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- - - * - - - -- - .-.. - -.- .-... ., WOL 1] TNIVSBORO- S. C., WEDN'lgAoY 1NG, OCTOBER 3, 1866. [NQ. 1 FAIRFIELD HERALD 15 PUnILiSICD wEIKiY nY OAILLARD, DESPORTES & 00. Terma.-Tnii HERALn to published Week iy In the Town of Winnabors, at 93.00 in C ,areably in advance. Arti All transient advertfsements to-be taid in advance. * Obituary Notices And Tributes $1.00 per Square. Interview with the President. eo Editor of the Petersburg Index: To return to my theme, and to begin t, tih beginning, Mr. Davis wisdressed. n a plin, twat, somewhat worn suit of black, w hich itmag ratier loosiy upor his jersoi. 1lit dress, frock coat espe. tiallv, seemiied too large for him As lie leaned upon my arm I could mons nre by my own muscular sense, with toleratblo accuracy, the great decline in his physijne. All his serwes seemed to Me to be preternaturally acute, especial. )y his hearing., lie has-idst the use of one eye; the otl r i; quite. acute. His whole being-t , ly, soul, and spirt seeined to ine to bu like an jdeal sensi tive plant. Not only outward things affect him deeply, but the .very aroma of tought, as yet unspoken, perhaps vcarcely well formed, is felt lj him in sothe apparently mysterious manner. His linen was white as the driven show, his neck cloth neatly adjusted, his hands -faultjessly neat, and his upper beard closely shaved; but with all this neatiess khere.was an air of Pubdued dignity, of saintly, serene humility that affected you too deep for tears. Tere was still a leavenl of the old imperial. hess in his voice, a chance of a tone that, indicated occasioral high temper W:11, perhaps, angry word. To a sulggestion that perhaps the ill will matietesLed towards him by some public men might be caused by an un forgiving spirIt oil thenr part, in ieyW of Some11 olence givei by him - "That is qttite proballe. Though generally shouglit ful .aid cautious --even tender to the lailings of others-yet, when ih-ey crossed my padi in the shape of pre. tence, falsehood, craft, or cant-thon these fialts arouse bitter anger for the moment, somietimes utter alienation. Thiawas all wrong. Oh I how public Pie 'luits our pere'eptins t o - the higher dellicacis--tenderness, forbeAr aice- paitting the best construction on things; words and persons they are capable of. I have erred in this par. ticular ;. bit, I had often. great provoca - tion-never, however,- have I uttered an angry, undervaluing or denunciatory sentiment without believing that I h-ad good cause for so doing; and in most 4 cases my -ountry has already, or will hereafter, find that I was right. I now feel and acknowledge that I was some times wrong as to the tone or coloring of a phrase while uirder the excitement of debate, as for instance: when' Mr. Johnson, after the Mexican war, nrade rome remarks derogatory of the West Point officers, I thought it strange that any man oi sense should think that the trainiing of officers for duty by a thor. ough militairy education would rather disqualify them for that duty, or, what wasiho same thing, that untreined ofl cers did better thah the vest Pointers. In the course of reply I made use of this remark: Who would select a tail. or to shoe a horse, or a blacksmith to, make a coat?' This gave poisonal offence to Mr, Johnson, who regardbd it as a sheer personality. Nothing in h'e wvorld was further from my thoughts." To the quiery whethier he had any-. thn ocomplain oinhspresent treat ynen., he replied that he had not. The present commandant of the fort was a - soldier and~a gentleman, who, while' diligent and faithful in the discharge of his duty to the Government, was also forbeairing and' considerate as to all the nninutire of his prison lhfe;- and allowed! him all the indujlgence- he requmred, which was siply not to be insulted in Atia intolerable way. and manners he had been by the creature who used every means to tor'?ent him before tifo arrival of General Blurton. One of us Etold him that all the officers of rank in tBe ofid ariny with whom' we' had in any wayecome in contact had expressed she opinion that he ought -to have .been released a year ago; that some of them though4 thiat he, as commander-ip-chief of the Oonfederacy, was virtually iniclug ed ini thbe parole of these armies on their surrender, and otight i~o have been ad mitted to parole at once but - for the assinssination charge, which