A PROCLAMATION BY
WILLIAM W. HOLDEN,
. JfROVISIONALGOVERNOR,
To the People of North Caroling.
la-pursuance of power vested in me
by ANDREW JOHNSON, President
of the United States, by his Proclama
tionof May B9tlv 1865, appointing a
Provisional Governor of North Carolina,
under the fourth article of the Constitu
tion of the United States, which guar
antees to every State in the Union a re
publican form of government ; and in
8rder to enable the loyal people of said
State to organize a State Government,
whereby justice maybe established, do
mestic tranquility restorednc I loyal cit
izens protected in all their rights ot lite,
. liberty, and property ; and in orderal
eo, that said State may be restored to its
Constitutional relations to -the Federal
Government, by presenting such a repnba
lican form of government as will .entitle
the State to the guarantee of theUnited
Srnros no-fliiiRf invasion, insurrection and
- ,
domestic violence, I, WM. W. HOL-
DEN, Provisional Governor as aforesaid
do hereby proclaim that an" election will
be held in said State, on Thursday, the
21st day of September, 1865, for a Con
vention, to be composed of one hundred
and twenty delegates, to be chosen as
follows1 :
The county of Alamance will choose
two members.
' The county of Alexander will choose
one member. ,
The couuties of Ashe' and Alleghany
will choose one member.
The county of Anson will choose two
members? "'"'""-' .s-,.v
The county of Beaufort will choose
two members. 1 v
The county, of Bertie will chpose two
members.
The county of Bladen .will choose one
. member.
The county of Brunswick will choose
one member. .
The county of Buncombe will choose
one member.
The county of Burke will choose one
member. ,
The county of Cabarrus will choose
o;ie member. -
TK r.fTT rVlrltirnll unll MinnKO
one member.
The county of Camden will choose one
member. '
The county of Carteret will choose one
member.
The county of Caswell will choose two
members.
The county of Catawba will choose one
member. ,
The county of Chatham will choose
three members; ,
The counties of Cherokee and Clay
will choose one member.
The county of Chowan , will choose one
The county of Cleveland will choose"
two members. (.'"'
. The county of Columbus will choose
nno momhfM'.
The county of Craven will choose two
The counties of Cumberland and liar-
lie ft- MM 11 flinnsp. three members. .
TI.o eonntv of Currituck will choose
Ann momtipr
The county of Davidson will choose
The county pf Davie will choose one
lruimlmr '
The counly of Duplin will choose two
members.
The counties of Edgecombe and Wil
son will chpose two members.
The county of Forsythe will choose
'.' two members.
The county of Franklin will chooseone
member.
The county of Gaston will choose one
member. .
The county of Gates will choose one
member.
.... The county of Granville will choose
three members-
The county of Greene will choose one
member.
The county of Guilford will, choose
three members.
. The county of Halifax will choose two
.members.
The. county of Haywood will choose
one member.
The counties 6f Henderson and Tran
sylvania will choose one member.
The qounty of Hertford will choose
one member. . . ,
The county of Hyde will cnoose pue
member. , V
The county of lredell. will choose two
members. . , : ,
The county of Jackson will choose one
member.
The county of Johnston wjll choose two
members. I i
-The county of Jones w 01 choose one
member. .
The county of Lenoir will choose one
member. V j
The county Of Lincoln will choose one
member. I
The county of Macon will choose one
member. - " I
The county of Madison will choose one
member. t
The county of Martin will choose one
member.
The county of McDowe
one member. I
1 will choose
j will choose
The county of Mecklenbuj
frtrn inamllprR
The coifhty of lontgomemviil choose
one member. ,
The county of Moore will 6noose one
member. ? ' ... V
The county of Nash will choose one
member.
The county of NevvIIanover will choose
two members.
The county of Northampton will choose
two members, '
The county of Onslow wil choose one
membdr. , .
The county of Orange wil choose two
members. . .
The county of Pasquotank will choose
one member.
The county of Perquimans will choose
one member.
lyf -person-will choosexme
member. . .
The county of Pitt Will choose two
members.
The county of Randolph will choose
jtwo members'.. , - .
The county-of Richmond vill choose
one member.
The county of Robeson wilichoose two
members. t
The county of Roekinghamwill choose
two members.
