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hesident Lincoln's 4lurderer--A Strange ReVelation -confession of .Sterling king-He Attempts to. Cominit Sulcide. W6 have already itentioned that a inaik named Sterling Kig,. now1A'ud* -rreta Louisville, has 0*sed th fi wasth i murderer of P ent 4 1 Y fin the following ting I the Loui 4ille Denocrdt: *O lie says that he nter ho licatre a any other person, purchasing a ticket and paying for it. At the appointed timo ho entered the pri vate box in Ford's Theatre, Washington. where Mr. Lincoln was and he shot him with a single barrel pistol, which lie let fall at the titne he leaped from the box. lie gives as his object for using a single barrel pistol that he was compelled to leave it be hind him, and if it had been-a revolver those in the box might have used it againsL ihim. According to his statement, J. Wilkes .heoth whom, it is said, was the murderer of President Lincoln, was in the rear of the theatre, awaiting witi horses. Fi'oint lie facinity of Ford's Theatre lie says that he went to the residened of Secretary Seward, and after forcing nit entrance inado an at tack upon the Secretary himself, cutting him in the throat, with a bowie knife. lie says that after young Sewaril was knocked dowin, Ihe old man begged not, to be murder ed, and that lie srnek lie blow to Alence him. Ifisonly regret seems to be that lie did not kill the Secretary. lie says that there was another person in the affair who has not. yet been apprehended, who was 'to liive killed Stanton, but lie failedto fulfil his pledge. In regard to Booth, he says that llooth iad nothing to do nothitg with the killing, with the exception of assisting hiin to tako his escape from the city or Washington lie gives in his written statement, which is now in the hands of the military, the route lie pursited after leaving Washington. lie says that the nian killed in iho barn, and who is said to have been Boot h was a priso ner, who escaped from the Ohio prison. lie claims to have gone, in company withi Booth from Washinglotto Caminada and fron thence to the Island of Cuba. lie states that his object in returning t.o the United States was for the purpose of releasing Jeff. Davis. In regard to 'Mrs. Sratt., who was execti. ted as one of the conspirators, lie says that she knew nothit.g of the conspiracy The parties who planned the affair, three of *houi have never been heard fi met regu. larly at the hoUse of Mrs. Sinat, hut. she knew not hing of their design hig is a mn:n who, during tlie war, fig4r vd in both armies, being convicted by a military commission in each and sentenced to death. At. tlie time ho made his esapt' from Covington he was under sentence of death as a ,spy mid guerilla. IIe gave as -pn object fop making the confession that bkit nane would lie publishied as arrested for horse-stealing, and as there were those in Washington who knew himn, he would be sent 1:ior. The above statement was niade to Gene r:a Jeff. C I)avis nid Watkins, at.the jail on iesuday. Since then he aqked the privi. lege of having a miuall pen-klf-i, vs hikih was granted him Witi this lie opened the veins of his arm. and would have bled to de4th had it. not. bee that. the attempt was discoveted by his cell-mate, and an almn Ifivenl ITt: NtW:A HA11uin EARUTIoNS. - 'he elections in New Hampshire last Tumesday, (20th) resulted in favor of the i-publican party. Governor Smvtlie was re-elected by between 5,000 nnd 6,000 majority. In the State Legisla iure the Republienns have nine ont of twelve Senators, nnd about. one hundred iajority in the IHoise. This election may be looked upon as an endoraemnnt of the acts of the Stevens' wing in Con gress. The Democrats took a fitm and decided stand in support of President Johnson, and their defeat is an evidence of the prevailing sentiment in New ITampshire. It is reasonable to believe huat the result of this election wvill have a masrk etlffect ont eloctions int other States, and will also ex-ert imumch influ enice otn the course of tmembiers ini Con grese.-ChJIarleston C7ourier-. DANGoUa COUNTEnFRIT.