The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, February 28, 1866, Image 2
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The National Bankrupt Bill. ,
This bill, which passrd the if^'use of
Representatives at the last session, ami ;
will uo?, it in believed, pass both Houses,
was taken up And considered by the j
House last week. As the bill is one of i
universal interest, we give an abstract of j
) > provisions :
"The bill gives the present United I
States courts jurisdiction in all * cases
Arising under the act, and regulates the ;
appointment, duties and powers of the
officer* who to n.o i" "
_ v ? ? w w I?w? IU 1 jl?UIV.in| v.'*p f%'
city under supervision of ihe courts, imd ;
subject to their order, the practice in all
pr?>ce*dings in bankruptcy, hiuI some
other matters of merelv professional in- j
turest. The bill thsn provides for volnn. ;
ta'ry bankruptcy on the motion of the ;
bankrupt himself, and involuntary hank- '
ruptcy on the motion of the credit* rs of j
the bankrupt. The provisions are distinct
as to each.
Tn voluntary bankruptcy it i? provi
ded that anv person residing within the
jurisdiction of the United btafes," owing
debts provable under the act exceeding
*500 in amount, can apply by petition
to the judge of the judicial district in
which he resides, setting forth his inahili J
ty to pay liis debts, TtnneJfing a sworn '
schedule of his debts, their amount and
nature, with the names and residence of
the creditors; annexing also an inventory ,
of all property of every kind in his post ;
session in which he has an interest; and '
the filing of such petition is to he an act
of bankruptcy, and the petitioner is to be
adjudged a bankrupt. The judge is then
to issue a warrant, directing the marshal
to take possession of all the debtor's prowsrtv
of i i 1
j .] - ...m, nuu *ewp i ne same
until tlie appointment of an aligner, and
directing him to notify creditor* to prove
their debts. Assignees are to he clioseii
by the greater part, in value, of creditors;
and *uch assignee*, when approved l-v
the judge, take possession of the debtor's
property and all books and papers .-elat ing
thereto, with certain slight exceptions.
"All debts and liabilities existing,
thbujjh not matured or not ascertained in
amount at the tiir'e cf the adjudication of
bankruptcy, may be proved agai nst the
bankrupt's estate, and all claims prov ?b e
uhder the act can be prosecuted in no
other manner than under the act, except
for the mere purpose of deciding their
amount. All claims are to be presented
on oatb, and are to he investigated judi?
cially in case either lhe:r amount or validi>
ty is disputed. The assignees also have
power, under the supervis or! of the courts,
to sell or redeem nronertv m.t i? ..t-~
4 j | ?v %re*rj
vario'.l prescribed measures fur the ad>
ventage of the astute?to bring and defend
suits on bebaif of the estate. |
"Wages due an operative, clerk or
house servant to an amount not exceed '
ing fifty dollars are to have property over
all the other claims of ind'viduals, and
be first paid in full. At tl'e final dividend ;
claims are te be paiJ in the following
order : First, fees and coots of. the pro ,
ceedinga; second, all dues to the United I
States ; third, all dues to the State in
Wjiich the case is pend ng; fourth, wages J
of operatives, Arc, which have accrued in ;
the sir months preceding tht* firs: notice j
cjf the proceedings as above mentioned ;
fifth, all dues to persons entitled to nriori
I
iv, aside from the provision# of the act,
under the laws of the United State#.
''On due notice, at llie tlmfe and ur.der
the conditions provided hy the act, the
final discharge i? to be given to the l?niilc*
rupt from all claims provable under the 1
act; suv.li discharge to be withheld, or to
he invalid if granted, in case of fraud or '
violation on 'tie part of the petitioner of
the provisions of the act in that behalf.
