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b -- - -g- ------- VOL. 1] WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAT MORNING, SE PTEMBEI 26, 1866. [NO. i5 FAIRFIELD HERALD 18 PtUBI.SIICD WICEKLY BY GAILLARD, DESPORTVES & 00. Teris.-Tus 1R:ALD is published Week, ly In the Townx or Winnsboro, at 93.00 in. vareably in advance. ftgi All transient advertisements to be Jaid in advance. Obiitary Notices and Tributes $1.00 per squaro. Passage by thle House of t lie Bill Postponl ~ Ing the Courts of Mlimon Pkeas Until TuRSAna, Sepitember 18. The agitation of neasures for the relief of the people continued yesterday, but was ao. companied with more practical results and less elocutionary display titan might have been expected. Thu Bill before the House was that rdporied by the Senate, to Which Mr. liagood ofered the following subs.tiLtut for all after the enacting cl.ause: A 11111 to alter and fix the timo of holding tihe Courts of Common Pleas in this State Sso 1. lie It enacted by-the S5enate and House of Representat ives, now met and sit. ing in General Assembly, and by the au. thority of the saime, That from and after the ratieittion of this Act, ti.e Judges of the Superior Courts of Law in this State shall hold tite Courts of Common Pleas in the several Circuits esiablished by law in this State annuallf in the Spring of every year at the times and places in each District already affixed by law.. 8xc. 2. That oil writs and other process of the said Courts of Common Pleas, meane and findi, how iade returnable to the Fall Torin heretofore established, shall be re. S turnable to the annual Spring Courts, the sameas if already so directed; and that the same Vilesosf ituparlanco, hnd the same or der of proceedings now existing for te beii-annual Courts shall be extended to and apply to tht Courts established by this Act. St.1 3. That all Ants and parts of Acts of the General Assembly of the State in conflict with provisions of this Act be, and the same are hereby repealed. Mr. Hlagood said : That he In common with many others upon the floor entertained insuperable objoctions .to the constitution. nlity of the bill under consideration. The amendment proposed, in his judgtnent, ob. viated those objections. lie was informed by those whose experiene in the courts en titled their opinion to weight., that under tho new legislation giving large jurisdiotion and frequont sessions of the Disftict. Courts, annual sessions would it all propability be ampl for the disoarge of t lie business of the Courts of Common. 'leas. 1't1e aiiind mont proptsedjo shut * nb Courts. It. left all the machinery of' justice in full opera. tion. It held out to the debtor no delusive hope of repudiation. Writs could be sied out at once; compromises of debt. when ad. justment was rossible, would take place; judgment and evy of execution were alone by the incidental operation of the proposod amendment postponed for a short pericd. This incidental operation of the amendment is the only objection which-. can 'be urged against it. And this said he, Mr. Speaker,' I must-frankly confess is one of its featus-es which recommends it. very .strongly to me. It is known to every .member on this floor that the majority of the planters of this State, th6 class which constItutes the bulk of its population, will be poorer on tihe first dtay or next January. than the last. It is eiqually well known that this fact is due to no want of industry orenergy on their 'art. An a class, they have labored hopefully and energetically with crippled resources to re. trieve the great disaster that line befallen their fort-unes. The failure iq due to unfa vorable seasons unprecedented in the mem ery of any man here. It is well known that with our -favored soIl and climate, sea. sons approxImating the last do not recur once In twenty years. In all human proba bility the next seasibn will be as prosperous as th6 last was unfavorable and the notion of the proposed amendnent in the short de lpy of the levy of exesutlon will enable the the. indebted planter to brIng one more crop into market, wherewith to meet his .obliga ;Ytions, to make one more appeal to the mer cies of a beniflcent,Prevideo--.', and itf after ihat the decree is unreversens, why, he must meet his doom as he may, Thus, Mr. Speaker, If as I ,,hink there Is 4upon fthe face of this amendment no .constl tutional otdoottion ;if the probabIlItIes are, that it willeoffect a desirable economic re form in the arrangement of our courts, and if, from its incidental operation, relief however meagre, comes to our distressed ~ ~and 1mpoverished people, It commends itself very strongly to my approval, and upon th~eso grounds I submit It to the considera tion of the.House. . Mr, Todd,- of Laurens, moved that the amendment, of Mr. Hagoodbe laid on the table, which was decided In the negative by * a vote of yeas 45, nays 57. The qutestlon now rectirred on the adop. tlon of thme amnenumnent, and the questioni be ing taken by yeas and nays It was decided in the affirmative by a vets of yeas 66 ~syU 46. As a matter of record wopublish thenames of the members voting, that, this public mnay know who are friends and opponents of. the measmnre of relief proposed. Ymnas.