The county of Rowan wijhhoose twro
members., y
The counties of 'Rutherfflr
and Polk
will choose two members
The county of Sampson!
vill choose
' - if
wo members.
The county of Stanly wi
11 shoose one
mefmoer.
Tlio pnnntv nt Mokes Wl
fl choose one.
mnrrlmr
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The county of Surry wiU choose one
member.
The county of Tyrrell w
illcl
loose one
inoinbnr. '
The county of Union will choose one
member. I
Ihe county of Wake will cioose three
members. I
The county of Warren choose two
members. ' I
The county of Washingtotnvill choose
one member.
The county .of Watauga viil choose
one member. ,' '
The county of Wayne willjhoose'two
members.
The county ftf Wilkes will;l100se twd
members. I
The county of Yadkin wil! choose ore
member.
The counties of Yancey and Mitchell
will choose -one member. ;j-
tive counties will proceed at once to as
semble the Justices of the (-:ice. a, ma
jority 'of whom wjll select from their
number not less than six nor more than
eighteen Justices, men of intelligence,
discretion hrmness, arid approved loyal
ty, whose duty it shall be to administer
to those who may be ehtitlto receivi
it, the oath contained in tU President'
to those who may be entitle to receive
Amnesty Proclamation of May- 29th,
1865,. under such instruction as iriay be
prescribed in this Proclamation. The
Justices shall, at the same time, appoint
Inspectors of the elections at the various
precincts in their respective counties, in'
accordance with the law in relation there
to. Chapter 52, -Revised Code of -North
Carolina.- .The election for members of
the Convention shall be conducted in the
same manner as elections tor members of
the House of Commons, in accordance
with the provisions, of .Chapter 52, Re
vised Code, so far as6aid provisions ma-v
he aDDlieable : and tho ADDoint-
Fl 7 "- VUHJtJlf "ft .
ed to hold said elections,- and to.. make
returns thereof, shall be liable to the same
penalties for failure to act, or for neglect
of duty, as are prescribed in Chapter 52
Revised Code.
No person will be allowed to vote whv
is not a voter qualified as prescribed la
the Constitution and laws, of the State,
in fdrce immediately before the 2;Jnlay
of May, 1861; except that the payim-i?:
of a poll tax shall not be reqiuml.
All paroled soldiers of the army and
navy of the pretended Confederal'
States, or of this State, and all jarhd
ohMcers of the army and iuvyf tin pre
tended Confederate States, r 4 ihi
State, under and including the rank f
Colonel, if of the army, and under aii
including the rank of Lieutenant, if '
the navy, will be allowed to vote, f mol
ded they are not included in any of the
fourteen excluded classes of the IVti
dent's Amnesty Proclamation ; ii!id.n
vided further, that they are cisizeu of
the State in accordance with ihe ir
prescribed in the preceding paragraph
No person will be allowed t vote Si
does not exhibit to the insjK?ctrfc a ti
of the Amnesty Oath, as contaiiK! in
the President's Proclamation i May :,
1865, and signed. by himself and ni
fied by at least two Justices of tin
Peace. The Sheriffs of the respective c-utie
shall furnish, as soon as practicable, xr
tificates of election to those jK?rn- Ih
may have received the highest numW.
of "votes as members of the Convention ; ;
and the Shtjriffs shall also iniTitediateU
send to the office of the Secretarv !",
State, Raleigh, a statement of the j
in their respective counties for the turut
hers aforesaid, and also a statement V;
President of the Convention, liaJvih,
to be laid before the G)nvention.
The members of the Convention, iha
chosen, will assemble in the city of IIaI
eigh, on Monday, the second daj of Oc
tober, 1865.
' The attention of Justices apjKiiit?t! t
administer the Amnesty Ooath, is spe
cially directed to the following fourteen
excluded classes f the President's Am
nesty Proclamation of May i'tfth,
" First All who are, or shall hare
been pretended civil or diplomatic t!t
ccrs, or otherwise, domestic or foreipi
agents of the pretended Cotlederate pv
ernment. .
Second All who left judicial stations
under the United States to aid the reW'l
lion. Third All who have been military
xL,Lnaval.oilicers..0f;said.pre.teiKU..O!i.
federate government, above the rank of
Colonel in the army or Lieutenant in the
navy.