"No second diauliarge is io be granted i
to any bankrupt whose estate is insulfi- '
cient to pay seventy per cent, of the claims
against it without the consent of three*
fourths in value of bis creditors. And no
third discharge can he granted in any
case, lint any bankrupt who lvse paid
nil claims existing nt the time of a previ
ours baVikru^fcy slilll be entitled to a
discharge as though there had bean no !
previous application. Creditors may opi
pose the discharge, and have the grounds
r>f flidr ftnnmiii"" ' - ' ' 11
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debt* created b v action cf the bank runt
in a fiduciary capacity are c*eriij>te<l from
the operation Af the diet-barge. Similar
provisions arc made a* to bankruptcy
proceeding* on the paVt of partnerthVpe
and corporation#.
1 "Ilia proceedings in iiWoluritfcry bank*
ruptcy on the intvion of the creditors
dilft-r from those hi voluntary bankruptcy
imply in tbeir commencement. When* .
ercr a debtor avoids legal process in an
action for the recovery of a debt or de- .
tftand provable under tlm acl,Ar dispones
d* i?i< <p'irly 'rt frAjJ of A is creditors;
or whenever a hanker, merchant, or
trader fraudulently suspend* and Joe* not
reaume tl>? payment of hi* coiuin?rcial
paper within fourteen 'lava, and in a
lar<;e eUn of enumerated cane*, the
debtor, on petition of hi* ci editor* to the
amount of oeer two iiumlrail ami till*
dollar*, shall he adjudged a bankrupt. j
"Alter ill* adjudication of bankruptcy, i
three-foiii ths in value of the creditor* can, {
under the direction a"d approval of the
court, wind up and rettle the bankrupt'*
estate in such manner a* they may agree
upon, and tho estate i* then vested in
trustees, the rights and duties of the trustees
being similar to those of the aligners
under the ordinary method of procedure ;
and the discharge i* to l>e in tl>? same
(orrf, and of the same effect V though j
the usual proceeding* in batfkrtfptcy were
had."
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City of Charleston?Changes.
We make the subjoined citracte from
the Ciiarleiton correspondence of the
^orkville K wjuircr !
"There is one fact noticeable as the result
of the pant gigantic conflict. 1 allude
now particulariy to the feature of |
newness, norelty and change that has j
taken place in our people. Whether this j
be for the better or not, time a'one will
prove. Charleston, before the war, vm !
one of lite most sober, sedate, quiet and '
orderly cities in the country?rather |
quaint and old-fashioned in her notions,
habits ami modes perhaps, hut, neverlhe- J
! h?s>, noted for her sobriety and order.?
, Charleston, since tl.e war, it anything
hut what, the w it There it a ruth, a
whirl, a jostle and confusion in her streets 1
j to which I hoy are completely unused, and j
; for which thev cannot satisfactorily ac j
count. Everybody appears to he utterly |
^ ignorant of tho simp'e rules o' street etii |
I quette, and one is forced to the conclm
, sion ilia*. everything like good breeding
1 and propriety of manners hat h-en voted
i ariti republican and utterly abolished.?
' King street, the most fashionable tho
j rough fare and promenade in the city, is !
! made anything but a pleasant retort for I
! ladies. Mle, vagabond nfcgro fellows, ]
1 strutting about with teg*rs in their mouth*
and squirting tohacco juice from their I
j lips, gaudily dres<ed wenches forcing their j
! way to the inside of everybody, are uot |
, exactly calculated to render an afternoon's
I promenade very pleasant or agreeable to
' some people. Not that I object to the
use of *egars and loLacco, or the gaudv
ureases, utu ia? way in winch these arli- j
| cleft ay# used. Ttie mate fact of (La na
| gro being frea is 110 reason why ha or ?ha '
, should ha insolent, ruda and unmannerly. '
Surely not.
At a genera! thin* ladies do not *an? !
lure out upon the street* at nii*ht. He'
fore the war anv lady might venture out !
any time of night without the least fear '
of violenee. Some change certainly moat '
Iihth taken place in the manners of our
people to render such caution necesaary. I
Several of our churches, before tha war,
held evening or candle.light service. No |
such thing is dona now.