no one that Ycnow him believed. Mr. Davis said ; "That gratifies us much.1Iwas bro~ught Scan wvar andi as Secretary of war tunder Phesident Fierce with many officers, and did then, and do now, entertain a* high sense of the chivalrio- honor of. many of them." "Thme Govern ment~ may have been de. ceived by, the testimony, which has since u~rned out to be shieer~ perjury, tendin'f to implicate me in the assassina. M.on of President Lincoln; or it may have been subject to OneO of those manias which occasionally, like plagues, seize governments and communities ; or what is most likely, a few unprincipled men, seeing an opport~unity in thle excited condition of the nation for obtaining, wealth and position through the'instra anentality of villians stnbornedt for the purpose, realif did imose upon the Government, and led themi to belier. to oee about the case of a young idiotic Irishman, well known here, ho was to be shot the next day. 'Vstor told me a plausible story. I 'cqrrie4 that story to the authorities and begged for a respite. . It was granted; an'd it was not util I .ntirely failed in finding any good cause for a further resete that he was executed. Other cases I will men. lion hereafter. JouN D. KEEIEY.. An Aot. TO'PROVIDE FOR TUIC ESTABLISUI3fMT OF A PENITENTIAnY. 1. JVe ii.e'nacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of theState'of South Carolina, now met andsitting in General Assembly, and by thp authori. ty of the same, That for the purposq. of coinmencing the'establishment of a peni tentiary in this State the sum of twin' ty thousand dollars be,and is hereby ap propriated, to be paid but of any nonby in the Treasury,-and drawn and oxpen ed by certain Commissioners horiidaftpr named. II. That a Commission, consiqting of .three persons, to be styled Oornmmisson-: era.Pf-to Penitentiary, shall be appoint e '-by his Excellenog the Governor, ioso ditty it shall be to select and'pro cure a: proper site, at sumb + point, if praoticable, where water-power may Toe made available for manufacturing purpo' sea, within the enclosure, on which to erect suitable penetentiary buildings, with sufficient space to enlarge and im prove the same from time to time, as may be necessary. b th - 1I. That it Mall be the duty of said Commissioners to erect as soon as.. prac ticable, a suitable temporary enclosure and temporary cellsfor the safe keeping of not less than one hundred convicts ; and, upon completion of said enclosure and cells, or any part of them, to receive and detain, tinder regulatioi to be here. after prescribed by the G nor, such convicts as may be commi.t : to them b smtenee of any of the Judg4is of this . IV. That upon notice4at-in en'clos. nre and cells are proptared [or the recop tion-of convicts, it shall be the duty of His lxce-llency the Governor to appoint a keeper, assistant keeper, and'such oth. er officers, guards and overseers as shall, from time to to Limo, be necessary, to subsist,,goveta4urd and direct rh'. bor of said convicts, and to rnte~ all such regulationsas sh.all be requisite for their safe-keeping and subsistence, and for directing their labor, either within or without'the enclosure, to getting .out maiorial and constructing. ,'as for as is practicable, the necesary permnnent buildings and enclosurqa,' and to such other available branches of industry as will best contribute to to the support of the institution.' I V. That it shall be the duty of the said Commissioners, unier advice and with the assistance of His t xcellenc the Governor, to procure plans, specifi Cations and estimatied for such per:Wanent Uu1lowrro a-nd builkfiYgs as shall be-doem. ed necessary for early use, and report the same, together with a full account of their transactions under 'the anthority hereby conferred upon thom, to the Gen eral Assembly, at its ensuingr egular session. in the Senate House. the twenty-flrst day of September,-. in the year of our' Lord one thousand eight hul.. dred and sixty sii. W. D. Jouia . President of the lSeriahe. ~j~ei~y Eoi H. SMxowro,' Approved: JAMEs' Ii. OuR.' Dissolation ofthKngbnf-uo', On the ficst of September,'a deputa tion frohn ihe Kin'gdotin-of Hanoer ak. ed upon theKing of' Prussi'a'in' Boerd, and pretnted him an efddress, appbaling td him dt to ezx.ngui'shi th.e'royal hoqse' of Hanover. The address conc es' as follows:' It cannot be agreeable to youir M'ajes' ty to dethronb a Prince