The New York herald., 1865-05-30
THE PROCLAMATIONs.

THE PROCLAMATIO
President Johnson yesterday issued most important
pseslamstion, which V published In this mornings
HsaAGS granting pardon with restoration Of all their
rights Of property excepting in slaves to certain classes
Of pesoos who have engaged IN tho rebellion,
coodssoa of their subscribing 70 the oath Of allegiance
70 the government
This proclamation also deanes Who among the
gsnts will not bs allowed 70 avail themselves of the
bssehs a this amnesty. Thsse are divided into four
tssa distnos cassss, ,neladng those who have beou
domssuc OF foreign agents Of the rebel govern
y nsss: thoss Who resigned judicial eongFsssotnsl,
msHlify o. naval poslltoss TO aid the re-
Asiisoa; o6,cen In the rebel army above the
sak colonel and In the rsbsl above the rank OF
assssaast and those below those ranks who were edu
Dated In tho national academies; all who have
beea guilty Of cruel treatment to prisoners
OF war; all the rebel Governors Of States; persons
who have left the national nes either TO enter those
OF tho Insurgents 70 60 to foreign countries TO aid
tho rebelon ell persons engaged In rebel piracy the
ocean, the lakes and rivers and tho Northern border
rades persons voluntarily participating in the rebellion
whose taxable property Is estimated twenty thou
sand dollars and all those who have heretofore taken
the oath Of allegiance to the government and violated It,
Any Of these excepted who desire the
benefits Of amnesty, must mako special application to
the President for pardon when their will be
amned, and such clemeucy extended the facts may
warrant
BY the President, appointing william W. Holden Provi-
siouai Governor Of North Carolina directing that be
proceed Immediately in his Official capacity, to make
arrangements for calling convention alter amend
the State constitution aud restore civil govern
mont Only persons who thoroughly loyal to the
national government and have subscribed to the oath
of allegiance, will be permitted for delegates
te this convention The convention Is to provide for
putting tho civil machinery motion, aud given the
po~er 10 decide upon the question negro suffrage in
the State or may pass this question for decision over
to tho Legislature meeting under the
The military commanders in the State are directed to
give Governor Holden every necessary the
elAoiest performance of his duties
Tho President also directs the Secretaries Of State
Treasury, Navy aud Interior and the Postmaster Conc
ra the Attorney General the District Judge proceed
to put In force within limits of North Carolina all
lave wtn the province Of their several departments
and 70 restore the operations OF national authority
therclu.
THE TRIAL.
Tho proceedings yesterday of the court engaged in
trying the assassination consprators we're unusually
Interesting and important disclosing in great
tho plot Of Dr. Blackburn the rebel agent in Canada,
TO introduce yellow fever this country, for the
purpose, alleged only Of spreading disease
Northern ccs, but infect the national armies and
extend dreadful rayasos the Presidential
Mansion.
On the opening Of the court Mrs Surrats counsel |
asked for the recall Of tho witness Won Steneker who
testi0ed . previous day TO O meeting OF |
the assassination OF President Lincoln discussed.
Counsel professcd ability prove that this Witness be-
fore jouing the rebels had in tho Union army.
from which he deserted while under sentence Of death.
The Court, owing TO tho disrcspectlu language In |
which this request regarded couched refused to
witnesses for the purpose Of dating Won stcnakers
statements Tho defence said they would produce this
pupos, General Edward Johnson ato Of the rebel army,
who would <stify that such meeting took place;
but This proposition was overruled.
Additional witnesses werc examined by Dr.. Mudd's
ooaasel with tho design Of mpairing the testimony
against him already takon
Tho evidence OF the prosecution in regard to the
yellow fever plot commenced by tho cxamiua-
ton OF Godfrey J Hyams, OF Toronto, who testified
thsa Ia December 1892 no met in Toronto Dr.
Blackburn whom he knew to be in the rebcl
vce Blackburn took Hyams to a private room aud
asked him " be willing to go on an
expedition in which hc would make a hun
drcd thousand dollars and receive more glory
than tho robel General Lee Witness finally consented
Subsequently he letter rom blackburn dated
in Havana the 10Th Of last May, stating when
ne would arrive al Halifax witness then made
his way TO that place, where arrangements were
perfected for the distribution of infected clothing
and Tor Transporting the trunks to New York. Pbadel
phia and other Northern cities Blackburn stated that
his object 10 destroy tho Onion army; that
the clothing had boon infected with yellow
fever, aud that other parties were engaged
with him In injecting goods, amounting to one
million dollars worth with that disease and the small
pox Tho witness understood from Blackburn that tho
clothing In valise which to President Lincoln
was infected with both diseases. When witness
returned 10 Hamilton. Canada, he met Clay
and Bocombe, the rebel agents. who congratulated him
on bis success and he teicgraphed to Dr. Blackburn,
who came down the next night and when witness told
h'm what he bad done ho said was all right,
as Big No. Two had gonc 10 Washington aud he
would kill at sixty yards Blackburn told Byams that