A frea Concert Saloon it it) full hlast in
this city and in one of our most nroinin?r.i
- . f ? j
streets. Your unsophiscated leaders verv i
probably know little or nothing about I
(In* peculiar institution, and ao much tha
better. Suffice it to raj, that a Concert
Saloon was naver dreamed of in this city
pri'dr to the war, and wou'd not have ,
haan countenanced by the community, i
Imagine a dozen or mora "pretty waiter
girls" officiating in a bar room, and deal
ing out liquor and smile* to a company !
of liien. Add to tins singing and instru* '
mental music, and then imagine as ntucb
mora as you think proper.
Some few Sabbaths ago I actually
heard music And dittoing in a private ;
house on one of our most putilic street*.
Tha afternoon of tha same day, 1 was
surprised and allocked to hear vulgar and
profane sounds of boisletaus songs issuing I
from the windows of a neighboring rati
dance and polluting the air of God's own
Sabbath.
Hieta aVa some of the changes which
hove taken place in our dear old city
mnce i iH-i wrote to you from tin* place.
I f>ie*ume that tint i* what the World
call* procreation-, but, to my rtiind, they
present food for aeriou*, sober thought and I ;
cause for real alarm. I fear, tit At at
people, we are growing reekle** and pro
'bg ?tw and ticuiii iVom sheer hope'essnese > 1
and despair; that hope deferred hae
made us heail eick and fool weary-. Ood
he'p us !" ;
The Newberry Hfrald announce* \be I
death of Mr*. Abigail Caldwell, relict of
Judge Caldwell. Mr*. C., was inker
7'0ih year. She wa* the oldeet surviving
staler ol^be laii Ch ef Juiiice O'Neall. \
ITaurastrr tfigw. |
PUBLISHED AT LASCASTRR C. S. C.,
BT i
CONNORS ft CARTER.
Wednesday mousingKeWru?r?28, use.
SutMcritfepi fiuding a (X) crOM iu?rk on tba j
niirfin of llxir h.-.v tin..? ,l-!
time la about to expire.
_ -* i
tr Mm. Tnnwti P. rttnilC if"our authorised
agent to receive, and subscrip'ionx
for the l.tuctB in Oiarle*tou.
A f*ro|?o*Hiof?.
Any person ponding up h Club of fiyk new
niTiferiberit to one Poet Office address, arcoiit- ,
pauied with the cu>h, will receive & copy of
the paper extra for one year.
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Military Orders.
"Tiii nViiitary ord-r? A'dWliahed by l.ient. i
Hoyce, in tftia paper, will be found of ft- |
culiar interest to the public.
Court.
11 ii expected that the Court of Seaeiona '
and Common I'l.na vJi'l ait haro on the {
third .Monday in March. We bavo not j
learnad what Judge will proaide. Salotd.iy |
next ia Return day.
Southern Cultivator.
We Lave received ike February number of
thia paper. No agriculturalist can make a bet. '
ter investment ut t'J,UU than to aubaciitio tor j
to ??-- ?
ii. caru puiiiinhcJ elavvbere.
A Hard Sentence.
We regrtt te hoar that Mr lliggeta Mobley, |
of Cheater, well known ia our Iti.tricf, ha*
boon aenteneed, by ? Military Court, *.c pay a ,
fin; of ona thou*a?d dollar* aud to three ycara j
impi laoimrul and hard Ulior, in the peniten- ,
tiary, lor -hooting and wounding a negro.
I; ii reported that the sentence ot imprison* |
inent ha* been remitted by tteiier M&kii b. |
? mm .
The Lcctur?.
Tlta public w.k favo-vd with .mothar an* .
lertiiiuitig le cture on Kr.day night Inat; I
drliveted. in accordance rith the prrvioen j
aneoiineeiiienl, by Iter. J. W. (.'rider.
'I hare tvaa n good iitWndaece. The third
LeCttile In tha aariea will be delivered on
next f'tiday evaeing. by iter. Mr. People*.
