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oal VOL.1] WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY OJUN 27, 1866. [\O.2 -- -.---- ---.. - FAIRFIELJ HERALD 1. PUBl.titi: D Wl-:KL.Y IY G4tilrlatra e)aporte & C Terms.--TlI i: ..a is publisheld Week ly ilt he Town of' WiilIAora, atL 83.00 in I'na ly i dvance". A"" All trainli. 1-lYerti otiseanets to be Obituary Noticei and Triblytei $1.0) pa rilli, Ili si Priso Lifte---LXI ilts fron ti|e Miarv' of ite Po't Si, 8108001-7110i|1111 Nt'fIt'S illt 111dd|el11. The Now York Wlr. of tho ihh, te Votes o1ver fnr U-.a cohnsu; to extrats fIrUt he. lilory of Mv. Davii,' parnm lit'e at -Foriress Alloroo, written by tile poet mur geon. We lina1ke such oetracwets 11rom t ile Ii ord ats our. spacO will permit: TiHE PnISON .IFE OV J&FRFiltso.N DAVIs. Im. tINS. M.%v 21, 1865 -The procession- Into lte fort. wais und"er thie immedtiato hispectionl of Aljor General lalleck and Charle: A. lhini, t hn Asi.tant. secretary of war ; oliolel V'ri, h ard, of thle Michigan cavalry, who immaediaoely elfected lhe capture. beiaig tle llicer ii coimand of the guard from the ve-.Sel to (1he 101r. Firstl eM1ne Nllajor.. (Ieneral .lues holding the arm ot' Mr.- Da vis, Who was dreein a It Suit ol plainl Conl fllrat giy, With a glCy slotuelid lhat lwaiys 1h1, a-l n lo!;ing ucha watted and t Cr l.i-..i -. Iu aue.iately aftr hese Calm, Clne i'richaPrd aeoin panying Alr. Clay, with a gtiutrd o solFeirs iii I heir rea. Thus they pased thoiigh liles of men in %h I fimthe E'ginieer's Lanaiinig to [le Wiatilr Ilattery Poelter ; i1and onl arriinig at lhe casoe. n ttala which had been lited IIIp into cels for1 lhei incit arceatio, Mr. Davis was shown into e.aisenutt No. 2 amil lay into No. 4, guards of soldliers be ing hationed ini lie cells ntumibered one, I ibroe un1 live, upol euchla side o them. Thoy entev'ed;i the heavy doors claige'l holinad thIem, and in that clanmg was rung h final knell of the terrible, biut now exlinct retellion. Jinilg ushild into hi innler cel by Gen el Aii liles. nu il al tIwo doors leading there finto frot file .Iaau-d roomiia lbeing tasi estel. AIr. 1). viS, ataier : -int1-g the prelmises for Battme maaoien-ts, anad lookiaag out th irocgh ilia eiitaire wiith sich ahoaghag s paing over his ii 1ed nit ex presive fiet. ais doy ho im - tgined, iadlenlly seultl i l f lai a chauiir plaeiag both liads (u his knies, and askel O 1ne of the olliers pain1g u pi and down withiI hi: ceIl tbis 5ligii1n1: tL'elton: Wlaih;l way dot. eh I . It'ae?" The. s ildiea was ilvilt. "Ir. Davi .,, raiting his voice a: little, Io. peaite itheI. ingnh-~ay. l-lib it"ag in a l-.. , oir only the laanasuireil ftalfitiIs of 144wO pu cilg Sen. tries within, thl (li ainter echies of the al~~U ' MilOPt O*.t d 11VI uvll I~ tat. 'lunrl Jimt, thei P'I.ut tIhe% Li oll oldirrain el Silent as first, 1i slight I wite I hiag of1 is eyes onaly tInatinag that lie hi:il hea:u ird ajruestiona, Iwas forba'iiln to .'pak. W11'ell," s:aid .\Mr. ani.i, throwing tads tip tand tbreakila.g iito a litter lat uh, 'wish Ily niten co 'id have bena ,it 1ht. w disciplinec!" aifiI thenl, riing froml his J ir, ho commtuta enced paeing back Ial roi hI >rle lite eibrasure, now lookin otaI lho r oentry lacross It li , t1n1 d an It I wo silent ly pa.cing. soliers1 who -ere compan ions in) Ith cauemxlle. e eNIia:.ti er, a ible it yer hook, his mdly companlionls thlo-- two nt gla itar ol lo food ortfile ordinry na011 of 101 bread feliht fServed oit i tihlt liers of' lie gnllrison-tAis pas e It It h r114l Iliat hu f the ex-Presidpi's AR 1)l A N 1) 8 MrA TN msoumft.ac..Ml~ . AN IN VA 1.n 1 N 1 N .4 t(ha morning of he 21dt of .i'ny, e, L-tro ie 1ail l 1i1n 0 For the padid Irit -a i ri severer, probably, ilh, .ils er Inmor ims been inflicted pon Ioy at, eljloyed suci h er o -i '1i.a Wofing to r~ ioni is wials ath aoiled il was: hiii uialoiy 1: satrmiag cofa of hoarlllies ofithe l~.'itoa, the I ~ Tennesse ltad I. :eorgiatover, wolhunred tousand~Ol br's aedhu ad b laurl- Ivetra s--wr pre-li llLmngail h e Griuiandt ivew, the next'Oa''ya Iaiorningin 01 whch, pningi ndless due-~l ohces.n before th ainaion oflr thoi wPrs. denliaia, t hofitering lonislar powtr of the ifta' ao wsletoes lay dwn ts r a tho fodolce tai totitheacil 1thoiy tilhtt tat he fodailao n "Wpl, nid