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" What Will toe tike Result, * T^^SfeV Y?tk fcer?ld', m speaking of the position of the radicals in Congress, says : ..... The Republicans, therefore, stand now precisely where the Jacobins in the National Assembly " of France stood at the early stages of the reign of terror. Lake canses produce like results, and, if they adhere to the same extrem?- policy,-this Congress, instead of re-adjusting the country and securing the long,-looked for peace and prosperity, will plunge us into anarchy, political and financial ruin, bringing with it the terrible, bloody scenes enacted in the French repub? lic. This is the feast that Stevens and Sumner are trying to lay before us. This is the cause in which Ray? mond has now enlisted and has be? come a champion. To this revolu? tionary creed we find such men as Blaine, of Maine, Deming, of Con? necticut, and Banks, of Massachu? setts, who claimed to bc conserva? tives, now prominent converts. We trust that there will be back-bone enough in the Senate to arrest this evil before it is too late. Unless that is done, all the labors of President Johnson in restoring the Union will have been in vain. The work accom? plished by him in building up will be destroyed, and wreck and ruin will take its place. The people of this country furnished the Government the means, the material and men ne? cessary to prosecute the war. They stood this drain and met all the de? mands made upon them for four long years, to an extent never before known in the history of the world. All this was done to preserve the Union-to prevent evil-disposed and rebellious combinations from taking even a State out of the Union. They have seen their cause victorious, and have rejoiced over the defeat and over? throw of those who would destroy the nation. After submitting to all these sacrifices to prevent the seces? sion of a State, a faction springs up, headed by Stevens, Wade and Sum? ner, who, in effect, are endeavoring to show that, instead of preventing secession by the war, the success of our armies has actually driven the Southern States out of the Union ; that the sacrifice of hfe and treasure for four years was not for the purpose of preserving the Union, but to de? stroy it. This is the theory which Stevens is trying to commit Congress and the Republican party tor This, and no other, woidd be the effect of treating the Southern States as con? quered Terri tories. It was to secure the endorsement of this programme that he presented his resolution in caucus. He has received the uuani mous endorsement of the Republi? cans in the House of Representatives ; but we trust that the Senators will hesitate a long time before they com? mit themselves to a policy which will lead ti> the endorsement of the idea that our gallant soldiers gave their lives to destroy the Union. Where the practical application of this pro? gramme of Stevens will carry us is too painful to contemplate. All who wish to see a picture of the future, if Congress persists in following the lead of Stevens and Sumner, can find it in the Moody records of the Jaco? bin rule in France. FORNEY ON THE MESSAGE. -The President himself, in full riew of his accountability to the people, declares that thc work o? restoration is coniydete, so far as bc could control it, and that thc people of the Knuth are ready to obey the obligations and penalties they have incurred, and are pre? pared to show their sincerity hy their works. Tin: testimony of Licutcnant Gonoral (?rant in support of this impor? tant declaration is characteristically frank, explicit and truthful. We certainly ask no better witnesMCs. They are not alone competent to speak, but abundantly worthy of belief. And this is impressively true in view of the fact that nothing, either in thc message or the accompanying rep . looks to a surrender of principle us under? stood by thc friends of the Government and laid down in the platform of the Na? tional Union party, or attempts to post none or to evade thc great duty of defend? ing, protecting and befriending thc freed? men of the South. The whole exhibit is manly, straightforward, and full. That it has been criticised is tn bc expected in these days of novel complications and novel remedies; but that any statesman should believe that it docs not come up to thc full measure of patriotic expectation, ia almost incomprehensible. We hail it as the monument from which to date thc restoration of the conquered States to a vindicated Union, and the true historical beginning of a Republic without a slave. [ Washington Citron irle. Mr. Forney, like Mr. Greeley, tries to re? concile the message and th" Uepublioan platform. The very earnestness with which they try to prove that tho President has done nothing to displease the Republi? cans is sufficient evidence that, Cuffeo being in the case, ho has literally rpadc " thu wool fly." _ An Illinois farmer lately heired $11,000, OOO from a dead uncle in England. AN ACT TO MAKE APPROPRIATIONS FOB^ TEK^ YEAR COMMENCING, nf OCTOBER, ONE THOUSAND EIGHT "HUNDRED1 AND S?XTY-?TV'E. ?h? .'