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ITS PROVISIONS AS PASSED ST BOTH HOUS
ES OF CONORESS OVER THE PRjt|f
drmt’s Veto.
B*o. 1. That all persons born in the
United States, and not subject to for
eign power, excluding Indians not taxed,
an hereby declared to hf citizens of the
United Stah»; aiva|suoh dHizeu of every
race and ootor, without regard to anjrprevi
ous condition of slavery.prinvoluntary ser
vitude, exoeg|<*s | pubnt for
whereof the party shall have been -dull'
convicted, aha* have the rfght in eraHy
State and Territory to make antJjiflSoree
contracts, to pa, to be reed, booties and
give evidence, to inherit, puioiaM^lease,
sell, hold and convey leal and personal
property, and to be entitled to doll and
equal benefit of all lawn and proceedings
for the security of persons and property? a* j
i? enjoyed by white citizens, and shall be'
subject to like pumsbment, pains and pen
alties, and to none other—any Jaw, statute,
1 vdinance, regulation or omtom to the con
trary notwithstanding, *.
Sec. 2, Any person who shall depriw
any tohshitartt of aFyStale or Territory]
of any right secured by this Net, undq|
oolor of !»w,regulstfoa or' custom, is
dared guilty of a punishable
by a fine not exceeding opt thousand 1&H
ttrs, or Imprisonment dot exceeding one
court
Bao. 3. The United States District
Courts shall have exclusive cognizance of
all offences against this set, and also con
currently with the United States Circuit
Court, <ffall civil and.criminal causes affec
ting persons whose rights are secured by
section 1. ADy suit against socli persons,
begun in any State coart, may be remov
ed for trial to the proper District or Cir
cuit Court In exceptional cases the com
mon law, an modified and changed by tbe
Coostitnliaa, the
wherein thojooart bavieg jurisdiction of
the cause, JSvil Or criminal, is held, so far,
as the rape is not inconsistent with the
Constitution and taws of thd United States,
shall bn extended, and govern Mid conrte
in the trial and disposition of such cause,
and if of a criminal nature, in the infliction
of punishment on the party foufld guilty.
Js#rar/ras&!
the Commissioners appointed by tbe Cir
cuit and Territorial Court of the United
the United Slates, the officers and agents
ofthe Freed men’s Boreas., and ever, other
omer who may be specially empowered by
tbe President of the United States, are
specially authorized and required, at the
expenm of the United St#ee, to institute
proceedings against every person wk, shall
violate the provisions of this act; and it is
made tbe dnty of tbe Circuit Court of tbe
United Courts of
Territories, from time to time to increase the
number ofcommissioners, so as to afford a
soiltiteSß
a violation of this act.
Sec. 8. The commissionehi Are empow
ered to have concurrent jurisdiction with
United fifvsf A DLAiILi 'lKrTirrili
TWfcnrtal both in f,™ ,iL‘
•territorial in terns tuna ana
vacation.
S*c. 6, United States marshals and their
•deputies are required to obey ail warrant*
issued nader this act. In cas# of refusal,
ibey be fined dollars each for
the use of upon whom-the ae
ensedis alleged to We committed the of
warrants, and tbe latter may call for assis
tance opes bystanders, or summon a pom
WASHINGTON, WILKES COUNTY, GA., PRlfljri' MORNING, APRIL 27, 1866.
eomitatui, or tha military and naval
forqea.
Sec. 7. Any person who shall knowing
ly and wrongfully obstruct, binder or pre
vent any officer or other person charged
with the execution of any warrant or pro
cess issued under this act, or any peraotri
or persons lawfully assisting, or attempt!*#
to rescue prisoners from custody, is subject
to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars,
and imprisonment not exceeding six months
by indictment before tbe United States
District Court or the proper court of crimi
nal jurisdiction, if committed within any
one of the organ! ted Territories of the
United States.
Sac.S.’The District Alto megs, Marshals
and their Deputies, and Clerks of district
and territorial Courts, shall be paid for
eervioes the foes allowed for similar se?vF
pea in other capes; and in alt cases - where;
the proceedings are before,a Commissioner,
he shall be entitled to a fee of ten doflpm
in full for his services in each case,lftclurite
iff all services incident to such arrest anq"
exapiination. The person or persons «$A
execute the process iasu^'by
csssu&hbH
(Gnyagti person arrested, with suck other
for* as may be deemed reasonable by the
.cbmmissioowy-to be paid out of the Trees
!ttrj. of the Unfted States, on the certificate
of’tbe district Within which the arrest is
made, ami recoverable from the defendant
as part of the judgment in case of convic
tion.