--Alken' J. It., Alst on, Anderson, Ball, Black, Biorhanm, Bowen, Browning, Clybuirn, f'rayton, Culbreath, Easly, Elkin, F'larmer, Flowers, GJarlingtron, Gavin, Gayer, Goordwvn, tiagoodi, Hlammett, Hay, Hlayes, lier'st, flowzo", Joftes, Keels, Keith, Keltt Landrum, Ilipsey, Mantigault, Melchers, NoKewa, MIlling, MulIns, Price, Riawlld. nonm, Richardson, J. 8. Jr., Russell, Ryan, Bailey, Sessiods, Sheridan, Springs, Stokes, $uer, Talbert, Troscot, Wagoner, Walk. or',, Wallace, Win., Wannatnaker, Wa'rley, Wright-55. NAvs.-D. Wyatt Aiken,.Baohmatmi, Bar ker, Cannon, Carlisle, Coker, Coogati, Cov ington, DePass,. DuPree, .Duncan, Elliott, IFair, Gaillar'd, Grahamn, Hlanokel, Htaskell, Hunnteor, flutson, Looe, Leitnter, Lewis, Lord, Magrath, Mart In, Mikoll. T. P., MIkell, W. E ,Milligah, Moore, J. W., Mulvaney, P orry, Petty, Pressly, Richardson, Shaw, S'tlgling, Sparakman, Staokhouse, T'alley, Thomas, Thomson, Todd, Townsend, Wal. lace, A. 8., Woodsuff, 8peakera-46 A motion by Mr. Warley to postpone the furtheoy consideration of the subject indell nItely was agreed to by a vote of yeas 48, nays 55. , Mr. Townsend, of Marlboro, moved to contliwuo the subject until the next sessIon. Mr. Talbert, of Abbeville, moved 'to lay 'that motion on the I able The yeas and -nays being ordered, it was agreed to by a vco of yeas 70, nays 84. Mr. Load, of Ohkatnn moved to subuti. tute as atitle for theblll "A bill- affording relief to debtors." Mr. Lord contended that the whoc argument had been not as to the nepossity of changing the terms of the Couis, but as to the nec csity of them for the relief of debtors. If such was the factthore should be no reason .in the minuds of gentlemen, why it.should not be expressed on the bill. Mr. Garlington asked the speaker if he as a lawyer announced that the bill, as it now stood borore the House, was in his opinion unoonst)tutioual. Mr. Lord replied that he had no heialta tion in saying that, in any legislation which has for its object, the relief of the deb.tor,. whether It assumed the form of a change of remedy, or change in the time of holding courts was an unconstitutional evasion of Ihe spirit if not a,violation of the law. * Mr. Garlington said that the gentleman did not answer the question. Ho had, dis. cussed the objects of the bill apd declared. them to be unconstitutional and it was evi dent that his object.was to put into the title of the bill something upon which the Court Qf Errors could seize for the purpose of making the act null and void. Mr. Lord said lie would ask if the gentle man from Newberry denied that this bill was designed to afford relief to debtors by changing the term of the Court of Common Pleas. Mr. Garlington replied that Io did not deny that his own private view was to afford relief to debtors, but. no court in the world had-a right to interfere with his. motives, and doubly so when they di'd not appear In the bill under consideration. Mr. Trescot oboerved that he supported this bill, not because it was for the reliof.of debtors, but because he believed the interest of the creditors of the State required that the conrt should not be opened at a time when it would occasion much distress. There were thousands of planters in the State. especially in the low country, who, under the pecuniary circumstances which exist betweer, the State and Federal authori ties whereby their estates are still in the hands pf other than their rightful owners who would be ruined unless time is afforded t'o recover further losses. It, was therefore a matter of public interest that he should support this bill but if he voted for changing th'e title in the manner suggested he would be'untrue to the conviotions entertained. Mr. Mullins moved to lay it on the table. The yeas and nnys were ordered and the nmotidn was sustained by a vote of yeas 68, nays 47. Ilr. Barker offered as a substitute the f9llowing -title te the bill: A bill to suspend the administration of justice In South Caro linai for the general welfare. Alr. Trescot said that the intention of the 'gentleman from Charleston, had been sub served by fring off his epigram; lie moved that it be laid on the table. -Mr. liarker replied that