The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-10-02

fh' Amnesty Proclamation 1t. psrsonul
"fnrinsS-Who ARE Embruc.i in IL unL
who Excluded.

| h'6 ioh hhoiilbtnn ciIN, sINs.
%, ms ~. most ""iIeeabi, lass "t PERSONS now 10,
hris "i thr ,'mtcd Htat,. Congress vino rr,,"nc,
thrr seals ai,i went Sci.th amd tho n,rml,.I, a
., aln 'nn"Slrlatr G"nGro-, at iirhiinni AMI honI
Gphl.rf bui II deserve, 20 be mates, tnt uuito .
| number Ut these are stn nj tanric.l in iLr ,rnsL.
"t ir rcae!It paper, as will appear hereafter, ant
good many uirrs same u lirr, and MI an. lin,
| ur hn"i her rot their IaI,nIls. Annug thcs,.
may instance Percy Walker. United StstcI imru,
9cr "l Congress from Atihaina: james l.. Pmrh
William P"rchcr Miles, al South Carolina: William
w. HJ,e;. 81 South ta.ulina; De Jartlrltc anil
n,n"sn,,, "' tItSinis. an many oilrrs a goml
SyIeil.anl A!t'vlt. III Alabama died from wounds
III hlttlo; l'rnclt, ul krturky: tSarksar of Nils.
ssslI, Mhn tell at Gci '"Irs:: l:ranelr OF Nor,ll
~ lirs;iuia, AMI nlhrts.
This proclamation, hmmtyrr l.s nu. 4 l,,w rruu
Speaker nf lIc Confederate iIouse of i,,.prctnmta
,f'', since iir Mar ~. .ti'in.. law quietly ucar
i.ymribule: il"rry a; Miss. Brii;ari,rr.tisucraI,
lr"w practising law; Itpbrrt Barnwr,;. or Sm,ii,
t'a.olina y l.rlne u,r.ubcr of the C,nI,.irrain
Senate. and about 1851 United States Semnior f,r
! prei lrrrod; L. BarhS,i,lr. ot Mississippi Con-
irtrlatu nielIrr OF Congress-; Wm. 4. Graham of
North Carolina. a member of the Cunfcilcratr Sen
ate, once United States Secretary uf tho Navy. Ed
ward sparrow, OF Louisiana. member OF the Con.
iedcratc SlatcS Seultc; JRnes thcstn,li Of Enmtl,
Carona, the first United States Senator wIlo re-
signrd his seat to 20 into the rebellion, then n
member OF ,llc Cnnfelsratc Senate. then iurnlIor
=
eral: flGrschcl V. Johnson. Confederate Senator:
anu lastly, may mention. David l.. Y;,ior United
This porson has haul rather hard time OF il. Ii
was understood that he wns very loath to 20 in for
secession, but was carried in by the ground swoii
that WAS the end of him. Sir. Davis Raro him no.
thing; his own State, Florida, Savc him nothing: e
iansulshed in obsenrty, and would probably have
bee utterly forgotten bnt for the attentive zeal of
his own hrohcr-in-law, Mr.. Joseph Holt, of ihr
b!rcam OF Military Justice, between whom and
himself thero was ltlu family feud Holt Ind
Iulee hunted up and dragged to Fort puiashiMto
revsl oil such danticu rs pork and beals and then
deaf TO az tratcrnal considerations Holt conriyeI
ho should stay-being th, very. nla last ln bs IN,
l0asc,l among number ui Conspicuous prsoner.
who had held high Office IT Richmond. So much
Tor having kind brothas.in-law when you arc in
partlonGl by tho amnosty. His personal cnnn,ic,
have hitherto kept hin, ont from this favor
irao MosDy' TN Inc partisan strangely enough, was en-.
May 1875, being only Oulonel and liable to nom,
oi INC executing clnuses, He came in promptly
took tho oath, and then il was too lata 10 do any
thtE viii hun: Had tie case been rprpscen IL
would probably have been provided fol
=, Besides the names above given, tho most OF
r"Se , ,, parIoed h aro small Try nbont whom Mulch
neru moi be said. There arr still from one to twn
hundred persons excluded from urnnestv by tLis
last ia pr9clamation embracing large number Of
some oi the most conspicuous uI thcsu as irirtlr
possible. "'
Among executive Officials wo have, first Ie,r
@aiS @ ~ !, ti iesiuehti "huse tita at ltirlIniond
;mineS oh Nnve't!btr next; hlefsndcr II. 81 cpl1ns
Nice-prosideat; Robert 1roribs, tho first rebcj
SgeTsisfy Il r f,n,a Of SLATE, then nigdiersenera H.
T"onbs in tho State Department, now snrayr1 in in
iasrining on The isappahanuoek; j. r. Benjamin,
the Confederate Secretary uf State for llre,: Wears
adviser, now member OF the English lar.
James ~. Seldom. Confederate Srcr,;ary oi
% war IN lst2,3, now engagcd in farming un
ihe lanes iAver: near richmond: John G.