Fourth AW who left seats in theGwi
rress of the United States to aid the re
hellion. .
Fifth All who resigned or tendered
resignations of their couuiiissios in the
army or navy of the United States to
evade duty in resisting the rebellion.
Sixth All who have engaged in any
way in tlie treating otherwise than law
fully as prisoners of war persons found
in the United States service, as officers,
soldiers, s&men, or in other capaci
ties." Seventh All persons who have been
or are absentees from the United States
for the purposo of aiding the rebellion.
Eighth All military and naval offi
cers in the rebel service who were edu
cuted by the government in the Military
Academy at West Point, or the United
States NavtiL Academy.
Ninth All persona who held the pretended offices of Gover
nors of States in Insurrection against .the United States.
Tenth All persons who left their homes within ttae jurisdic
tion and protection o'. the United States and passed beyond the
federal military lines, into the so-called Confederate States for
the purpose of aidinj; the rebellion. .
Eleventh All persons who have been engaged in the des
truction of the comm erce of the Uuited States upon the high
seas, and persons who have made raids into the United States
from Canada, or been engaged in destroying the commerce of
the United States upon the lakes and rivers that separate the
British provinces from the United States, , "
Twelfth All persons who, at the time when they seek to ob
(,iin the benefits hereof by taking the oath herein prescribed,
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, us prisoners of war, or persons detained for of
fences of any kind either before or after cohviction. '
Thirteenth All persons who have voluntarily participated in
said rebellion, and the estimated value of whose taxable proper
ty is overtwenty thousand dollars.
Fourteenth All persons who have taken the oath of amnesty ,
as prescribed .in the President's proclamation of December
eighth, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, or
an oath of allegiance ,to the Government of the United States
since the date of said proclamation, and who have not hence
forward kept and maintained the same inviolate : Provided,
That special application may be made to the president for pa r
don by any person belonging to the excepted classes, and such
clemency will be liberally extended as may be consistent with
the facts of the case and the peace and dignity of the United
States.
Under the first exception are included all persons who have
been civil or diplomatic officers cr agents of' the pretended
Confederate government, either within or without the territo
rial limits of ths United States. ,
Under the seventh exception are Included all offioer, agents
or private citizens who nave been absent Trotn the United
gutes for the purpose of fclding the rebellion. ' .
Under the thirteenth exception art included ail who, daring,
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VILLIAM !!. OLIVER & CO,
rramivtio, Crrrhia: and Farwardios
JIKRCEIAXTS,
Newbern, N.C.
Having ninMHl Uusm- at tiwir !i ,taiui will
'give strict jHTsobal ltui.xu ta the Kile ir ship
nietit of
Cotton, AirttlSth: Cotton Vnns
and Shfttovjfy -Jh'ittl
Fruit ttv., tlr.
Also, to rmivin and forw!tilmr GihkIs.
Regular lim'S' of toiutrs nml Siii'insr vessels
are now runnir.jr between XewlKT, JSew York,
PhilaJelphia, BiiUimoiv ami BojJton,
fstaFf a gks-cy,
NKW1JKHX, N. C.
WILLIAM II. OLIVER it CO.,
Will give strict attention to the selliiijr or leasing
of every description - of Kcal" Estate. Persons in
any portion of North Carolina having Fui muig or
Turpentine Lands, Coal FivM or Oil I.amh, Jm.
eral or Ore Lands, Town or City Property which
they wish to dispense of will find it to their inter
est to correspond with ,ns.
REAL ESTATE AGEXCY, :
, NEWBEKN, N. 0. .
AVILLIAM II. OLIVER CO.
Persons wishing to purchase or lease Furmhui
or Turpentine Lauds, Mineral or Ore Lands, Cuol
Field or Oil Lands, Town or City froperty in anv.
portion of North Carolina will fitid it their interest
to correspond with us.
" July 13. lm-f2 -
DR. C: A. HENDERSON,
RESPECTFULLY INFORMS THE PUBLIC
that he is still engaged in the practice of Medi
cine. "Dffice up stain at
, HENDERSON & SCEAFER'S
Drug Store, Salisbury NoiUY Caroliiia.