. , mt . tfVj fUtw. " ' ' ' ^ ^ "7 " ' - L Be rt enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, hoto met and sitting in General Assembly, and by ike authority of the same, That tho fol lowring sams bc, and they are, hereby appropriated for the payment of the varions officers and expenses of-the State Government, that is to ?av ; In the Executive Department: For the salary of the Governor, three thousa^dj.five hundred dollars ; for the Private Secretary of the Governor, twelve hundred dollars ; for the Messenger of the Governor, one hundred dollars ; for the. Contingent Fund of the Executive Department, ten thoui sand dollars, to be subject to the draft of the Governor, and to be accounted for annually by him to the Legislature ; for the rent of the ! Governor's house, in Columbia, three hundred dollars, j LT. lu the Legislative Department : For the pay of the Members of the Legislature nun the Attorney-General and Solicitors, during the I special Mid present session, fifty-three thousand dollars, if so much be necessary ; and for the expenses of the late Convention, nineteen thou? sand, tiree hundred and two dollars, ten cents ; for the salaries of the Clerks of the Senate and House of Representatives, twelve hundred dollars, each ; and to the said Clerks for tho services of two Assistant Clerks, two hundred and fifty dollars for the Clerk of the House, and two hundred and fifty dollars for the Clerk of the Senate, to be paid at the adjournment of the Legislature ; for the salaries of two Messen? gers and two Door-keepers, each two hundred and fifty dollars, to be paid at the adjournment of the Legislature ; to the Messengers of the House and Senate, for extra services as mail carriers, fifty dollars each ; for the salary of the Keeper of the State Honse and Librarian, seven hundred dollars ; for the salaries of the Reading Clerks of the SenaLt and House of Representatives, each, two hundred and fifty dollars, to bt paid at the end of the session ; for the services of four Engrossing Clerks, to be paid under the direction of thc Speaker of the House, and President of thc Senate, the same pay and mileage as is now allowed the Member; of the General Assembly; for the printers of tha Senate and House o: Representatives, in pursuance of the contracts made by the Committee; of both Houses, to wit : printing the Acts, Reports and Resolutions .o the General Assembly of ono thousand eight hundred and sixty-four also, the State Constitution, Ordinances, Reports and Resolutions of th Convention ; also, the current and permanent work of the special an< present session of the General Assembly, and for publishing the Acts an? Resolutions of the same in a public newspaper, twenty thousand dollars if so much be necessary : Provided, That the number of copies "sp?cifie in thc proposals of the printers, as accepted by the Legislature, shall b printed, and deposited in the office of the Treasurer of the State, a Columbia, before the fifteenth day of March next, and the amount tob paid according to the proposals, which shall be ascertained by th Treasurer aforesaid : And further provided, That the Public Printer d publish in his newspaper, at Columbia, all the public Acts, which may b passed nt the present session, within three weeks after the ?uljourninent i the Legislature, and forward by mail, as soon as such paper is issued, copy to each Member of the General Assembly, and to each of the Judge: and to the Attorney-General, and each of the Solicitors ; for stationer; fuel, distributing Act?, and expenses of the election returns, to inclue the sums due Messengers for bringing and delivering to the Secretary < State the returns of elections for Governor and Lieutenant-Governor, an Members of Congress, four thousand dollars, if so much be necessary for contingent expenses of Legislative Library, to be paid on draft of tl Librarian, accounted for by him at the Treasury, and reported by tl Treasurer to the General Assembly, two hundred dollars, if so much 1 necessary ; for the salaries of the two messenger boys of tlfe Senate, oi dollar and fifty cents, each, per day, during the present session. III In the Judiciary Department: For the salary of the Chief Justic thirty-five hundred dollars ; for the salaries of ten judges, three thousai dollars each ; for the salary of the Attorney-General, eleven hundred di lars; for the salaries of five Solicitors, nine hundred dollars each ; for th portion of the salaries of the Law Judges and Chancellors of the sa State which has accrued from tho first of January to the first day of Oct ber, of the present year, and is undrawn, namely: the sum of two thousai two hundred and fifty dollars to each Law Judge and Chancellor; and case of death, to their personal representatives, according to the same rv for the salary of the Attorney-General, the sum of eight hundred ai twenty-five dollars; and for each of the Solicitors, the sum of sixhundr and seventy-five dollars : Provided, That the terms of this appropri?t! shall not prejudice the claims of these officers for arrears of their salari previous to first of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-five ; for the Clo of the Court of Appeals, who shall be the Librarian, eight hundred d lars, the same to include the expense of fuel; for the salary of the M> seager of the said Court, two hundred dollars: Provided, It shall be t duty of the said Messenger to summon all Members of the Bar who ? Members of the Legislature when their coses may be called for trial; 1 tho parchase of books for the Library of the Court of Appeals, ono ht ched dollars, tc