Subject'"MiracUd?Vttnsidered aa an
evidence that the Bible i? from (2od? l're*
phrey?an an evidence el the Uiviue origiu
of tbe Bible."
Municipal Election.
A notice which we ?co posted on the street
coinern, states that an election for Inteadaut
ml Waidens el the Villsge ( Lam-aster will be
held on the first Monday in Kerch.
It is not our cu?n>u> to do lite edvortislng of
corporation* gratuitously, hut we bow call attention
le this matter, with a view of impressing
upon the Villagers the importance <>f thia
election, and of electing uicu to the offices to
he filled, who will discharge their duties faith*
fullw, and preserve, as far as it may he ia their
power, outer, decency and obiiety within tlie 1
eorpoiate limits. When the military ia with- 1
drawn^ which event may Occur at any time, the
eoan-il will lie tfifaolute in regard to f elice re- I
filiations and ether mattera within their sphere; 1
and if you do not elect men who will address 1
themselves to the reatoralien of aaenicipi! law j
aud brder, you may as well have ao eouucil at
all. There has Irean timet here, when a >trang- !
er might have remained for mix months ia the
Village of I.aacaster, wiUiout teeing the diet
evidence of the exlatenee of a town coaucil. '
At other times, we have bad energetic men in
office ; aud with this experience to gaide them>
voters should be able t'b cast at intelligeat
aaffrage at '.He romiag election, f.et all good
Citizen* take an interest in the Matter and elect
the right kind bf men.
Anniversary of Sherman s Raid.
The Columbia ef the 17th iaat.,
cam ex to u* in mourning, in commemoration o(
the anniversary <4 the deairuction ef our Slate
Capitol. This reminds u* that Saturday leal,
the 2tth iuet , en the first annivaraaiy ol the
entrance into our Village of tieaeral Kilpat.
rick'e cavaliy. They came in oe Kiiday and
left en Wednesday lollewiag, the lirat daj of
March, after commit ting depredation# and cauv j
iag dee Utuben, which, if net proportionally aa
great as the ravages epen Columhia, were such
a* will he felt by many of ua for year* to come. I
Our Office, it will be remembered, ahared
the general deatiuetion of all aublutiar^ inter,
eata. The particular day when thi* wa* dene
we cannot place upon record, a* both editor
end printer* were, durieg said time, now eaf ;
bat the fact of ita demolition became in tile
time painfully apparent, end the pre**, like
everything else, yielded to''the iaeaorable log?
ie of create." But it la gratifying to know,
that, although literally ciusbrd and trampled
upon, we have, through energy and |fer*ever- J
enee, ailarn again ; and whereas ia K?l*n?rt
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iat.ft, we nuaed be; ? entail ball ahee t, in IVbrtfftfT
1144, we i?eue ft large doable alifel. I.et
Ui? *11, whatever tofty l?e our vocation, go aa ra*
tatly to work, with the puiftoae to retrieve u?r
diaaetera ; hoping tfeal better tiioea are ahead
of ilt, and that we will never again be viaited
edeh a ravage and deetryetira raid aa the
tnraeoiabU onr el February IMS.
We ledco from a Georgia etch ah gh
(halt the wheal crop io thai hitate ie verj
promising.
Country Schools.
One of the moat deplorable effect* of the late
war, waa the neriou* interference which it no
rationed to the educational facilities of the
country. During the progees of the war, uiaay
of the teachers and pret'tAeera of echoola were
conacribed and placed la the army, and all
boya, a bore certain age*, were required to lay
down weir book* tnd take ui? ihe inipTertctris
f war. And ainpe peace ba? been restored,
the country bae teen ? iinpereriahe d, and1
oppressed with otbei ditteeltiee, that compare*
tively little ntttntioe hen been heetowed upen
the important matter of educating our childiea.
