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FIRsr-All who arc, or shall have been;
pretended civil or diplomatic officers, or
otherwise domestic or foreign agents Of
the pretended Confederate government.
SEcoND-All who left judicial stations
under the United States to aid the rebel
lion.
TH1RD-All who shall have been mill
tary OF naval officers of the pretended
Confederate government, above the rank
of Colonel in the army or Lieutenant i'll
the navy.
FouRTH--All who left seats in the Con-
gress of the United States to aid the re-
bclliop.
FIFrII-All who resigned or rendered
designations Of their commissions in the
army or navy Of the United States to
cvadc duty in resisting the rebellion.
SIxTn-All who have engaged, in any
way, in treating otherwise than lawfully,
as prisoners of war, persons found in the
United States service, as officers, soldiers,
scamen, OF in other capacities.
SEvENTlI-All persons who have been
or are abscntees from the United States
for the purpose Of aiding the rebellion.
EIGurH-All military or naval officers
in the rebel service who were educated by
the government in the Military Academy
at " est Point, or the United States Ma
val Academy.
NINTu-All persons who held the pre-
tended Offices of Governors Of States in
lnsurrcction against the United States.
TENrR-All persons who left their
homes within the jurisdiction and protec-
ton of The. United States, and passed be-
yond the federal military lines into the
so-called Confederate States for the pur-
pose of aiding the rebellion.
ELEvENTH-Xll persons who havo been
engaged in the destruction Of the com
mcrce Of the United States upon the high
seas, and al persons who have made raids
into the United States from Canada, or
been cngagcd-in destroying the commerce
OF the United States upon the lakes and
rivers that-scpalatc the British provinces
from the United States.
TwELrrH-All persons who, at the time
when they seek to obtain the benefits
hereof Ly taking the oath herein pre-
scrabed, are in military, naval or clVll
confinement or custody, or under bonds
Of the civil, military or naval authorities
OF agents of the Unitco States, as priSo-
nars Of war. or persons detained for Of
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Extracts from United States Tax
Act.
AS soon as national military authority
is established over any political sub-diyis-
ion of Il State, the law is to 60 into effect.
The Commissioners are directed to assess
Il due proportion OF the tax upon each
piece of real estate, whether in town OF
country, open an Office and give notice
that they arc prepared to leccive tax,
The assessment to be based on the last
valuation Of the State prior to January,
1861, or, in default Of that, upon such
other valuation as the Commissioners may
be best able 10 ascertain. Tho tax is to-
be received sixty days from the giving of
tue notice, without interest; after that
period, interest attaches ut the rate of ten
per ccntum por year from July, 1862
Each tax payer is to appear:at the office
of the Commissioner in person, or, in case
he cannot appear, then by his attorney,
either in fact or legally appointed; and
The attorney must show that the person
whose tax he applies to pay, either has
not engaged voluntarily in the rebellion
or has taken tho oath.
On the expiration ofthe.sixty days, all
property OH which the tax is unpaid is
considered forfeited TO the United States,
and tho commissioners may sell the same,
giving thirty days notice. But the tax
may be paid at any time before the day
appointed for sale, by paying the interest
accluing as above stated, and also of half
thc fax
Wy The he interest in Charleston became
charscablo after tho sixth Of May the
penalty will not SO become, probably, un-
til November
After the sale, sixty days are allowed
for redemption, on payment OF the pur-
chase money, with interest at fifteen per
centum per annum- from day of sale
ANY person. can redeem within that time;
after that, persons proving loyalty may
redeem any time within q period of one or
two years varying in length according to
their class, whether as persons beyond
seas, minors, &c, according to the discre-
ton of the Tax Commissioners.
An appeal may be made from their de-
cision to the United States Courts.
Cl,r%
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All the railroad bridges between Chat
tanooga and Nashville have been repaired
except the one over Barren river:
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in The presence OF AImlghty GOD, that I
will henceforth faithfully support and dc
tend the Constitution the United States
and the Union of the Statesvthereunder,
and that L will, in like manner, abide by
faithfully support all laws and proc
lamations which havc been made during
the existing rebellion with reference to
the emancipation of slaves. SO help me
God.
The following classes of persons arc OK
ccpted from the benefits of this proclama-
ton:
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IICllNlt ~ 49,
scribed, are in military, naval or civil
confinement or custody, or under bonds
of the civil, military OF naval authorities
OF agents of the Unitco States, as priSo-
ners Of war; OF persons detained for Of
fences Of any kind, either beforeoor after
conviction.
TnlRrEENrn-All persons who have
voluntarily participated in said rebellion,
and tic estimated value Of whose taxable
property is over twenty thousand dollars.
FounrEENrr1-All persons. who have
taken The oath of amnesty as prescribed
in the Presidents proclamation of De
ccmbcr eighth, A. j. one thousand eight
hundred and siXty-three, or an oath of
allegiance TO the Government Of the Uni
ted States since the date Of said proclaim
alton, and who have not thcncetorward
kept and maintained tho same inviolate.
Provided, that special application may
be made TO the President for pardon by
any persons belonging to the excepted,
classes, and such clcmency will be liberal
Journal of freedom. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1865-186?, 1865-10-14
j AL-oF R-EED NJ -
THE new NATIONAL UNION PARTY.

