
 All who left their homes at the North te cast their lot with the rebellion.
 Pirates and raiders in the British Provinces
 yotanfeeTs .for tie rebellion arcrth S2O,000.
 Persons who have taken the oath of allepi ance and broken it.
 - The Attorney GsDeral has decided that the amnesty proclamation becomes void by the suppression of the rebellion that the decrees of conhscation are in full force and that the exercise Of executive cIemency cannot extend to the future,
 - President Johnson has issued a proclama ton appointing W. w. Holden Governor of North Caroline A cont ention is to be imme- diately elected by the loyal men of the State. and all practical relations with the general government will ue re-established.
 - An official dispatch from Secretary Stant ton conveys the welcome intelligence that the land and naval forces under command of Gen. Kirby Smith have surrendered to Gen. Canby. The beligerent power of the rebellion has thus. passed away forever, the army of Gen. Smith having been the only organized force that held out after the surrender of Johnston.
 The ordnance department and magazine at Mobile, exploded at o'clock Friday The shock was terrific The city shook to it's very foundations. Eight squares of buildings were destroyed Five hundred persons were bu- ried in the ruins. Loss estimated at eight millions of dollars. The origin of the explo- sion is not yet ascertained.
 The Grand Jury of the District of Colum bia yesterday found a bill of indictmen- against Jeff. Davis and John c. Breckinridge, for high treason. They are indicted sepa- rately. The overt act was the raid in July last within the District of Columbia and the jurisdiction of the court, the killing of citi- zens and the destroying of property. Breckin- ridge being present in person and Jeff. Davis constructively. District Attorney Darlington announced the fact to the Court, and asked for bench warrant in the case of Breckinridge, who is still at large. He also asked that such steps may be taken as will bring Jeff. Davis before the Court for trial. -- The Philadelphia Press says that Jeff. Davis is to be tried before the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, of which Hon. David K. Garter of Ohio, a native of New York, is Chief Justice. and Abraham Olin of New York, G F. Fisher of Delaware, and Wm. Wiley of the District of Columbia are Associate Judges,
 -----------. = ~--~---- .'i STATE MEDICAL SocrErY.-The annual meet ing of the Connecticut Medical Society was held at the Hospital in Hartford on Wednes- day The attendance was about the same as usual. The following officers were elected for the year ensuing
 President-Dr. N. B. Ives of New Haven.
 Vice- President-Dr. Isaac c. Porter Of New London.
 Sseretary-Dr W. e. White of New Haven.
 ITeuSuTeT-Uf. J. U. JACKSON or Hartford.
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 HE Ct. Cavalry has made most honorable record, and as numbers iron, this place and vii cinity are members of it. we share in the honor General Custer, the brave and ;ndomitable con- mander of the Third Cavalry Division in which $ the First Coin., issued a cong ra atulatory or der April 9th in which he says T f'.d
 The record established by your iudomitable courage, is unparalleled by the annals of war. Tour prowess has won for you the respect and admiration of your enemies. During the past six months, although in most instances con- fronted by superior numbers, you have captur- cd from the enemy in open battle, one hundred and eleven pieces of field artillery, sixty-6ve battle flags, and upwards of ten thousand pris. -eners of war including seventy general officers. Within the past ten days and included iu the above, you have captured fortysix pieces of 6eld artillery, and thirty battle flags 7 ; Cfthe last named, ten pieces of the artillery and three of the battle, flags, were captured by the First Conn, Cavalry. He further says: ,. 1ou have never lost gnn-never lost col or--and have never been defeated. ; t.eH D E-ziA@tA :. ' .