The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-09-11
Martial Law Throughout tho United
Statas,

States.
Tho Washington correspondent Of
the New York Times, thus writes that
journal:
The supplemental reconstruction act
passed in July last, which everybody
supPoses gives Gen. Grant precisely the
same powers as arc possessed by tho
military commanders, is strangely do,
hccnt IN that very essential. 1t gives
Gen. Grant power TO approve ali re-
movals, appointments, details, &C., Of
persons to or from Office. lie can him.
sell remove the Governor of Mississippi
II he chooses, but if .he President
chooses to order The boards of rcgistra-
tlon IN Louisiana to be rcopcncd for
ninety days, Gen. Grant is powcrless to
prevent it; or if Gen. Hancock on his
own responsibility shall choose to post.
pohe indefinitely or otherwise tho cleo.
ton ordered by Gen. Sheridan, Gen.
Grant has not even tho power TO disap.
prove hls action. An the power grant
cd 10 the general Of the army by the
reconstruction acts is strangely, foolishly
ana no doubt mutcntionally confined
20 tho approval Of the removal and ap.
pohtmcnts Of oilccholdcrs. The act.
carefully read and literally Interpreted,
gives Gen Grant absolutely no other
power; and here VIC have another spcci-
men OF the result OF hasty action by
Congress. Just i'll The very emergency
That Congress designed to meet, Con
Grant finds himself crippled to very
serious degree by bungling legislation.
That tho President will avail himself of
thc neglect and mistakes of Congress IS
apparent. He holds that Grant has no
power beyond this, and the langua &c
will bear him out. l call the attention
OF those who made the law 10 careful
consideration Of this particular feature,
and m view OF it let them not expect
Gcn. Grant TO exercise powers for which
nc lnds no warrant in tho law. The
order relieving Gen. Sickles was pro-
mnllSated this morning, as T stated last
night. AS will DO seen. it is unaccom.
panied by any instructions. The fol-.
lowing from the E'vening Star, of this
Petty, whose editor is thoroughly con-
vcrsant with the feelings and scnti-
mcnts of the people Of Maryland, is
significant
"An impression is prevailing evory-
where i'll Maryland that the President
is preparing to declare martial law
throughout the United States and pre-.
vent tho assembling Of Congress in No
vcmbcr next, by force OF arms. 1t has
ITS origin IN the alleged views OF Hon.
Jeremiah Black, who is credited here
with having urged upon Mr. johnson
the proprcty ofresisting impeachment,
1t initiated by The House, by declaring
it q revolutionary measure. and protect.
ing himself against it by the use Of the
army to that end. We sec no reason
to doubt the truth OF the advice Of that
very enthusiastic and extreme gentle.
man Mr.. Black"
! DEATH Or MADAME MURAr.-This
lady died recently on her plantation,
near Tallahassee, Florida. She was a
grand niece of Washington, and was
born during tho early portion of the
present century. About The year 1926
she married Prince Napoleon Achillc
Murat the Oldest son Of Joachim Murat
ana BonaDart, at one time King and
Queen oi Naples. The Prince came in
1921 to the United States and settled
IN FLORIDA, of which State he became Il
clllzcn. lie purchased an estate near
Tallahassee and devoted himself to lite
raturc and scientific pursuits until his
death, which occurred in April, 1871.
The deceased lady continued to reside
upon her husbands property ,and during
the late rebellion suffered pecuniary
loss, from both fedcrals and confcdc-
rates. After the downfall Of tho rebel.
lion, the Emperor Napoleon, in considc.
ration OF her reduced circumstances, set.
tied on her for life an annuity of 20
thousand francs. Madame Murat had
no issue. BY right sho was princess
OF the French imperial family, but she
never assumed the title. Soon after the
close of the war she paid visit to
France, and was most cordially received
by the Emperor and the Murat family.
1t is singular fact that the present
recognized princes and princcsscs Of the
imperial (MuraD family arc all Amcri
cans by Birth their father Prince Ma.
polon Lncion Charles Murat, having
married Miss Caroline Gcorgiaa Frazer,
Of South Carolina, who supported her
husband and children by keeping school
until the election of Louis Napoleon rs
President of tho French republic.
| ----a .
CRUEL TREATMENT OF JEws,-An
example Of the treatment TO which tho
Jews in the Principalities have been
subjected is given in n lctter from Ga.
latz. 1t IS exhibited MS one Of tho most
cruel and cowardly things that could be
done even by Moldavians. Some twelve
Jews were expelled from Jassy because
} they could not pay somo tax. They