Amnesia

[Gr. a priv., and mnesis, memory.] ( Med. ) Lo of memory; mostly a symptomatic affection. Am'nesty, n. [Fr. amnistie, from Gr. a priv., and mnestis, remembrance.)] ( Polit.) An act of pardon or oblivion, by which crimes against the government to a certain time are so obliterated that they can never be brought into charge. An amnesty may be either absolute and universal, or it may except certain persons specifically named, or certain cla es of persons generally described. The Constitution of the United States gives to the President the right of granting "reprieves and pardons for offences against the U.S." It was by virtue of that power that the President Andrew Johnson, after several declarations of conditional or partial amnesties, at last, December 25, 1868, proclaimed, "unconditionally and without reservation, to all and to every person who directly or indirectly participated in the late insurrection or rebellion, a full pardon and amnesty for the offence of treason against the United States, or of adhering to their enemies during the late civil war, with restoration of all rights, privileges, and immunities, under the Constitution, and the laws which have been made in pursuance thereof." A lover. (R.) Port Amor'go, the ancient Amorgos , an island in the Grecian Archipelago, about 36 m. in circumference, at the S.E. of Naxia, lat. 36° 50′ N.; lon. 25° 56' E. The chief town, on the N.E. shore, is of the same name. St. Anna, on the N. shore, is a good harbor. A. was noted in antiquity for its fertility, and is still well cultivated. It belongs to Greece, and is the birthplace of Simon ides. Amorgo Poulos , is a small uninhabited island, 12 m. W. of Amorgo.