ere. Ttlo, s te T ted lietly tl: i artllry n tere te.pi -. tr b'e,,'aadaptn 'lllowedwby and b aksu lo ro bota.1hsas~isttook Uatte cainkin iso hns asome avyan arhy-a. n rechiung lelc ti1tfonthsbehee is n we~itr' foer a slet-eight, t h ood plawced ntear to ime preedling' d'ay tll catlng g tce oa n its li plate nerfi esio "W Int," isastd Mr ta,- as tey enod ltd kni--vow n ulasatl to perlfitanig S iteua senal Ibiac sit atook wthe sha les p !altavisleaped satly ifromvhh his reen growin hnd! and notil en a ed d ''uh greda faorbra, ehd','ho ing ha ohand, ad teng reoean hlsimsdt I.to h~'eiht-ntholtlhtt appeait'wll iepth O n'ation antd thi to hrik fatr Itdojhth hiobglace fltotutlgthcain ae terrie s hackles-hd salid lo~ly an wI futalnllh aaro myat orer'a sh- )alt 3. oi dcer,~8 bcin too liaks throch, ho teppd f rounlockeL padockun lioning eftestod olio.o hesol attrs ware ofkh livhbly i tghths ofa, anmev Mr - Davis, engorly; "thoero mus1t. be Some inte tako. No such outrage as you threaten me with is on record in tie history of nations. Ileg hit to- telegr:t ph, and duhly uutil lhe an swrers." "1Iy orders are peremptory," mlid tho oilicgr, "andt dnit of Itr lvliey. lor yimr own sake let mII.1 ad .vise you to bilnitit with pit icnce. As a soldier. Mr. Davis, .you know . must execute orders." "'These are not o0 ders for a soldier." shouted the prisonter, losing till control of itimscif. '-They are orders for a jailor ror' a hianigiani, Which -mt> sollier wearing a% woIr sl 0hould acellt ! I tell yott the world will Hug with this disgraec. Tio war is over, the Soutl is conqlutered ; I have no longer an(1y cotlit ry but. Amcrion, and it is for thu honor of Amrien, ns for my own honor an. life. Cihat -1 plend agains. this do gadit ion. Kill iy ! kill te !" lo cried pas. siulately, thlrowing his arms iido'open and exposing his breast. 'rather than iitlict on me, and on my people through te, this in stilt worse than dentli." .'Do yote dutly blacksmilth," said (ho ofli car, walking towards the emtrasro as if not- caring to witness the performance. i.11. only gives increaised p:iu on atll sides to protact tiis infterview." At these words lte blacksmith advanced IVitIi the shtackles, and seeing that the lris oit-r hald onte foot tipion the chair near his bedside, his-right iald resting otn (le b1ack of it, (he bra winey miech lnio iado an ait. empt. to Aliy on1e of the sintokles overI the ankle so rais'ed ; but, as if with ith relvhe nience antd strelgi i vliCh frenzy can tilm .part, even to the weakest invalid Mr, Davis ,suni-lenly seized hii$ nlsnilint and hurled him hall' way acrt ss te room. . On thiis (aptaii Tillow turiined nd Poo ilg t Ihat Mr. D)avis hid backed tgainst t Ito wall l'or further rusistaince, began td ro. tiouistrate, pointiig out 3in brief, cear lan. gilagt, 1-iht. this cottrso W is iadness, atid that, orders misit b enforuel al. any cost "Will you compel io," lie said, to add thio further Indignity of poronal violence to the nocaessity of your boing ironed ?". "I am a prisoner of ivai'," fiercely re torted Davis ; :'I have been a soldier in iho armies of America, and know how to die. (nly kill ile, 11111 niy laat breath sluzill be a blessin1g un yomr head. . BLLn while I .have life amid st.rength to resist, for myself. and for imy people., this thing hanllnot he done.'' ii etetipOnt ('aptain 'PTillow called 'in a ose I genr.t and file of soldiers from tho next rootm, and tho sergeant. adviiced to seize IIto prisoiter. Immediately 'Mr. Davis flow on him, setcd his umisket anid attemuuptdIi to wreich it from his grasp. Ot couri.. such a sc0tno 0cld have but. one )0isue. There wias a short, pnfssioliate seiilo. Ii a niomet.te Davis was ltihmg u1 Pon his bel,d. aild bCfre0 his l'iul powert'ul. nasai lis removoil their hnnds from him, the thhakmmith and his nursistant, had dune their work--olle sooiting I ie rivot 01 nli tright nu11kle, Whime tle other (tied teto key on the padlock oil the lett. This; donie, Mi-. Davis.loy. for-anmotnent.ap iW turihic tig l' h'1 1d liioio~l $lopp e it hkled feet to lie floor. Tho harsh clank of the striking chain seems first to Ifivo recalled I Itimi '.o his situation, and propping his face into his hands, Ie birst into a passionato flood of sobbing, rocking to and fro, and r uttering at brief intervals, 'Ol, the shate, tIe sIhame ! it. may here be stated. though out of its due order.