THE NEW NATIONAL UNION PAKEx
Col. JOHN w. FoRFEY, ofPenn., Score
tary of the United States Senate, and the
author of the Occasional letters in the
the philadelphia Press, which paper he
owns. together with the Washington
Chronicle, Harrisburg Telegraph and
several others, is a shrewd far-seelng
man. Accustomed to the wire-workings
of the national capital, heis an acknowI
ed leader at Washington, and by means
of his ramifed editorial connections, ne
Yields a large influence all over the
North. During the administration OF
Mr.. Lincoln, he supported the policy OF
the government and was one of the most
earnest advocates of freedom in the
country. He now the follow
ing as his platform
1st. That the rebellion did not destroy
the Republic, nor the States which COM
posed It. I'd. That Slavery is buried In
the grave of the Rebellion. Sd. -Four
millions Of freedmen must be elevated
and protected from cruelty. 4th. To pay
the national debt. 5th. That none of
the rebel debt should ever be recognized.
9Th. That none of the authors or leaders
of the rebellion should ever be admitted
to places oftrust or honor under the Gen.
eral Government. 7th. That the ener-
gies of the people should be directed to
the development of the natural resources
of the country.
We endorse all this, and know that in
doing's SO we endorse President JOHNSON,
for Col. FoRNEY claims that this pronun-
ciamento is the Presidents in point Of
fact. But we constr1e the third plank
in the platform to mean something more
than mere words. We think that the
elevation OF the Freedmen can best be
accomplished by making men of them.
and the best way to make men of them il
to give them the right of suffrage. We
think that protection against cruelty te
Freedmen can best be accomplished by
making men Of them in the full sense o.
the word, and giving them the right te
testify in courts of justice. With this
explanation we array ourselves with
the National Union Party--provided il
don't go back ON our construction of the
third plank.
Journal of freedom. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1865-186?, 1865-10-14

riority over them and has been-and is
now for that matter-obliged to submit
to their ignorant domination.
The Freedman, as has been aptly re-
marked, "has got disease for learning"
1t is a mania with him. The great ma
Jorlty of the blacks, when opportunities
are. offered, occupy their leisure hours
with a spelling-book or a primary reader.
They are making astonishing strides in
the direction of education, and are ex-
ceeding the expectations of their most
sanguine friends in their intellectual ad-
vancement. Yet they are denied the
right of suffrage, the right to testify be-
fore courts of justice and every right
which would make men of them and
make life and freedom enjoyable. The
consistency with which these rights, OF
which the Freedmen are deprived, are
conceded to the ignorant and almost
hopelessly worthless ''piney woods white
trash" is too apparent to require com
ment from us.
The negro can and will be educated,
The poor white trash also can, but they
will not, if left to their own in~clinations
They require to be driven into schools
after the manner of the laws of some 0
the German countries. They look OF
free schools as an invention of the enc
my, and are afraid to send their children
to them or go themselves, because mas
!, much as the Wings, in old times, am
} the Yankees now, advocate the system
they expect that Whiggery and Yankee
ism will be forced on to them. With tn
true instincts Of Ignorance they cling t.
, the Democratic party and are likely t.
continue in their present blissful condi
ton.
Journal of freedom. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1865-186?, 1865-10-14
Correspondent N. Y. Tribune.

