Whereas, it appears from evidence in the Bureau of Military Justice, that the atrocious murder of the late President, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, and the attempted assassination of the Hon. William H. Seward, Secretary of State, were incited, concerted, and procured by and between Jefferson Davis, late of Richmond, Va., and Jacob Thompson, Clement C. Clay, Beverly Tucker, George N, Sanders, W. C. Cleary, and other rebels and traitors against the Government of the United States, harbored in Canada; Now, therefore, to the end that justice may be done, I, Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, do offer and promise for the arrest of said persons, or either of them, within the limits of the United States, so that they can be brought to trial, the following rewards: One Hundred Thousand Dollars for the arrest of Jefferson Davis. Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars for the arrest of Clement C. Clay. Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars for the arrest of Jacob Thompson, late of Mississippi. Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars for the arrest of George N. Sanders. Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars for the arrest of Beverly Tucker, and Ten Thousand Dollars for the arrest of William C. Cleary, late Clerk of Clement C. Clay. The Provost Marshal General of the United States is directed to cause a description of the said persons, with the notice of the above rewards, to be published. hand In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington, on this 2d day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, and of the Independence of the United States of America the eighty-ninth. [L. S.] By the President. ANDREW JOHNSON. WM. HUNTER, Acting Secretary of State. RELIGIOUS BOOKS, BOOKS OF CONSOLATION, &c. L IFE'S MORNING; or, COUNSELS AND ENCOURAGEMENTS FOR YOUNG CHRISTIANS. By the author of "Life's Evening," "Quiet Thoughts," &c. L' IFE'S EVENING; or, THOUGHTS FOR THE AGED. By the same author. From the New-York Evangelist. Both of these volumes, by the same author, are admirably written, and deserve a wide circulation. They glow with a warm Christian spirit, and are eminently practical in their aim. For the young disciple, we scarcely know of any book more appropriate to encourage and direct than the firstnamed. The address is direct and pointed, enriched by valuable suggestions, and illustrated by frequent incidents. The last volume is equally excellent in its way, although it is addressed to those who have reached the evening of life. It shows how, even in weakness and debility, the heart may be light and cheerful, and even declining years may be consecrated to useful service in the cause of Christ. which, without any statesman's coöperation, is slowly building a free nation on this great continent. He felt that the dogmas of the great past were inadequate to the glorious present. "The occasion," said he, “is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country." He believed in the logic of events, because in them he thought he saw the purposes of God. He believed in the people, and longed to hear from them. He asked for discussion as for light, and awaited opportunity. At the outset he pledged himself simply "to hold, occupy, and possess the property of the United States;" and when he accomplished the task, he passed away. He was a conscientious and deeply honest man. He was afraid of gratifying self at the expense of duty, and of sacrificing duty for the sake of self. This explains many mysteries. The hand that wrote, "If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it," wrote, also, "I am, naturally, anti-slavery. If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong. I cannot remember when I did not so think and feel. And yet I have never understood that the Presidency conferred upon me an unrestricted right to act, officially, upon this judgment and feeling." His integrity was thorough, all pervading and all controlling. He hesitated to put down his foot. There is little doubt but thousands of lives were sacrificed because of his slowness; but when he put down his foot it was as immovable as the rock itself, and his waiting may have saved the nation. We all remember his message in which he disclosed his purpose of giving freedom to the slave. It assumed the form of a duty. "In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free, honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last, best hope of earth. Other means may succeed: this could not fail. The way is plain, peaceful, generous, just; a way which, if followed, the world will forever approve, and God must forever bless." The people confided in him, not so much because they believed in his genius, or in the quickness of his perceptions, as because of a sense of safety and security, which was begotten by the methods chosen to reach important conclusions. He believed in God and recognized the value of prayer. Hence, when he left Springfield for Washington, fifty-three months before, he said to his old and tried friends, "I leave you with this request: pray for me." They did pray for him. Millions beside them prayed for him. To a company of clergymen he said, Gentlemen, my hope of success in this great and terrible struggle rests on that immutable foundation, the justice and goodness of God. And when events are very threatening, and prospects are very dark, I still hope that in some way which man cannot see, all will be well in the end, because our cause is just, and God is on our side." He was one of the people. Well do some of us remember standing upon the steps of the White House, as he came forth from the bowed to us in passing. his careworn, anxious face. Presidential mansion. He |