Sfoc. 9. Whenever the President of the
gHmted States shall hafa reason to believe
aßygenoee hlVtoanAar are likely to be
against passions of this act,
charged with a violation of this and it
shall he the duty of every Judge or other
officer, when any such requisition shall bo
received by kirn, to attend at tbe place and
for tbe time therein designated,
Sec. 10. That it shall be lawful for the
Preaidedt of the United States, or such
persons ss be may empower for that pur
pore, to employ rack part of the fond or
riaval forces of the United State*, or ofthe
militia, as shall be neccessary to prevent
the violation and enforce tbe due execution
of thi* aqL.j „-. „ / *
Se(* 11. That upon all questions of law
arisini in any ease under the provisions of
tblraet, a final appeal may be taken to tbe
Supreme Court of tbe United States.
tm Beauty of Old People. — Men
and women make their own beauty or their
Own ugliness*. Sir Edward Lytton speaks
in one of his novels of a man “who was
uglier than he had any business to be;”
and, if be could but read it, every human
being carries his in his face, and is good
looking or tbe reverse as that bis life has
.been good or evil On onr features the
chisel of thought and emotion are eternally
at work. Beauty is not the monopoly of
blooming young men and of white and
pink maids. There is a slow growing
beauty which only comes to perfection in
old age. Grace belongs to no period of
lie* and goodness improves the longer it
exists. I have seen sweeter smiles on a
lip of seventy than I ever saw on a lip of
seventeen. There is tbe beauty of yontb,
and there is also beaoty of holiness—a
beauty much more seldom met; and more
frequently found hi tbe arm-chair by the
fire, with grandchildren around itakneet
than in the ball-room or the promchade.
Husband and wife, who have fought the
world sideby aide; who have made eom
“oQ. stock of joy-and sorrow, and aged
together are not curious
ly alike to personal appearance and in pitch
a«l tone of voice—just as twin pebbles on
the beach exposed to the ««***» tidal influ
ences, foeefchmber’* alter ego. He has
nx thing which brings
, Mrs. Partington asks, very indignantly,
TAKE MAM! 4
ST BWIBIM raocroi.
All day tbe stormy wTnd bis blown
k J*°“ ofWthe dark aid jsby ses; •
Ko bird has past the window flown,
The oily song has been ths mean
She died when dropped (hq .artiest leaves
And, o«|3 upon her ro*Jl:jw!;oe,
Felhtpm the sutumn's fires'. ime
Ter? am not one grievsa.
For well I know o’er sonny erne fl
The bluebird wa,u*r April aki*e ;
And at the roots Os forest tree.
The May flower* sleep in fragrant ease;
And violets hide tfcir azure eyes-
O thou, by winds of grief o’er blown
I . Besides eome golden summer’s bier—
-Take hesrt! Tby birds are only flown,
- Thy blossoms sleeping, fedrfol sown,
To gTeet Shoe in the immortal year I
PBODDCTION OF COTTON,
before the Amerjcan war thi* country
supplied 3,400000 bslto.out of the 4,225,-
f OOO delivered for^^fepti oD j„ 8 )[ Eu ,
» n »*> then 'three quarters.' The
outring off of this supply! typriSar, ana
the very high price's that prevailed for five
years, stimulated,foreign production to tbe
utmost. Four countries were looked to for
tbe new supply—the East Indies, Brazil.
Weatladiea, and the Mediterranean coun
try. In the-. East Indies special efforts
were mi||B 4%extend the culture, which
increased Troip a delivery in Europe of 573.
000 biles of 4|jnoonds in 1880—which
was tbe protection under tbe old order of
things-a-to in 1803 ; 1,007,000
riUH||jnMi«|t.'d to 1 320 000 iu
There are offerA signs tbit the increase
jn that country has in the
faoeof tbe high pr,ces-<.f —
In the ~presidency
asros of eotton under
1,083,800 acres the year before. * From
Egypt and Syria, the imports were 168,-
000 bales in 1860, and 837,000 in 1866,
with strong symtoms of a decline in pro-
duction. • , ? !, .
Brazil has disappointed the great expec
tations based on her. Her delivery in Eu
rope was 106,000 bales in 1860, and 149,-
000 in 1865. Expections of any supply
from China and Japan have bean aban
doned.
Even at the high prices of several years
past tbe foreign production of oottoa ap
pears to have culminated. It is'evident
that America will still control the markets
of the world, even at much higher prices
that prevailed before the war.
Yes and No.—lt is wonderful how
vast an amount of mischief, and of misery,
even, is produced by the simple misuse of
these little words. People many times
say Yea without thinking of what it in
volves, or they say No ineo feeble » tone,
that those who are urging them to do
something yvbioh they cannot honorably
do, are invited to persist until they get the
answer they desire. And thus (key as
sume obligations which they have no set
tled purpose to fulfil], or neglect duties
which their own conscience aqd their
own sense of honor tell them they should
disoharge. Yes is more easily said than
No, because it is more agreeable to aasent
to another's wishes than it is to oppose
them. Hence, of some good-natured men
the remark is often beard, “Thay cannot
aay No.”- -* - -eAfSifev**
Young man, consider well wbst you are
asked to do before yon pronounce year
Yes; but baring uttered it, remember that
the reply to all others must be a No, so
not for a moment doubt tha*yw mean it
You haVe made a great attainment If yon
hare learned to say No, and to stick to it.