GENERAL GRANTS OPINION OF NEGRO
TRooPs.-The New York Tribune, says
editorially:
General Grant, said 0 the negro troops:
"For guard duty and picket duty, on the
march and in assault, [ consider the ne
gro troops surpassed by no soldiers in the
world, and equalled by very few
ssBut,' queried a listener, docs not that
include all you car say of a soldier ?,
Nearly, but not all, responded the Lieu
tenant General "What remains is, the
ability to endure the steady pounding of
a protracted campaign Yes said
another questioner, but if the negroes
are good for everything else, why not for
thatl' Hdon't say they are not re-
joined Gen. Grant, i only say they have
not been tried The parties to that con-
y~ersation were Gen. Grant, Edwin M.
Stanton and Henry Ward Beecher, and
had it from the lips Of the latter.
Journal of freedom. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1865-186?, 1865-10-14

should go to Washington, not
as supplicants, but as men demanding
their rights. The success of the null and
void ordinance will be hailed with delight
as a victory over secession and treason,
and it will be looked on as the final over
throw of the heresy in this State.
There is one thing, however, which at
this juncture we will submit to the con-
sideration of our citizens. The State
never could secede and never can but
by its attempt to do SO, while it did MOI
relieve itself from its Obligations to the
Union, it forfeited its privileges under it:
and opened its organic law to the ~investi-
| cation of Congress.
Journal of freedom. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1865-186?, 1865-10-14
THE NATTON.

We copy the following from the la..
number Of the above named sheet
When the publication Of Tie Nation Wa,
commenced, there was naturally a GOOD
deal of doubt felt and expressed in manr
quarters as to the existence of anv d.
mand Of any demand on the part Of tba
public for such a paper IS The Nation
aimed to be. We are glad to say that
the experience of the last three month.
has satisfied as that this doubt was not
we'll founded. We believe we are iusti.
fed in asserting that no such reception
has eYer in this country been accorded n
any weekly paper, not pictorial, as tb;.
journal has received. We find, both IN
the number of our subscribers and tbo
expressions of opinion which reach n,
from all parts of the country, abundam
proof that such a paper as we seek IA
supply is sure both of wide circulation
and hearty appreciation. The most san.
guine anticipations we yentured to form
on this point have been realized. In
other words-and we trust we say this
without being held guilty of undue self.
laudation the American public hs,
shown that its literary taste is higher
than it has been commonly assumed to
be.
We felt at the outset Of our enterpri,s
that, in order to test thoroughly the pop-
ular opinion of our work, it was desira-
BILE to make the price so low as to submit
the paper at once to the Judgment of a.
large a circle of readers as possible. The
experiment. has been so successful that il
is no longer necessary to continue it, and
we propose, with and after this number. II
raise the price to six dollars a year. A
sum which will prove, we trust, amplv
remunerative. And as efforts have been
made in some quarters to create the i'm,
preston that The Nation, as well as other
periodicals called into existence BY the
return of peace; is destined to be short.
lived, we may be pardoned for stating
that the amount of our paid-up capital
is such as to relieve us of all uneasiness
on that occasion.
The following is the contents of thil
week s number The Week ssThe Dew.
il an Ass; !" Jordan on Davis The Ns.
val power of France and England The
National Highways Another View o.
the Condition Of the South The South
as it is Caste Feeling in. England A
Day in Pompeii ; Literary Notes !; Thu
Convention of the Roman Empire Dant'
in 1866 Current Literature ; Art Notes
Science F; Financial Review.
TERMS SO per annum, in advance.
Address Joseph FL. Richards, No. 19C
Nassau street, New York.
Journal of freedom. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1865-186?, 1865-10-14

