Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-03-30

4 Dill, IN lSCOAoSfOaA . OOAhe
Committee of Investigation into the condi-
ton of the States lately in insurrection,
and the resolution now pending instructing
the Committee on the Judiciary to report
a bill or bills that will enable the President
aud the Courts of the United States to exc
cute the laws in said States, and the re-
port that may be made by the Committee
on the Judiciary on the subject.
Adjourned.
Nothing but corrections.
Hibbard, Bell and Parker, Democrats,
from New Hampshire, were seated.
Edwards, Democrat, from Arkansas, was
seated. adjourned.
WASHINGTON, March 24.-Col. Hug
gins, of Aberdeen, Mississippi, Assistant
| United States Assessor of Internal Reve-
nue., arrived in this city last evening. He
reports that he was seized while making
assessments in his district, in Monroe Coun-
ty Mississippi. recently, by a band of dis
guised men and severely h~orsewhipped
and warned to leave the country at once /;
has seen Commissioner P~leasantoon and
Secretary Boutwell, and been assured that
he and other officers shall be protected at
any cost. Since his arrival he has receiv-
ed a letter from Aberdeen stating that the
schools are breaking mp. A number of
teachers are now at Aberdeen for protec-
ton. Other United States officers were
ordered to leave the State under the pen
atty of being dealt with in the same man
fner.
Important Proclamation by Pres
idcnt Grant.
The president has issued the following
important proclamation, it having been
first read to the cabinet before it was ofici-
ally %promulged;
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA-A,,PRoCLAMATIoN
Whereas it is provided IN the censtitu-
ton of the United States that the United
States shall protect every State to this
Union on application of the Legislature or
of the Executive (when the Legislature
cannot be convened) against domestic vio-
lence : and
Whereas it is provided in the laws of
the United States that in all cases of in
surrection in any State, or of obstruction
to the laws thereof, it shall be lawful for
the President of the United States, on ap-
plication of the Legislature of such State,
or of the Executive, (when the Legislature
cannot be convened to call forth the mill
TIA of any other State or States, or to en-
ploy such part of the land and naval force
as shall be judged necessary for the pur-
pose of suppressing such instruction, or of
causing the laws to be duly executed
and
Whereas / have received information
that combinations of armed men, unau-
thorized by law, are now disturbing the
peace and safety of the citizens of the
State of South Carolina, and committing
acts of violence in said State of a character
and to an extent which renders the powers
of the State and its officers unequal to the
task of protecting life and property and
securing public order therein and
Whereas the Legislature of said State is
not now in session and cannot be convened
in time to meet the present emergency,
and the Executive of said State has there
fore made application to me for such part
of the military force of the United States
as may be necessary and adequate to pro-
tect said State and the citizens thereof
against the domestic violence herein-before
mentioned, and to enforce the due execu-
tion of the laws : and
Whereas the laws of the United States
require that whenever it may be necessary.
in the judgment of the President, to use
the military force for the purpose afore-
said, he shall forthwith, by proclamation,
command such insurgent to disperse and re-
tire peaceably to their respective abodes
within a limited time:
Now, therefore, 1, Ulysses s. Grant.
President of the United States, do hereby
command the persons composing the I'M
lawful combinations aforesaid to disperse
and retire peaceably to their respective
abodes within twenty days from this date.
In witness thereof | have hereunto set
my hand and caused the seal of the United
States to affixed.
Done at the city of Washington this Oath
day of March, in the year of our Lord 1871,
and of the independence of the United
States the ninety-ffth. U. s. GRANT.
BY the President:
HAMILTON FISH. Secretary of State.