Frequently yon will find it a itoet un
pleasant word, sometimes a very painful
word to utter. But that sort of pain h
momentary. It is noTlhe pain caused by
conscience violated, by honor gullied. It
he pain produced by 4he fife-long
memory of evils indicted cm yourself and
others, which a Kttle timely firmness
would have prevented. “Let your Yeaivl
YMTaigyoarjiay
SOVTTHXBN LITERATI.
The C/escent MoKthty thu3 locates'the
whereabouts of Southern literati: , ,*#
engaged upon anew war novel, which she
hopes to com’pletein timt .to visit Europe
this season. Madjme Le Vert and daugh
ters are in New York. Mary Walsing
ham, tetter known by her signature in the
daily papers~'‘May Rieis in New Or
leans, writing for too Sunday Timet. Mias
Clara V. Dargsn, one of our most valued
c6(respondents, is quietly residing in South
Carolina, indulging still in literary -Recrea
tions. Mrs. KB. Hay is in this dty. Mrs.
A. V. da Chandron, translator of “Joseph
II «od his Court,” has nearly completed
another translation from, the German.—
William Gillmore Simms is editing the
Charleston Sfotth Carolinian, also engag
ed, it is said, upon anew book. Col. Paul
H. Hayne bqs written a now poem entitled
“The Hamadryad,” Ho resides near Au
gusta, Georgia.' James R. Raudqlfcjfrou,
staff of the Augusta
Henry Timrod edits a paper in SiraChr
vliss. Pis. Do ttvtnis I
the South I Carolinian, it* “P.
W. A.” {(Alexander) is on his plantation ip
Georgia, where he is enj^gejf_ 3 suihfl
annals of the war. is in tbe
commission Imsineseln ’Gjflyfston, doing a
little in pork ahapoetry, A. J. Ruquier
has gone to l New York to practice law 5
James Barron Hope ediU theiVili/ohfc sr
ginian—a first rate paper. Col. Jno.fjfcoU,
author of tfie “Lost Principle,” is at pome
in Fauquier county, Virgiri*p*brrt*ing a
lift of Mosby. John Esten Cqok is also
living at bis home in Virginia, in tbe beflu
tiful Shenandoah Vaiiey, engaged in litera
ry pursuit*. Hepry C. Tinsley is on tbe
Ne-v York News, 3. Oakley Haynets is
pressgang.—
from* uiu
.-.v, ... . . <3haa.-Dimirtyis'writing
■ for the Field awl Firetide. J. E-Carnes
is one of the editors of tbg Galveston
yews. Miss Ellen A. Moriary resides near
Baton Rouge, La. ‘‘Bill Arp’” (ao-called)
is a member of the Georgia Legislature.
Hon. John Forsyth edits the Mobile Ad
vertiser ami Regieter; Major Walthall and
Mr. J. C. Hatcher are upon the tame paper.
W. G. Clarke, Eeq, of Mobile, has been
elaoted President of the Southern Press
Association. H# is also one of the editors
and proprietors of the Advertiser and. Reg
ister. Dr. Bagby has been delivering leo
tures in Viigjnia on “Bscon and Greens.”
John Happy has returned to his old stamp
ing ground in Tennessee. E. A.Pollard is
one of the editors of Memphis Ava
lanche. J. \V. Overall is in New Orleans.
J. B. Dimitry is 1 ecturiog f *on EoJlUj) Lit
erature, in the Locquet Institute, jklfeg
Lusher, Esq, is Superintendant of Public
Education in Louisana. Several weli
known members of tbe Southern press ara
now engaged upon the New Orleans pa
° °
pers. Col. J. O. Nixon, after his return
from Lake Erie,(Johnson’s Island) where
be went lor the benefit of Lis health, ie
established tbe Daily Crescent, and is now
making a popular paper. Judge Wm. M.
Semple, Durant Ca Ponte and Col, Wag
ner are his assistants.D. C, Jenkins, Esq,
edits tbe English side of the Bee; M. Fel
ix Limet conducts the French side. The
Picayune is conducted by A.M. Holbrook,
one of the proprietors. His editoriaf staff
is quite large, embracing the names of,
Judge Alexander Walker, J. F. Wilson
and E. C. Wharton. Tbe Times is under
supreme control of Mr. William H. C.