whote dy'nabty hs leen copneted with' the~ conhtrf. for nearly a. thiousarid years,- af'd who eqpal. ly wveare his crown by thd'Grace of God --to dethrone him simply bekcause - alk. Ing a dia'erent viewr of thw federa1 law,' up to that time valid, tdthe vie'w enter tained by your Maje y' adv'iers, he considered 'himself Leally prgvented from 'unhesitatingly adoptig yoTr Maj 'esty's German. polhcy and.'thusk byv An unfortunate concatenation of cif'curtdatan ces was ultimately.forced tQ employ hie army against -your Majesty's troops,. whom they had previousely'-never oppos ed, but by'whoso side they 'had often victoriously fought'in joyful lbrotherhood. oft arms. .Your M'ajesty, the fate of this Prince, nearly related to your' illustrous house, has, by the inscrutable will of Ood, been placed in'your Miajesty ' hands. A~t the' biet di King Ernest Augustps; your Ma jesty's langented royal. brother, .pnco promied 't be in him a faithht support. We trust your Majesty will' redeem this promise of yone r'oyal. predecessor, 'and the irrevocablb conquest of. many thons-. 'ands of 'triecatid -thankful heaffe will then Qffor to your Majesty far more 'Im. perishable laurels thman the subjection of a' weak enemy'ean ntofd. With delp. et respect, &c. 'King William's. reply is lnterestin' 'as a reume of the reasons which cont oled b is actions ;un making *ar, an'd .4eh implsli to 4ethrone tipo Kiog of Ian. byeru'. Itt asfollows a.: S am glad- to seyou here btltrion~; for a moment, in the whirl of excite. ment, the statements put fourth in the proclamation for my capture. But gen tlemen,'my heart ii stranger to that plot. These hands are unstained by innocent blood. No unrighteous gold has ever, during the Con ederacy, rdhered to these palms." He uttered the last sen. tonco in a most solemn manner, holding up Iris Oands and raising his face to Heaven, and with such a holy, childlike simplicity that it is impossible for any words, however weird, to convey .a half idea-not an adequate one-of that touchmg.scene. I could relate to you- eas* of great sufferig and trial to whieh they were subjected, and in no caso did any- of them ever flinch. I will relate one case of an exCaordNaray Kind. (I must sup. press this story for tlb present; it shall be published hereafter with some accom. paninments, if I live.) Besides,- Bishop, Pio Non6 was the only Prince in the world that really- wished well to our cause, and sent us his blessings. I can not help liking the Catholics.. The happiest -hours of my life .were once spent in a Catholi monastery. Py the wHy, Bishop. I see our church in the North is establislihing siserhoods in imi. nation of the Catholics How do they work?" 'So well," said the Bishop, "that I indend introducing them into my diocese as soon as possible. Indeed, there are many good things and good people among the Catholics; but I think Mr. Davis, that our church is good enough for us." Ourself: "Gentlemen,, it is to me incredible how to reconcile it to reason, in a mad-house world like this, where not only physical disease afflicts note' or less nine-tenths of the whole population, but where moral and mental depravity affects the whole race, and wion the Heaventeewt healers,. seal. ced and aniointe-d for thti' missiourl are so few. Oh I it is terrible that they should waste their strength by imposing one on anothder, and, worst o all, stir up strife- fvd bloodshed in carrying out their great comnmission. Let us all love- ove aniother,, dear, Bishop. and boar each other's infirmities,. and.particularly and esfpcially at this great juncture of our country's history, lorour moderation be known to all mei." The coming of the little child into the inner ensement, and climbing io his father's-arms. ,wio hadjust lernedupn the sofa, gave occastie to hr. Davis to snake some remarks abdut her other children, particlarly those in Canada. Bishop Green then remarked that lie; would not have ventured to introduce the subject, but as Mrs. Davis had done so herself, lie felt bound to say, as a bishop 6f her own chosen church, lie did not think she acted entirely wise in send. ing her children to a convent to be taught. Mrs Davis replied .. "I was in Georgia and had no money. No insti. tution of my own church offered to teach my poor children. One day, the Sisters of Charity caie to see me. and brought op five gol'd dollars-; alh flii'money they had in the world ; they alm'ost fored4 me to take the money but I did not.; they then offered to take my children to their school, in the neighborhood of Savannah, where the air was cool, and they Could be comfortably cared for'tu. ring the summer months. Then came o&r from a convent school in Canada, which-er, when' got permiqsion from the Governatat, which was not with. out great. trouble and diffioulty, I took Uhuir. It is true I do not wish them, to b~e Roman Catholics, b~ut, then, pbnone as good as they can possibly be and become, are and have been and doubt lose will- be,- Roman Oiatholiob. 