-tliat we tmiy get rid ii haste of nit ilelaaiLlt, subjet.-that. lMi. Davis Momie two 1mo Iinths later, when fi equent, visits had mi1a114 hii more free of converse, gave mn1 a1 eitrions explanation of tite last feature of this incident. Ito lih:it Cen speaking of suicide, and do noincilig it as tile wort form of cowardice anl folly. "Life is ni t like a commission that wo can resign when disgusted with the servico. Taking it by your own hiand is a coifession of the joigment, to all that your wor: t enlis can allege. -1. has ofteln flashed noross me as a tempting remedy for nem.dgic torture; bu, thank God, I never sought Iy own death but -once, and thel when completoly frenzied And not mastor of ttty actions. When they came to iron me thint day, as a last resource of desperation, I seized a soldier's musket and attempted to wrer.ch it from Iis grnisp, hoping that. in the sonule andl surprise somew one of his comi. rades woud slhoot, or bayonet mei." StR. t.13 A(.I'OWSD 'rttu tmsH or ToeiWACo. A fter visiting Mir. Davis on thle mnorn ing of tho dthi of M1ay, anti linding him ill, Dr. Craven writes: On quitting Mir. Davis, at. once wrote to Mlajor Chuirch, Aegistat Adjutant Genoral, advising hljat the y ,isobor be allowed tobsoe co-l'o dihd want mfWyhih, after alifetito of use, lhe hnd1( referred as one of the probable p~artmuil causes of his illn~ess-.-though not - conmplainlingly, nIotr with an~y request that it be given. This rocommendoeion 'was op. Iproved in the course of t he day [ -and on calingin heevening brought tobacco with| me, nd M.' Dvis filled his pie, whIch was (lie solo article lhe hhad oni'iwawith him' frotn the Clide, except tiio cloths hie teni Iwore. "T1hils is a noble medicIne." hto said, wIth .someuthing as hear a smile ns 'wvas possible for htis haggiu'd 'And atiken feat'u'res. *iI -hardly. expected It ; dld'iiot ask for It, though the deprivation:.,has beeon severe. During any. conlfinenenit here I shall ask for noth-i lng." lie wvas now much calmer. fovt~rishi symp tomns steadIly 'dereasing, pulse already 2d9WItt'sevenlty-five, his brain less excita-' hue ad his nimitl beomiing mot-o '@slined to llj'esiudition.. Comtplaining of the foot fall ofthlibtwo'sentries withtin htis chamber m ndo. It difflcult. for imi to collect, his thouights ; but added choeorfully that, wIth h.is--touching his Pipe-lie hoped to become TChiis pipe, by tho way1 was a largo and harndsome omne. made of meershaumi, with an amiber~ mouth-pieee, shoewing by its colon ihi it h~d abei "'actIve servfoo" fer some ime--as, Intdcod; was thto ease, hiavinig been his compioto diuling the stormiest years 91f lil.t1ite itularaliesidency: Il. is new in the writ er's' polisession6 having been given to ihin) b7 r. Davis, And i acceptance in sisted upIow etq only thing he had left to STQJWJBU OP TtHq PRI~flhER. liip~e an ithid that tise obito .stood oold.yn pe u s h1at~~tdbsiohi bed old any oO o10 oold'a ~~stosland ifouf ovofumon, pas koi u~oh utuuf'a eahpurohasing qtiarier: master Tust be getting rich. It. surprises me, too, for I thought your soldiers must have the best -tmany of any (onerals con. plaaint ot the difticulteos t hey eCcountor ed in seeking to provent our peoplo from maaiking vohinteer Irne'.i with your soldiers whonvor tie linos ran1 near eact h o1her, fot Ihl1o purposke ot excanagi ng t lie tobacco wt, had in abumtlice againit your coffee and sugar Told him to spendt as little time in bed as Ie could ; that exerck4e waft the brst ikedi oino tor dyspoptic pationts. To this lie atisyered by uncoveriag the blanaket from his Feet. and showing [le Iis shackled an kes. "Is it possible for muo )otor; I oanniot even stand erect.. Theso shackles are very heavy I know not, with the clain, how many poundsi. If I try to move they trip ie, and have arendy abraded broaid pitch es of skinl frou the parts they touch. Can yon doviso no moat,.s to pad or cushion them so that whel [ try to drag thbemn along they may not. chafe me so intolerably ? ily limbs have so little tlesh on thom, and that so weak as to be easily licerated." rul; sntisL FAVtrs or )iB. DAVis' CAPT UI. Ilavintg joined aliS famnily, he.. ravelled wvith thsomta for several days, in consequence of finding the region infested with do sorters nod robbers engasged in plundering aviat ever wIS efeniCelCss, his iltetiCan lacing to quit. his wit'e whenever she had eaehed a safo portion of tle country, and to benr west across 'li1 ChattahlaoohlCO. The very evening beforo his arrest, lie was to havO cedarried out this arrangement, behov ilg irs. Davis to bo now saite, but. was pre vented by a report brought. in 1hrought ona of his aidl-es, 1hatt. a party of guerillas, or highway mien, was coining that night. to seize the horses ral itmues of hisi wife':s train. 