--Within t.he week past a splendidly executed, but. tpariouxs, fifty-dollar treasury note, of the new series of 1863, has made its ap pearance in Eastern cities and our bank ers and -merchants should keep a sharp look out for it. The note, it is etated, was evidently engraved and printed by an experienced bank note worker, and the only percept ihle difTere-nce from the genuine issue of the saume denomination is in the signature of the Treasurer, which is rather coarser than the origi nal. 1'Tax DICAD AT ANflERsONvILLit--A. DusoRuAcgFUL TRTHv.--The joisville Courier- says it lhas upon its "table a piumphlet, of seventy-four pages, contain ing the list of Union .dead at Anderson ville. It is at sad catalogue, and as we glanco throngh its mourifitl 'pages we cannot choke down an execratio,n at t.he thotught that at the very time these men wvere passing away by hnndreds daily, th ItConfederdfte Governimelit s; abso lutely on ils knees begiginig ftr n ex ch'ange of prisoners, and was constan;ly denied, That these mon now rest in faur-ofl, and in many cnnes unm~arked gliives, is fairly chargeable upon those who sb heardiessly rejtected the propbsi. lions- of the -Confederate Gover-nment fir.n a ful anA fIk ewchnag 4 WINNSBORO. Thursday Nothing, April 6, 1866. P. Si tEsq.,l the Li o-r this p4 inl Chi"fiftoln,. *& I have a supply of itevenue Stamps of various denoninat ions, which can be Itad by applying either at. this office or at the office of the Clerk of the Court. 11. A. GAILLAtD. Importanti0ce-Rciiitrks of Plaintiff's Counsellor-Verdict of Jury - The ValNe of C31fedrite Money ill septenf. er,186.-This Cose not a Precedent, Though the proceedings of the Court for this DI.strict were begun and ended on Monday hist, yet they embrace one case of peciliar interest inaRmuch as the issue involved the' value of Confede ratoi money at a certam period of the War. The case was that of a sealed note given in Selitomber, 1862, for a loan of *1500 in Confederate cur rency. Plaintiff claimed tho full value of the face of the note, wvith in. terest to the present date. Defendant pleaded the dlepreciated value of Con federate mtley at the time the note was given;. and insisted upon a deduc. tion equal'to that depreciation, making gold tihe standard of value. It appeared from the evidence in the case that the d.-preciation at that time was from fifty to one hundred per cent. U1int there were other weightier cotisiderations bearing upon the case which were likely to overbalance the plea based upon a fluctuating gold basis As the points made in the plaiintifl's behalf mnb inter est our readers, we submit to their pe. rusal the !. llowing which we beliov, embracei the subslance of the remarks made before the Jury by the plaintifl's Cotnsellor. -.tt said : Th cause of action is a sealed note, and were it not. for the Ordinance of the Convention, nii inquiry would not be allowed respecting the consideration. Tais Ordinance allows juries to iiiqtiire into the value of the consideration of all contracts entered into during the war attr Jan. Ist 1862. The records of the Convention show that they re. garded it as doubtful wiether contracts entered into in tie year 1262 ought to be abated. The first proposition was to go back only to January 1863, but afer debate it was detern;ined to in. clude the whole of 1862, as there might possibly he Some contracts entered into during that period in Which justice re quired that tI amounts promised to be paid should be abated. This i,ote was executed Sept. 2nd, 1862, and payable one (lay after date. The period then of its execution, having regard to tile history of the' Ordinanco-, is such as to make it doubtful whether there ought to be any abatement from the amount promised to be paid. Thie question then for the jury to con sider inl each particular case, is, wheth. or substantial justice will hest be effected by re'ducing the amount, or finding fo)r the plaintiff the wvhole face of the notev. TIhie money lent in this case was Cont. federate currency. But had thtat cur' rency really depreciaited at the time of time contract ? By what standard is the cnrrency to be valued ? Evidence has been adduced to show that at that time gold was front *1.50 to *2.00 premium in currency. But is gold a standard of value ? It, lhke all other commodities, is governed by the great law of supply and