be drawn and expended by order of the presiding Just! for lire-wood and fuel for the Court of Appeals, fifty dollars, if so mu be necessary; for the salary of the State Reporter, one thousand, live In dred dollars; and thc several appropriations aforesaid for tho Clor Librarians, Messengers, Reporter, and for the incidental expenses of 1 Conn, of Appeals, shall be paid by the Treasurer, only upon warrants, be drawn by the presiding Judge of the ('oort of Appeals, at such tin and for such portions as they may deem just and proper; and it shall the duty of the said Reporter to attend in person or by deputy tho sittii of the Court of Appeals, and fo report such arguments and stateme of facts as may be necessary to a correct understanding of the decish of tho said Court ; for thirty-one Judges of tho District Courts, five hi dred dollars each ; for tho pay of Jurors and Constables, ten thouss dollars, if so much be necessary. IV. In the Treasury Department : For the salary of the Treasurer of State, thirty-two hundred dollars, including the salaries of one or m clerks; for tho salary of the Comptroller-General, twenty-five hundred c lars, including clerk's salary, said clerks to be appointed by and remo" at the pleasure of the Treasurer and Comptroller-General respective for the Assessor of St. Philip's and St. Michael's, for making out r affixing assessments of his annual return, six thousand dollars ; for arre t? salaries of the Comptroller-General, Comptroller's clerk, Treasurer: the Upper and Lower Divisions and Secretary of State, duo from first day of January last to the first day of October, eighteen bund and sixty-five, five thousand, nine hundred and thirty-four dollars ; thirty-seven cents, if so much be necessary. Y. For thc University of South Carolina: For the salaries of eight 1 fessurs, eight thousand dollars; for tho Librarian of the University, "\ shall be tho Secretary of the Board of Trustees, six. hundred dollars, tc paid by tho Treasurer of the State, quarterly, in advance, his drafts bc countersigned by the Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Bc of Trustees. TL For the Ordinary Civil Expenses : For the payment of the con gent accounts of the Slate, four thousand dollars, if so much be ne sary ; for the payment of pensions and annuities, three hundred doll if so much be necessary ; for the payment of such claims as shall admitted by the Legislature at its present session, four thousand doll if so much be necessary ; for the education of the deaf and dumb, am , thc blind, five thousand dollars, if so much be necessary, to be paid to Com mission ors in thc same manner as the appropriation heretofore mi for the support of Free Schools, twenty-five thousand dollars, if so m be accessary, to be distributed on thc basis of representation in popular branch of the General Assembly, and that no District be exclu from a share of this appropriation because of default of Commissio: in malting their annual report ; for the payment of such other claim; demands on the State as may be allowed by the General Assembly u the reports of other Committees, five thousand dollars, if sb much fee necessary ; for the Lunatic Ailinn, twenty thdug&iul iBightlhufccLrfed ?nd ninety-seven dollars, nQd that twelve thousand'dollars of this'sum'be refunded out of any moneys now due the Asylum, which may be collected duringthe year, if sp much shall be collected ; for Librarian, acting also as Treasurer and Secretary of the Trustees, five hundred and twenty fivedoUars for the year eighteen hundred and sixtv-flve, ' Vii. For Military Expenditures : For the salaries of the following officers : For the salary of the Adjutant and Inspector-General, fifteen hundred dollars ; for the support of the Military Academy at Charleston, five thousand dollars, if so much be necessary (to be paid when the Insti? tution goes into operation) ; for m?itary contingencies, ten thousand dollars, to be drawn and accounted for as directed by the Legislature ; for the salary and services of the Secretary of State, eight hundred dollars, in lieu of all charges against the State for signing military and civil commissions ; one thousand dollars for the services of Wm. R. Huntt in preserving the records of the State. VIEL For the Ordinary Local Expenditures: For maintaining and keeping open the Boper Hospital in Charleston, three thousand dollars, to be paid to the Medical Society in trust for the Roper Fund to defray the expenses ol the said Hospital : Provided, This appropriation shall not go into effect until the buildings shall have been released by the United States military authorities. IX. For the support of the Catawba Indians, twelve hundred dollars, if so mach be necessary, to be paid to the order of the Indian Agent, and to be expended under the direction of the Governor. X. For Public Buidings: For building log houses, to serve the purpose of jails, in Kershaw, Sumter, Clarendon, Lancaster, Chesterfield, Barn? well, Richland, Beaufort, Lexington and Orangeburg Districts, one thou? sand dollars each ; for building or renting houses for the sittings of the Court in Clarendon, Orangeburg, Chesterfield, Richland, Barnwell, Beau? fort and Lexington Districts, one thousand dol?ai s each ; for removing public records to Charleston, three huudred dollars ; for removing public records to Barnwell