11. was on tIhis report h deid.l to remain naother night. Towards maorning lie had j-ist ri.llen into lte deep sleep of exlauiustiot Robert, came to himtt announcing that there wais fiing up I te road, lie started up, dressed himsclf itad went out. 'It was just at, graty dawn, Lby the imperfect light Ie saw a party ap proaching tho camp. They were reougnized is Federal cavalry by the way in which thy deployed to surround tle train. and le st eppcd back into the tent to warn his wife th1at. the enemy Were at lanid. Their Ioat was prominaent, being isolated rromla the other tents of the train ; and as hto wvas quilting it to lind his horse, several ot' Jhe cavailry rode up, directing hin to halt and surrendor. To this lie gi.ve a dctiant, uLswver When one whom1 hW supposUd to hO It ollicer anked, had lho any arums, to which \Ir. Davis repliod : "If I lad, you would tot be alivo to ask that question." Ifis listols lad becia left. l.a the hilstors as it. ind been his intention, tl. eveninig belor, o start, whoutever the camp was settled; tI. laor-so, s>ddlo all' hapistors were now ill le enemy's possession, aid lho was conaa pi9toly unai-med. Colonel PriohardlcommniandIng Ilia Fedo-. nvu82ANTi p " si, or otr ire nconplslished In arresting me. You canl have no wish to intoreforo withtwonen dud hilldren, and I-beg they udy be peaitted to pursuo their journey." Thto Lolonel re plied that ' is orders were to take overy one lound in ny comtpany back to Maacon, and lie would ha11vo t do so, thouglt grieved to inconvenience tle htlaies. M r. Davis haid his wife's party was compose:l of paroled mien, who had coinnnit ted no act of war slice their relelase, itaid begged they aaight be pormaitted to go to their iones ; but the joloncl, tnder his orders, did not feel at liberty to grant. this request. They were taken to Micon, thereforo, reachiig it it rous days, and fron thenco were Carried to Aiugusta-Mr. Davis thamnkaing Majcr-Gen ral J. H. Wilson for having troaud him with all the courtesy Ilossible to the situa son. ranH FAILURtI oF TtE 0.\USH OF TH R soaIvia DANoit TO TIlR J.IBERTiKS OF TU w1o1.11 COUNTRY-.it. D.V\is' TORITUIlIO FaO.1t .9i ING C.AsMLSasi WATU1IID). "11y people," lie added, 'attenpted whlat iour people denounced as a revolution. NMy people failed; but your people have suffered a revoluthou- which must prove dis "tslronla to tlteir libericus unless .promptly remnetded by legal doollon, in thiacr etYoats to e'ist. the rovoltion wich they charged mny people with contemplating. Stato soy trelggnty, thliecorntcr-stone of thle Conastit u tien, lhas become a namo. Thlere Ins no longer poweror will In any Staite or numbher of states thaat would dare soltnso comapliane with aany tinkle of Mir. Soward's bell."~ 31r. Davis complained that. thIs sleepless ness was aggravated by the lamrp kp't, buirn. hng in his room all night so thint lho could be seen at all moenats by' th-e'gu~rd ina t he ator opil. lf lhe hatlppened to dose onae to rorisha muoment tae noise of relieving gumardl in the next room aroused haiaw, anud the hunp poured its full ghaer'e into'h'is achlig ad hvobbing eyes. There maust; b a chsango' m- this, or he woul.