We learn that many portion ol our *>iatiict
arc bare et schools ; that the people uiaeifeet
but little interest in tbe matter, and way that
they are too peor to pay tuition charge*. Thia
U ronl'v te be regretted; and are aie perauadt d
that the pica ef poverty will not bold goad in
many case*. There are very lew person* who
are really too poer to pay the moderate rate*
el tuition charged in our countiy; and il they
bare net the money now, they caa, by the e*?
erctae of iadu>tiy and energy, make it duiieg
tbe prvaent jtiir.
Tfrit to that ef paying hia minister, a man'*
higbett duty is, perha|'a, tbat el previding tor
the education ol bia childree. II we neglect
thia matter, ourchildiee will giow up in igno.
ranee, end we will relapse fnVo' barbarism.
The number of male and leinale adult*, now
living in our Country, who are unable te write
their name*, woeld, il aaecrtained and pub
liahrd, be startling ??ea te drffie'tca
Tbe aid allorded by the State ler lh<> edacelion
ol the poor is not a* large a* usual, the
appropriation lor thia District, the preaeat year,
ea wa undeiataed, having b.-ea leduced from
twelve huedied dollar*, to tour huudred dollar*.
Thia i? to by deplored, but fyie*ir?ue it wa*
all ihe Statu could do in bor pieaeut *iiaiteued
circumstances The people should, on iliia aecouut,
uac ibe greater diligence, mid make up
the deficiency fioiu their own icaoeice*.
In our Village tWe usual facilities ai e atfonFcd,
and ihe school* appear to be very well attended.
Tin- male tcadeiny ia in charge el Mr. J C.'
Hardin, and there ate aevetol leuiale eclioole.
We wiab that evrty portiouof the District waa
an well piovidcd tor.
The Ireedineu, in many inatanees, manifeel a
desire to have their children educate J. This
i? prainewotlhy and uotfld be e lienoreged.
II .my o( imr poofflo hale pi rja'diccs eu ilffa
iMlbJeet, ID'I woe Id ntlher throw Illii4raact?4 in
tb? ??i of the echooling of the black*. Thin
1.1 wrans. They nbould rather be riicaurtgaii
in the tlTarti which they air, with their eery
iliuilar Uciliii'-a, be able to make in thin direction.
It wilt nik? theiu a better aad More
aeefifl people, and will routribute lo IM gruar*
al pioapeiity #f the country.
The Stay Law?Its Coustitutiouality.
We leara threagh the .\>ir Era, that the
rjaealioa of the eoaatitctiuhellty of the
Stay Law, ae it la popularly railed, wan pre
eeated ta Judge Aldrich, at tlierareiit a?eeioa
ef the court of eaiuaaeo pleieia Char
laataa tVrile t...l ' - I * 1
-- .... ?? m??u imr ill* co?.
lectlen ?f rnonty, dua on claim* ? hirh had
arisen (trior lo lh* passage of Ik* law. Tke
sheriff rrfjsed to *?rvo the writ*, and the
question wa* brought up, na a rale af*ia*t
the sheriff, to nbew can** why Hi had aat
etved theia. The ground taken ky tkoee
wko maintain th* unconstitutionality of Ik*
Uw ia, that it impair* tlio obligation of cam
tract*, and tkerefara violate* these provi*
ion* *f th* Slate and Fedcml Constitution
which provide that ao Slat* shall pa** "any
ex po*l fiirto law, or law iaspaifirg th* oklU
(alio* *r eentrscta "
lli* lloaor maintain* tk* eovetitutioaality
nf 11? law, ia a loaf and well written
judgment. II* laid* that the right tu sue
ia out a part of Ike contract, hut only aa
iacideulai rcMfdy .Mid that this may he law*
felly paa'poord by the legislative authority.