Il ~
successor to Seddon u: Secretary ur Mar
NOW living i'll Paris; G. q. McmminKcr, oil Sontli
now living IN Charleston: s. r. Mallory, rebel Se:
rrlary 81 the Navy, now residi,rg at Pcnsscolu
;E. ta. Thomas ma IA ,{saa.s Gn'hSra,r Attorry.
fSiiT OF SIR. Davia' Cabinet alft1Sia Iavc liecn
first rebel Secretary 0f War al Montgomery who
resigned in September, 1851, and became lnr am hile
a Hrlgh,tiertiSnera mnW practising; law ut Limits
rillr Ala; john H. IraHan, P.,stnlasicr General
now lawyer i'll Texas; George Davis, of Nori,
Carolina. Acknowledgement, aud Grorgc ~ Tr.n.
i!uinI, Of South Carolina, M.,o was the last Con.
tr'i'rat" SGcretary OF The Treasury. Girorpe W.
Randolph, of Virginia, wis, Secretary Of War
foi Il considerable prriul has been released by n
higher inwer having died last April III AibenIarl.
Antun.: the diplomatic aitl commercial agents
cyr'ur'l from amnesty We note John Sli,ltll MIN
lister To Paris, nuw living in that city: iancI NJ
Manuir, oi Virginia Minister to London, m,,w f..
siding quietly with his family at Toronto Canada
Mrst; a. Dudley Mann, who got i big salary at
"a
so ae cheap German hotel Oh his savings: l.. O. &.
Lamar, ol Misss5ipp colonel in the Conicd,.-
rate service, sent by MIR, Davis during The War 10
John II. Pickett. Confederate COMMISSIONER TO I'M,
licpnbllc OF Mexico; General William Preston. of
a. hiehtueky, Go. itderate briga'lier then sent to
he Court OF hnSiniliRn, hut received there:
George Eustls nf Louisiana, Secretary OF Lcpa.
tion to Sidell; Jamos T.. Mscfarlantl, of Virginia
Secretary to Mason; Walker Fcarn, OF AlaGama
Secretary 10 Lamar; Henry Wotzc, editor of Inc
lnueH and commercial aGant ct I.nniou Edwin De
l.con, OF South Caroiinn, employed 10 write no the
Go1federasy Conf. abroad Charles J. Helm, of Zen
somc few others Of less noto
Among tho agents employod By tho ConicdcraaT
tor miscellaneous purposes not yet fully disclosed
and excepted bv this proclamation, we NAV mon.
lion Clement G. Clay, of Alabama, now q luEyer At
Hnntsvillc, Alabama; jake Thompson, who. NTH
Clay, vas s9nt to Canada, and is still living thore
Gen T. Il; Lee, an emissary III Canada; Boyo,Iy
tucker who Was' engaged in shipping beof SONG
where IN Nova Scotia and running tho blockade:
Capt. NJ; !. Manry and Capt; Bullock sent abroad
To buy army suppiiosthe last Of whonl il il said
made good thing ont Of it-and few otlers ON
similar business. The notorious George n. Saun-
Inra, who Infected to bo diplomatic agent Of the
Confodcracy, never hold any sort of ohice or COM
niasiOn in its service.
The military men unpardoned are still quito nu-
mcrous, and there is barely space 10 giyo tho
names Uf the most conspicuous. FiraL wo hays
Robert T. Lee. Joseph L. johnson, q. Il. 1Ieaurc-
gard, Samuel Cooper and Braxton Bragg, ali of
these full Generals. Cooper was also Adiutant.
Gonoral at Richmond. Among tho Iieufenant.
Generals arc john B. Hood, of Kentucky; John G.
pemberton. +. Kirby Smith, Florida; I'hoophilus
lIomea, North Carolina; James Lonyatrcet. fouis
lana; Hardoe and Jubal Early.
Among tho Major Generals not par,loned arc
Howell Cobb, OF Georgin; John B. aIagruder, Yir-
ginia; George z. Pickett, Virginia; Sterling Price
Missouri; L. McLawa, Georgia; Huger, South
Carolina; Gustayus W. Smith, Kentucky; Mansfield
Forrest, aemphis Siek iaSior p Ta59hhs; Toniss;a
Buckner, Kentucky; Vim. Mahoi,o, Virginia; qor.
don, Georgia; Ely, Maryland, and about twenty
others Of Lesser mark.
Only two naval mon OF the Confederate States are
Semmps and Admiral Blu.
ohanan. ~
Tho Governors OF robei States al also excepteJ.
Among these noe Govorner Smith, OF Virginia
Letcher has been rardone1J: S. B. Vance, of
North Carolina; J. q. Harris, o" Ienncssee; Clark
o. Alssiaaippi; Moore, OF To- .ana; AlIon of same
Of Arkansas; J. i. Brow Of Georgia; NJ. T.. Bon,
ham, MaSratll, i. ". PL. g, Governors of South
Carolina, and Acting Governor Alston OF Florida
On the whole, take il, the number OF persons
still excluded from amnesty may be stated nt one or
two hundred, nrd certsnily ,lcs8 not exceed five
satisfied the country beltor If he had taken tho ud.
vice of tho Herald instead oi aIr. SeTartl's, and
planted himself on the broad ground OF uuirersal
amnesty, reconciliation anil progress. But few
mon in Office have the invaluable faculty of news
pal or sense; they peddlo about tritlcs and when
they give away anything think The virtue is gone
clean out OF tiinnl.
COLONEL School, In conversation with gen.
teman who lately visited tho coorea day-schooI in
This place, wo learn that the pupils hayo mads
considerable progress in tho elementary branches
and all Of them gave evidences of capacity for