The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-28
lFrom the Atlanta Journall


At-,o., forty wears have elapsed since the close
Of the civil war and the United States OF amer
lea since then has had ample opportunities 10
demonstrate to the world that sectional teeI-
ine" is no longer an issue in American aHaiIs'
ard that the men OF the North and tnef oou'n-
zen brothers are willing TO 'acrihce their hVes
~. ths Stats and Stripes and all the sacred
PRINCIPLES for which this emblem STANDS ne
aeectional issue" in political campaigns IS deaa
factor. ,..,...,
Considering al the evidence Of unity between
the North and the South it can not tan 70 sur
prise the general public that the United ota'eS
government is still offering reward Tor 'ne cap
ture Of Jefferson Davis the late ohiettaih OF the
Co,federaev At least there is q sum amounting
10 $rso3 10 still available for the purpose oeing
the balance Of 500 600 originally approPflaleu
bv congress for the capture Of Jefferson Davis
For the past thirteen years this balance has
remained untouched all claims against II seem
inglv having been satisfied commissioning
this. however. the balance Of the appropriation Is
carried forward each succeeding year on the
books OF the war department, which has charge
Of passing on claims OF this particular nature
and in each succeeding annual report OF the
secretary there appears in the statement OF ap-
nropriations subject to requisiton for the pre-
vious fiscal year under the caption WAR Claims
and Relief Acts item which READS zap
ture Of Jefferson Davis SI5o3.36
Ultimately this amount no doubt will be COW
ercd hack TO the United States treasury, but
before final disposition in this manner can be
made the officials of the war department wish
to be absolutely certain that no meritorious claims
against it remain unpaid. The amount OF the
original reward for the capture OF the Confederate
president was 100000 II was offered IN
proclamation issued on May ?, 1865, by Presi-
dent Johnson who took the oath OF office upon
1.-The death OF President Lincoln II was a time
/ when the people were greatly worked up over
the assassination of the president ard in their
state of excitement and frenzy connected Jet
/ ferson Davis with the conspiracy although time
has conclusiyey proven since that he was aoso-
( lutcly innocent.
TIE proclamation issued by President Johnson
! follows:
BY the President of the United States Of Amer
| lea. A proclamation.
Whereas 1T appears from the evidence IN the
/ bureau Of military justice that the atrociouS muir
der OF the late President Abraham Lincoln and
the attempted assassination Of the Hon. William
. II Seward secretary OF state were melted, con-
cocted and procured by and between Jefferson
/ Devils late 81 Richmond Y a., and Jacob Ihomp-
/ son Clement C. Clay, Beverly Tucker George
A. Sanders, William C.. Clcary and other rebels
and traitors again5; the government o.. the United
States, harhored in Canada
Now, therefore, 10 the end that justice may
be done J. Andrew Johnson, president Of the
United States, do offer and promise for the ar
rest OF said persons. or either VI them, within
the limits Of the United States, so that they can
be brought to trial the following rewards
One hundred Thousand dollars for the arrest
OF Jefferson Davis
Twenty five thousand dollars for the arrest OF
twenty five thousand dollars for the arrest
OF Jacob Thompson, late Of Mississippi
Twenty-Five thousand dollars for the arrest Of