& grow oxaz'aiy, di' Ilind, r botha. "Doctor," hao saId1 "hta-1 you ever the eon ielousiness of beinag watched ? of having an ye flvod upon you every maoar.ent, intenatly scrutinhzing your most minute aetions a.dl the varIations of your countotbance and pos lute ? The consciousness that, the Omnius sent Eye rests'upon us, han every situation, ls ite most consolig and beautiful belief of rohhghont. Buit to have a human eye rivt ted on you In every imomnlt, of walkling, or sleeping. sitting or lyihg down, Is a retlhae mnaut. of tortture 0n anythmaag the Conlanehe, or Spanish Iliihsitlonm ever droiamod. Thiey, in theihr ignorance of cr'uel art, only struck at the hopy ; anid' the asbryW hihmvd a' Vory limited oapacitf of' paIn. This Is a mad tdoning, ineessat, torture of the milnd, in ereasin g with every moment, It, Is endured,. and shiakintg the reasont by its inceessatnt re ctra-once of miserable pahs. ~Leting a drop of water dlrop of water fall on lhis htead overy sixty sconds does not oari. at first, baut, Its victim dunas of' ravIng agoeqny, it hs alleged If the6 Inflintliona be continued. Tlhe torture of beingIneessantly wattched Is he the ind what thte vater-dropping .is to 1he body, but. mor-e effoo:.ve, as t he indi Is more susceptible, but moreiro fetive, as the mhind~ is moa'e susaceptlblo of paIn. Tho'Eye of Oniselonco looks upon ns with tender ness and compassion e ven if conscious . of gulilt, Ihe have the omufort~ of knowing that Eyes. .spos als oui repenttanoo. hBut, di hunalmn ofo forover fixdd upon .yoi aIs .tho. ogdof -8D, o O~myglontling in the pala adhmlito whe 4k.Itself greateN,. h ing be ni rough lIfe noverl '( Oep 01 obp ntot n dkeou.' iii'" Ii 311111,441 V l it, vii '1l1 1j khidll -%-') t I lit-V Lcla l ' I will '..~~ ~ t.11 Ie '111 II I I I' YO c :I111 11, e 1 )' b41 - ~ ' s L .1111'S ~aiil w I Ii I ill-,it . it~ I )itI Il jt -11 -C iI L wi i Ih I I Iy(lUl~' i l %% ill till - ' I lit- calm ni tt 31 I Cotit vtoal 3Pt33tjll imil ho ll) l I cI I 3* Xitt:i] .) c.nI.' lleill~tu tOlt il:l of 1113 I~ Ito( Ily to om*vml W ltvlts It p vII ii wdl Io0 :bj 1 .1 usd 1 313 Vi. 11 ilLthese i ll 111. 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D Llvi ) l 1 01 I-I ill. 311 for i.tin u. dul tclitd -OTthi rn i hu,~'i',I li cohlit nd te ~riv' 'tI n o.il-i~ did1 l.c ivit ll io re etliver.w ul i sltm.ii. v r' 'till)-i stn itt it' )l p ole nit, k'') I I vtisci *, is s11111wili,r 1 11 hen i.l li . sipg? wa iofIIto lurto\--'wlr tit( Sow Ito i' villnigteord,19r RI' Chistialm." ly elo 1:ihteuts but. they1 IntI,1 a ejIvt cz mallv C1.1 v l-Illo W h l I prl al ( 0 I 10 e IIoS (~ '1il t 'lt .]t IiilU,(Itk0-1 Renarkable Speecl li tle ouse of lep. reseillatives. 3hr llfio f Nb .4il-lti.Delws!e R t ,/* ol' &ce1ys iw an.1 ./,: !1ej s !.!, Kontle.-ile thenik y:e Suwidhru 81l t., got oief jlw U fn ai l I ,It/ wd. - lmly J.Amhnnym a I Prult ei. dent, (6.' Wa sis -rox, ThJurs.day, Juneii 1 1. The mornin.g hour ia ving expi-d, 'Tihe Speakir t.niti eed I hat, ihe spe. cial oriltr for to da. was I l coiseierai tionl of tht bill ben ofore llonedI rom tit(, Juiit Comiti ll 6 on ItNcolnstiruc'ion. enititledl "A bill1 Io 'reature to theStte tately il iSi llrecLiol their fuill p..litical ri-ghts." Mr. Larris, Of lkhinil. Mr. Spwak. erl, h:viIIIghe ny 111) 1> 1 his Ipei of the ss.iionI i silei eilniber fromt eboice', I deeml it my 1Y 1 y now to drelaru Ily Views 1upon somo of the political Iaes. tions, which aro represntIed fui the conlsid uratioti of tins Hutonso and the countrv I should consider it.'a Most, ignIoblo nei to winl the suppilort.7or endors~eent, of any man by thei liast, C011Che or deception. I then, sir, declarl lhnt in prnciple I now Slatid as I sto4 mblIore tIe war ; as I stood aft.r wa ras declreil; na I stood inl the last .iipgre , wlw'a I re ceive'd its crowni of ewil tnre ; Its I stoI ipronaibefre tat ifrn.al imn-ru ainen t of lVrann1y1, a onirl..matil. A id a1s I staid ill pri n ip', iu will I stall. 1 ill pratICC whenevr - caion may r1 Whenl I indicate !nit ther. has been.! ln clan oge ill imly pilciplets, thi. I ljlioe and tihis Co1mtr,. posisibly -'or tChe avowal of 1110111 m en at 'lltendod by lilt mfiexpected notoriety--my infer whal miy position n1 )% is. :' I uan l04dime DelloeraI, ald belie ini th toctrine of seeissiona. I b..-iev - that, the several States of tlhi U ntioiI laVe I lie right 1o seI'perite from it, e.i#h actiig hi itslf. I bulee that ahnil. .i and' tusupatin had beeni lrit ited illd thireaIlt eed to so igreat. al exLtent b thirii. associzates and partlers ill tis goverimiLtal com pact, that thu Sonliern i -ii States w.eare jiustiticid ill goii uti ; ad, sir, I further believe hy'their ord niaice. of secession that they did go oil, and thereby be. daimo to this , Uln i .foreig" .States. Thodn icion01 I 11n4t chinige, n'nd I d~no ic wjtrtJ mm them ti' stanid by tbeni as long !is a single citizem of th Conrfederate States is inl chalins or suibjeot, to poaimly or assertmg tibem. There is no political or personal consid-, eratioll Which Would prompt mel. to Suach i desertion. A.,s the riiht of secession is the on11 la ilhig thiat secures thiom rl-om the chairgo of treaso:, iy vice shiall ever acoid with mlly c'.