The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1865-12-30


IN ich on Wednesday last in
4be :, gunner thus alluded to what
he ,o Presidents white. washing
of blI Estates When | think of
whatetl in tins chamber yesterday
wbeA to mind the attempt 'to
whit the unhappy condition of
lhe States and at this time to
lhr,j mantle OF official oblivion
ovcI cIsickrning and hcart.rendine
oub where human rights are sacrl.
Gcl baroarism-rebel bnrbarism
red anew letter of oflicensc, l feel
tbhght to speak of nothing else to
d,Sir | stood here long ago; in the
d3KmsaS, when :. small community
yJrcndcrcd to the Vaccinations of
TIVE masters, and now | stand here
;&hi!e an immense region with mil.
Pf population, is surrendered to the
hnahons OF masters. 1t belongs to
grcss to arrest this fatal ,policv.
gress must learn t6 be brave and to
fst. But | am not Wiling 70 he d.
Ped rom the precise question before
sScnatr--altlrnugh in considering it I
hll naturally and logically BE- led to
iss in review the condition of the rebel
bates. s,s
Senator Cowan replied, in half hours
Ipecch with brilliant effect, completely
ehlisring the sympathy of the audience,
hs was attested by their applause at
I his wcll.roundeA periods, Never was
Senator more complctely vanqushed
than Sumner; for when Senator Cowan
pronounced the collected batch of ex.
tracts which were read the production of
anonymous scribhl RS and disappointed
cotton.thicves; Sumner folded his scrap.
book and stole silentYawav.
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LENGTH or NGGltT IN VARIOUS PARTS.
III" longest night at Cayenne and
Pondichcrrv, is IL hours at Havii, l3,
hours ; at lspahan, II ;,at Paris. Dion
and CascaSsione, IS; at Arras and Dub
lin, .lG; at Copenhagen and Riga, II;
ut Stockholm, s al Drouthim in Nor.
way. Archangel, &c. 20; al Ulca, in
'Bothna, 81, and at Torncs % at New
YORK, Is. At Enontoikies. The total alb.
Scnce OF the Sun epdurcs 4.5 days conse-
cnlively at Wardhqms IS at Cape
North, "A /; and lastly Melville Island
is totally destitute of light for lO2 days.
AN OLD VIRGINIA LAW. - Some Of
the ancient records of the Cavaliers are
no less amusing than those of the Puri
tans In one before us we read that
"at a grand assembly, held in James
= Citic, in the year l6lG.,> were passed
many acts to the glorie of Almighiir God
and the publiquc good ofthis his Maics
ties colonie of Vigin!c." Among these
was the following entitled, ,"Won.en
causing $caudalous suits to he duckcd ::
=" Whereas, oltentimes many bahling
women often slandnr and scandalize their
neighbors for which their poor hus.
bands are often 6rought into chargeable
and vcxatous suits and cost in great
damage;
"Be 1t Meretore enacted By the auAiofi.
y aforesaid That in actions Of SANDER
occasioncd by the wife, as aforesaid,
after judgement passed for,the damages,
the woman shallbc punished bv ducking;
he adiudgcd at a greater damage than
FIVE hundred pounds of tobacco then the
woman to suffer dncking for each five
hundred pounds of'tobacco so adjudgod
against her husband, if he refuses to pay
the'tobacco.'
GEN. HAMPTON IN MoNrGoMERY.-
We learn irotp the Mail of Tuesday. that
,Carolina's most distinguished son Gencr.
al Wade Hampton, was invitcdto seat
in the Alabama, Legislature iMonday.
which he most gracefully acccbtedin 4
short, welltimcd address taking the
occasion to compliment the noble daring
and gallantry of Alabama's soldiers
during the late terrible conflict, now
happily passed forever. He was cor.
daily received and enthusiastically
welcomed. s.4f m Il,
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