demand, and has Mtutated in valute as more or less has been thrown upon thte market, as more or less has been export. ed, as.it htas been the stibject of specula tion, or money gambling. No one comn modity cart be meade a true standard of value ; and no good Political e'conomisti has held gold to be such a standard. The valn, of currency is to be ascertained by observing its general availability for thme purposes of production, trade and for the payment of debts. Gold during the war was especially no standard of valne, for we had no sources of supply while great sums were constantly exported for the purchase of army atid other neces saries, so that it may safely be 'assumed that gold itself had appreciated by the 2nd Sept. 1862, to 81.50 or *2.0O for 1.00, as compared wvithl its value at the' .conmenucement of thme war. -Let ti. then cottsider the value of Confederate money in Sept. 1$62, -by its availability for the paarposes of trade, prododon and for the paynment of ~obtas. .2 The note itself exprceaa no de' pccation. It is nade payabidmfi~ itn se tnny "dollaru,'rwihut 0 a juT a fyiug exf uat ion such as "currenoy' as notes given later in the war frequently Montal:ed. 2. The proof is that it was an in veMernby guardiA for hi d w an 0 e is t?roof en do t lent not IN oA' f a ,4gol llar ; U the nmpt 0 id all. tl circurntances of the caseW sow, that such was the fact. 3. The proof is that at the date of the contract, sueh was the Public confi. dence in the currency, arising from the hopefulness of our patriotism, that it was willingly and readily received in the payment of good gold debts, dollar for dollar, by Banks and individuals. 4. It has been proven that the loan was negotiated for the purpose of carry img on a business which notoriously made greater profits than any other of the trades during the war ; so that to the Defendant each dollar borrowed had its full producive value. If then we regard the value of Con federate currency generally at. the date of the contract, or in the particular case before us, as respects its valto to the lender, or its productive value to the borrower, we must conclude that sub stantial justico between the parties do mand a vprdict for the full value ex pres.sed on the face of tie note, with ill terest to date. Such was the substance of the plead ings for the plainti1r, in this imoortant. case. The case is important too be causO able Counsellors, an impartial Judge and an intelligent Jury tried it. The jury after a short absence returned with a verdict in favor of the plaintiff and gave him the full value of the note, dollar for dollar, together with the in. terest up to day of trial. It will thus be observed that although the article of gold ruled high at the time of the contract, being perhaps a-hundre per cent. premium, yet the face of the above note is decided to day to be equal in value to gold before the war. Will this be a precedent for future 'cases , f the same kind ? W e think not Every case must stand upon its own merits. It may possibly be said that it will at least be a precedent for the ad jusrment of all similar cases hearing the same date and tried at this Bar. But this too is impecticablo. For perhape not one case out of ia thousand would be a parallel to this. Prcsident's Proclamation, In our telegraphic coluin will be read the annonneement of a procliima. tion from President Johnson declaring the rebellion at an end in cortain ein. merated States, among which we foil to find the names of South Carolina and Texas. It hias been suggested from the confused order in which the States are designated, that the omission was a tele. graphic blunder, or inadvertence. \Ve fear that the probabilities of the case do not justify the idea. So long a. the doubt exists, however, it would be prudent to suspend judgement. If it is so. it p-isses all comprehensioni. Surely South Carolina has bent herkntee as lowly as any Qtheir Southern Stat e in obeisanice to the majesty of Federal power. I1er humiliation suarely has beent as deep as any others, her suff'er ings as acute, hter grief as poignant and her loyalty as irreproachable. It may be that exception is taken to her repeal of the ordinance of secession instead of the