The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-09-19
THE ANN EsTY.
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD.


Names Of Those Excluded from Pardou-The
Whereabouts and Occupations Of the Rebel
WASHINGTON. Sept o. 1857
The Presidsnt's proclamation OF amnesty which ap-
psared to-day has provoked considerable inquiry to
the included In benefits and As to those who
are st left out In the cold The Southsrns who have
been looking forward this document with the hope
that would DO broad and comprehensive. suggested
ana enforced In the columns Of the HERALD. much
disappointed 1t the result and imagine that not few
OF their leading will DO considerably chop.fallen
when they come to read the document ITSELF and md
that while they released Of the counts In
the proclamation Of Goth May, 1855, nrm grip il kept
on them by some other clause Per contra the radicals
will make, and arc making already great hue and out
cry over the release Of 'promnent rebels" 60 but
before get through, viii show that there Ia very little
prste1t for such camor what the President has just
done.
II 10 popularity supposed that n large class Of peo-
pie 10 the South stood unpardoned before this proclama
ton This IL mistake. Mr. Lincoln's Proclamation Of
Amnesty took In the great of the Southern people
and nearly all brought themselves within its scope and
elect by taking the oath prescribed before Mr. john
son issued bis paper of Goth May 1865 Mr. Lncoln's
proclamation was lust legal Mr. Johnsons and the
officers OF the latter went to act this idea and by
bis cognzanos and direction administered the oaths
the penalties denounced against them.
Mr.. Johnsons proclamation Of Goth May, 1885, did
not even by implication disregard Mr. Lncolns proca-
nation, but expressly recognized it, efficacy those
who had put themselves under its shield He went on,
however, to issue . new paper and to enlarge the
chances OF exception In respect 10 those who had not
awaited themselves OF Mr.. Lincolns amnesty. But a.
there was some uncertainty whether . man protected
By Mr.. Lincoln's amnesty all right, II he
was not also included in Mr.. Johnson's amnesty
the great mass OF the Southern people won't the
operation Of taking tho oath . second time, and for
good while the Provost Marshals the South kept
busy enough As to the $4,000 men, they came to
Washington for special pardons swsated and groansd
all through July and August in Mr. Jobnsons ante cham
bers, run up bills At Wizards which they paid with
borrowed money swors some but finally got their par.
dons and went homo feeling somewhat relieved though
not exactly seeing how the possession OF $4,000 made
man Q worse sinner than his neighbor. It is COM
mon notion that many Of these $4,000 men did not
get their pardons; but the fact Is the The
necessities Of business and the desire Of making provi
sion for their families made this especially solicit
Gus to be put under the pale Of the law, and conse-
quently nearly all Of them made application and
to 1t till they got through. Only one, believe,
kept very long on the anxious bench, General Joseph
Anderson, the proprietor OF the Tredegar Iron Works
Pointer, and had made q manly state
mont Of his participation in the rebellion, the
probability is that he would have got through speedily
as the others Thus you have the great mass Of the
Southern people-the army privates. &c-et out by
simply taking the OATH and the 900 released
by special pardons. BY the way owing to the general
poverty and desoaton caused by there are COM
pnratively few in the South who worth O0O-
probably not one for every twenty In the North among
tho same general aggregate
These two classes make up the body OF the Southern
people, and only one considerable class remained not
protected by general amnesty special pardons These
are the rebel sympathizsrs who left their homes in
Missouri. Maryland, Kentucky and West Virginia and
went South to join the Confederate army otherwise
died from disease or in battle probably great many
Confederate soldiers remain who are not allowed am
nesty BY the proclamation Of May e. 1895, and who
como Ia. There are few persons OF among these
$1,000; Kentucky, 1900; Maryland, 10000; other
places within the United States lines 200; total 000
But Of course Q much larger number than this went
from these states in,o the rebson give only those
surviving, and who are now admitted to amnesty.
The noticeable class persons she nrs,
time admitted 70 amnesty are tho members Of the
United Statos Congress who resigned their seats and
South and the members of the Confederate Con-
gress At Richmond and Montgomery But deserves to
in the meshes Of the present will appear here
AFTER and good many others here ana at one
instance Percy Walker United states Member Of Con-
gress from Alabama James l.. Pugh, from Alabama, j.
South Csroiina william W. Boyce, Of South Carolina
De Jarne.ie and Gholson, Of Virginia. many others
died s1S
battle; Burnett OF Kentucky Barksdae Of Misss ipp
r rhS io q GsssysSurs Branch Of North Carolina
others.
This proclamation, however, lets out few prominent
Of tho United States House OF and hold
ing similar place under the Confedcacy since the war
Brsadisr General in the rebel army now practising aw
Martin Crawford Of Georgia, former Member Of Con-
arsss here and member Of the Richmond Congress-
Robert Barnwel, Of south Carolina q leading member
OF the Confederate Senate, and about 1851 q United
States Senator for brief period f. BarksdAe Of Mss
sipp, . Confederate member OF Congress; wm A.
Gianam OF North Carolina member the Confederate
Senate, United States secretary Of the Navy; Ed
ward Sparrow, OF louisiana, q member Of tue Con-
federae states Senate; James Chestnut of South Caro-
Ina, the frat United ststes Senator who resigned his
seat to go into the rebellion, then member Of the
Confedsrsts senate then a momber Of Jet Davis Der
sonal staff and lastly brigader general; Hsrschei "
johnson, Confederate Senator; and lastly. may mon.
ton David L. Yues Cnted States Senator at the time
the rebellion broke out this has had rather
hard time Of 1t. was understood that he was very
ground swell He resigned his the United States
Senate and that was the end Of him. Mr. Davis gave
him nothing bis own State, Florida gave him nothing;
no anguisnsd in obscurty, and would probably have
been utterly forgotten but for the attentive zeal
Bureau Of Military Justice between whom and simsef
there was little family feud Holt had Yulee hunted
up and dragged 70 Fort Palasko revel such dain-
ties pork and beans and then deaf all raterna con-
sderaiions Holt contrived he should stay-being the
very man last 10 be released among number OF
spicuous prisoners who had held high Office at Rich
mond. 80 much for having kind brother-in.law when
you are In trouble Colonel George p. Kane Of Mary
land 10 pardoned by the amnesty his personal enemies
have hitherto kept him out from this favor Mosby the
partisan, strangely enough embraced by Mr. John.
sons amnesty OF the 2eth OF May 1865 being only
Colonel and liable TO none Of she excepting clauses He
came in promptly took the oath and then too late
do anything with him. Had the case been for seen II
would probably have been provided for.
Besides the names above given the most OF those
doned are small FRY about whom much need Be said
There are still from one 10 two hundred persons excluded
from amnesty BY this last PROCLAMATION, embracing
large number oil the leading Confederate olcias will
o. possible
Among executive officials we have, nrst, Jef Davis
exPresdent, now at Toronto, Canada West, but whose
trial at Richmond comes OF November next Alexander
H. stephens, Vice President chosen n United States