District, one hundred dollars ; for removing records of Treasurer of the Upper Division from Newberry Court House to Columbia, about fotir thousand pounds, the sum of one hundred dollars, if so much be necessary; the above sums, or only so much thereof as may "oe necessary, are hereby appropriated and are to be drawn and expended by the Commissioners of Public Buildings for the Districts respectively, and accounted for by them; for enclosing the Shite House Grounds, twenty five hundred dollars, if so much be necessary, to be paid on the drafts of the Governor. XT. For Extraordinary Expenditures : For the rent and fixtures of a house for the use of the Court of Appeals, three hundred dollars, tho contract relating thereto to be approved by the Chief Justice before the money is drawn on Ids order ; and for new dockets, the sum of one hun? dred dollars ; for the expenses and services of the Special Agent at Wash? ington, one thousand dollars ; for the payment of the Clerk of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, for services at the special session, four hundred and fifty dollars each : Provided, Said officers shall receive no compensation for services rendered at auy extra session called before the fourth Monday in November next. That an amount not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars is hereby appropriated for the payment, w hen it falls due, of the money authorized to be borrowed under joint resolution of the two Houses, at the present session ; and that the Treasurer pay the same from any money in tho Treasury ; to defray the expenses of the Commissioners on the Code of Laws in relation to persons of color, including hire of clerks, the sum of four hundred dollars, to be paid to the order of either of thc Commissioners : to the Treasurer, for having carried the Acts and Resolutions of the General Assembly from any District in which they have accumulated, and where there is a surplus, to any District where they have been destroyed and are needed, the sum of two hundred dollars, if so much be necessary ; for the transportation of the State records, five hundred dollars, if so much be necessary, M be paid to the officers having charge of them, in proportion to the cost incurred by them respectively. In the Senate House, the twenty-first day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five. W. D. PORTER, President of the Senate. C. H. SIMONTON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Approved : JAMES L. ORR. AN ACT TO PROVIDE ron TUE ISSUE OE BILLS RECEIVABLE rs PAYMENT OP INDEBTEDNESS TO THE STATE TO THE AMOUNT OF FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. I. Be it enacted by the Senate rend House of Repr?sentai) ces, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by Vie authority of thc same, That the Treasurer is hereby authorized and required to cause to be prepared aud engraved on steel, as soon as practicable, bills receivable, of the respective denominations of one, two, five and ten dollars, amounting in all to the sum of five hundred thousand dollars; and Tax-Collectors, and all other public Officers, are hereby required to receive said bills in payment of all dur s to the State for the amounts expressed on the face of said bills, without the calculation of interest thereon. II. That said bills shall be signed by the Treasurer and countersigned by the Comptroller-General, and th^ Treasurer shall be and he is hereby : required to pay out said bills to all persons having claims against the ! Treasury, who shall be willing to receive the same in satisfaction thereof. III. Every person making or engraving, or aiding to make or engrave, ? or passing or attempting to p;iss, any imitation or alteration of said bills, knowing the same to have been imitated or altered, and every person 1 having m possession a plate or impression made in imitation of them, i with the purpose fraudulently and feloniously to use the same, shall be ' guilty of felony without benefit of clergy. In the Senate House, the twenty-first day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred aud sixty-five. W. D. PORTER, President of the Senate. C. H. SIMONTON, Speaker House of Representatives. Approved : .JAMES L. Ons. ' -KN ACT io POSTPONE THE LEEN OF THE STATE ON THE GREENVILLE AND COLUMBIA RAILROAD. I. Be il enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, non-met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That the Greenville and Columbia Railroad Company, for the purpose of re-locating and constructing such portions of their Road between Frog Level, in New? berry District, and the city of Columbia, as they may deem necessary, be and "ave hereby authorized to create a lien by mortgage or otherwise on their "estate, property and funds," for a sum not exceeding four hundred thousand dollars, which shall postpone and have priority ov?r auj lien in favor of the State : Provided, That the holders of the uuciidorsed bonds of said Company, and the judgment creditors of said Company, consent and agree in writing that their bonds and judgments be postponed and become a third lien on said Road. In the Senate House, the twenty-first day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five. W. D. PORTER. President of the Senate. C. H. SIMONTON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Approved : JAMES L. ORR.