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Page 12
... appears from the report of the Secretary of the Navy that while at the commencement of the present year there were in commission 530 vessels of all classes and descriptions , armed with 3,000 guns , and manned by 51,000 men , the number ...
... appears from the report of the Secretary of the Navy that while at the commencement of the present year there were in commission 530 vessels of all classes and descriptions , armed with 3,000 guns , and manned by 51,000 men , the number ...
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... appears by its title and preamble - that is , any of the Queen's sub- jects being engaged in military service or ... appear by subsequent statements of Mr. Rumble that Messrs . Coleman were not the real owners , and that the real ...
... appears by its title and preamble - that is , any of the Queen's sub- jects being engaged in military service or ... appear by subsequent statements of Mr. Rumble that Messrs . Coleman were not the real owners , and that the real ...
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... appears that about two hundred men did arrive here on Tuesday evening for the pur- pose of embarking as steerage passengers on board the Great Western for New York ; that southern emissaries having got among them , and finding that ...
... appears that about two hundred men did arrive here on Tuesday evening for the pur- pose of embarking as steerage passengers on board the Great Western for New York ; that southern emissaries having got among them , and finding that ...
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... appears in the copy of a sup- plementary order of General Dix , which is appended to this despatch . An order has been made by this department , directing that except immigrant passengers , no traveller shall be allowed to enter the ...
... appears in the copy of a sup- plementary order of General Dix , which is appended to this despatch . An order has been made by this department , directing that except immigrant passengers , no traveller shall be allowed to enter the ...
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... appears that Jones & Co. are summoned to appear before the magistrates on Friday , ( to - morrow , ) charged with enlisting men for the Confederate States naval service ; and although mention is only made of the Georgia , yet it is said ...
... appears that Jones & Co. are summoned to appear before the magistrates on Friday , ( to - morrow , ) charged with enlisting men for the Confederate States naval service ; and although mention is only made of the Georgia , yet it is said ...
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Page 391 - I, , do solemnly swear, in presence of Almighty God, that I will henceforth faithfully support, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Union of the States thereunder...
Page 392 - Therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, do proclaim, declare, and make known to all persons who have, directly or by implication, participated in the existing rebellion...
Page 116 - ... equip, furnish, fit out, or arm, or procure to be equipped, furnished, fitted out, or armed, or shall knowingly aid, assist, or be concerned in the equipping, furnishing, fitting out, or arming of any ship or vessel, with intent or in order that such ship or vessel shall be employed in the service...
Page 542 - The true test of its existence, as found in the writings of the sages of the common law, may be thus summarily stated; when the regular course of justice is interrupted by revolt, rebellion, or insurrection, so that the courts of justice cannot be kept open, civil war exists, and hostilities may be prosecuted on the same footing as if those opposing the government were foreign enemies invading the land.
Page 93 - Such assent having been given, the treaty shall remain in force for ten years from the date at which it may come into operation, and further, until the expiration of twelve months after either of the high contracting parties shall give notice to the other of its wish to terminate the same...
Page 17 - ... the preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and the destiny of the republican model of government, are justly considered as deeply, perhaps as finally staked, on the experiment intrusted to the hands of the American people.
Page 317 - ... in either of which cases the authorities of the port or of the nearest port (as the case may be) shall require her to put to sea as soon as possible after the expiration of such period of twenty-four hours...
Page 229 - In the discussions to which this interest has given rise, and in the arrangements by which they may terminate, the occasion has been judged proper for asserting as a principle in which the rights, and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers.
Page 384 - An act in addition to the act for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States," which does abridge the freedom of the press, is not law, but is altogether void and of no effect.
Page 393 - State, the name of the State, the boundary, the subdivisions, the Constitution, and the general code of laws, as before the rebellion, be maintained...