The Judfe, in rapport of hi* view, quote*
the opinion of that eminent and gwoi man
Chief Justice Marshal, who, in the case *f
Slurgi* i*. CriHrninihieU, *Hjri, "without
imp tiring the obligation of the contract,
the remedy m*y Bo certainly modified, as
the wisdom of the nation may direct." And
finally ke concludes By summing op *s foU
lows : "The fact that the law was intra*
drd to protect lk? property and the ftnilit*
of thoee who were righting the battle* tf
thair country ; the flct that the Ufiilc
lure tin |wiied thia law again, and again,
and again ; the fact that Ibr grant Judicial
mind* af tba cauatry bar* arrived atoppeait
a coDclwaior.a ; and the farther fact that
the law ia wiae, haniticant mid ja*t?all induce
ma to maintain iu ceu-liiutioaalily."
The a?mt paper saya that tba qneation
will he argueil be fere tie f'uuil of Krrera.
A LlTTi.w "Kauai.i.ion" in M leaiaeirrk.
? A disturbance recently occurred at
Pontotoc, Miaaisaippi, raaulting ia tbn
death of an officer ia ebargn of tba Freed
men's Harass ia that place. From ra
porta it Appears that a large party ia l*oa
totoc bacaina iuc?Ok?d agaiatl tba lluraaa
and angagad in riolooa procaadinga. It
it aaid th? agant of tba iiurcau *u mur
darad in b~? bad, atd tbAt tba aaaailanU
dacUrrd tbair aaimuaity agaiuat tKa tini
tad 8talU, aajiaf ib?y bad ndt yat bad
war enough, and aiill want ad to fight
agaiatt tba Uoraramaat.
A friend wba baa traaaiad lately,at tan
italy, through tba appar couatiaa nod a
portion of South Caroliaa, iaforna tta
tbat tba wbaat crop ia looking uncommanly
promising.? CUarUUi Timtt.
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From WaKhin^toii.
WaMIINCTON, F?K. 15.
In thn Senate, on tbe 14lh, Mr. Fttum
den, front tbe Reconstruction Committee,
replied no amendment to (be Coniiitu'
lion, to bn submitted t.> the State Legist
latures for ratification, providing that i
riilllilfMA e.K.all Kavn lionai l?n ^ I!
! laws which (hall be necessary and pro
| per to secure to eitiier.s in the several
: State* e^ual protection to lifa, liberty and
property.,
Mr. N^ilson/fiorti the Military Coin
raittaa, rapartad the bill to 61 the peace
establishment of lh? Unitad States army,
with amendments. As reported, it omits
I the aeteran reserve corps, eighteen regi
' ments of which were tor origi
1 nslly. ft places the number of itSffwot/y
I regiments at fifty. Discussion was re
sumed on the Constitutional amendment I
in regard to representation.
In the House, Mr. ^flialey offered a j
resolution, which wae referred to the |
Committee on Foreign Affairs, re assert- I
ing the Moaroe doctrine, end re-^eclrr'big 1
the reeolution pasted at a former session
against French interference in Mtiieo;
and further, that the I'resident commence
proceedings for an alliance with all the
republics on tbie continent to resist aggression.
On motion of Mr. Lslhara, the com
initeiooer of Public Puddings was direc I
ted to hare painted the etculcheone of
the States of West Virginia and Nor ad a
on two of the square glass panels on the '
ceiling of the llal! of Itepr esantatifes. J
A resolution that Colonel Jainet M.
Johnson, claiming n seat at a member
from /frksniae, be a>/ihi((e<i to tbe floor, 1
after debate, was laid oa the table byeight
majority. Mr. Pingbam, of the
UHConstructioo Committee, reported tbe
| additional Constitutions! aiWsn^inet.i
guafa'fi'tneiUg the protection of all persons
I iu lbs A i /T.r.i.t Mi.t.. I ? - - ? 1
? ?... v wim }?ru|Nitri !
to make ibis tbe special order lor M-?n |
J?r next, but obj-ction being ml?Jd, on
motioo of Mr. Steven*, tbe amendment i
wa* recommit eJ. Tbe ILmie proceeded
to tbe eoo?ideration of tbe Micbiga i con
teilM election ea*d.