declaration as in somne of the other States, that it was "null and void," ab initio, or probably to her Ihilure to repudiat.e the war d hbt. The first would be a trivial qial le, the second as a mark of her delac4o regard and observance of the eanct y of a pligh ted faith ought not in all bi 4or to be im. pitted to her as a repr4ahl. We will look with interest to th~ next intelli gence from Washington.l Gen. WV. W. Wood, t e leader of the Brazilian emigration sie, htas re. notinced "his adopts.d co try," and be. come again a citizen of am. County, Mississippi. The Nate 5 Courier, of the 2ist announces him having been elected County Attorney the place.,of John 8. Hole, Esq., rest ed. The Washingtop Na nal Repab?s'. can, of MopdIay, asrts ~the rre.i. 4nt has laid 'fp for ~ I~800 of the~ most prog~ inen~ n tes, g$o 4he bolde for the l$h, i. sbtiad:o (ColnmunicatilOn,] jRiVew>e'.Tos see what can O. done towards getting up a Reading Chib, o ting of a int 4ed I h ty 11h Count iis lo of et MCMa18 ter & 6 h 7 e 11111Yii g at lock. MoRt. ABOUT THE. WHAIL.--We have received from a correspondent in Smiihville, the following facts relative to the WV hale, whi11ch we think .mny per. hnpq prove interesting to our renders, as a full account has not yet been pubish ed. The Whale recently captured, is of the large fin-back species aifd was first. seen )itit sunrise oil Tuesday. Marci 20th, and sooti after grounded on an oyAter rock near Smithville. Ie got clear, however, and started up the chan. nel, agitating the water more than an or dinary steamboat. He shortly afterwards got ag,mnd again. this time opposite the residence of Mrs. Stuart Mr. War ren, a gentleman in Smitliville, fired at him while in this position, but he appear ed perfectly regardless of the shot, and extricating himself again, started up the channel. A small Schooner, named the Planet, then stnrted in pursuit. and found him stuck on Snow's marshl, op posite Fort Fisher, but on coming up wi.h him it was discovered thatt. he had again succeeded in extricating hiiself, and was making directly for the Scloon er. This movement on t.he part of the Whale caused a great deal of consterna tion among the grew of the v8ssel, which was immediately ficed abi ut, nud all haste was made from the scene of action; bitt on proceeding a short distance, they observed that the Whale, who was pro. hablv as badly frightened as the crew. had also chitiged his conrse, and was making all speed in an opposite direc tion, and was in a short time seen to run ashore near the place where he had just gotten off. A Email boat was sent to reconnoitre his postion ; finding hin fast aground, and the tide falling. the Schooner pro. eeeded to Siit I ville to get th assistance of the Sloop Flash, and -also to obtain the services of a gentlemn residing in Smithville who had several years expe rience in t lie whaling business. On their return, the tie liaving fallen considerablyv, the hugo monster was dis covered to he almost enirely ont of the water. The first object was to kill hin, accordingly a hole was cut in his side, and the old whaler ran a sword in, until his arm was almost entirely imbedded in his b)ody. His heart was eventnally pierced, but even then it was nearly two hours beforole ceased to breatlie. in his furY, lie coIuld throw a stream of wa ter six incies in diameter, fully a hun. dred feet high. His dimensions were ascertained to be as follows: 56 feet long, anl 27 feet in circumference. The head is about one third of the entire length. The jaws are 16 feet long on either side, and 9 feet wide across the throat. The tail its about 12 feet wide, and serves him as a weapon. Hie is only about half grown, and weighs 36 tons or 72,000 pounds. To give some idea of his immense weight. it is stated that even after the upper jaw and skull were cut away it was imupossible. owing to the immense weight, to get the tinder jaw on the deck of the schooner, so it must remain iti the water until the flesh decays, be fore the botie can be saved. The carcass would have made 60 bar rels of oil, if facilities could have been obtained for cutting and trying uji the blubber. As it is, only about 25 bar rels, or 800 gallon,, have beet) saved. W'ilmnington Journal. WA8:llNOTON CJ,,EGt.