The Standard. (Clarksville, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 39, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 24, 1865 Page: 1 of 2
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CLARKSVILLE, RED RIVER COUNTY, TEXAS. JOE 24, IS 65.
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PROCLAMATION.
BY THE PRESIDENT.
Whereas, The President ot tlxej U. States on
the 8th day of December, 1803, and on the 28th
day of March, 1804, did with the object of sup-
pressing the existing rebellion, to induce all per-
sons to return to their loyalty, and restore the au-
thority of the United States, issue a proclamation
PLANTATION REGULATIONS.
Headquarters, Dept. ofthe Gulf, j
New Orleans,March 11,1805. J
General Orders,
No, 23.
HIRE,|AN D COMPENSATION OF LABORERS.
Voluntarv contracts heretofore made between
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offering amnesty, and pardon to certain persons j Planters, and Laborers, or which hereafter piay be
who had directly, or by implication, participated I made, will be submitted to the Superintendent of
in said rebellion; And whereas, Many persons who j Freedmen, and if found by him to be fair, and hon-
had so engaged in said rebellion, have since the is-! est to the laborers, will be by him confirmed, and
feuancc of °aid proclamation, failed, or neglected j approved, and stand as the contract ot the parties,
to take the benefit of eaid proclamation; and where- j thereto lor the present year. But all such contracts
as, many persons who have been justly deprived j must secure support, maintenance, clothing, and
of all claim to amnesty, and pardon thereunder,by I medical attendance to the laborer.
reason of their participation.directly.Orby implica- The following schedule will be observed in all
tion in said rebellion, and continued their hostility {other cases as the rule required by the Govern-
to the Government of the United Spates, since the j ment.
date of said proclamation, now desire to apply for, j In addition tojust treatment, wholesome rations
and obtain amnesty,and pardon, to the end, there- j comfortable clothing, quarters, fuel, and medical
fore, that the authorise ol the Government of the j attendance and the opportunity for instruction of
United States may be restored, and that peace,or- j children, the planter shall pay as lollows:
may
der and fre'dom may be cstab'ishel, I, Andrew
JonNsos, President of the United S ates, dopro1-
claim, and declare, that I do hereby grant to all
pea-sons, who have directly, or indirectly participa-
ted in the existing rebellion, except as hereafter
excepted, amnesty, and pardon, with the restora-
tion of rights of property, excect as to slavery,and
jn case where legal proceedings under the laws of
^U. S. providing for the confV^at:on of property of
persons engaged in the rebellion, have been insti-
tuted, but on the condition, nevertheless, that ev-
ery such person shali t ike, and subscribe the fol-
lowing oath, or affirmation, a^d thenceforward
keep, and maintain said oath inviolable, and which
| oath shali be registered for permanent preservation
' and shall be of the teuor, and eff ct following, to
/.wit: "I do solemnly swear, or affirm,in the pres-
ence of Almighty God, that I will henceforth de-
fend the Constitution of the United States, and the
Union of the States thersu ider, and that I will in
like manner, abide by, and faithfully support
all laws,and proclamations which have been made
duringthe existing rebellion, with refeieuce to the
emancipation of slaves. So he p me God..
The following classes of persons are excepted
from the benefit of this proclamation.
1st. All who are, or shall have been, pretended
civil, or diplomatic officers, or otherwise domestic,
or foreign agents of the pretended Confederate Gov-
ernment.
2d. All who left judicial stations under the
United States, to aid the rebellion.
3d. All who shall have been military, or Gen-
eral officers of said pretended Confederate States,
above the rank of Colonel in the army, or Lieuten-
ant in the navy.
4th. All who left seats in the Congress of the
United States, to aid the rebellion.
5th. All who resigned, or tendered their resig
nations of their commissions in the army or navy,
of the United States, to evade duty in resisting the
rebellion.
6th. All who have been engaged in any way
in treating otherwise than law fully, as prisoners
of war, persons wounded in the service of the Uni-
ted States, as officers,soldiers, seamen, or in other
capacities.