1t is q ~favorite argument with that
class at the North opposed to the en-
REIMBURSEMENT of the negroes, that they
are destitute ofthat ambition which is
the spring of action, and which leads to
that wondrous activity of mind that
marks the members of the more advanced
races of mankind. They also urge that
the individuals of the colored race will
not, or rather cannot avail themselves of
the advantages now opening for them,
and will prove their intellectual defcien-
cies by their. utter incapacity to meet the
requirements of a condition of freedom.
We would attract the attention of all
who really hold such an opinion to the
following common-sense advice from q
freedman Of Nashville to his fellows, and
published in one of a series of educational
letters in The CoIored Zennesseeam.
ftThe fact that we have hitherto labor
ed under many disadvantages will mat
ter nothing. The fact of oar ignorance
still remains. 1t is the imperative duty
JCAA6 moA 0A4OAS u01 w 8
work at once In this matter of self-im"
provement. x The
destiny of our race is in our hands, and
we must have a full sense OF the magnl-
tude of our part of the work.
= To stand still now is defeat
and destruction to u cause. Do not
talk about what the colored race is going
to do in ten O fifteen years, but ask your
self what you are going. to do now. Com
melee at once to fit yourself for a faith
full discharge of all the duties ola citizen
In q free republic, and an enlightened
refined member of society"
In referring to the above the Philadel-
phia Press, remarks as follows
The writer of the above surely exhlOr.
a true appreciation of the situation OF
his race, Of the present disadvantages OF
the work imperatively incumbent upon
them, and of that harder fact fer persons
of his position to- realize-that by the
world at large a man is regarded TOT
he does without considering the
which he may have to suffer-
the obstacles which he may have 70
overcome. All these special difficulties
which the freedmen must necessarily en-
counter, are evidently recognized by az
east this one member of the class, and
lis advice could hardly be rendered more
practical and opposite to the case.
Journal of freedom. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1865-186?, 1865-10-14

The Constitutional Convention of the
State of North Carolina has been in ses-
sion during the past two weeks but has
done nothing of Importance beyond the
work comprehended in the two days occu-
pied by the passage of the ordinances
a%bolishing slavery and declaring the Sc
cession ordinance a nullity.
AS regards the ordinance abolishing
slavery, but little credit willaccrue to the
State on it's account. Care was taken to
make it appear that the act was a free
and independent movement on the part
of the convention, by excluding any
reference to the var and the practical
destruction of the institution. The ordi-
nance was passed as a mere matter of
course, with but a faint and puerile effort
to qualify it by striking out the word
"forever." Mr.. FAIsoN, the delegate
who introduced this proposition probably
thought it his duty to do SO as a true
representative ofhis constituents, and his
inclinations very likely accorded with
his sense of duty. he is one of the few
men in the South, who-we Judge from
this act, only-do not fully realize the
situation. He does not appreciate the
fact that the South commenced the war
to preserve the institution and by the re-
suit of the war it is lost irrevocably. He
to know that the South started the
rebellion, not to gain their independence,
but to free themselves from New England
ism, as it is called here, and Northern
generally. It's right had
never been disturbed or trampled on, but
the leaders persuaded the people that the
Republican administration just inaugu-
rated would interfere with the institution
of slavery. Hence the war for its main
tenance, and hence it's loss as the natural
result of the war. AS one of the penalties
for crime of rebellion, the State of
North Carolina was called on by procla-
ton of the President of the United States
to abolish slavery, and she complied.
The passage of the ordinance declaring
the secession ordinance to be null and
void and that it has never been legally
operative, is a victory which the Union
men of the State may we'll boast of. It
proves conclusively the statements SO
'ften repeated by them that the State
las never, except by the will of a minori-
y, accepted the doctrine of secession.
The peculiar condition of affairs had
much to do in influencing the vote on
his question, for Mr.. BoYDEN, ofRowan,
ut it before the convention, not only as
be requirement of right and justice, but
8 good policy. He referred to a party
4 the North who would be glad to see
ne Southern States repeal the ordinance
f secession, for thereby, they would by
leir own acts indirectly acknowledge It's
and place themselves in the posi-
of conquered provinces. By the pass q
,e of the null and void ordinance, he de- 9
AIRED that the State would at once place :
srself back in her old tracks and as soon
she had prepared herself would have E
e right to make her voice heard in y
He proposed that u repre- "
Journal of freedom. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1865-186?, 1865-10-14
CoNNECTICUT AND COLORADO.