it'was nat his nature to deal with issues of serious impor tamlec affect-ing the dignity of South CAroll na, in tihe spirit suggested by the gentleman from Anderson. lie had but one desire, nariinely, to gee trqth ptit, upon the record, and h'e proposed. simply that, the advocates of this measure, as a last resort, having justified the suspension of the administra tion of justice for general welfare they should announce it. Mr. Bonham suggested that it was usual foi'. friends of a measure to perfect and give to it their own title . The assistance of the honorable member, who had suggested the amendment, was not. required. We (said Mr. B.) took the responsibibty of the bill. as it stanils, * and no friend of the bill has proposed to alter the title; he moved there fore, to lay the'motion to amend upon the table. . Mr. Lord derentled tihe right of the oppo. nents of the hill to amendlhe title, by cit ing (he action of the UnitedStated Congress In 1880,'when Mr. Calhoun saw fit, under similar ciroumstances, to change the title of an important bill then under consideration. Mr. Trescot disclaimed any intention of misrepresenting his friend from Charleston, Mt. Barker. What he oblefly desired to impress upon the House was -that the bill was calculated to subservo the ends of jus tice by suspending the 'oourtsr,.and not in the language of the proposed title to sus pend justice for the gend al welfare. Mr. Bonhata reneeted his motion to lay the amendment on the table, which was agreed to, and the' bill as amended, lwas ordered to be. sent to the Senate. The bill amending an act entitled an aet to establiah district courts was taken up, perfected, received its seconst reading and was seat to -the Senate. A bill amending thie criminal law was likewise perfected after debate, and sen$ to the Senate for .eonourrenige. The bill toprovide an expeditious .mode of qeeting trespassers which Mr. War'ley explained, would enable'the planters at the end of the year'-to obtain possession of.th e negre quarters without gvn g thr-ee monthe notice was read a second titne and sent to the Senate for cncurrence. On. motion of Gen. Butler 'the House then toolt a recoss until half-paat seven o'clock. in the evon ing. - NA POLEON's LIBTTER TO 3NG Vic TOR EMANUELer-The Mon feur adds : The Emperor Napoleon has made kcnown'his intentions to his Majesty. King Victor Emanuel, in .the follow ing letter : Mv BR6THER : I have learnt wit pileasure that your Majesty has adher ed to the armistice and prelimninarios of poace signed by the King of . Prus sia and the Emperor .of Austria.. It is,.therefore, probable that a new era of tranquility, is about to open for' Europe. Your Majesty knows that I have actepted the offer of Venetia in order to preserve her from any Ieva* tatio,n, and to prevent nseless bloo'd shed, My intention has always been to restore her to her self; In order that Italy always might be free froth the. Alps to the Adriatic ; mistress of her destinies, Venetia will soon be able t4xpress her elshes by universal autf *'our 16jeptyN wil*o 5: ~ tis cireuttastanee the ~oenqetc has pgainboep. exeo s jlfavoi humanit aend the 4p~pc o the beope. Z renceti assurea~ ~ the sentiments of highi gateezs- in$ -l core friendship with which, r am Majesty's good brother, NAWosON. 16. fCLOarrn Aazgnd I leeft, Danger of Another Civil War. The Petersburg Express forcilbly o.b serves that there is *verything in the character and proceedings of the domi nant party in Congress to.,justify the suspicion-yoa, to inspire in every re. flecting mind the belief-that they are not only disposed but detovmined to resort to the. most extreme measures, if necessary, to accommpirsh their vile purposes. Cowards as the leadois are, they can yet, with their infamous har. angues, influence the credulous and con fiding multitudes of their followers to the inost violent courses, even to the shedding of blood, whilst they (the lead ers) will take good. care to keep their, own carcasses out of harm's reach. If they cannot draw the sword themselves, they can sound the -trumpet at a. safe distance,' and so -incite thodsands of zealots, phrenzied with fanaticism and. infuriated with hellish hate to deeds t.h. 0 -contemplation of wihich makes humanity I shudder. Men, ,or rather monsteys in the shape of men, like Stevens, Sumner, t Kelly, Chandler, Forney, Butler, and 'b scores of other radical chiefs that ivight r be named, talk of war-es if they had the nerves of Achilles, and tihe spirit of Julius Corsar-as -if'thef would be the first tq# panoply themselves fid rush to thie eneanguitned field: But let war come and they will . ba found hidigig themselves in the deepest caverns of 1 narth to escape the perils of