SEMI-WEEKLY NO. 31. SIIREV\ IEPOITt, ILA., T UESI.)AY, .JUN E 20, 18(65. VOL NIL. JITO, DI[CCIic INPC>\ EDITOR AND PROPRIETOII. THE 8EMItI-WEEKL NEWS !s unblisAhd ercry Tueszday. S Satucr day norninzL. Rates of Subrcription -- Pet ve r. In advaucc, ; 4i Monuth., f 'Threce Months. $L2 Adv ertiAin 0C a, eqacr, flr·t ins"r tinra, $I 6 : each NuIcs'qltaclr inflscrIjn. 7. cenl. A liberal deduction rn..id to yeacrly ad let tieers. General Orders. 11,I) Q' If Mit. Div. 1,F~# M Ne.w Ori"aa:-, Inav ha,;5. 1. 11v the tarin- of a a1IlVtiitionu a nttrvd into th Is lda . .it Ii.i. part 'if (iinraara E. K. Sminth. cn- inriitl.i g1i, and Maaijoru' ifrlºi E1 U. ( itil c~otnaintiding ti,' Mi lit ary I )i 'aio a n «,",;t .J1iii.firipjii. th.' m..i itar .fIII :atda i t a~ viii. ofit lla 'I'ra,i4'- li'f! if =f pj I h'palt nta' an t Iii lti,- j.ihii r pr Ita. ' Rimd -r thlair (ilifti~. hat.- a'"r 1' "! 'iila.rad to tliii iii?}, If ifta . $ "tf tIl I~iadaaI Stits~t . 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". t ilfff a ýt t:, t.ii tin. inh n ,i troo a, an ' t1 i p ifi a'n:tt t 't., .dilioipna ofa :-d 3 i . C iLt ii I. it rin ^1 land tha Ifirlt ,n land it, a' i. ii tit' :ha' I tachmient* are tmade for the purpose osf prote'cting the inlihaitants against jayhawkers and other lawlss char acter, and on all marchsl, throughl the country, theit codul't o of" o ,il.rs alnd o",n mnust he such, as to inspire, the peoplt ' with ronfilener and re spet, atnd no ,h-predations., however slight, or int, rfEtn',ue with the citi zenc in their lawful pitr. itt.;. will b rinrmittcd. III. To guar,1l agaitist th.v w.-ast ,r In- of p r-blpi- !,r ,-,,rtv, nt uttnd-r the i 'nntrol 'of ti- t'Io,.dl.rate tinili tlrv and nav'al :aumi ,,rti.".-, t.l civil ofsLs i- or a;''enti , ittn chart ,, of suiich Iprop-rt.v will hi,- rgarldel as in thit. .ervi, ," the I iiried .:'tt-,s , uto ti rt live,,d hv the .ropu.spr *,thc.rs ,:' : sgints It" t!tl.: (i'; utllt'i;rtit. ,A l 1 , .al, oaf ciihit - r,," ;rtV, o" trtan ,e.r s ,ic--pt i r+n - I -,.-I-t, or' I xc. t to th i itnihrizy.. ;ig ;its or iany atti, lt to, s tt.',:l or .'itihhib,li t r. ,iif :o v- kri't , itt, ir-.t ts,:at sii I i t s . -i, ;ritht.  i,. r.- t r d i t., Sl, li, u- . a ; :I h. r thi i- un -.' .arv, it will b. t- k i- :ii -i ,'s dt rlv il '. i, -tlar t :.- :,;, r. , :i r the S 'r .r ,, t ,. {';: .n : ,nlin It lh r , ...A "j ,,, . r . cviplls ' it I" ' iv Si P rn t r.1 iv',+.' , w ill ,. , h ,.r pit ,. Ipr. 'q :: .1 . I ut, t!". r n:,:ci:i r. - 'ri , I" t :t- :t li .,1 o tt Uill. 11 S . _ t '. " _ ' ' ' i L ll 'i :i i . 3', :I ' b i ,. .. : . ?.-: : 1.3 - " III > +t 11 :i' ' 1.. . 1 1 ' : ' : I l- t.- N.t I ... , I a. . l . ' . s" a , - , ' 1.' Nc . " ' . I .. . I ,- I : . t "I , , . - - " r s 1 I,-. : i i Ii • . ,-,, - I .. - t. ' lt. ' . t., - . pntiti- 'ti'·l sll. rN ixit. x , t. ht s ." - sit s it- s.,iisinftit-h h t :. , ,its-s .hl, lIi, a s r-t - i Ii V i iit t tt . .. i I •i i i . . . . 5 t a s is s its i i i ris..- l s- it " r -til ill s 1 -- .