The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-05-10

with delicacy, truth or honor. He
owes fidelity to the President and
when it leaks out that, in secret
Cabinet conclave, he made profcs-
sion of such fidelity, the radicals
make great out-cry, and declare
their certainty that he has been mis-
represented. We suppose the truth
to be, that he has been insincere.
that he has been snake in the grass.
Nem York World.
The Pardon Business-Omcinl State
lment OF Executive Clcmency.
The following message from the
President, with accompanying docu-
ments therein specified, WIS received
on Friday afternoon in the House of
Representatives,, and ordered to be
printed:
To tie Ho"ss IF Representatives,:
In answer to the resolution Of the
House OF Representative of the 5th
of March, 1866, requesting the names
of persons worth more than $50, 900 to
whom special pardons have been
issued, and statement Of the amount
of property which has been seized as
belonging to the enemies of the Go
vernment, or rs abandoned property,
and returned to those who claimed to
be the original owners, / transmit
herewith reports from the Secretary
OF State, the Secretary of the Trea-
sury, the Secretary of War, and the
Attorney-General, together with a
copy of the amnesty proclamation of
May -, 1860. and Il copy Of the war
rants issued in cases in which special
pardons are granted. The second,
third and fourth conditions of the
warrants prescribe the terms. so far
rs property is concerned, upon Which
all such par'lons are granted and ac-
ccpted. ANDREW JOHNSON.
WASH1NGToN. ID. G., May 1, 1866.
The report from the Secretary of
State shows that the number Of per
sons excepted from the benefit of the
amnesty proclamation under the
$50, 900 clause, to whom special par
dons have been granted, is 1890
7o7 additional cases have been passed
upon by the Attornev-Gen but
not yet acted upon in the State De
partmcnt, and consequently are not
included i'll the list Of name, fur
n;shed.
The Secretary OF War transmits
the reports of Major-G General Howard,
the Chief of Engineers: the Chief OF
Ordnanccand Qnartcrmastcr-G General
MclGs. The most important is that
of General Howard. 1t states that
the property held by the Freedmen s
Bureau was seized either under the
Act OF Congress of July II, 1862, OF
as abandoned property. OF this. the
greater portion was in the State OF
Virginia, where II large amount OF
/. land had been allotted among the
freedmen. Owing to the large mum.
Der OF applications for the restoration
OF property. Il circular, originally
drawn up by the Commissioner TO,
the State Of Virginia, was issued from
the headquarters of the Bureau, in
September, 1860, for the guidance OF
It's agents III dealing with such appli-
cations. Much of the property held
under the Act of 1862 had been mere
ly llbellcd, and no proceedings insti-
tutcd for the contiscatiOn; and in al
cases where this class of property had
not been actually sold, and when pro
cccdlnSs against it were not pending
III the United States Courts, it was
restored.
Several estates held under Gen.
Sherman's Field Order No. 10, were
restored under instructions from tho
President, in War Department Order
of October =, lS65, some Of these
having but few freedmen located
upon them, who could he Us alvan
tageously located elsewhere. or other
special reasons existing; COR the rcsto
ration. Among the G. tatcs restored
was that of cX-Gov. Aiken, which wa.
restored on the Recommendation O
Gen. ID. T.. Sicklcs.
The report goes on to state that il
had been understood by the officer.
OF the Bureau that abandoned proper
ty which had been seized for its use.
under the Act of Congress could bt
held until the purposes of the Burea,
were accomplished, Irrespective O.
the question whether or not the
owner had received n pardon; and
acting upon that understanding, al
applications for the restoration O.
that class of property had been re
fused. But the case Of b. b. Leake
of Tennessee, being brought to tn,