theconflict. -p But these dastardly brutes, unfortunate ly, possess influence enough with their r tongues and pens. (the only weapon4 ( they know he use .of) to plunge the land into the horrors of anarchy an in. testine strife, and it is evident from re cent and daily developments that they t intend to exert this influence to the ut- . most. Who that thoughifully considers i the scenes which marked the late session t of Congress--the enormous unscrupu. lous assumption of power by the ruling r majority-their reckless violations of p the constitution-theirBflerce and malig. t nant'assaults upon the President for an 1: honest and patriotic discharge of his t duties their bold declarations of their treasonable purnoses-their contemptu- ( ous disregard of all the pleadings and tl arguments for a peaceful' re-adniision c of the Southern common wealhs to t.heir pas.s atho Unioin ,erintifaf i overthrow-who that thoughtfully con- t siders these things, and in connection a with them, the present still attitude of hostility in which those conspirators a against iahe republic stand towards its t Executive head and his millions of sup- t porters, can doubt for a moment that an- a othdr struggle, more bitter and bloody than that which has just been closed, is E impending? It is just as well-it is a 'j great deal better-for tihe conservative b press to ipeak out' openly at on'ct', and t tell.the people that a nev war is inimi- f: Oent-a war, the guilt of which will be 0 afltogether upon the heads of the radical t infrintes who have dared to -take issue g with the Presideut upon his. policy of r restoring the national unity, dignity and n prosperity. What is the use of Mine- c ing piirasl in so portentous a crisis-? q Why crf pence, penke, where 'there is c no peace?" Look at what has - been I said and - done in Philadelphia In- the' last few days, in that assembly of politi r cal vipers called the "Loyalists Conven- r tion"-look at what tianspired at Cleve. land when the President passed through T that city on his way t Chlicago,-ook c at the spirit of deVelish animosity Against I that' brave and noble defend *~ of the n Constitution, "which is displayed"by Tlle ift usur npg and revolutionary. p arty who e from~ eir "ebon throne" in the.ntion- ~ al capitol, have ' as good.as'proclaimed themselves to bo the- supreme power.of the land I Look'at the appliances' whie4~ j are being .const'~itly brought by theal (d' boar upon the approachmgi- electdois: Look at the .turbulent' and fraudulent manner in .whioch they,.are attenpamii 't to put down popular, rights and crush, out resistance to thteir execrabld semed for subverting our~institutions and shntok hang a free peo pi 'with3 chains mo'e gal. hing and ddgradlrng than were ever forged by oriental despoth 1- s it ndt time to awaken the whole countky toait sense-of the peril which hangs oy'er it ? We are no propet, but we. cannot read the "signs Of the times," as they now starea us in the face In every direction, w'ith, out taking the warning from- them with , which they are pregnant*- They denote, I to say the least, an alarmingly precanoios' state of eublic affairs; so much so in-' deed, as to- warrant the inference {hat ,0 we are on the verge of new troubles the,! end of which the eye of the Almighty; can alone see. ThE election. soon to come oft -in the Northern Statee will I subject this government of ours and the, t popfle living under it'to an ordeal infi- - nitoly mom'e trying than any they have ' yet had to pass through. . i The last New York Express has the. followving paragraph on this subject, ' which in a few words fully suyvains ours , "Re~ad' the' inflammatory and inoen diary speechismnade by certain ledical ! Congre~esmen mnd Governors, In Ph! la deiphia last evenilng--and sa lthe'. pon sor the* all is not the inevitbilil ' 4f noher~a This war is to lie flh dat,-analttempt a tuwn electiope ldiocto n6. abtetnt of rididal hlrobgtyi in the 'North and West." Ex-GovI annin reprted sari.a puslyill t, hs resdenc~in' ulo. Legislature of South''Carolina. IDAY, S6P T VEM;i11 14, 1866 The Senate met at II a. p. Tihe bill giving authoriwiyto the -Ciiy ounci] of hitrleton to ;rceed in tho natter of a fire loaII, with a viow to aid u building .ip the city ane , was read a hird time and its title chatlged to an Act. ' iessrs. Sullivan, WilliOns, . Tracy, [Eiphill and Thompson sabmit.ted re )ortsof committees. . The.eport of the speciil doimitttee on o nuch of tise Governor's Message No. as relites to procuring snq alies of food nd enlarging the powers o the Coim. pission'ers of the Poor, was Aiscussed. Mr. Townsend offered an resolution, vhich was agreed to, that aJoint coi, nittee, to be composed of t41 