7th. All who have been absent from the Uni-
ted States for the purpose 'of aiding the rebellion.
8th, All military, and naval officers in the reb-
el service who were educated by the Government
at West Point,or at the United States Naval Acad-
emy.
9th. All persons who held the pretended office
of Governor of States in insurrection against the
United States.
10th. All persons who left their homes within
the jurisdiction, and protection of the United
States, and passed across! the Federal Military
lines into the so-called Confederate States, fcr the
purpose of aiding the rebellion.
11. All persons who have been engaged in des-
troying the commerce of the United States on the
high seas, and sll persons who have made raids
mto the United Stares lrom Canada, and been
engaged in destroying the commerce of the United
States upon the lakes, and rivers that separate the
British Provinces from the United States.
12th. All persons w hen they seek to obtain the
benefit hereof, by taking the oath herein prescrib-
" ed, are in military, naval, or civil confinement, or
custody, or under bonds of the civil, military, or
naval authorities, or agents of the United States,
prisoners of war, or prisoners detained for offenses
of any kind, either before or after conviction.
13th. All persons who have voluntarily partic-
ipated in the rebellion, and the estimated value
of whose taxable property is over §20,000.
14th. All who have taken the oath of amnesty
ae prescribed in the President's Proclamation of
December 8th, 1863. or an oath of allegiance to
the Government ot the United States, since the
date of said Proclamation, and wno have not hence-
forward kept, and maintained the same inviola-
ble; Provided, That special application may be
made to the President for favor, by any persons
belonging to the excepted classesy such clemency
will be liberally extended, as may be consistent
with the facts of the case, or the peace, and digni-
ty of the United States.
The Secretary of State will establish rules, and
regulations for administering, and for receiving the
Baid amnesty oath, to insure its Denefits to the peo-
Jle, anu guard the Government against traud.
a testimony whereol,I have hereunto set my hand
and caused the seal of the United States to be
aliixed.
Bated at the City of Washington, this 29th of
May, 1865. ,
* " ♦ i ANDBEW JOHNSON^
Male hands-
untii such labor is fully paid, and satisfied.
Bv Command of
Maj. Gen*. HURLBUT.
George B. Deake, Lt. Col., & A. A. G.
• Special to New Orleans Times.
* Mobile, May 22.—Nearly all the State, county,
•'and city officers have taken the oath of aile.giat.re.
' Many of our most respected citizens have followed
their example.
President of the United Stated, j ioJJow>£ueh
First class, §10 per month.
2d class $8 per month.
3d class $6 per month.
Female hands—First class, §8 per month.
2d class, $0 per month.
3d class, §5 per month.
Boys under 14, $3 per month.
Girls under 14, $2 per month.
These classes will be determined by merit, and
on agreement between the planter, and the labor-
ers.
Engineers, foremen, and mechanics will be al-
lowed to make their own contracts, but will al-
ways receive not less than $5 per month addition-
al to first class rates.
One half of the money wages due, will be paid
quarterly as follows: On the first day of May,
Aug ast, and November, and final payment of the
entire amount then due, on or before the 31st day
of January.
PENALTIES.
Wages for the time lost will be deducted in case
of aicknesfa; and both wages, and rations where the
sifckness is feigned for purposes of idleness, or in
case of feigned sickn ess, or refusal to work accord-
ing to contract, when able so to do, such offender
will be reported by the Provost Marshal to the Su-
perintendent, and put upon forced labor on public
work without pay.
The laborers must understand that it is their
own interest to do their work faithfully, and that
the Government, while it will protect, and sustain
them against ill treatment, cannot support those
who are capable of earning an honest iiving by in-
dustry.
Laborers will be allowed, and encouraged to
choose their own employers, but when they have
once selected, they must fulfil their contract for
the year, and will not be permitted to leave their
place of employment(except in cases where tney
are permitted so to do for just reasons, by the au-
thority of the Superintendent)and if they do so
leave without cause, and permission, they will for-
feit all wages earned to the time of abandonment,
and be otherwise punished, as the nature of the
case may require."
