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WINNSBORO. Tuesday Morning, September 18, 1866, - T. P. SLIDER, Esq., is the sole agent for -this paper in Charleston S.C. (- Mr. JAs. I. Skir, formerly of this Lplace, but now residing in Charlotte, N C, is our authorized agefit for the NEWs. Mr. Si-frn can be -foind at , the Tind office. Planters Hotel. We call attention to the notica # the re-opening of this house.in Char 'leston. . The News says ; This splen did first claes lotel will be opoed on the 1st of October, by 0, W. and J. B. Denni,, on the European- system. Thv lioue has been thoroughly clean ed, repaired, and refurnished with the best of f.urniture throughout, It con tais ovr one hundred rooms, the most of which are large and airy. Its location is as good as that of -ny oth er house in the city, being situated on the corner of Queen and Church streets, and is but a sh'ort distance from Meeting and Bay streets, which are the most busy streets of the city. It was formerly kept by Gorman & Co., also by GAuble, then Mr., Calder, aud the reputation of the house in days gone by was equal to that of any - ih the place. The advantages of a hotel on the European system are such that a man can regulate his expenses to Fuit his pocket.' Ile can rent his room, either procure 4is meals at the restaurant or anywhere else that he pleases, or bring it with him from home. 0 Tne proprie.tors have reserved-the hervicca of competent gentlemen, good attentive servants and porters,who will be always ready and willing to wait on custgmers. The charges will be moderate and adapted to the tines. All that they ask is the patronage of the traveling *public and of their friends, so as to convince them that it is their intention to rendqr their stay comfortable and as pleasant as If they were at home. EdilorialCorrespondence. COLUMBIA, Sept. 13, 1866. All day yesterdiy was taken up in the Senate in the discussion upon Mr. Townes' Bill for the suspension of the. Courle. Mr. Sullivan,. of Laurens, made a speech of about an hour's length in opposition to the bill. He argued ably- upon it, and declared that if his poustituents wanted a Sena tor togive them relief in the manner proposed in that bill, they milst send some other one than himself. I ad mirel him for, that announcement. Catering to the populr s6ntiment is too much of the representative style nomi-a-dayst The Legislature cari do 'nothirig that ereditors and debtors cannot.do better among themselves. .Look fobr a moment at the Bill un der consideration, How does it com pare with .what' was known as the Stay Law ? I will enclose a copy.of the original bill with the report of the Committee on the Judiary-upon~ it. -Let your readers judge for themselves of the rperits and demerits.. * The Stay' Law blocked ,.directly the prosecution of suits., This bill does *the same thing indirectly. In,the first the engThe is removed from the track, *and thus the train - Is prevented from reining. In the last, the track is a en a way, s6 that even with the engine attached, there is no chance for the train to pmove. So the difference h,e tween the Staf Law and the present propose.d ac'tlon, is .tweedie-.dum and -tweedle-dee, the bgtter plan is for the Legisla-. ture to ia*ue an' ad'dress to thec people of South Carolina, settingj forth the 'imnents, (onstitutiona4y, in the any .setion of theito -give rid. n wn re. su$hl course, but I, lop g over the pro ceedings of the * House published in this mornings issue, I find that just suih a course was begun yesterday in that body, introduced by Mr. Haskell. I hop.e such an addross will be issued. Much is said by the advocates of this bill upon' the distinction drawn by Judge Aldlrich in his dissenting opin ion, between the obligation of the con tract and the remedy, and that logis lation upon the latter implies no legislation upon the former. . "Thi remedy in ng'part -of the contract say they, The oppoients contend that it is certaiiily incident to it. It seems W me that if spooial legi s lation is made based upon this more abstract distinction, there will be no end to tampering with the Courts, and eventually crippling and, imp4iring the oredit of the State. Contraots and the means of enforcing the obligations assumed, ate certainly correlatives. Remedies were enacted for contracts. contracts are- made with a view to remedies- B woui not le'nd C mon ey in any great amount merely upon his word to refund it. le will avail himself first of the. remedy in so far as it consists in getting sureties for pay. ment of the amount loaned, -and ..see ond of the remedy in so far as it con. sists in sucing and getting judgment, i' the first fails. Now the relation of the coitract to the remedy is so close that to touch one produces an effect upon the other. 