nembers f the Senate and three inenibers of the louse, be appointed, to proVile, if pos ble, siiitable places for tlhe, imleotinlg of he two Houses of'the Geneal Assem ly, atthe next session, and that. tht-y eport to this Legislature wi I as little tlay as possible. Adjou rned. OUSE OF REPSESENTATIVES. The Honse met at 10 a. i. Messrs- Shaw, llamiett, Stackhouse, Pally. and D. W. Aiken submitted .te orts of committees. Mr. Barker introduced the following esoltiions, which were referred to the 'ommittee on Federal Relttons: Resolved, by the Senate and Htouse of ?epresentatives, now met and sitting in 7enera Assembly, That-the 'resident of lie United-States be requested to send tleial notice to the .niilitary coman ers in South Carolina of tlw1 fact that lie war is ended. Resolved, That the President be also equested to order the discon'nuancei of rovost courts in South Ca linla, and hat, the ju risdiction of miili 'ry courts e confined to the limits pre ribed by lie Rules and Articles of W. Reolvel, That his lxce noy the iovernor be reqiiestdd to co municate lie loregoing resolutions to I xcellen. y the President of the Uni tates. Mr. Lord introdno ' l4wids )r the resumption of specie payment by be banks of this State, or for their die olution. Mr. Hutson introduced a bill to obvi to the necessity of a multiplicity of suits 3 ascertain the real consideration of con. racts made betweein January 1, 1862, nd May 15, 1865. A message was received from the lenate, informing the House that Messrs. 'ownsond. Frierson and Author had een appointed a committee of three on lie part of the Senate, to mature a plan > -organizing and establishing a collt-ge, r soine other institutIon, in- conformity ) the requirements of.ti Act of" Con. ress "donting public lands to the seve. ul States and Territories, which may rovide colleges for the benefit of agri ulture andt.hie modhainic arts." and re t'ests th' appointilent. of a committee Dnsisting' of four ~members of your [onse, to act wi'th the comnitteo oj the enate ; and thAt they be instructed to sport at the annual session of the Gene-, tl Assembly. Messrs. Coker, Hagood, Iaskell and P. Mikell were appointed the House i'mittee. A in ssage was received fram the So. ate;.refusiiig to concur in the resoluatioii om th'e House, "regnesting . railroad ampahies to teduce their fare for refu The Vill to relieve the pecuniary die.. essof the inhabitants of this State, wvas ade~ti1pe.ei 1 Qrder of the day for dnesday, 28th .day November nex't, - ierthe discus'ion of several impor. nt. bills, the Honse adjourned. 5rRDAT, SE PT. 16, 1866. S E1N ATE. 'Thinate 'met at 11 a. mn. A smber of papers were received em th'e Hiouse of Representatives. Messre, .Thomeson, *Hemnphill, Buist ad Williams submitted reports of Com-. mittees. Mr. Wilon offered a resolution, !hidh wa's 'agre'd. .to, anmd was ordered a beop~nt to the'Houise of Rapresenta yea for concurrenceo; That the mem bers omnposingethis General~ Assembly be 3quested to ascertaiin the number of' adigent. p'ooh residing in'their respective ~istrioti-; also, the quantity of supplies )P.awill be absolutely n'eessary for ueir subsistance during theo ensuing ear, and- report the same at the nex., ~gular session of the General Assemt Mir. Arthur offered.a resolution,- whioh ae agreed to: That until -otherwisi rdered, the daily sessiona of the Sonate; ialh be from 11 a. m. to .half-past 8 .p. i. from and aft'e' this day. The Senard readned the do6naider&' on oe'a bill to alter and fix the timeW i~ holding the Courts of 0omanson:le thhleState. The .bil'toestab)ish DstrictoL(oite's hich had Uben poetpolped. to' th~e regun tt~sidn-Wse teootigfdered; dhigusE hd reooiantistWd to. the OstiU.iitl [OUSdE'OP B10WBNINTATVES M4sre..ShtV,'oodwyui. and 1ich' rdson, Jr., presented reports of Con 31ttees. Mr. Huteon introduced a bill t~o obvi ate tie necessity for a multiplicity of Suits to ascertain the real consideration of contracts mtado between Ist January, 1802, and 15th May. 85. Oil inotion of Mr: D. Wyatt Aiken, the vote had yeste.rday 'by which a reuo letion from the senate, inc.