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 756 APPENDIX. No. 83. Aprii29, 1865. BY THE PRESIDENT OF TU UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION. Preamble. WHEREAS, by my Proclamation of the twenty-iihh instant: Thursday,·the twenty—ii.f’th day of next month, was recommended as a day for special humiliation and prayer in consequence of the assassination of Annauau Lmcom, late President of the United States, but, whereas, my attention has since been called to the fact that the day aforesaid is sacred to large numbers of Christians as one of rejoicing for the Ascension of the Saviour : Day of monm— Now, therefore, be it known, that I, ANDREW Jomvsozv, President of the his P¤¤lP¤¤°d· United States, do hereby suggest, that the religious services, recommended as aforesaid, should be postponed until Thursday the Erst day of June next. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the United States to be ailixed. Done at the city of Washington, this twenty-ninth day of April, in the [L. s.] year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-tive, and of the Independence of the United States of America the eighty-ninth. ANDREW JOTNSON. By the President: W. HUNTER, Acting Secretary of Stale. No. 34. May *2, 1865. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A PROCLAMATION. Preamble. Wummas it appears, from evidence in the bureau of military justice, that the atrocious murder of the late President Annannar L1>:coL:·:, and the attempted assassination of the Honorable \Villiam H. Seward, Secretary of State, were incited, concerted, and procured by and between Jefferson Davis, late of Richmond, Virginia; and Jacob Thompson, Clement C. Clay, Beverly Tucker, George N. Saunders, William C. Cleary, and other rebels and traitors against the government of the United States, harbored in Canada : Rewards of- Now, therefore, to the end that justice may be done, I, Axnmaw JOHNsoN, fered for the President of the United States, do offer and promise for the arrest of said g"{€”°fJ§m’”°“ persons, or either of them, within the limits of the United States, so that they 0,;;:; 21, com can be brought to trial, the following rewards: Spainé to p,-0- One hundred thousand dollars for the arrest of Jefferson Davis. cure the murder Twenty-Eve thousand dollars for the arrest of Clement C. Clay. grigmhem MiTwenty-five thousand dollars for the arrest of Jacob Thompson, late of ‘ ssissi 1. Tweritiy-five thousand dollars for the arrest of George N. Saunders. PM, P- 776- Twent -five thousand dollars for the arrest of Beverly Tucker. Ten thousand dollars for the arrest of YVilliam C. Cleary, late clerk of Clement C. Clay. The Provost Marshal General of the United States is directed to cause a description of said persons, with notice of the above rewards, to be published. In testimony whereof: I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the United States to be aihxed. Done at the city of Washington, this second day of May, in the year of [L. S.] our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, and of the Independence of the United States of America the eighty-ninth. ANDREW JOHNSON. By the President: W. HUNTER, Acting Secretary of State.