'heo good people were the first to offer me their help. I whI never cease to be grateful to theny' for it." Mr. Davie. then added, "Be~hopy, there never wass nyore unaninmity in any nation of the wVorld than there was in the Southern 4''onfederacy. It would be invidr'ous to single out any class of our people for s}%nCid praise. The chrches and min-I istry wore all, o' nearly all, entirely d0 voted-to our causte; but as I said befoie, if it would not, be regarded as invidte'qs, I- would say thait the Catholics of the South were conspicuously devoted tQ our cause. 'In writing th~ese letters I do not pro. tend to give words-or .ideas just as they were uttered. I only give their sub stance, with such ddditions of my own as will serve to make them.intelligible, and especially to give such an 'idea of Mr. Davis's. character as may serve to remove some hateful prejudices enter tained against him ina the North. In the South I believe we are nearly unen imous in our estimation of '-his moral worth and high, standard of intellectual excellence. We also know the meroi (tulness' and benevolence of his diaposi-. tion.- Many of you, good people of Pe tersburg, know what a gireat numabes of' Confederale soldiers liable to be shot (pr desertion', bat having some miltigating circumstances in your cases, ise a red. Some of you lknow,. the cape .pf~e flqiph young bfileet wrho vnado a propositionto' assassinate 'Presictene Llhcoln, which, altos reading, was marhied on the back in lfeitbruonDavis's handwriting, "priu oro:1si"'and' reib'rr'd to the Seoretary of War, 'who had the ofloer court-martialed and dismisedi the sorvice for the "urn.vo crods" propositions -This poor boy,-to explate his folly, fell as an unrecognised ,volunteer at thse head 6f a lrave baud at the first Wilderness fight. Youall remember .tb, see of Web. iter the spy. I foun6 the potfellow .'for I can but respect an8 honor tli feel ing. with which German men fai fully adtiide to the dynasty whose con ,etion *ith thorn'has lasted for centure and -has ripened' the fruits'of mutual ch mont and devotion. I should este the Honoveriuns less if they had tak no step.evi lencing their -ware adl# nce to their native rulig hodse, to '4ch I ,am nearly related I am induced ,eru by to explaY to you at length. the tons., ds, weich hae caiised me, grytly against my original intention, and, 4fer repeated strong contests witb my 4etre, to permit the -independence of my for mer allies in the Germanic Confedera tion to have rec6urse to: the annexation already in. pracesl of exooution, and tierufore,-not to be recalled. , -At tlie time Ijust, entered upbW my present position, I stated that the inten. -tans i entertained for the benellt of Prussaia and o.f Germany. wetu bsod upon effecting. none other -Jhan 019ral conquests. Thiis expression has been latighed at and derided, even sebfied at in many quarters, and yet I giv4you now tho firm assuraqce that my Plane have never gone beyond this objecti and that when as a man seventy yets of age I pass to conquests effected by force, I do this only consrainod by the force ofcircunistaniices, by the incessant, at. tacks of my pretendeo Federal n ies, and by duty Eowards that Prussia which has been entrusted to my charge. . B. Forrest. A writer in the August number o the Land we Love, in an article on the tar teter of Lieutenant Qeneral B. Forrest, gi-ves the following estima . of him: I-ls character as a whole was a ion of that of Lannes and Suchet. ith the impetuosity of the first he imite tile c-atious calculation of the second. wefll wehted the probabilities and edimt. ed cost o? evory plan. When Chei Vnme bor action came lie was as terrible ia thunderbolt. With the qualities ofi marshalls in the respects named, h i ted.t, the fixedness of purpose, Lhe . nacity of Massena. His doggedne . f resohitiot