-ructing the Attorney-oendral and Solicitors to in. sLitutc pi'oceedings to forluet the charters of an y railroad compmay whIch has'd.111 is now violsiting its charter in the inlatter of freight or fare, ras concurred in, was reconsid rod, and th6 resolution was referred to the special joint coniniittec raised at the ljgt. hession on that subject. On anotion ('f Mr. Campbell, the H-ouse proodded to the considtration of a bill (from thi Sonate) to dufine the term "porsons.of color," .and to declare the rights of such , persons. Thto Bill was read the so-;ond time, the title was changed so as' to read, "A Bill to de clare the rights of persons litely known as slavds attd free persons of color," and was ordered to be retunud to the Se ate. The House.bill. define the terms "per sons of color," and to define the rights of such persons, was ordered to be laid on the table The report of the Commit'tee on the State Honse and Grounds was agreed to, and was ordered to b sent to the Senato for conirrence. The bill relative to Ioding lie Courts of Common Pleas was dbat.ed, a Iended and made the special order for Monday. Oin motion of Mr. A. S. Wallace, the use of the hall of the Iiouse of Repre.k seintatives was granted to Dr. 1'. Olin, Diannelly, Monday ight next, for the purpose of delivering a lectnre upon artificial Jimbs and relief to mainied sol diers. Mr. DePast introduced a resolition, which wis aigreed to, and was ordered to be sent to the Seiate for concurrence, that Lte specialj1on ia.coimittee. to whom was reforred the bill to provide artificial legs for all citizens of the State who have lost their legs during the recent war, have leave to report thercon at, the next session of the Legislature ; aid thav the Governor be requested to take stich measures as may . he necessary to procure information of the minmber of top e iizen inl th StAto who havo o3t, their legs as aforesaid, and to iiavite proposals and specimens of artificial legs, and to report., at tho next session of the General Assembly, thu number needing artificial legs, t6gether ,;itht the nano of that manufacturer who will present the best and cheapost model, with the price thereof. Adjourned. MOADA Y, S EP TEMB' 17,1866. SENATED. The Senate met at 11 a. m. The House sent to the Senato the fqllowing House bills, which land been read three times in the Houso and twice ml- the Sonate,'viz : A bill to amend an Act entitled "An Act to majco appro priations for the year coinmencing in October; A. D. 1865." The bills were read a third time and heir titles chiuned to Acts. t Messrs. Sullivan, Mc.Cutchen, Thom. son, HI-omphill And Dozier stibmijtted re ports of cgmmittees. . A bill to provide for the redemptlon ofbills receivable by thi#iState reepived the second readitig,. was agreed to, and %Vas ordered to be returned to.the House 01f Rep resentatives.. HOURIDi OF RICPR SIDNTATI VIS. Then House njet at 11 a. m.. A bill giving authority. to'the City Council of Chaarlestn -to proceed in 'the matter of' a fire loa n,'wl h aL view, to aid in bniildia.g up'tho city auow, 'and a bill to make parties,.. plaiuatifu'. and:' defen dants, ini all ,pues, conipefont to -give tesiiimon~y in suriha'oses uti "like mianner as ether witnesaes,' were sovet'ally read6 the third timo, aidd their ti~tles change to Acts. Messrs;' Wagonor, WVarey, Good wyn, Lord, Carli sle,' Qampbell and 'Iichard son, jr.,' submitted reports of commit. tees. Tho'bills relative .to testimony,- liens and imiparlancos, and to raise a fund lor the necessities of the people, w'ore die cussed till the hiiur of a ojurnment. TUDDA Y, A9EPT. 18, 1860. SEiNA T10 Tho Senato met at il a. mn. The1 bill to provIde' for the establish ment of a penitentiarr'y received the third reading, passed and the .title was chitaged to an Act. -A bill from the House, to make par tiesq plaintiffs and defendants, in all cases, competent to give t~qstimoeny in such onsos -as other. witnessesi was ordered to 'fra. Thompson made a report, from the&Oommitteo on the Jutdiciary( on a ball from the House, to provide for til iregistration of trust deeds of personal p ry hich was postponed to the n se~sion of the Geaneral Assemiblj. Msfar 'lcQuteen, Dozier, 'Sullivaui, To#edand Arthnr aaypnltted' repdrtse of ooiuttees. c. ,-j'!'.' a eg GW..Willia'ne rpnd a report 4'om tl ,Committe on t so. Jndiosary, ota bil, atiend aK .A6 Snied "An -Adt toes lishufnd 'tgltlat'e the domA tid t-elittios of pergerIs 'of color,! au~d. to amnid' the law in relation to paupers And vagrancy," which was postp~oned to 'tTfe'faert session. Adlourned. .1 10USE 0OF~ llPRESENTATI VES. The House met at I I a. m. A joint res.Alitioi w'as agreed to pro vidiig for tho adjouriueit, of the Legis. latur oin Friday iext, a, 12 im. The Senate returned to the House the following Acts, which were commit ted to tho. (otnunittee on Engrossed Acts: An Act to amend an Act enti tdl -Ai Act to make appropriations for the year commencing in October, A. D. 1.865 ;" an Act to incorporate the Phnonix Fire lngiio Company, of Darlingt.on an Act to declare valid -,he recoit electioti for Intendant mid War dnem of the town of' Darlinigton.; an Act. to legalizo tlh clections of mnunicipal ollicers of the town of Moultrioville aniud Momit 1.'leasant ; an Act to incorporate the Planters' ai~d Farmers' Relitf - As sociation ; an Act to amend an ict to lend Lhe ,'rdit of tho Sate' tc aecure cer taii.boids of th South Carollma Rlail. road Chmpatny ; an Act, to incorporate tho Peoplo's Steamship Company ; an A ct to ameni aInad extend the operations of filn Act outitied "An Act to provide a.mode by which to perpet'mate testimo ny inl relati on to deels, wills, choses in action, and other papers and records do stroyed or lost durii g the recent war;" an Act to provido for tho drawing of jaries f'or the netxt term of tho Conrt of Commoii Pleais and Gleneral Sessions for D:Irliungton District ; an Act to vest, in the city of Colnnibia the right and title of I he State ill certain lots ; an Act,' to provide for the redeinption of bills recoiv able issued by Jiins State. IMr a Trescot introducedJ a resolution, which was ordered for considoration to morrow, thA the Governor be, and ho is horoby, at.hiorized t contract for the purelmose of 500,000 bushels of corin, if lh0 deei so much nlecesstery, to supply die wants of the Stato consequent upon the loss of the food crop of this year. A djourned. W 11Dn Ar D A Y, SNP T 2 9, 1866. SENATE. The Senato iieit 11 a. im. . ThI o following acts were refe'rred to thl ioEngrowing Committoo t Au Ap6 to provide for the drawing of juries for the next term of tho Court -of onnuoni Pleas and .General Sessions for Darlington District ;'an'Act to in corporate the People's Mail Steam shipt Company, of Charleston ; an Act to reqjuireo the (oinmisioners of Pub lie Buildings for Groenvillo District to pay ovcr fmlnids to tho Commission ors of the Poor for saig District ; .pn Act to vest in the city of Columbia the iight and title of the Stato in eerta.in lots ; an Act to lovidO for the redemption of bills receivablo issued by this State ; aln Act to amend the Act, to establish District Courts.. The Houso sont to tho Sonato the following bills,which woro continued to the next session : A bill to muend the law in r'elation to tonancies; a bill to provide an expeditious modo of ejecting trespassers ; and a bill to al ter the Act entitled "AnAct to amend the Criminal Law." Messrs. Sullivan, 'Arthur, Thom son;Tillnan, oimnphill and others submitted reports of comninittoos, Adjournod. HOUSE O itEPRESENTATIV.ES. Thle House met at, 10 a. n. The reopor't.of the commn~it tee with refer'ence to a more suitable place of meeting was taken up for cosidoera t;ion, when, on motion of iM-.. lunllins, the keeper of the State Hlouse was in atructed to fit upl th'e College Libriary and Chapel foi+ thono nxt i'ogular ses.. sion of tihe Oonornal Assembly. Mr. H uston 'introduced a' resolution, which was agreed to, andc wa's 'rdered to lio sent to the Senate for ~ oneut ronce, that thoe Governor do adver tise.for ontitantes of the cost of cover ing thonow State House with a tern porarf roof, and of fitting up. therein 'a sufiicient .nmber' of r'oomus for the usO of the Goncral Assembly and its offioers, and lay them before the-llouso at the next session. Mr. Hfay introduced a resolution, which was agreed to, that two hiund red coles-of the rules of this House be prin ted, under thne direction'- of' the Clerk,. and that tlicy be ready for dis tribution at theo noxt regular session. Mr. J. 1R. Alken introduced a reso lution, which was agreed to, and was o'rdered to be Bent to thme Senateofor concurrence, tiat the Treasurer of the State be, and ho is hereby, authorized to sell the gold amid silver coin now in the Trotasury, and credit th~e premium of the sange to thme account of oxtraor d in arg cxpenditureit. Adjourned; hBEN. WOOD IN.. TROUnL.-A New York Jotter to the Cincinnati Gazefto Ee.Wood has'at last come to grief. His sry is about now out -like tie sands if the famous i-etii-ed physician r andshe comosent bankrupt in purse ani~du od in piindi.- Wood has latei lost &ihis .moiny. His losses in ( ot'lsairmonths will ~not two hnindred th6tiadc dolru. John Morrissoy is in possess' of the News .offie, and at present ms engaged in transferring It .to Wliitney, of the. Sunda- Mercury. Wood .mneantinto haunts te offie, and is evidontly dis turbed in reiindq A High Tribute to the Character of Gen. Lee. In a long oditoriel article calling for a subscription of ?10,000 to Washington Collego by the friends and admirers of General Leo in England,, the London Standerd of August I 7th, speaks of him is follows: "There is no living hero-there are few,if any, among those whose nime shines with the purest lustre in history whoso character has commanded so high a triuute of affection and admiration from their friends, of' respect and honor from their foes, as tha.. of General Lee. No life more porfectl y heroic, no reputa tioni more untarnished even by the ni nor blenishes