'To illustrate. It leaned C a hundred dollars. in July 1866, and received his note paya ble on the first of July f866. . The' ,note becomes due, but C is unable or unwilling to redeem it. B knety when hp made the loan the remedy could be applied at.the Fall Term of the Court. But the-Legislatuke abolish es that Court. Has it interfered with Te contract by abolishing the' reme dy ? Does that act impair the obli gation of the contraot 1 To my hum. ble judgment it does. But say the advocates, the Constitu. tion g'Nes the Legislature Powei ,to establish vnd alter the Courts from time to time as it may think fit. This may do for a general proposition, but appeal can hardly be niade to the Con stitution when the. proposed legisla tion upon the matter in question is made to meet the demands of one class of the people to the direct detri ment of another class, it will hardly bear the oiucible of reason. But enough for fl,s time. McC. P. S. I open my letter to add, a note. At quarter past twelve to-day the final,vote was taken upon Mr. Tdwnes" Bill, and was iojected by a vote 16 to 12. Our Senator, I am glad. to-say, voted against it. All the votes are -re corded, McC. COL.UMA,9t Sept. 14, 1866" In the Senate .yesterd.ay a Bill was passed which will encourage the ener gy and enterprise of the State to a great degree. It is a bill to secure advances for " agricultural purposes6 it provides for the security of the par. ty advancing inoney by' granting bini .a lien on the crop which may be made during the 'year in preference of all other liens 'existing or otherwise,, to the extent of such advance or, ad Vances. The.discussion upon this bill was one of much interest. It was intro duced by %he Hion. T. C. Weatherly Senator froup Diarlboro.. The House yesterday pohtpone i*ul til Saturday the consideration eft Senates resolution to adjourn etab 18th, - Last pight was the' "last of the s son" at lioKenzie' Ice-cream 'ga*es Ch:nese lanterns, fireworks,. odwm sher berts, punches and musio frog i celo.brated. U. 8., 6th, special''i here-'and there ,a oojrig scene, m*7l. ufp the v.rielles of the ovedisg; .Th 'Governor,'tie Ggneral,the: HonoA6bj member fror.zthis 'ani . thauan"the other Distriot,-aid.bewlthhiri smiles froma preoious idle~ pat eliaf a. 7,11 ed dust, lent their ohaina to the or, easion. The .Baa4 ierforated the Star-Spangled Bannr, .and appended immediately ,with 1'ixi4. - The sol diers of the Banner "that.lb" roelved thpir share of the fir the so(iea of the land "that was tWiris 'of the latter. - Speaking of' military-ttei regular cavalry i1der the oon,inatid of Major Walker Were ordered. to Aiken: (re port says)-tho day after the difficulty of which I have .written.. At any .rate, they ave oft for some other place to pitch4their tents. 4 writer in the -Phmnix of this date quotes largely frin Katusey's History of South Carolina to show that - the State is not for the first titne ombar rassed as to what kind of legislation the necoessities of the people demand. It iould be well for you to publish- at least so- much of said atiole as em braces quotations from history. Be. yond all doubt history in this case is wonderfully in support of those who contend that while legislation. affect ing the relation between debtors and creditors, may give temporary relief, yet its effect ultiniately Is' to do more injury to the State that the immediate good can ever. compensate. I hope this State is forever done with Stay Laws. Let me tR yo.u one fact which has impressed itself upon my mind by ob. serving closely our legislation. It is that, how'ever some persons may affect to treat - slightly the nomination of lawyers as kepresentatives, I for one will hereafter go for the general prin ciple of sending at least a part of 4ach delegation from the Bar. I know the sensible yeomanry aid artisans can legislate for the'general good, nobody doubts that, but it is not all of 1.egig .lation to make laws. There must be a thorough knowledge of law. We havea good delegation from Fairfield now, bttI will not be content that all .t'e d14ates .frofh all other Districts should be made up of even the best men of financial; mechanical or