King, who baa the honor of making the
largest paper in the United States.—
Among his assistants are Mesares. Bigney
and Moek. Edwin L. Jewell, formerly of
the Point Coupee Echo, ie editor-in-chief
of the Southern Star. The English aide
has been upon it William M, Burwell, Esq.
pf Virginia, and Mr. Bartlett, while the
French side bag M. Placide Canonge, a na
tive of this city, and one of the finest pol
emio writers of the day. He is undoubt
edly the best French critic wo have, and
m an argumentative writer is rarely exccfl
ed. Col. W. R. Adam* is editgi
.True Delta. Emils La Fnuoe conduct*
La s weekly paper. Besides
theta papers wo have a largo German
NUMBER 1.
feily ; the Tribune, conducted by colored
,ffien, and in the interest of the, negro »of-.
t'rage party ; qjja •vrt»eiy‘ Spanish, and tfltg ,
, religious paper. . r “
A 'HOMANIie'MVE STOBY. '
The Count do St. Croix, belonging, to
one of the noblest and wealthiest f< \mijrt4
in France, became eogageff, alter, a fopg
audkassiduous courtship, his equal
iu position and fortune, and famous for her
beauty. Shortly after tbe happy day was
Appointed which was to render two loving
bearta one, tho Count was ordered *
ately to the seige of Sebastopol; so he glr- *
ded on his sabre, aud at the head of hia
regiment marched to th§ fit
ring the Count’s absence, it happened that
his beautiful fiance h%d j] af
ter hovering between fife and death, fof*
many days.Jjq reepyi-rod her health, but
found her beKhQf hopelessly lost.
The diseaswhad assumed in her case the
most ib'arooter, and left her not
•flgjfv disfigured fiut seamed .and scarred to
frightful extent that the became hid
eous to herself, and resolved to pass the re
mainder of her days in the strictest sec’us
jtsn. A year pawed away, when, one day
tha Count, immediately upon hia return!
-from France, accompanied by hia valet, pre
sented himself at the residence of his be
trothed' and solicited an interview. This
wes refused. He, however, with the per
sistence of a lover, pressed his suit, and £-
nally the lady made her appearance close
ly muffled in a double veil At the sound
of her Voice tbe Count rusbeff^forward to
embrace her, but stepping aside, she trem
blingly told him tbe story of her sorrow*
•rd burst into tears. n
A heavenly smile broke over the Count’s
handsome features, as raising his kanda
above ha p&elaimed, “It is God’s work; I
am blind. It was even so. When gal
lantly leading bis regiment to thojittack, a
caoon l>aiK Djiaiidq oft >
sL fl s vwKUm if loft nvririr 8i ,*
iii iitv niiiiv i* iviv vutjrt 7#q*rtf3'ilUUi UftOiinli
and his countenance unmarked, it robbed
him forever of sight. It is almost unnecessa
ry to add that their marriage was shortly
after solemnized. It is said that at this day
may often be seen at tbe Emperor’s recep
tions an officer leaning upon the arm of a
lady closely veiled ; and they seem to be
attraoted to the spot by tbeir love of music.
Ah Ihfamous Wretch.—Tbe Charles
ton Courier, of the 24th instant, states :
Not many months since these was wedded
to a fair, but also 1 too confiding, daughter
of a highly esteemed and reapeeted citizen
of one of onr interior towns, a Northern
man, who claimed formerly to have been!
an officer in the Federal army. The mar
ried life of tbe happy pair appears to have
glided along smoothly and pleasantly, antih
at an inauspicious moment a third party
'steps upon the stage, and immediately
transformed quiet and bliss to discontent
and bitterness. The perfidious and brutal
husband was confronted by another wife
who, having heard of his infamous conduct,
had arrived from the North to institute in
quiries and satisfy herself as to the truth
or falsity of the reports which reached her.
To her anguish and sorrow she found that
the statements were indeed true. The af
fair has created quite a feeling in the Dis
trict, and how it will end remains to be
seen.
Dickers at Finy-Foca.—Tbe follow
ing description of the personal appearance
of Charles Dickens at the age of fifty-fonr
is from a late London letter in tbe New
York Tribune.
“Dickens;wil! be fifty-fonr years old next
Wednesday. He was born February 7,
1812. It may hardly be nears to speak ot
bis personal appearance, but here it ie: He
is on the short aide of middle height, bis hair
and beard almost or quite gray, the latter
wore after the French or American faahion,
with shaven cheeks, the form brought for—
. ward, and, I should think, elaboratoly oil
ed. His eyre are dark, handsome and viv
acious ; the lines below and about them
deeply defined: the eye-brows appeared
thick and arched semi-circularily. though
this might be from his nobility of featurea
in reading. Hit nose' is of no particular
recognized order, odd and full at the m*-
trife, the humorous line running from them
Aw We corners of the mouth very marked
and noticeable. His complexion is not ve
ry clear, and reddish about tbe rather sun
ken cheeks. He dresses in good taste, quU
etly, with dainty linen.”