W aeniMOTOH, Feb. 16.
A petition ?u pre**nted from citizen*
of Alexandria asking for a territorial form i
of government for tbe State of Virginia.
Tbe constitutional aratnJiaent waa die
cuteed.
Hqlhe.?A bill era* reported to reim, 1
burse tbe Statee that furnished troope to1
tbe Union arm? for eipeosee incurred ,
and advance* tbaJe id raiting tbe
' same.
W aeitiNOTCv. Feb. 17.
0?o. Robert E. Lit arrived here jm* j
ttrJkj, and to day wai examined before ^
| the Coogreeaional Reconstruction coin1 j
tniilll.
Cors at Fctu?The l>?lene (IltiooU)
GaitUt of December 6th, 'do. eeye :
We apderetend thet many of the pen'
pie of Warren end other tonne in the
j eait part of (tile county, are oeing corn
; for fuel. We had a conversation yen
terday with an intelligent gentleman who
baa been burning it, and who coneidere
, it much cheaper than wood, life aaye
that corn in the ear given conaiderably
I more heat then the same bulk of wood.
I Earn of corn can be bought for ten cecte
' per bttabel, by metaure, and evventy
buebele, worth eeven dollar* will meaeure
a cord. A cord ol wood, including lewi
, iag, coat $0 60, which u #2 60 more thia
1 the coil of ? cord of corn, baeidee the
fact that the corn produce inort heat than
tb? wood. If th?M tatauicnU are true,
1 (ltd ? htfi no XMoa to do?bt them)
I there ie bo fuel mor? economical than
' cbrn. The crop of corn tbt* year i* for
} beyond lb* dtvtud, otd i! it it cheaper
than bbj othor article fur fuel, we caa ?ee
! ao objection to uaiag it ae auch.
? ?
TlU Sbo tn OmOi*. ? The Louiaikaa pa* j
part ahnouoce that the eugar plaotaliona
of illtt State bid fair to regain their for*
; rtM ptoeperity ia a few Viar?. All accdbatago
to tbow that the plaatera gene
1 rally have ao ardent deeire to cOiMltieiice
tepairihg damagee at oaev, where they j
bare aot already commenced. and plant
cate and corn to the esteat of tbeir abil ,
j ity. Coafldewce ia a ow beibg reatored aa
rapidly ae eo?*d IA poeaihl* aipeeled.?
Tk? Mm ia tlitioit HDifMitll; idopud
Ibil Mftr |ro?i?g will pay, aran t?o?J?r
lb< bwvj dn*diMUi|{w rwaluag from
tba waft
HoVMKT Kumim ?r< ?)> atyla
F.wy lidf wbo ?mii ft bonaat, bowl,
cap, hat, fl*l( jockfty, turban of tartan^ j
Ml kftfft feather la it, of aorae aort, I
| aiia or color. j
. - >? ~ 1 rot v:.r i
!\'cw? Nummary.
The C*mieu Journalm*k?, what Stil?
*?er bad io on* y?%r three such gover*
nor* M Magrath, I\rrry anJ Orr.
It ia stated that tha fetaibilitv of taiss
ing cotton in Southern Illinois lias beeo
fully demonstrated, and l?Vg* crop* will
be planted ibis year.
Geo. R. K. Lee ha* arranged with C.
D. Richardson, of New York, for thn
publication of bin history of the war. It
it now rti' preparation, but will not be
eorapUted in several months.
The New York 7Vme.?, of the 18th'
instant, aaye : A gentleman who arrived
in this city last evening, direct from Ter*
as, by tbe Galveston steamer?and whose
means of information are unsurpassed?
assures us that the cotton crop of that
State, for tVie pVfs'rat year, will utccerd
GOO 000 bates.
We learn that on Tuesday, the 13th
inst., I >r. J. Jarrott, an old and promis
neot citizen and physician of Darlington
District, was k*lied at bis residence, near
Florence, by his overseer, eoe Lewis liar:
old. The murderer, we beer, bae been
arretted.