Planter^ and their agents will be held to strict
accountability for their conduct toward the labor-
ers, and any cruelty, inhumanity, or neglect of du-
ty will be summarily punished.
TIME OF LABOR, AND PERQUISITES OF LABORERS.
The time of labor shall be ten hours, between
dajlight,. and dark, in summer, and nine hours in
winter, of each day, except Saturday, and Sun-
day.
The afternoon of Saturday, and the whole of
Sunday shall be at the disposal of the laborer.
On sugar estates.at the proper season, the hands
will take their regular watches, the night work of
which, and the Saturday afternoons, and Sundays
if positively necessary, shall be paid for as extra
work.
Laborers will be allowed land for private culti-
vation, at the following rates:
1st and 2d class hands, with families, one acre
each.
1st and 2d class hands without families, one-half
acre each.
2d and 3d class hands,with families,one half acre
each.
2d and 3d class hands, without families, one
quarter acre each.
On these allotments they will be allowed to raise
Such crop8 as they may choose for their own use,
and benefit, but will not be permitted to raise, or
keep animals, except domestic poultry.
POLL TAX.
For the purpose of re-imbursing to the United
States some of the expenses of this system, and
of supporting'lie agtd, infirm, and heirless, the
following tax will Le collected, hi Lo'i of ail other
claims under these regulations:
From each planter, for every hand employed by
him, between the agesot 18, and 50, two dollars
per annum. "
From each hand between the same ages, one
dollar per annum.
This sum will be payable, and collected on the
lstof June next, and will be paid over to the Su-
perintendent of Freedir.en for disbursement.
Measures will be taken to collect the same poll
tax from all colored persons not on plantations
so that the active labor of this race may contribute'
to Uieir own helpless, and disabled.
LIE*, AND SECURITY ?OR LABOR.
All crops, and property on any plantation where
laborers are emploved, will be be*d to' be covered
by a iie® against ail other creditors -to the extent
of the WH^en due employees, and such lien will
Brownlow has ordered a reward of $5,000 for
the apprehension of Gov. Isham S. Harris—"who
is to be delivered to ME alive, to the end that jus-
tice may be don? him here, on the theatre of his
former villainous deeds.' This spirit of revenge ie
not, and cannot come to good. |
The Federal authorities refuse to recognize Gov. |
Vance of North Carolina,and have ordered a new ! (jrat,
election. They also refused terms of gradual eman-
cipation. It is said, however, that, in Virginia,
Gen, Price ordered the negroes to remain on the
plantations, and attend to their work.
Nash ville,May 11,—Guerrilla organizations are
availing themselves of Gen. Thomas's order, and
coming in rapidly. No formidable body of guer-
rillas now remain in the State.
President Johnson has issued a proclamation to
the effect that the rebellion is at an end, but that
insurgent cruisers are, however; still on the high
seas, and that others are preparing to burn, and
destroy U. S. ve.-sels. He calls upon all to arrest
said steamer- ,and he notifies foreign nations claim-
ing to have been neutral, that if they shall contin-
ue to receive said cruisers, and afford them hos-
pita'ity, the U. S. Government will deem itself
justified m refusing hospitality to the vessels of
said nation.
New York, May 15.—Commenting on the cap-
ture ot Jeff Davis the Tribune hopes he will be
tried on the charge of complicity in the murder of
President Lincoln.
The Times, World, and Advertiser think he will
be tried for treason, and hope it will be done in a
Civil Court.
We regret to learn that returning soldiers have
broken over the rule they observed here, and. .it o-
redatvd a good deal on private property i:i wes:.ru
Texas. In San Antonio they broke into the es-
tablishment of A. S. Kottwitz. a worthy merchant
atul a liberal gentleman.and according to the Her-
ald helped ihemse.ves treely to hie goods. lu La-
they entered the stores of Mr. Price. Mr.