-.ti -0 :this- -ii I sistanccv to the lawful authorities .lf the gRnverninent. In thi: re'g.'ard n.a in all other.s the armier of the' LUzi'ted Statet, will suc p irt a:id recpcire' ,,b,.dienc' , to hi ,r I :Lcwi . At t:,: :atcine tiher to all who are, dieqo1~'d to stiul sit qui."tly to thlle lawrs of the land, th gr,'at.st pJ.c ibihl' aiti-stanc'' will Ib,, giveniat , iit it rie mnIli nd.l.lc to all -uchi that thil Freedmcn he e'mpllcvicd undclr ,pe.eiti:e cc,ntrnct-; at r,casot, abhle wagegs cand kir ily tr'ated. Ne ,'n c'rlr':clg.'inlent will le' gfi,.ven to thlc latter clatss to hlave their fTr ,.r cIma ters, bitt thile intat ]earne that they -a: rnot be ccppi ort'd! in idlnjcee 'r tilowev ,l to cnc,.gre"y-c te at imilit:,ry icts. To he, ' wrtlv of theiri fr.ce ion. tli.v imu-it b, inchu- tri ,es neel h Ionet. Tlile.ir statue will illn ni way eh.- tc ipr en is-d hI ...cniei g r i c thiccr he ,:.e- ncl wr,! rvc kj tr uaes I 'ti' t ,.rrrival of an'h , .ii. aI._', -. ,,t'h,. e",' .:e ' , ..:m . :11 n,. d f' 1 int..r ": t ! it : t..i : : ! i .I I, 1 . i' t * , . t cc 1e ,. "c a' r-l,,:'c - t . l, , it 1 . 1 " . , I'" "i ,'. e- 1 ,,' S t1 ." .". t. 1.; :1: , t !r" n , i, hliiý p Vrt ,f I ift . .\!0 . ,i.-' ,n,:e ,iv L ". - -. ., t. - . 1!.h -t " .... a *lcc I - ' - ' l t c -- - ntp in r" , ,e: c ':C t- l:u it. 1 ii: I eC, in ' i it 11": " ' I . , l..- .'I'. S .I :. . I - I. l :. ' " .. . , : . .. . 1 . t . t , ' , ' . . · , . . 1 . . ... . . • , ! h 1 .t i r,. . ! 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" . • .: . 0 - - * o . I • . . , r. . , :iI. h  i_ ,. SHREVEPORT NEWS BOOK AND JOB PRINTI1N. QFFCE4 On Tcnnm street, Shreveport, Is pr,"1-.arld. a. h14"1vetofovt'. to 4"xeNltot rc."rv d."-rriltion of 111,41.v 4')1$ COLORlED nt, and 1;-patch, nt r,"a ,nab 1l· wZ' CARDS, 31LS OF LADING, Y'T El'' 4.. ;,...lL: Poster's, 1 t tII attIýi - w lcv assrI is ,t' t1 I FIN;' \RI) 1.1 11 11:11 PAPER' ~~},1,t fa:, iNtI L-1- k-C h E. & B. JACOBS, ' III AI· ···lr· 11;L'F.!1: · ·! 11k. " }..'..,nr in .vi:r . .i TA L '':.-*I 'I>-aui -TI'.I*~ ' ' 1 1.11:,g1 t. 1,I - '.-: .: it : tI, 1c'* t i t 'Fi' ºI.'1: It g: HVIL:ItVCIt~. RNT, ;,t'I ` "il-ri h -. i i t'.& ' N lr~\", .:, II- -aV t n," t tlt, .t '1tut '1m II) a \-' "i:, iA-tt ,..ii ' 'tr ,,"-t~:I - t'-r. .,... ('~to- knt -1:.. :. I~r t:;I rý: . Iiu t~r ." - l ~"a"r I- tiA. - ii .;. u ,-. _ I:.f.", " l l 1 ; I' sugt r :I : v:tit k- t "S Vhllolesale amid Retail! A large stock of G IRtt CEI{IEdS, DRUGS and MEIPICINES. HATS. STAl IiNA.IRY, IIARDI)WARE. Sl'TLElR'S GOOD)S., &c. &e.. At the old stan'l of M. Levy, in the city ref - SIERETEPORT, LA., one door from the corner of TExAt and . Spitzo Srlverrs. We are pJernancttly located hero, and will, Ar A.Lt. rli s, be prepeared to tell to COUNTRY MER~CHANTS AND PLANT IXR-IR. AT Wholesale and Retail, and upon lib ral ter-i receiving- COTTON, OR OTHER PRODUCE, in xc!iange. W1e prIon'oe to deal .n the sqnare. and solicir a gbare of P'ret.tr PATTR nAniE. JAMIE=ON & CO. Shrrvtport, June 13th. 18G5-:3n FLOR Rlent -A geoo, Dwelling 1 lAom .1pply t; sed i u2Cf The EI'litor of thi- paper. PI'. I"'. L. Prank. A,-.n" fir J. LI tt.banr. WAT if MA}ER, TI'x'is ,strQe', nitar Sring, -II .wtl ".h :werI .l : pailrd a:t b-hrt notice ,nd ,n ito--8.. i e:b ,. t'rmos. --,: Htvitrt :v , I ,eweller employed. . eil .,i , 1; r .,c r w,,rk of any description :;1 bi." prol'tl'v "a t'end d to. junl3 rI'.I.'TIiD-A _oted. hon.,t boy to . ?; : 'tt fi p*. r t city s ubcribrs. Prie-lient .lohnis.,n New Amnesty Proclamatiom, \-it\r..tiN. ,'4av, 29. 1 P.f ',,isri,. / ,.,y Ite Pri-eil.,-t of /,r- ln'itd S,'t-.a.ts o/'A l,nerica. Wt:itr.t-. Th'l. Pr-.is-,.nt of the Irlrt. 1d Stairl.