A bill for the education of negroes has
bean fritroduced in the Legislature of
Florida. It propfsrs to tas cegroee
to the amount mjulred, tba sum to ba
paid into the Slate Treasury to be die*
buteed by the State an! county ofticers.
The Governor endorsed the plan, an>l
asked its reference to a joint committee,
Tiir ftriri VV.?.i-. .. r:......- -
Tli? property el the State Works in
Oreentille baa been seized by the United
Stairs authentic*, and, unless the Seerelarj
of the Treasury iball consider hie
recmt decision, it will, we pre?ume, lie
nold by them before very long. This eeill
t?e a serious losl to itle State, and will
serve in fncreese, of course, the burdens
of laiaiL'fi upon ill our people.?Ornu*
rillr J/ounfuinrer.
A llsitn S^arasOK.?The M scon 7?/
rgrnph eeys the Sentence of the Military
Commission, who tried Mr. CI. II. Ltmar;
for cotton frauds, bribery, Ao., in Saear* '
nah, a few weeks ego, has n ?t yet been
made public, though we leero privately,
that the judgment of the Commission
was three years imprisonment and |!j,
000 fine I The I'/eiident has ordered
Mr. Lamer lo be releeeed on beil until
he can get tim* to etsmine fully into the
evidence on which tbie ?eiere (entente it
pronounced.
The (iiteufill* l?<llro?>l hu been for
eeeeral deye ruouing through in oil# dee.
The break in ili 4 road ie about eeveu
milt*, which i# made in etage#. TLeu
there ie the riter to gel acrote at .\letdn.
Thie ie done U|>on fl*te and entailer crafte.
Some ooe write# a Jetter froru More*
head City, N. C.t to the Norfolk l'oet,
eying that he recently tew John Wilkee
ll ?th, the luan who killed l'rrlider't
I.ncoln, in a foreign country, and that
1 llootk eaid he eecaped from thie country
miougu rioriua. It it generally t?olia**d
tbat 1 tooth wu LilUd id a barn by tome
aoldiera who pursued liim front Waahiii*'
ton ; and * think La it dead, not with*
standing tba statement of lb* VI or ahead
City corrctpoodant.
810 nine a Nr.?A correspondent of tba
New York Attea, tpeaking of tba protni
naat pkraooa prerent to haar tba Kuloft y
of Mr. Itaucrofl to tba iiiamory of Praei*
dant Lincoln, ta)t :
"(ianeral (irant and Admiral Karragnt
orcapiad prominent tenia on tba door of
tba i!o?*a. Tb# four arm cbaira imma*
diately l>abiod Central Crant vera occupiad
by Ireoeral Butler. At laaat ba oci
cupiad one of tba four,</??/ mo rmeaeemft
to otcn/ty the other three. Kfary
otliar chair on tb* door of tba llooaa an
occupied."
No ona teamed willing to ait baaida
tba baro of the lli| Ditch.
JUdga l'attaraoa, Senator alact from
Taunaeaaa, baa been eiaibiaod by tbo
llMonsiruction Committee, lie thinks
bo Kreedmsn's Huresu ie seeded in Km!
Tennessee, sad (bat all tbe national
ttbope uiay safely be withdrawa (rout tl?4
bta'a.
| Tbe Steamship I.ou>l<>n was recently
recked is tbe Hay of Imscst, aad two
hundred aad eit?y lives were lost. Tbe
fortitude of the officers of tbe teasel who
refused to avail themselves of the rueer>e
of escape ie highly eulogised.
Tbe Constitutional emend meat, aha eg*
iag tbe basis of represeateiioa,is thought
to bate no cbaaee of success in tbe Sen*
ate, as a fair count of its odrotates and
opponents baa been made, aad the ratals
if tba ceuat be correct, shows that il will
receive seteateea nejre, iacluding aletea
i iHmocrnU and til Kepeblieena,