was proverbial. It' W, the ghoep of death. An um40ria was never-abndoned iuiless f(rci orders-a battli never over The doubts a~the p nid purpose j bi. falling tac iupon , iron self-reliance, his was every f nan in the darkest, hour of the stoh. It was then, in the midnight darknebs of trial,, that his genius, like stars in .. the night, shone most brightly. He was accustomed to look upon nothing as impossible. Bad roads and the wastd of waters could be overcome by "It shall be sos" Sniall ' numbers, wdith rapid marches and concentrated ef. forts, could destroy indolent superiority. He was Passionately fond of artillery, and would stand behind a workir.g bat, tery, enjoying its exercise with all the glee df a deligh'ed child. No; unfre. quently ha1 he been known to Airect a section or a.bat'ery in person. superin. tending the minutest details. - Personal daring in a leadrr,the army Ner doubt ing the fortuti and gate 'ofit posses for, lie felt, Was the strongest |binit 'hi had to-gain..' Wit) it'he appeared to wear % magio girdle. Not like'Atridvis - "Beyomd ehe missile javelins' sounding $li l tWdtatid; an~l flrom the tumult far Iaspiilr~thW. xanks, and rule the distant war." $$:cei:tirk~ssfthe Is without a peer.,ttho unals of the- revolution. Leading. a-charge -in persdn was ,his fa. 19heaetene. 'The'.glory of single comb~t 'ite 1oo often- iourtd-oftener: than< isdomn ,jbistbd-r-iding like a fotfn Medatiin,. ap excellent~ pistol shot ands)tillfdWwordsmaan, with a frame a gf'mfuscttij-ower,lhe has, with U.s pbfliright hlti, won more success than anf othbr-offlcer of the war. i4 $d oe olt-His Defense' ' ud e Adat6 General Holt isso aLti ki 1 as (the: pres', conse* fluentip~ty , esureoo his infamous transactions wh Vonotes and -hii tribe Aha& he has dme 6otit i- an elaborate defense, whikji. ##egrs qs editoria. ist Forney's "t~6. ~aperb,: both dail ." H-is *bold vindicatiol against tlie charge 'of eulyornatient of perjury, with a view to the saoriflbe of an imprisoned man, consist .in an assaidW' on the.veracity o~f the witnesses whom lhe hinwelf introdu' ebd' to povetfr., Davis' guilt I .Accord ing to the reiestof cqurt, a party is "not allowed to gliscredit his ogvn witnesses ,yet in order 'to escape the most ooitvinc img proofs of his atrocious guilt, Mr; Holt is compelled to turn against -his confe.d Orates in crime,'and clain' that they ae imworthy of.belief I 'Uhat such-l ths~tir character, ist undoubtedlyr true, tor 'tIt have confessed it seeue?. 'hy hae confessed thait w.hen they g as Mr. Holt wanted themito' awdgt ~e, awore to tinmitigated lies arid,*oi' paid forhi.~ Butoybn a pejar$ tell th* truth ; and'*ll1 tbeo#1 Afnnot be heard agin testimony is donmpetentt agai~~ M4'4h The whole theory~ofi'iftate&' evi o" Imp~les thant a criminal nmay tetiffr gai his acknmglco; Mr.'Holt %nnt thb fore, shkes olf his accessories ia this ipanner. Their tstnieny against him willhcod-sdtnething iaoh-better- than 'hi. denial to refuteit..'fotlI o*a.6lt a cter 'urider bM&.aa .ltha*ts INe.R willjptle of bh moral probabilities of its truth - diad these are ab strong and irresidtable; that the name o 'f Holt -will heniceforth rank amlong worn out and disgraced tMings. *A Bill to Souro Advanoei for Agridult+. ral Purposes. -Scc. 1.- Be it enacted by the &nate and House'qf ipresentatives, not met ant sitting in General Assembly, ahd by the authorig *AL- saine, That it any persop or persons, shall imake anyd. vand~ o.r advapces, either in qone or suppies, to arjy person. or persons.who are engaged or are about' to engage in the cultivation of the soil,- tie person or p-erson so making such advance .or ad. vanceWshall be-entitled to a lion on the crop' yhisqjmay be made- during the year to the ox nt of suoh advance or advances. Provided, An agreement in writing shall- be eutere4 into efore ay' such adypnoe ls mrda to this effect, in which shall be speelt the emouil lo be adVanecdt of is1if a Amit shall be had 1forid wiich . the advances. if made from ,im otnie, dpringthe'year, shal not go, which agrditr'nt shall b recorded in the' ofIk-. cf- i he Register of Mesne.Conveyancesi a-i Datriet id. which the perop 'to i ' Im I ynn. n'tVncee are made resides. WXit f,11a -Sixty days from its date. Sac 2. That if the person mnking such edvances shall inoke an allidavit before aniy arson competent, to admis ister an oat , that the person to whon such advances have been/naAr