Ujhy, Mr. Ed. Nichols, and others, and nearly
cleaned them out. They also, we regret to'learn,
took some of the printing paper of the true Is.'ue
office. This private plundering can but receive
the condemnation of all good men, and it is a mat-
ter of great regret that soldiers should have so tar
forgotten themselves, as to have indulged in it.
Hous. Tel.
THE STANDARD
will be issued every Saturday, at One Dime for a
single number; Two Dollars for six'mouths; or
Three Dollars for One Year. No Subscription re.
eeived for less than Six Months.
The Standard will renew its former size of issue
28—-42, whenever circumstances will permit,
No paper will be issued, or Advertisement inserted
on credit, * This is a rule which will adhered to
strictly, as thousands of dollars due in sinall sums,
throughout Northern Texas, and responsibilities
be met by us, in bulk, admonish us sufficiently, that
a credit business is not a proper business for a pub.
lie Journal. The very small profits resulting even
from successful collections,will not warrant so much
labor, and loss.
We are informed, says the Shreveport South-Wes
tern, that a delegation of the planters of this, and the
adjoining parishes waited upon Maj-Gen. Herronlast
Saturday, by solicitation. If we are correctly infor-
med, the conference was agreeable to all parties, and
the planters left pleased with the purpeses of the
General to carry out a programme which will ensure
to the benefit of the agricultural interests of the coun-
try, . .,.
According to previous announcement, Gov. Al-
len addressed the citizens, and soldiers of this de-
partment at 11 a m., yesterday, in regard to the
present condition ofthe country, and the result of
the late conference between the Governors of the
States of the Trans Mississippi,and General Smith.
The pubstance ofthe Governor's communication
was briefly this:
Two commissioners (Major Bundy, and Colonel
Sprague)had been sent by Gen. Pope from St.
Louis, under orders from Gen. Grant, on a peace
mission to Gen. E. Kirby Smith. The latter in
view of the surrender of all our armies on the east
of the Mississippi, had wisely decided to consult
the Governors before taking any action in the
premises, The terms proposed by the Federal
agents were deemed insulting and-inadmissible
by the Governors, who proposed in lieu of them:
1st. That our armies be permitted to disband
and return peaceably to their homes.
2d. That all their rights of property, and as cit-
izens remain indisturbed. 1 -
3d. That no prosecutions be instituted by the
Federal authorities against any citizen or soldier
for aiding or participating in the war. These terms
had been communicated to the Federal commis-
sioners, who had declared their own approval of
them, as such as should be accorded to a brave and
free people, and promised their influence in secur
ing their acceptance by their Government. The
commissioners had taken their departure, and as
soon as the answer of Gen. Grant could be learned
by telegraph and mail, the Governor would make
known its purport to the soldiers and citizens, who
had a right to be Correctly informed on a matter
of such vital moment to them. He emphatically
disclaimed any desire or intention to conceal or
withhold from them the fullest and most explicit
information in regard to this matter.
The Governor also stated that he had sent five
hundred bales of cotton down to the mouth of Red
River to be exchanged for flour for the use of the
suffering families of soldiers, and indigent citizens
ot Shreveport. In oonclusion he appealed to all
—citizens and soldiers—to unite in aiding him to
maintain order,and repress all attempts at violence,
theft, and disorder. If through stress of numbers
this struggle for"independence is to go down, let it
at least go down in the peaceful, orderly manner
that should characterize free men, and patriots.
The address was well received by the assembled
multitude, and frequently applauded. At its con-
clusion three cheers were proposed, & neartily giv-
en for Gov. Allen.—Shreveport News.
Every kind of Blanks required for District Court",
County, or Magistrates Courts, Sheriffs, Assess-a s
aird Constables, for sale t this office; including
Blank Deeds. These blanks are on superior paper,
and in all respects got up in the best style; wdl be
sold at $1,50 per quire,postage extra. Blank -Dee.de
$2,50 per quire. * •
advertisIN^EATES T
ADVERTISEMENTS inserted at$l,Q0per square
of eight lines for first insertion; 50 cents jier square
for each subsequent insertion.