Connecticut has by a majority of six
thousand, refused to amend her constitu-
ton by charging the suffrage privilege
to include the blacks, although there are
only two thousand in the State. The re-
suit of the election, however, shows an
increase in the strength of the Equal
Rights party, which should not be over
locked in weighing its significance. 1t
is proved conclusively, too, that the Be
publicans exhibited remarkable apathy
and lost the contest ON account of it. All
things considered we have some hope of
Connecticut, at some future election, of
course, for we cannot now reach her in
any other way. 8
Colorado has signiied her willingness
to become one of the sisterhood Of the
Union, but has nulliied her attempt to
do so, by failing to recognize the true
principles of Republicanism on the suf-
frage question. Congress will have the
handling of her proposed constitution
and with other States we wot of whose
organic law it will investigate, she will
probably be allowed to remain In her
present condition until she overcomes her
"subjection to p%rejudices of the past"
Journal of freedom. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1865-186?, 1865-10-14

FL
The Washington correspondent of the
Philadelphia Ledger states that complaint
is made that too much ammunition Is
way to Southern ports. There was no
limit fixed upon the amount that was al
lowen to be shipped, and hence, if the
quantity going forward is dangerous to
the peace of the nation, the government
Is alone responsible. A statement upon
this subject will probably be called for at
the hands of the collectors of the North
ern ports, and, if the complaint that the
shipments are too large for safety is found
correct, an order reducing them to a Ger
tain standard will no doubt be issued.
It seems very evident that Connecticut
was lost by the apathy of the Republi-
can party. A number of the leaders got
1t into their heads that, perhaps, any
strenuous effort in favor of suffrage would
offend the Observation-Disclosures
his contrary So they STAYED
away. from the polls, and made no effort
to unite the people, behaving altogether
IN a cowardly way-sufering the Stare
to go by default. The true men of the
Republican party should put a mark on
these scowardly gentlemen.-Neso York
Tribune.
Journal of freedom. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1865-186?, 1865-10-14
UNDER OBLIGATIONS TO THE REBELS.

DNDER OBLIGATIONS TO THE REBELS.
An intelligent cslored friend informs
us that he likes the "tsecesh'' better than
the %unionists, because, says he, eff the
secesh had never split the Union, we
would never have been free" We think
that there may have been some ssconf-
dences" between our friend above men
toned and High Smith Of Low johnson,
who proposed to. amend the ordinance
abolishing slavery, by declaring that it
had been destroyed by the secessionists.
Journal of freedom. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1865-186?, 1865-10-14
LETTER
ITO the Boys Of Raleigh

ITO the Boys Of Raleigh
RALEIGH, Oct. g, 1866.
Young Gentlemen Your polite, though
anonymous letter / took from the post
Office only yesterday morning, which reads
as follows
RALEIGH, N. G. Oct. 2, 1865.
"MR. SMITH: Sr.-We, the boys of
Raleigh, in Q meeting have resolved if
you do not stop walking with the Misses
"Negress" of Raleigh, that we will take
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