The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-10-09

oresecn itwould probably have been
provided for.
Besides tho names above given, the
most of those pardoned are small fry,
about whom 80 much need not be said
There are still from one TO two hun
lred persons excluded from amnesty by
this last proclamation, embracing a
large number of tho leading Confederate
officials. L will run over some of the
most conspicuous Of these as briefly as
possible
Among executive officials, we have
first, jeff. Davis, eX-Presidcnt whose
trial at Richmond comes off November
next ; Alexander II. Stephens, Vice.
President; Robert Toombs, tho first
rebel Secretary Of State, then n briga.
'lier general; r. II Hunter an cx.
United States Senator, successor to
Toombs i'll the State Department, now
engaged in fnrming on the Rappahan
mock j p Benjamin, the Confederate
Secretary of State for three wears and
generally deemed Mr.. Davis most in
fincn'ial adviser, now member of the
EngliSh bar; James A Srddon, Confcd.
crate Secretary Of War in 1923, now
GngaR IN iarmlng on he James River,
near k'chmond; John G.. Brcckinbrdee
first q ,nmj"r-g'n"ral and then successor
TO iSeddon as Secretary of War, now
living in Paris; &C M"mminerr of
South Carolina, the fr<l rebel S .crr,ary
OF III" Treasury. now living in Charles
ton: ) II Mallory, rrhr Secretary 81
IN" Navy, n"w residing a, Pensacola,
Fla, Thomas II. Watts Conf drrnfr
Attorney General, now praciicing law
at Montgomery, Ala. -Four of Mr..
Davis Cabinet officials have been par.
doned, viz: l. Pope Walker, OF Ala,
tn" first rebel Secretary of War at
Montgomery, who resigned in Srptrm.
h"r and becan,e for awhile Brieadirr
General, new prarlicing law at Hunts.
Vile, Ala john Fl R"ngan, Postmaster
General, now lawyer IN Trxa- George
Davis, Of North Cnrnli,,a. Attorney
General, ""l George y lu;us ,lns 81
S,"'''' r"t"tinn. VIII WAS 10" inSt r'un
E'd"ra'r Secretary oi lh Tr"n, ,ury.
Grmgr W Rlnuiph."r Vug,,ia WHO
was S ,r"tary Of War Tor II c,m<,lrruhl"
period, has nrrn released hv n hpn.r
power, having died last April in AN,"c
marie con ~, Va.
Among The di ipl,mntic and CONNER
clal agents excluded from amnesty, we
nnle john Slid'll. Minister 10 Pans. now
living in that city James NJ Mason, ul
Virginia, Minister to lInnnn, now re.
siding Mt Toronto, Canada West: \
Dudley Mann, who go, hig salary at
Brussels, nobody knows for what, now
living Al somr German horcl ON his say.
ingS ; LQ G Lamar, of Mississippi,
colonel IN tho Confederate service sent
by Mr.. Davis during the war to Russia,
and now prac'iring law in Mississippi;
John i Pickett, Confederate Commits
>ion"r to The Republic OF Mexico Gen.
William Preston, Of Kentucky, Con.
irdrra.e brigadIer then sent to The Court
ot Ma 'imllian. but never received there;
George EusIis, Of Louisiana, Secretary
OF Legation to Slilell; James E Mac
iarland, of Virginia, Secretary to Ma
son; Walker Fern, of Alabama, Sccre.
tary to Lamar; Henry Vote, editor of
.hc lnds,c and commercial agent at Lon.
don; Edwin DcL"on of South Carroll.
ma, employed to write up the Conled"ra
cy abroad Charles J. Helm, OF Ken
tncky, Commissioner or Consul a, IIa-
vana, aud some few others of less note.
Among tho agents employed by tho
Confrderacy for miscellaneous purposes
not yet fully disclosed, and excepted by
this proclamation, we may mention
Clement G Clay, Of Alabama, now a
lawyerat Huntsville, Alabama Jake
Thompson. who, with Clay, was sent to
Capada, and is still living there Gen
E. G. Lee, an emlssary in Canada; Bcv
crly Tucker, who was engaged in chip
ping beef somewhere in Nova Scotia
aud running the blockade =; Capt NJ u
Manry and Capt Bullock, sent abroad to
buy ships; Furgcrson and Huse, sentto
London to buy army supplies the last
of whom. it is said, made a good thing
out Of itst-and q few others on similar
business. The notorious George N.
Sanders, WHO affected to be diplomatic
agent of the Confederacv, never held
any sort of Office or commission in its
service.
70 The military men unpardoned are still
quite numerous, and there is bare
space to give the names of tho most
conspicuous. First we have Robert K,
Ice, Joseph r Johnston, G II Branrc.
gard, Samuel Cooper and Braxlon
Bragg, all ofsthpse$fnll Generals. Z o0p.
cr was also .Aljulant.G"neral a, Rich!
tMond: hmonE 'ln'. Leul"nanl-GPnp.,
rails are iJnhuB Hood, Of Kan,nckY;
john G. PrDbrton, lG Kirby Smith
Florida: Thropl,ilns Holmes, North
Carolina; James Longslrect, Louisiana;
'Hardeeand Jub,,l Enrly,
Among the Major-Generais not par.
doned arc Howell Cobb, of Georgia /;
JolWB Magruder, Virginia; George Il
Pickett SVirginiai. Sterling Price, Mis-.
souri; r McLa&s, Georgia: Hng4r,
south Carolipa; Gnslavls. w Smith,
Kenlucky;E Mansfield & Lowell, Wade
Hampton. Snuhs Carolina; N B Forrest,
Memphis; Dick Taylor. & olpsiana;l SsB
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