is about to sell or dispose of his .crops, or in any other way is about to de eat tihe lion hereinbefore provided for, accompanied with a statement of the amount '.,then due,. it shall be. lawfid for him to issue his warrant directed to any of the Sher iff's of this State, requiring themi to seizo the said crop, and, after due notice, sell tie same for cash, and pay over the nett proceeds thereof, or so much thereof as may be nocessary in ''extingui.shment,of tie amount, then due:-Providod, how. I ever, That if .the person to -whom auch advances have been mado shall within thirty days aftug sulch sal- has been made, give notice in writing to. the Sheriff, accompanied with affidavit to' Ois effect, .that the amount claimed is k juitly due, that then it shall be the I 'f the.said Sheriff to 14old the pro e.'oih sale.subjevt - tqjeg' eci. 'a tptand "set a for trial it'the heit .succeeding term 9f the Cqurt., of Common Pleas from tle Distric in which the person to whom such udvances have been made resides, in . which the person maing such advances -shall be the actor. The Oonstitutional Amendment. THIC OUARANTIES DEMANDED' BY CON GnESS PIKOR TO THE RICSTORATION OF TI[E LATE 0ONFEDEnATE.TATK Resoled, By the Senate and House of Representatives of %the ITjnited States of America in Congress assetnbled,. two. thirds of both Houses concurring, that the following . Erticle to be proposed to the Legislotires of khe severat States as ap amendment to the Constitution of the -fJnited States, w'hioh, 'whin ratified by: three-fourths of said Logisla ttres, shall be valid as' phi'vof thiConistitutItni namely , ATidL.E.-SECT[ON 1. All personh' 4orn or naturalized in the United Satesl and subject to tli jurisdictin thereof, are citizens of Wlhe United States' and of the State 'wherein' '.p rcsiai. - lo $st'~i4'', halr M'als'e ol'. enforcc4 .'any law' w~iich shall.'abtidge,;.tby privilqee or iminunities 'of leitikens. gf the Uduited States, 'her suhl'asy :Sate- deprivean pei'son~ of,lifo, libet p pperty,wih out &ues process o1v, fio eny to-ainy jkreen Witdin Wi tiis idtiga ath~oegi 859. .R t 9~ tVa ,sbhfl bumt pointed&,agon te'-sevr 8tatoe accord ing to their 'r. Botv 'rurnbers, bourtte ing the. whole ntitbV of prsons In: ~h Brat'e,sclitIrg Thdans iob'tax4 ist whbha VeWt~rtight .to vote' at. Wpy' eled tion for lhectors of' Presidentam9 'Vie. Preidert 1; Upited States~Repro 'abnfative Oonp Executive or Judicialb o k~eo th memlbers of the Laglsliltter o lid denied'"o'u, o thig niale ,hi Itants f enclh State, leung twerfty One0 eat@ of sig' and citizens of the UL.riitedt . tee, orIt iu~ a way abhridg. (M, except for' particleu . i re tbullio or other crimes,: the ' , proportion- which nutam embeuir oj kemh male citizens shall be. mo the whole numb'er .of. male. citizens' twenity--gno years'of age mn.gi~ch State.. -. Szo. 3. .No person shall b4 a Sona tor'or Representative 'in Congress, or. elector of President or Vies-Pre'sident, 'or hold any offiee, civil'of' ililitary, un der the United States, or, urnier any Seite,'who, havintg reviouly~ taken an oMUitkas amember of Congress,'or as a diember of any :State Lels1atore or as an Exhecutive or Judicial offier of any State,.to support the' onstttitiQs 'of the United Statee, shall ha've engage.d'iii' insuirreotion "ok' reliellion against the samie', Os' given aid or comfort. to $4 enemies thereof-; .but ?ongress-mayy by a two-thirds vote ofeoathHouse, renlove such disAbility 'Sac @@9Ihe validi ty of- the public debt of the United States auth6ried-by .law inolnding- debts .hterirred 'tordhe pifrmente of penblons, and bounties~ for services in'suppreiaing the ilisdrrectlignor asebblton sall vot-ha enestiondil; .i u adihest j-~h jeIetshngy tion incurred in aid '9f insurrection or rebellion against tho Unitedt States, o1 any claim for the loss of emancipatioin of any slave; but all' suc debts, obliga tions and ciaiis shail behld illegal at, void. Sico. 5. That chng'ress shall have power to enforce by appropriawo legisla. tion the provisions of this article. Paris CorrspIndence or the N. Y pI The Emeperoi Continues Very Ill gjs terious Whisperings an4 Surmising Popular Superstitions --Apprehonsious 6f some Pending Cawtropho. PARIS, August- 17, 1806. The Pruspians and the n'eedlc gun are now thrown in the shade, the Fronch having other things to think of. Thei Emperor is seriously ill, The papers say nothing-buf can' such