The Camden Weekly Journal, 1865-09-08
The front page of 1865-09-08. 660 words, read by machine from the Library of Congress scan and reproduced without correction.
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United States uroviding for coatscatjoa .yi of property ofnersocs engaged ia the, .j^j ? t?C*3u j UrTT^^^TSyyf the condition, nevertheless Ahaf every sncli poison shall take and subscribe the |j following oath," <ho. II This is the gener;d pardon, which tens -?|j of thousands have taken. The following y is the tenor of the special paidor; i'grsr.t*' ed in conformity with the same procia- - A mr.tion; under the list of exceptions, / ' viz: 'That I, Andrew Johnson, President of the United States of America, in eunsideration of the premises, diver*. other, good and sufficient reasons ino thereunto moving, do hereby grant ?n the said ' . a full pardon and amnesty Tor ? 41 offer.res by him comrdtted,. uriing from participation, direct or implied, in v| the said rebellion, conditioned as fef '-.vc, ?-^j viz: this pardon to begin and take effect from The day on which th. sai' ,' y shall take the oath prescribed in t:;c Proclamation of the President, dttbd A* May 20th, ISGo, and 'o be void and- of ? % no effect if the shall hereafter, r.l / ,-A any time acquire any propet ly whatever y .yj it? slaves, or make use of slave labor, arAj ,;aj that he first pay all cos's which have accrued in any pvoc e e?i i cyr.-' itJo*?y instituted against his port >u or 'iliose pardon-:, special ab-.r gene/,' jre granted in conformity with a of the Confiscation Act itself, approved^ Inlv 17.1802, and entitled "An Act tor
*/ ' V residence of Judge Wright, in ( Phelps county, about ten miles i from Rolla. They remained there ; \ until Thursday. On that day j ( .they arrested Judge Wright and : < live of his sons. Some sort of an ' < investigation was made into aceu-11 salions brought against the par-;; ties, either fancied or real, v'-.eu |' it was determined to take them ; to Rolla, as was given out for . further trial. Mrs. Wright, the j j wife and stepmother of the judge, |, and his sons, at first implored i j Colonel B:ii*?eoke not to take her !, family awaj'. } < Finding that her en treaties were | \ unavailing, she then besought him } -to permit her to accompany them. \ This also was refused but upou her imploring him to do something' ; for her protection as she was fear. , ful of oeing murdered if kf. alone, ] the youngest son a mere stripling, ? wasreleased. Thejudge was then i mounted ona horse by himself,and j his four sons on two other horses, j under g iard of the squad of mili- j tia ostensibly to be taken to Rolla. ] Before reaching that point, as stat- i
fire! tl'i.- gun with fsit.nl vfleet r.t the ob-1 ( jcet of his Mispieions and l:is fears. i ] Advancing to ascertain the effect of ) lbs sliot, with indescribable anguish lie j Lli.-eovercd ilic body of hi.s son in the hist 'iconics of death?si son who had lone: been n prisoner at the North, a partial lea foes* prevented'his hearing his father's j :-lia!jerigr, . v 1 ...After a. long and wearisome absence f from -Ironic. I.o was thus strangely killed ? .13 he stepped upon the threshold.- by t ihu father whotn he loved and longed to ? meet. A few moments more and bis f return would have gben joy and gladness j :o the entire household?a household now \ ivrapt in g.ief inconsolable by this most c en ifie and afflicting event. A sad warn- c ng to all ; for even in the present tin* U u-trK-il state of the country, and notwitb- L ha ml in: the enmpaiative impunity with c viiieli robberies and murders have been ? oinmitted^u some-neighborhoods, one <] aiinot l-.? t'io.entitions i:i the nsc of fire- I rrtus.,?67*.iil'i iion Courier. r o a -si it.. ... il
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