agri cultural parts. An able, well-informp ed, conscientous lawyer is a sin* gua non in,' the Gencal Assembly. No one can say that is electioneering for myself. I Qan say it is not election eering for any particular lawyer at out Bar. Any one of them will fill my bill. I don't say if two of them were up, I would .not have a prefer once. That's as natural as drinking water. But I am electioneering for the Bar O be -represented ably and plentifully in our Legislature-and I don't care who knows it. MqO. C.OLUMIA, Sept. 15, 1866. The Bill to alter and fix the'times for hQlding Courts9, which wag killed in the Senate day beforo yesterday, was yesterday (F'riday) reconsidered upon motion of Mr. Thompson, of AlA beville. The vote to reconsider was l6 to 12, jnst the reverse of what it was u'pon ,the motion to adopt tha Bill on Thursday. 'The reason .-given for renonsideration was there were some Senators who had trot sexpressed their views upon it., .'hey had two.days to do it in. So to-.day both-H1ouses wi.ll enter upon, no dou)bt a long debate up on sitplar ;neasures. * -Sbine attention har been ealled by 1Senetors to the shifting legislation of the State. The action upon this mes ule i4.pn instatnoe in point.' Its, .t say the ldast, unfortunate, .all this'dINy.daily ulion ' a measure ew~lh,thJudij,iary has declared '4 6rVsicge af-the' prerogatives And powers id p'6wers of legislation,- It onlj 7riE expensive to the State, to the *o1l.-' Tho'99erS Assetnbly Is de btjtif tinoonstitiutlonal DIeasures day afte'r day; at ain expense to the peop~Je 'of frm fduteen to flftson tuired dollairs a d'ay;. A11 the.propos d nes esto oiuly ,eonrvate the Moyperatiwe powers'of tde peo 1e. '. Here is a sluu f ft .Repreo'en. tatites ffoin $tlfmpj 6dby the mer:4 of e ai ei# bi*1 tlieir I; or 'by the inroads of raid ing arties, are actually clying more lustly for help from the State than .those which have been riddled from the saae causes. - The great tolutninous Pub. Doe. containing all tho vituperation and slandor that the Congressional Inquisi tion could buy ont of t4' subornei witnessel hah come to the light. How pussillanimousjtseoontests. Whot do you think Saxton testifies?' That when he walked the streets of Charles-' ton, sone persons "made fa0es" at him. 'His conclusion-thorefore, the South is disloyal. Sensitive General, that. P. S. After writing the above the House took the final .'vote- upon the Bill to suspend - the* Courts, and laid the. original bill and the amendment on the .able by a vote of 59 to 49. - In the Senate the Bill of Mr, Townes, rejected on Thursday was re scinded and passed with amendments by a majority of ove. Meo. LEGISLATURE OF SUII~CAROL!NA, -WEBNE1DA Y SEPTEMBE R -12, 186Q. sENA TE. The Senate met at 11 a. m. Mr J. H. M illiams presented the petition of W. W. Houseal,'Sherifi' of Newberry Dis triet, praying an appropriation for-subsis tence of prisoners. Messrs. McCutchen and Hemphill submit. ted reports of committees. A bill to amend an Act to lend the credit of the State to secure certain bonds of the, South Carolina Railroad Company, received the second reading, was agreed to, and was ordered to be sent t% the House of Represen tatives. The report of the Committee on the Lu natic Asylum and Miedidal Accounts on the memori oi'(eorge 9. Trescott. and dam'l Logan, relative to scpply of limbs to sol. diers, was postponed to the regulat' session. After the discussion of several atters, the Senate adjoarned. HOUSE OF REPRE99NLATIVES. The House met at 12 o'6loJ:. . Messrs. Vasloy, J J. Ryan. Coker, Shaw, Hammett, MoKewq, Campbell, Tresciot and J. S. Riehardsou. Jr., submitted reports of commwitteaes Messrs bachtuan ald Price gave notice of the introducti6n- of bills. Mr. H1askellintroduced a resolution which was made the specis order of FW day for to-morro*, at 12. o'clock p. m. that a-opthmitten, consisting of three mtem bers, shall be app6inted to frame an address. to be issued by this Rouse, to the people of thiq State. concerning the pecuniary diil. c6lles of the country. and recommending that which Is deemed the best manner in which these dif0oulties may be constilutix all tmet, and this committee report the ad. dresq.propoled by then to this House. * Mr. Ianokel -introduced-a resolion which ias agreed to.and wasordered- tb.b sent to the'Senato for concurrence-that as the South Carolina Railroad and the Char lotto and South Carolina Railroad have bean .for some. time, allowing refugee families in reduced circumstauces -to travel over' -4heir roads at reduced tates of fare, and as there are many refgee frmiies in the upper Dis talote hnxious to return F6 their homeq. but are unable to do ho at - the presont cospt of traveling, that the directors of'all th6rail roads of the State be requested to rednce the fare of'thei- roads for refugee families and their servants. Mr. DePass introduced a bill to further provide for the collection of debts and .for the relief of debtors. 