which are not uncommon ly found in unison with the highest lieroism, has ever been connected with a great national struggle. No shade of va nity or egotismi), nothing of the self. wlll or potulance so often charactoristic of conscious genius, no linge of affecta tion, no tint even of tho pride almost inseparable from ordinary greatnes of mind, which can endure anyihing but humiiation, and regards submission as a disgrace, alloy the simplo grandour of the Virginian soldier's nature. A piety withoki the slightest, shadow of Phari. saismn, a sense of duty to which. the bac. ritice of every personal feeling and inter. est appears a matter of courw, have marked his whole course and guided his every public act, whethe as a soldier or as a citizen- A family connection and the nearest living representative of .,&ho great chanipion of Amorican indepen deonce, General Lee has been the Wash ington of the Confedorate war ; like Washington, a man "whom onvy dared not, hate," but withouteven the one dark stain of doubt, if not of dishonor, which the death of Major Andre has loft on his prototype. No inoro "selfish man and stainless gentleman" ever lived ; no soldier over set, a more admirable exam. plo. of the soldiorly virtues of honor, chivalric generosity, and manly siniplici. ty ; no' great miian over retired into ob. ecurity, after witnessing alike the ruin of his cause and the destruction of his private fortune, with more of christian patience and fortitudo. "Of lia' military aciiovemonts we need net sioak. - It is enough to say .that all hi victories wyoro woni against enormous odds and that his 6for years' defence of.Virginia' has few parallels in history asna example of great results accoinpliseb with small means and at fearful disadvahtages What is now more interesting to remember is the per sonal choractor.of the man, as displayed in the varjous oxigences of that trying struggle: the simple honesty and kindly' feeling which prompted him to' console' his soldiers hs-they recoiled from the cannon-crowned heights of Gottysbuig, with the assutrance, "It is all my fault ;" the unaffected self. deprevinton which pronounced when Stonewall Jackson fell, "I woull wish, for the sake of oui cause, dal Ihad been disabled rather thanyou ;" christian chivalry, which ho outrage could provoke to retaliation, which, after Virginia had been rendered a desert, withhold the army that invaded PeNn sylvania from'inili,eting the most trivial injury on person or property ; which, when his own estates ia d beon plunder. od, ravished and confiscated. took care to protect the houses and property of his oiemies; the horror of usoloss blood. shed whiih withatood the cry' for retri., bution excited by the murder of South ern prisoners in cold blood, anid support the resolve 'of the President that unless the actual murderers wvero- takeon nio blood, should be, shed but on the field of battle ; the touehinig unselfishness of his last wvords to his disbaniding au-my, on the -9th of A pril, "I ha've do'ne my boat for you." Buth was when all was over when thie chief of a great anid viotorious army was a private man and a paroled - prisonor-that the pectuliar greatness of. General Leo's~np~a~tro shines 'out with unequalled brightess, Mn. DAVs' 14An.. -A Washington correspon dent of the Baltimore Gate~o wvrites as follows: Trie sUccess of the ralical tIc)hot. will prohably bring sa sad olosing-to the 'long asufferings.of Mr Davis. The ratdical* voice calls 'atoud for his blood, and Con' gross womdld not be slow, in violation of ill law and jnstice and 4oemicy, to order a trial by a military commission. There aro othiern, too, who would not oppose such a, measure..* The bitter feelings of Mr. Seward are well knowb. It is' ho more than any other-to'whonm Mr. bvI* still.ewes his incarceration. is pain. fully distorted conntenance,' marked with the gashes made by the knife of Payne, rarilain unchanged. Hie seos himslfthe effect he produces upon strangers, aijd a knows that he will bear' these -temrl4 inarks to' his grave. This renders hima exceedingly 'bitter against' all .those whom he oan, even 17' the force Qf 'Im aglnatida, connect with thq edsItny' tion. Air Davis he places in this cate gory. . Mr. Davis himself is quite afl're to the dangers. of his8 situat ion and with intimate frends) wamo are to etis him, discusses them calmly but r1. When tisse view. are' entertained b a leading member of the Johnson Oabi net, as Well as by the 'hole redidal pare ty, there is at least rotne grounid fog 'ap prehension. "%A'n tishman giving- hI~ tastimon~ in one of our courts, a few day.since, in a rIot' case2 AMid, "13. Jabj,4h first man h'aw.borming at me~ bea I ' gbt up, as two br ek'b a"