>vicionsI .1 aI-l lover jUiln ia thiat, verdiet againist. thi* m .1 should conlsi.lur my'self' as asuina most, infamous~ position if I did. WV h ad sir, I hat,blie ve thm ri'it, L tha,1 would have j-itwd thema if the soverei Stato of Maryaid had sail so, to sert them ini il iiIheir ,ntimost lo when I cain legitimatuly give them ,Affi proteuctioln as is in imay pwer honestl give-niver ? From whlat. I hav. said, M'r. Sp ik this I o1se will readily inf111.r tha t, . am1 adverse to lo recoll.itruiction ftly of tle Presidelt. I clnfss that iny Jolson has been, it adopting hi mnile of renstriIlctioni, cotisistenot wi'h the views of thu hiato Presidenat, wi Vih~lose of thae Re'publican ' party tamt. eeted him, aand wilh his owvn delarati from' the tim lae ab'andonecd athe D N1.erai , parlty ad joinod~ the i blaitinus, Thelase faicts do aaot, commeancad b j: to moiJ; but, surety it is not, his. fa ult jflat. tLe is. no0w at issu wvitha. miany of slo peo Ilple who r'aised thml to his prs;t s tnona. it liy view tteuSotha~rn soecbk2 Stat es hai ve, no righat, to re*presenaatives on this flooir or in thet Seinate, antd biy auy voto I havo heretofuore invymialyv rsjp'ted overy tPpidaion whaicth thas beca ii a by aniy persona ctlaming siitth a eight.;and, sir, uuot 0only do I believe tIka~'ti tihe hvo no0 sucha righ t ill their pri si~ posiio OO senld Seaators runid'fei1n -nitines I'i int~ I'db'rnbt think they I jwaithu right to (itrnisha is with a Pre uant .or 'Vico Presient. 13inag aI ei ien of ,sieededa alidiitt11 ieconstilttd Tn irs-.'en, Anaadrew Johnuson is, in.m liyopinlS only L'-osi. by theoia votes, .nttent oythtvry Whenl I cannl~ot avoidl it, Il'iko (ver'y.' .ils 11114(1 Jhcto1 dent4 ;: bait. if it I conld be expected. lay. one timtL I can east, rny vote at .ha neltt .Pienk tial eluolionl IA.> '. d'e' ohnl>lS~ of' TidanfOSree for hat, ugh solic; Iah n, at, tluast, lao sltus TPeunesu herself muilst be comple~ott e pnged. , Mr'. I [i rarig pr 'did t o le.finlotha ownI views nI, roe to'I r0O~I t-pet'Oulr eaxpressinag his' co0 idt ttbte(lii1 tihnt, thila sviuthgrnl States w ~illingw to ' niur" agtaiil i'it'o ttho c eti~ .and bo enbjoee, to thb old Cons~ tion OWf thuo (ind timty fell'ppat iil bttihel'iietvrd' hot It, h1yidir ;Noni~ gunsOciist fain t.Iik' porstiateilt desigwlit viob~ito and have bdei deaSLTrs 0~tic 'of' disc lhd, aind the ed oi (66b to quio edh-ii M 1 tF6% 6 o~ ~f inti a pii~si leniil dd h di rMd.iiiYf hat whiin yi rioviikod thd wat' Yan S.\ rillial len, but a worse thau Pontius 'ilato is here.. I, this it Speci men of Northe'rn ivili mtioll and Christianity ? These Itings Ve1're done by Northern men withotut. my dentuiistion )y LIe great. North. -rn, enlightened, civilized and Christian tvpublican party. Not ono word have r(a:d or heard from your Phillip, your eoecliers, your Chee vers, your ( reeleys, )r your stront minded Massachusetis vomnil, inl robuko of these most demor. diziiig acts; and as thiey, touch tupon ,verything which they t.ink vicIoul.:, 1iv-v probably do not disapprove of liese transaetions as Cominlg in tile way ifi Christian advancmenteti , andl progre. Iet is nlow look at a Soultherin pie MrV. John irown was.9 arre.,ted lotr a rime kindred to tht, of O1>oth. IIo r.-as in Ih 1ost, fo rmail mtannr ried, allowed every Kheili fvr difen, 1to spe, ial test, oath bein n do pro. ut the services ot any advocate. I I[ vIs legally and justly convicted to be ong. 13etween his Conviction anid exe mtion amplo time was given him for lie settlement of his worldly all'airs and or tie preparation of hii soul for e(er )i v. After execut.ioe his remains were Idticed inl a decent cofliin and theun hand A over to his friends that thmy might >bserve such obseqitioes as they might, lihik becoming. This took place among hat. "rude, illiterate, semi-civilized" wtpie C;lled Virgiian, who hluu for heir. Governor at lhe tnimio evenl lieiry \. Wise. Look upmn t pic tire and lien on 1hmt. The Nort i.s very learn. -d, hit. [ do not Inlitik She, has iny ' i.