Professional cards not exceeding eight lines, its^r-
ted at $12.50 per annum,$7,50 cents for six month ',
or $5,00 for three months.
Yearly Advertising by the column, half column,
or quarter column, with the privilege of changing
quarterly, inserted by spccial contract, at half the
rate of transient advertising.
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TYPE METAL, ~
for Mills, Reapers, etc, for sale, at this office,
quantities to suit purchasers.
~ JO® IPRIISTTIZENTG-,
in the very best style, from the largest Poster, to
the most delicate'card, done promptly at this cfike
at moderate rates. Our Job Type, ore all new, or
nearly so, and our supply of paper, c3,rda, etc., for
Job Work, is ample
June 9th, 1805,
M. L. SI MS,
ATTORNEY, & COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
Clarksville, Red River County, Texas.
Wiil practice in the Courts ofthe Counties of Ked
River, Lamar, Hopkins, Marion, Davis, and Bowie,
and in the Supreme, and Federal Courts at Tyler.—
Collect debts, and pay taxes in all parts ofthe State.
Office opposite Fleming's Hotel, formerly occu-
pied by S, H. Morgan.
no 37—lyr.
" JAS. H. CLARK, I "
ATTORNEY, & COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
Clarksville, Red River County, Texas.
Office next door to the Store of Johii S.
Gordon.
no 37—lyr,
crops, or prop
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ih lie
f in liny and all hands
From the San Antonio News. May 30.
Our readers will have seen from handbills at the 5
street corners this morning, that Gen. Sbelb-'sj
Missouri troops are near this place, and that being!
destitute of necessaries,unable to procure' any thin y I
from their former homes, and as the public specie
1 inds have been already appropriated by other j
commands, and other public property mor-H
valuable to them than god, has been wantonly'
destroyed; thi*y present their case to the people of;
i thiscuy.aud appeal to their generosity for such con-!
! t-iibutionp as will relieve these necessities. Wet'
| are informed that they cumber bet ween 12,00s .andj'
j 15,000, and though we cannot doubt that their ap-i
j peal will be promptly responded to, it is obvious j
| thai from their numbers, and the numbers of ot;.- j
I era having'claims upon this community, the as-!
j sistance to be extended to returning soldiers muni
| b.e regulated by some system that shall graduate, i
j and Apportion the relief iheir sever*! necessities, i
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W W. CLAEK,
Offers for sale, at his Drug Store, besides the
usual assortment of Drugs—
Lot French Calf Skins.
Few Pieces of Calico.
Bleached, and unbleached Domestic.
Muslin de Laine.
White Flannel.
Blue Flannel Cloth, for summer wear.
Linen Crash Towelling.
Fine Irish Linen.
Fine English Berage. Black Thule. )
French Kid Gloves.
Linen Cambric Hankerchiefs.
" Braid for Dresses.
Black, and Brown glazed Cambric.
Ladies Hose.
Gents Hal those.
Ladies Gaiters.
Cor setts- Hoops.
t -hildrc ns >A. oe§ — nr-
Tooth Brushes— Fig
Coais Spool Threw.
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Wi
nits c
hite,
?«od
■■wit
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a' a ok ' h Jo,
5 Silk.
limbles and
iiitlon-
ISe^.'f - -•
\Part<? Buttons—Pearl
Butchsr Knives,
PocKet "
One & J.and two inch Screws
Lir.s'fed Oil—Putty.
Best French Window Glass.
Pest Whit? Zinc paint:
Bridgewater •'
Fancy Paints in siu^ilc&ns.
Sheet Zinc
Japan Waiters.
Bastard Files—10 it ches,
Horte euoe Ksgp=.
Hand stw hies.
Shoe Blacking.
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