-WeO are gratified to learn thait the number of st.ude-nts at this venerable institution is still increasing. Within the last week, several have reported, and uder the wise nmanagelnent of that noble patriot and gentleman, General R. E. Lee, we have no doubt it will take rank with the first institutions of learning in the United States. These students are not from the Southern. States alone, hut many conme from States North of the Potomac-Lexingoon.Gazete. it has transpired that-the. Emperor the French and Prince Mletternich nearly lost their lives'by the fall' immense limb of' ai oak, while on' ing. They hal just. peased , ei fell with a tremenddus crash hatn conf'usion in thie wrld'sa as most happily escapee ani"b E seedond I The bet w$ tp, at hiem against scanda e l stories sobfe fleh b i to be tra* smilA Congred t fig.l' i 1 Ari . --The pro. Cee tgs.f t. naes fro generally uii p~rtstit. ~i .e C4ieliltiol of thu, PosidefN VOWine, haleenl fostiol*d4 .everal days, owing to the Republicans waiting to laive the vacancies filled by the return of absent Senatorg. The Loan Bill, which ree"tly passed the House, -has been reported ip4)i favor ably in the Senlate. The nunbPr of volunteer troops.in the army in January amounted to one hindred and twenty-threo thousand. (123,000); by the first of May theso will be redueed to furty thousand, of whom two-thirds will be colored. The President has issued a lengthy proclamation, declnring that the instr. rection which has heretofor) existed in the States of Georgia, North Carolina,' Virginia, Tennessee. Alabama, Louis. iann, Arkansas, Mississippi and Florida, is at an end, and is hencefoith so to be regarded. [We do not understand why Sontlle Carolina is omitted in the proclama tion.- Ens NEws.] Latest from Euope. COTTON DECI.INKI) IIALF-PENNM:. Nw YORK, April 2.-The steaii ship City of Paris arrived at this port to day, bringing advices from Liverpool t.o. the 21st uit. Cotton had declinKdli'di. Fron New Jersey. TRENTON, March 21.--Both houses of the Legislature have ndjurned to, meet on MInday. No action v.aa taken on iho qnestion of electing a Uit.ed. States Senator in place of Mr. Stockton. The Republican paper in this city opens sharply on Seator Stovell ffni voting not to go into joint, meeting. Dubts are felt'every where of the probability ofT a joint m1jecting at all. From Europe. LIv-.a:rool., March 17.-WV1eekl- re. tI ns of the cattle plagne show a contin. le'd dlinution of new cases, but.a large increase in the number of enittlo killed. MAntHI, March 1G.-Spain has re coguized the R1.puiblics of Giatamal. Iondiras. Sivador, Nicaragai anel Costa Rica. Ministers trom these States have signed treaties. of-peace with Spain. FAOTS WOIR RvtKNIBIANo.-It is worth while for all farmers, every where, to remember that thorongh clnure it botter than three mortgages on their farni. That an oflonsive war against weeds is fivL times less expensi*o than a defensive one. That good fencea always par better than lawsuit. with neighbors That hav is a great deal cheaper made in the sum. mer tihan p.rchased in thi winter. That more stock perish from fam ine than founder. That a horse wIho lava his ears back and l ks 'lightning wh-len aiiy one approacelas him, is vici. onei-dont't buy him. That scrimping the feed of tai.tiyng hogs is a wvaste of grain. That ove fed fowls won't lay eggs. That e neaeting children as money lent at alhundred per cent. That lane evening spent atlome in study ts mnore profitable ttgn ten in lounging a bout country taverns. One of the Western papers.gives the following notice :a"All notices of mar-. ringes, where rao bride cake is sont~ will be set up in small type, and pk6d in aln ontlandish corner ofa ppr Whore a handsoime plee ~e is sent ters;whbngiov r erride kvoer are added, a i f lbhiiWadtio poolsy ~ will be gi ditlid. W'hen, bow. 'aver, tattends tL coretouy is pers 4ki s the br-kin itivill havo e ntIotie-!ery 'large tNpe, and tQp'optlate JetYy t(i* con 1.4 5d, borrowed or- gtol~a t~ i5 editorl.t~ An dveniaernehtappearing igaN.Y, pae, teii 'on thie rs'eit of. keelp waIt int w9f0l [4 oii rr 'n freeting, a hex*~ ~ h neghb,o$ oley fotMav)ded th etreney, and to bw etstern oh colapi) i