-iitiani'y or civtlizatioi to F:.Ir-. iI sheI has -he hIad better retain ftr OMe Cconm ption, al , a lf Ipe, for tillrOemellt. O'_,b j1.; mk IW 10 k-len lian th South, bitt which i. thi best dticated ? But, sir, domtinieiation :1n .vngo mnet, as was (x.pected, have hwir fling ngainst an hotiorablo re-tinion. 'he resentment, of tho civiliz nd aw Ibristiall North it is aftctiipl to ronse ga inst, th unfrtiltate met of the ),IthI aru epithtsu nbecomiig ti lea ri Snman or tie patriot. Thely aret0 de oniiated 'murderers," "red-Iantded obels," "conscious traitors." Thoso Vho utse these epithets must see, if they Vill rellect, that they are not true. They ust. know that Jefl'erson Davis, Robert .. fie(, Stonewall Jacksoin, and tIho hiousanid others who engaged i the lato he ehargo of murder and conscious r(-asoni. Stoetewall Jicrson rest sit his :rav , and your ol n eloqient, Beecelr ins illustrated his character and resen. d it fron such an imputation. Time vill defend tho character of Davis and jto. That their ac-s imposed upon hem ti con ionlsness of crime I have 1o doubt.. The phtting words of Jeller. On Davis, in the presence of the Sell te, breathe the strongest conviction of eetitiae and a desire for peace id to void bloodshed. A vay, then, wjth t ose charges that lIege petople are murderers, red han dod obels and conscious traitors. They Pring only from unreflecting excitement rfroi a depraved spirit of revenge, Id with wiso and consido'ate stntbes ioni and patriots should never be allow d to interposo obstacles to the re.union dhich all sueh must, iow desirei. Away, 0o, withi tle QXpectation liat the Somlih. rn people) will ever dernde elimniselves r freely aceopting conditions from tie *eefit, of which von exclude their own hiosen leaders. [v4t tho peollo sweep bitse olbstacles aside, anid as we were nomies in war' ini penco let ina be friends. Tin. lbtryanon A xn ,ri.: Fi.owv .:n hnrii..-A novel incident, atccordingt to to Paris correspondent of thte hish~ ids, occurigd at the Paris racets on nlwey : "Qo or two colebrat ed per-* >ntiges were present. For instance, lb Emperor was there, and 'ho walked bount for a good hour, fa militrlyv lean is oti the arm of the Mlarquis do Lsa ahdit ei,' his Aliinister of' the Int erior. sabhella, the flowenr girl of thle Jocke~y :htib, htad het ween her ta perintg tinIgers ani of the lovtebest Ii t the roses ev ier seen, tid shio lookit~g long atnd anxiously to. or ds. th Itost)t p)owVerfutl tman in lie mr Il. 'Couralgo Isat bellat I' sheo sa id at 1st, walkmig op to t130 great imat, trem. linigly but gracefully, held before him1 to bea~uttiin rosQ. Napoleon has mteh agiral kmadnoes of heart ; besides, he t~vsr ren'sos ally thing tilce from a prel f women, and so withi a bow -and a niio ha took hoe' blushing flower f'rm te blushting girl, .and lacedl it in his utton htolo. But thto 10mperor is not, ectistomied to receivo faivors without. Ycompensee aind lis hiatd immediately >ngh t his pocket. This is tho. stratng t par of the story, not that, the Em nror had pockets, but that in them lhe n d not, a single. Soin. iA purse- had 11(-n forgotton. .,1hrhaps ottnjhiat greal, mtt'su &Vilits hnadlrods'of. hoisanda r grotuped spIetator.', theo mighty Nmi'. eror of the Fronteh, a ijime whose civ.il 'is tyventy-five niillions of' f'rantes, almd 'h. besilqesa ttng his htand it the ntt oal. ili viwtn he~ pleaaes, Was thuo only i#t pfea~n t itn goidl 'silyer og jdisty twas rather an'maAdc at'his phl *h Mi 'aft~' Vainly,: fe~iing'u isis ye)(et1 udlged EiAce onul .Iolbw 01 nminisIter, aMVya ndo 'WlaL a's Ype, airedgan.tbookonijig;gethi dr abetl anopkc.#fM6taf) )s b ufLobjud i. e -t O.:x-:n. si.i:.-- \ letter from Lex ington, Virginia, to tho 11altim1oro Sun snyi General L is invull rospect. reval, natvworkng and mlost ellicienit, President. Desides a ttieding to t h general interests and aldinii stan of Ohe ilstition, ho' vi its, from thn to tiie, Ile (Ificren', lecture rooms, attends recitation, ind receives weekly reports of the stand :ig an d progrss of all this studuits inl tho several scIlools, &C. 1.. have been ilformed, by good utithoril , I hat th. Geineral laeps such constit ant. and attentivo supervision over tie a.fhirs or thev College, that lie i. alays famlniliar W1ith the rla tiv sitadinig in IliS ClISse beld by each of i ll one hliIred and lifiy 0t dets now inl attendance. Thes s-ent111 1ri from Matryhlad, Virghiin, Kennkay, 'Teinesse, North Carolil, S.mit h Carohima,(corgia b oms :1,111 rua, . ,isissiplpi, Te-xas and (>bio. 