'Mr. Tresoot, fiom the Special Committee, made a report pn.,a bill to raise a fund' to provide for tho necessities of the peop$le, 'and r)ported a bill for the purpose ; which was read the firtst time, and was marl. the s odal order of the day.for to-morrow, at half past 1 o'olock p. mn. Adjoitu'ed. - , 81NATE.. . The Senate met at 10 a. mn. Messrs. Sullivan,*'Timan, 'Tracy, Wil iaes and Townbe'nd submitted reports ot committees. 'Mr. Friereon presented the petition of Rev. C- Bruce Walker, ,praying an*appro~ priation to repair mutilated furniture be. longig to the library oft he Univeruity.* Adourned. .' .HOUSE 'REPRSEN7ATIVE8. .The House met at 1, ts, Mossrs.,8haw, 'Cokt (JGoodwyn, Hutsopt, I. R. Aike6,, Perry, Butler ands Garlington presented reports of conimnittee. Mr. -Pt.e introduced a' b to tuppress the distillation of spiritnos ' ikuote firoza, any oftt qer.at grains of te State.,' Me: p er intreduceda bill to dedlare the law in regaf'd to the-, liability of ' put-' chase of slaves, , Meses, ffutseiJord and'- Milling gavE notide of the 'introdiuotion' of bill. . tid someosstin-f6r the serviu'oqer1an joiees c tei ente ndHouse. 'Mr Baohupaai intedused.a billho vest.it the oty 'of Qohtntbi. the rigb.t And title of the Stat, in eetain lots. * ' . . ,tjodened, New AdjrtA6I%sd. Jas,. G. Milnor advertises fresh ar1 rivals of everything suitable to the' season. Our readers will remars this. - Cathcart & Matthews fiave a supply: of meal always on hand.. Our plaInters will observq the no., tioe of Gunfiy Cloth by laq.t, Rivera & Co Attention is invited to-the adver tisement of John C. Dial, Counbia, Mr. Dial is too. well known and well established a merchant to ieel any in.& troduction froa u to our people. His card exh%ita any and every' article in the way of either domestic or'plnta tiori economy. Our merchants' and plantets will not fail to make a note of Mr. Dial's card. Road card of F. Horsey, Charleston. To Advertisers.-Orderp for advertis ing should be' handed in by noon'Of Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays,- to secure insertion in the next dav's issue. OOMME R 0 IA L. CI[ARLo'rTR, Sept. 15, 1866.-Cotton. Only o' e bale sold to,day, at 28 cents, - tax paid. - New Flbur, $16.00. Northern $13.50 a 14.00 per barrel. Bacon, 21 a 22c. per pound. Corn, $1.50 a 1.60 per buliel, in de. mand. PA4 $1.45 a 1.50 per bushel. MNR, $1 70 a $1.75 per bushel., WhVeat, $2.'50. Oats, 75 a 80 per bushel. Sorghum, 50c. per gallon. Gold. $1.40. Silver, $1 35. Cor.uin,, Sept. 13.-Cotton, 17 to 20, gold; 22 to 28, currency. Corn, $1.50 to 1.75 per bushel. FIJour, $10 to 17 per barret. Onts, 90 to 1.00 per btishel. Pelts, $2.00 to 2.25 per bushel. Hay, $2 26 to 2.50. -Rico, ,Rp,goou, prime,.12 to 14c; Carolina 15 to I6c, Tobacco, 40o&to 2.00 per pound. Coin, gold 43,to 44. Fresh Corn Meal, W &LL be kept donstantly on hand,'at CATIART & MATTHPW8. sept 18-tl Gunny. Cloth, BE ED i0 ARRIVE DAILY. . ALES GUNNY BAGGING, Rope and Twine. or qale at reasonable, rices. JACOT. RtIVEIRS & rC(., spt 18-tr N.O. 2, Hotel Ran. New Goods NVew G's!! Refelved by late ArIval from. New York, eMES Ib MILNOIt 0 ALIOES,Dlaine, Loi Coths. Browm Shi A ingean. Sheeings, Satlnet~ Plain and Enibroidpred ,Linen ,Cambr$ Handkerchiefs,.- Coats Optton, all No * Mdea's said Women's Boots and Boys Shoes, Misses and-Ladies' fle,s -1. Ki-G 'tratd Ilosery. * GflO0E~RIES,. Salt in' seamnless saoks, over 20O I eaob,'Coffee, of three quliie,sig,r Cru b ed. Griaulated and Birown of several -as. "Spices, Nut Meg, Pepper, Sdda, ir ' Carrens Alrho d, Cox's 0elet1ns, C4rua Stareh,i#dcer, hot,"(all sizes) Caps, . D. Water troofaad Musket, TIN WAREu.' Buelkets, Cu s. . Milk and Dish,l a Ilaking Pas of bok (ini Wah Basias, Plain, Painted an i Disoek Tin Muin au 1'aule Pn's, Candle Melds, Pal Toys, Meat Forks, Basting 8 6u5 I~ GUNJNY EAGGIIhT ND R -Nalls, Old'Domnhn' ar 'Etnpire all wha , 01 ~~TvATHCAT% MAT3! ~t -.yLw e T and one four seated CAR . i43.'Apply at this office.' , 04