-. on the 4th day of I c,etniber, 1 s3, and on the 26th day of 31.trch, 186 , did, with the object to .suppre,. thei existing rebellion, to ind(ue- all pe-r ins to return to their 1.v alty. and to i-store the authority ot the LC:ited States, issue proclama ti,-.n otft-ring amnesty and pardon t, cert:in pi-rsos who had dire-ctlv or by implication, participated in -aid rt,-llion : :ani IIl7/rer.s, M3.,ny persons who had ,o ,._aed in said rebelllion. have, ntiC- tilhe issiuantce iOf said proelatmina ti.. f'ie-1 or n.-g!ct,-,1 to take the !.u.,fi'e N-tr,.d th,.rbly ; and TF7/,rs.r . ay pet.rsonts who have bei,-,- ju.tly depriv-ed ot all claim to pint,.-tv an, p:uard,.n theriml.-r, by rea-otn of the ir participation, directly otr hy implicati.n. in said rebellion. a 1, c,,ntitnitd th,.ir ho-tility to the Go,,.V.rnm."nlt at th." Unitei States -inc-. thel d;te of .-aid proclaination. n ,w di-il, i atpply tr andl ltain atLo:uiriVy antI p:ardonl : to the etnd, tl.-r,-tr.i.. h.tit th- a:uthicrity of the -o-.-rnm nt t ,of the i- nit[teid States may be. re.store.d, and that pence, or der,- a,l, frellediom may be .-stablished, I. ANDI)EW .tTINSON, Presi ,.-nt of the United States. Do PRJ I .\I*t -. DENt.L.aR:. that I do here tv grant to all I'"rsonus who have duir,.ctlv or indir.-ctly pa:rticipated in the .xi.ting r.bellion. except as hiri.-inat.-r c,'pl,t,,d. AMNESTY AND PAI) t1(ON. with the reserva ti-,n of all rights of property, except :.- to, slaves, an.d except in cases whler lI-gal prce'dlings unider the law- tf the U1. S. .provili utg torthe con tiscation ,f property of persons en _-:t,.I in th.- r.ellIiion have been in stitut,-d, biut on the c.iiiition, never th.l.l-.-. that everv eu"ch pl-rsonshall tah.' teal stnbcri Ia- thn f.,liewig rathl or atPrmation, and therncf,,rwv::rd keep and mnainitain said oat: in.viol a ntd al which oath .hall be regi - tor-it for lerm-nnt pr.--e-rvation, and It:l1l b,- iato the t-nor and .ftTect follow ig. to-w:it -1 do, solemn!yv wear (or altirnu) it pr-tenc, tf Almighty Gol. that I will bInce-terth tatlhfilly defend ths t'.,:ttiuti,,n of the 'United State a~d th, i.nion of the States thereun der. and that I will in like manner abitid and taithfully support all laws antd pr-clainations which have tben madil during the existing rebellion. w-ith refterence to the -mancipation lf tav-,s. s, help tne (;,d." TheI following class,,s of rrsons are ,-xc.,pt.,'l tiomn the benefits of this proclamation : First-All who are or shall have h been pretendeid civil or diplomatic ,,icrs or otherwise domestic or for eign agents of the pretended Confed u-rate govtrntm1ent. Second-All who left judicial stations ulnder the United States, to aid the rebellion. Third---All wLmo hilall have Leon military ,ir general officers of said pret-entded Conf,-derate gov-ernment. above- the rank of conlonel in th,, army -itn lineutenant nt the navy Fourth-All who have left seats in the Congress of the United States to aid the rebellion. Fifth-All who resigned or tender der resignations of their commissions 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 treating, otherwise than lawfully, as prisoners of war, per sons found in the United States ser vice as officers, soldiers, seamen, or in other capacities. Seventh-All persons who have been absentees from the United States for the purpose of aiding the rebellion. Eighth-All military and naval officers in the rebel service, who were educated by the government at West Point, or the Tnited States naval acad.emy. Ninth-All persons who held