'Iey appear very giianualy ill their delttad are plrIenlted to be remark:tly assidinons in their sti In his let e of last A tigi, acceptin the presilency, General Lee used thu following m:11glage : "I think it th, dutt ' of every cilizeii, ill I le prl(esent condi tion of tile Country, 4o (10 dall I his pow. er to aid in the -cswr tLof pa/ 1mcc and This ltter wasI extensi vely publisheivO, and its patriotic sentiimnts emanating froImi Such i Solre,-, had a very salitary ett upon the Southi'erii mimL G v.I I v'ral flec's plersoilal oxample iln devotin" Li.-m20lf to his present vik of. impor. talt practical 11siieflnesq, lla 2 a1so dono 11eh t.o increase thle plviouis goo.1 ef fe't of the sentimeitiis vonla,itcd .1' hIlls i-ter. Wollid it not bie h)tIiniaoL fO$. I le repvblic if those 5ame)1 Sentiments, inf favor of tihe "restora tion of peaco at1 h 11o101y ,1 could enter th ." Ilearts of a Iajority (of thu preseit Cong..0resis? olw A So-rmIn.nx Lmy 16i.:s I N mXl~lAN.-W had the privilege o( pernising i letterI from a laldy, anid a reaf geluin sympathi.or, from [nfayette, lad. In recolmiinlg thi Imlan)' inidigIii ties sle has had to cmldiir(, ile savs fir the simple act of wearin1 ' a iuti erinut. pin sho was assailed from the jlpit and - threatene(d tiat if sho was iifa.i' seen with that pin, the preacher. yio'Ild ap poillt a conuitteo ofyoung ilanlics to tear it off of her.- Lill a trite Southerner, at 1er' church with that odions pi llnlvm her bosom), whereupon this preacher of meockniess and minister ill holy thilngs. di appoint said committee, but for somo reason tile pin was not displaced. IIg9v. ever, shle imir.ediately receie.yed from the supermiitendentof hier Sabbat i school, regnesting her to retiro as tea-:i. er from said -chool, fcr -tle reason of. wearing an emblein Obnoxious to loyal Ci tiens. Conunent are' unnecessary. - 1Shenand~i~oah IlcraM . SmArAIN A Mo'r i 0 A D nls. -AN AFFEoriNo :SONEx.-In t ho Cironit Court in Morgantown, Vest - Virginia, last week, a deeply ali'ecthi". SCel took pleen. It occirred An thI imtatter of tie habecs COrP)3 gran'ted at thbl m-stance of Clerk Everly agni:t his wife for th rendttion of the body or e child born to tile parties prior L6 their separation. After a full hearing, tho court gave judgment that the mother shou11 l dliver thlo child to thle father. Thel( *\[organltown) Pod~ says: "It was thlen thaft a scene0 occurired thaft beggars descr'ipt ion. The mothier' pressedl her1 infan~t to her breast and clung with all tenacity of life to Lthe 01).. ject of her fond hopes0. 110r loud s-of,. and1( agonlizing shrieks Si sn.81nch n' thli-i1Ll of sorrow to thb hlearts oIf thie by-stand era as only th'o voice oft wi >men0 inl dis tress canI imlpar't. rTe hullsbanld one, dleavor'ed to wr'est it fr'omz her1 arms, 19tt.~ could not do it, when 11he shor'ifl' 8tojpe. for'ward to carly out the or'der of'. thow. conrt, and' succeeded in obtaining'. th child. The loud cies of'thill) iQt~ , thus1 doubly wido)wed, wero hleardc for se1verail sqiarca fr'om thle coilrt h10nse, ag she was led away supported'by libr fath' eram bohr"~*~* "2 "'Sia .."'-TheI'i lealried, are .div 1id10 im op)innon ne to tho naintg.Q~ Iiithi wor)d, whlichi ocenrs so' oIft~(?n, in. -ItW) 1'llIlahn. T1heO Targums)~ and3 mos9tk f Lip. Jeish01 '(11 ~l cmetaltors gi ve to tipe wiordi the meant in g (Ifeternall1 y, forever., ay hi Kimtchi iregard1'(s it as a signl to 0lI2dat~ Itle voice. 'ITe aut hors of till $up/my. ginlt trans~latii a(3)0ppear to have regarl"'0 it as8 a mic8(al or' ry3thmiica lt ot., jIer-" ler' regard1s it as indicattog a' eban3ge of. Loneo i aheson as a Imisical no9Loiepmtiv. Illont, perhaps, to theo word r'epxaI.,,. Ao uordling to Lultheor and11 pflhers it meon.i el I [Let t.1 heistnonte' plbyuid .tho sin eras stop " Woulirarl It; lnk eqtuv ah-nil t9 sur1U)n 0Qorg&-guyl~ ,.y sonlI Slommer, afteielnnl g i ll ta (19seventy four' pasages inl'wl. thi.v ord ocet r'ecogiz vos ml ever'y Q59a ' s ti >I.~1 a peal or sumnhils .0 onVt a noro callifor alis .uJ " ifnIoL in lt 1~)I~Lv dsid fol'IgA 41t dI '!.