things be kept secret? It is stated -by those who belong t6 the entourage of tho. Emperor, that the nalody under which he is liboring leaves us but littlQ 'hopo that science will be able to ge.t thb -bettor of it. Ever since the Moniteur ipformed the ptkblio that His maijesty had been obliged. to give up takimg the* waters at VicI, his health., had -beeri gradually declining, and a proof that there is n.ie than neta s-the e've is that .the Camp of Cal ois, whitas t fiavo betm. vii'1ed by the Emperor, Jim been suddenly raised. Iis Majesty is sulf'oring fron) diabetes, accompanied by at-tacks of fainting fits, which sometres last fr a cousiderable time. We are informed that such is the cer tainty with which a catastrophe is ex pected at St. Cloud, that the officers on guard at the palace, on, being suddenly ordered out to present arms to the Em press of Mexico, exclaimed "He is dead ! Ile is dead I" fancying hat His- Mnjdsty was no more. There is now a general anxiety in the public mind. Both friends and enemies of the present dynasty look with awe at tlt probability of a general upset. Napoleon the Third's Government has been one of such at personal character, that it would seem iht he,- on-ce aWay, the whole machinery must come to a Eudlen stop. Sperstitious people, whose number legn,In -the c' of free thinkers, ittabh tnneh- impV ico to a dreadful catactrophe, whiotY Cook pl a- on the feto day of the Emperor. -\ iilst the flreworlis Were being let of on tfls.banks of the Seine, tile crowd was so great on the Place do Ia Concorde, that several acc'dents took place. The pirblic .iour nals inform us that sovera personn have since died of their contusions, and many others lie in a ver'y precarious stato in the different hospitals of Paris. Those superstitious people of whom I speak, bring to onur recollections the dreadful catas',roplio which took. place on the Place de Ia Concord- dhring. the festivities on the occasion of the wedding of Louis XVI.,' with the unfortunate Maria Antoinette of -Austria, and that which took place the year berore the death of the Duke of Orleans, the eldest son of Louis Phillippe, who met with his duath from having sprung out of his carriage,.. when driving oit the road tq Legislature .Items. ThState acceptW,- by Joint Rcso.u tion,- the abniationm of puic~ lmndsa bt ihe UJ, S. Govetrnmnent, for A.rIien'iI 'i purposes and tht M,.ch:nic .\. i authiohzed tle Qbvfrhtrs t o a p,.i agent.o receive scrip, an~d to sell Bie same, paying the proceeds into thue Treasury.. .. Dbe. Governois'tiuthorized to pledgeI t'hb faith and credit - of the Stato forI Bons, inoni~ngto $200,000O, provid ed $300,000*bushxels of~ corni may be deliversid iin he 69ate-for that sum. The Governor~ ih also authorized to apboint ani agent to mako'the patchahiae, hus salary to be $1000- and traveling W., P..Price, 'member from . Green ville District, resigned his seat ')n the last day of the -Session, and writs of ol3661'h6 will be issued to filte(aa no: Act authorizt the establish grint of .a Penitbntary authorizes the Qver'nor to appoint,. three Oommission-. it'o locate the same, and' to' eredt cer' ti u buildigs. No cormpensation was provided for* the, Conmissioners. The Presiddlht arnd Directors' of the 'Blue Ridge .Railroad are authoritod to reduce the Stock held' by -th'e State in that, comhpdy in- .thb' sanio proportion that,.the Sto-ek- of' .other Stodkholdera maiy be reduced, in order to procure adtlltional subscriptions to finish tihe Road to Knoxvill. We trust this may enablQ the COmnpany to complete this great enterprise.. 'phe State has every thing to gala, and 'nothitg to lojQ by this arrangement, The .Aitoineey-General and' Slieltors Were instrateted' to investigate'o- hecause of complaint of James Brown, relating to theo Railroad bridges over thle. Conga re pnWateros Riyers, and to repot the resuulf their 'investigations to tile next General Assembly. .The' Governor was request'eds to issue a otroular-to the several Tax Collectors of.thlaState;-'requiring~ them. to'roport the n mbee of persons who' have lost. lnbi (whetheli iegsor 'arms, or both,) ia the 'ai&var'to'bo submitted through hluwlto the next Legislature. I 'The. State bills' .art redeemable in greenbacks. Lee & Spencer, North A tlantic Wharf, Charleston, have offered :eir ervicess free of commission, for reet - ing and forwarding corn designed o. 1hu. poor in any part of