the iretended office of Governors of States in insurrection against the United States. Tenth-All persons who left homes within the jarisdiction and protec tion of the Uiited States, and passed beyond the Federal military lines, I into the so-celled Confederate States, for the purpose of aiding the rehel lion. Eleventh-All persons who have been engaged in the destruction of the commerce of the United States upon the high seas, and all pereons who have made raids into the United States from Canada, or have been eougaged 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 obtain 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, as prisoners of war, or prisoners detained for offences of nmy kind, either before or after con viction. Thirteenth-All persons who havR voluntarily participated in said rebel lion, and the estimated value of whose taxable property is over 820,000. Fourteenth-All persons who have taken the oath of amnesty, as pre scribed in the President's proclama tion of Dec. 8th, A. D. 1863, or an oath of allegiance to the Government of the United States, since the date of said proclamation, and who have thenceforward kept and maintained the same inviolate : Provided, That special application may be made to the President for pardon by any person belonging to the excepted classes, and seuc clem ency will be liberally extended as may b,, consistent with the facts of the case, and the peace and dignity of Sthe United States. The Secretary of State will estab lish rules or regulations for adminis te ring and recording the said amn,.s tv oath, so as to insure its benefit to the people, and gaurd the government against fraud. In testimony whereof. I have nher.' unto st my lhand, and cause l the seal of the United States to be at fixed. Done at the City of Wasnington this 29th day of May, in the year of our Lord, IS6.5. and of the indepen denceoof the United States the eighty ninth. [t.. s.j ANDREW JOHNSON. I By the President : «.1t. IT. SEw.trn, Sec'y of Stat, MODE OF ADMINISTEITIN( AND RECORDING THIE AMNES''TY OATH. D-EPA.wrT r T OF STATE, f VWashintton, May 29, 186i5. Sin::-A copy of the President'-: amn'esty proclamatice of this date is Ic-,ewitt: appended. By a clanse in the instrumrent the secretary of State is directed to establish rules andreg olations for administerir and record ing the aminesty oath s,, as to in~sm', its benefits to the pe plh,. and ^alrli the government aga'nst trawl. ulr luant to this injuncti,-n, .y u 'r,, - formed that the o:ath p:- s·rihI in theic prclaa'ation to-ty bi- taken an I sul:;cribhd betfre any (crrtni-ssicned other, civil, military, or .nmval, iin thie service of th, Unlit,.d Stat,,., , any civil or milit-rv ft; *,-rof a Sta:e or Te.rritory, who. by the l' I:w th,-re of, may bh.:qualifid fr ,c,:ninistering the cath. All cfiecire wh, r-,-',ivo such oath are hr-by,. auttht-ized to give certified copi,, th r,,,f to per sons respectively hy whom they were made, an I ui-h t.fi' o rs are here iv required to raurinit or;ginl: s of sutech onths at a. early a ,y as may be convenient,.to this Tlr:r:rtm-nnt. where they will be deposited, and re main in tlhe archives .f the Govern ueat A register thereof will bit kept ir the Department, and, on ap plication in proper cases, certificat-s Swill be issted of such records in the I customary form of official certificates SI am, sir, your ob't serv't, W. H. SEWARD. Scretatry of t~te