ouir State. The Treasurer is atithorized to sll the coin received for *- . and cm I Iredi, t It Ut . ' years. Tax Collectovs ar .... Fourth of November inexntu tumake u'w returns, provided thi-y pay into the Treasury the amount which has been received or may be received by the 1t of October. , Contrary to the usual method of ap., pointing'public officers (in the report of tlhe Commit'.ee on Offices and Ollicers,)' many Magistrates have .been'appointed' for various Districts 'ay jhint .resolution of the General Ass'ibly; Nfanagers of Elections, and Commissioners of Freo Schools for several Districts wrereap pointed in the same way, The State Printer was chosen only for the extra session. At the regulai' session, a State Printer w e chosen; to do work uil thb tog, ir session; 1~8'.---Carolinian., An Act To DEc.Ane 'rns RIoH-TS OF PERSONS. LATELY KNOWN AS SLAVES AND AS FniP Eso iof COLoR. T. Be it enacted by thb- Senate and [louse of Representatives, now me aid itLing in General Assembly, and by the tthority of the same, That all persons itheft known in law in this State as laves, or as free persons of color, shall iave the right to make and enforce con'. racts, to sue, be sued, to ho qfalnts, and ivo evidence:4 to inherit, ta Iurchase, ease, sell, hold, convey and assign r il md personal property, inake wills and etamlent, and to have full and equal )enefit of the rights' of- personal securi ,y, personal liberty and private proper y, and of all remedies and procedtig's ur the enlorcement and, protection' of, ho same, as white persons- nomi havo' md shall not be subjegted to any okiher ir different punislimcht., palu-or' penalty or the commission of any act' or offence han such as are prescribed for whiter >ersons committing like acts or offenbe. 1I. That all Acts and parts bf Acts' pecially relating to persons lately slaves mnd free persons of color contrary to the - )t-ovisions of' this Act, or inconsistent vitl 'amy of its provisirig, be, and'the' ame are hdreby, repenled Provided rhat nothing herein contained shall &e tonstrued to repeal so much of thecighth' ection of an Act entitled "Ani Act to' ,stablislW and regulate. the donestte rela. ions-of persomr of color and to amend he law in rilhti'on to paupers and va., r.ancy," rat iled 'tho twenty-first day of December, in the year of our Lord one' thousafid eight hundred and sixty five, is enacts that "marriage between a ,vlite person andI ersonof color shall )e illegal aid r void. In tho Senate lHou'se, (he twonty-first day (if 8eptember, in the year of 9rir Lord one' thousand eight hun dree and sixty-six. W. D. Ponum'rn President ofll the nate. - . u.- Hf. SIMuoN 'ON, HlArs OFF' !--We j--it. now o., risit fromi live glorious mta imod'- veo inns, p. 0. Songle, Rt. Gilbert, .Joh'ms. Smith, A. Sain and .John: usthe, all fnom Lincoln county,-on their way to Raleigh, to avail theinselves of the, State's libermlity, and Goev. Worth's considerateness, to pro'cuge a leg apiece. They wore in GenenaP .Rob berh D. Johngon& Brigade, and under'. the load of tiitb brave anid dashing of.. leer fad 'dangergin every' battle in', Virginia, until. compelled by loss of inb. to retire. It was sad to see, but' glorious to hoar, these mnaimed and!a battlo scarred heroes recount their' marches, and roncounters with the' fee' -and liow painful it is to knoW that - such blood was spiled,'and such sacri fiees mftdep and suchk hardsbips endur-' ed with stich a result 1 Oh! how bit-' ter to feel th'ati an- outraged and op-' pressed land is the' home for suoh- he roos- "in heart and lyjmd," With the proud consibshOhs oag duty nobly perfornilbd,'those menae now' quietly pursuing the even teh'ow' of their way, as beeomes good citins' -and biaying taken the oath of. ale' glance to the Governnient, who caul d-oubt their fidelity to ist' This aim--. plo-acqkuiesconce of thessi b'ao' and true .men will weigh- more, with .the honoVhftthan thet combined. oaths of' all the Radicals in the Lind.. Chard lotte 'lImWes. GRANT'S POLrIICAL I'Ews.9-Thd' New York -Herald--rather sniabby ans thority-sayn in' r.egard to the politi-. cal position~of &!hteral Grant: "Hoe has h rivate views about polities' and # ileand and keeps thoem to bim-' self. Webeilive, however, thiat he has no such besiteney in oendolwng tlhe ednetitutiohe5l a nedmeu$'no* before ~tho~tatesand In' advising thie" Soutly Ito adopt it and'aettleithe wholeo'busl-' nomA.'