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J?x?? ? w fowiriAi..] Headquarters 2d Military Distrlot, { Onaiu.ksTon, sjj. 1/'a? Dooe.nOOr a 1. j [CJenenil Orders A7>. 1?> I ] I. l'ARACRAPII I! OK CKNF.lt A I, ORDERS NO. 10, from tl?o Headquarters of the Second Military D'ulrict. date 11,1867, ia m-'diliod :ia folio,v?: Judgments or decree* fir the ]?ivnn*nt of money on eauacH of notion :irisino in North Oaroiina, between tlio day < ' May, lUCil, mid tbe -uili day "I A|irll, and in Souiii Carol,u.i between Uie l'J.ii day of Decotnber, 1800. and the UUlh day of April, j 1865, shall uol i>? enforced, by eveeuiion, | i,gainst li.u person 05 property of the dc- ( JCUUIUII. I'mtecUin^s ><>r Mica causes i?l* ; notion no.v pending nhull be Maycd, and no suit or j>:oo*' -4 shad be instituted ?.?r com ' ineuced on such causes ofiic'i.>n until after j tile civil unveriiineiil oi" llie rcspeotiv o St it . s j hall bo established in iieooiu.uiec to the j laws of the United Stnt -s. Paragraph ill ot' the a.nue order ia oiodi- | fiad as follow*: SherilVs. coroners, nd constable*. are herebj directed n> suspend the sale of nil i property npoii execution, or process under j tuiy judgement or ilicreo of a court of tin ; eo-called I 'unfedornte States, cr of the. 1 Stute of North Carolina rendered b> twecn j the 29th day of Mac, 18(>l,and the organi* | 'zalloii of the ptovisiiinal government of I said State, undei tho Presid.-rt's ptoclnma- ' tion of tho 29th day of April. ISd.y or of the Stale of South Carolina, rendered lie- j twecn tho ItJili dav of December, i rstii?, and j tho organization of the provisional govern i inent ofthesahl Sta'c, under the President's | proclamation ot the 30th day of June. iSrih, unless the written consent of tho defendant | be entered of record, and except in cases i where the plaintiff, or his attorney, upon ' onth, Buppoi ted by corroborative testimony, j ehall allege that the defendant is disposing i of, removing, or about to remove, his pro party beyond the jurisdiction of a court ; wiiii iiucm 10 intra:) 1 ins creditors : /'r>- j xidt J, thnt 110 sueli j ideoment, ho rer, it-red, j Within the periods t".rosuid. shall :i l> *r I to tho cotiHllflU'-iMU-nt. ill :i JSlMle court, of 11 | new suit upon the tunic cause of action in . liny case in which, l>/ 1 nv, thu defendant , may rcni'ivo or n:?i lite bantu to a court , of the I'liited lit -t !. The ?afo of real or personal property. by , foreclosure ol' fii??rti^aire. is hkewi-.il stis1 | pnndrd in the iMitci embraced in l'.irnifrtn'.i j II mid 111 <<t sa.il Order No. 10, as above i amended, i-xcspl in cases whore interest , money ucoriiini; subsetpic-nt to 1 lie *J9th day of April. Itih.5. shall not havO lieeti paiii be | fere the day of sale, and nil previous reulrictions oil sin h sales are revoked. Paragraph IV of theaiiine order is modified liv siib.ti:ulin? the li'HIidav of April, 18(1.1. for the I9lh dav of May. !8i?j. Parana :li \* of the bjmii older Is modi lied as follow s : All pro. r?edinrr< for the recovery of money on eontrncts, w hether under seal or by parol, the consideration of which w..s tne I purchase of slaves. iumI sn!>- ,l-- 1 first day of Jaim f\\ lH(i3,nre I ? i Jud;oi tents or i'l'cri'i'S entered I' ir such c.iuo j ua of action ?-*i ? 11 not lm < :;!' .reed. Paragraph VJl of the same ord -r is modi. 1 fied as loilows : In a'.i sales of properly ui.dor execution , or bv or>i?r ofany court, there ahnli bo rc | served out of the property ofany defendant I , wlio lias a family dependent upon liisor her ' , labor, a dwelling liousu and uppurteiiauceHi lind (it* in the country) twenty aeres of land, or so III Hell thereof llial tin: whole shall not exceed m vi luo the sum of two thonuaiid dollars; and In a town or city* tiie immediate lot upon which such dwelling bouse is situated ; and necessary articles of furniture, apparel, subsistence and implement i of liusban Irv. trade or other employment, to tiie val ue of live hundred dollars. The homestead ex inption shall inure only ?r. lb.? I,......lit r r. ? .i: ? ..... .......... VM nun Iirn, III Oilier CUSPS, the exemption shall extend only to clothing and implement* of trade or employment Usually followed iiy the defendant of llie Value of two hundred dallars The oxemp 1 tions hereby innde shall not he waived or 1 defeated by tlie act of any defendant who bus h family dependent tij> >n him or her for support, ami the exempted property ah ill lie ascertained nnd defined by the bhorills or ' other ollieei enforcing tlio execution, wiio Bind1 call to his aid two impartial citizens to innke the neeoasnj-j appraisement, and shall inuke report thereof to the court. Paragraph X i* hereby modified so as to authorize arrest in civil aclious ex contractu only in cases where the demand is past due and the defendant has beeu guilty of* fraud in contracting the dchi sued for, or bus re , moved or disposed of his property, or is nbout to do so, with intent to defraud his ' creditors, or is about to leave the Stale with uucli intent. ( Paragraph XVI ia amended by adding thereto, all proceedings in any court of North Carolina, or of South Carolina, recognizing or sanctioning tbo investment of the funds of minor heirs, or of females, or 'tif insane persons, In the securities of the lafe rebel government, or the securities of the States of North Carolina or South Car* oiina, created for the purpose of ea-ryin?on 1 war against the Onvemmont of the United - ..;n ? >-J ?" I?c 3u*|inuieu IIIHII lilt' question of the validity of *nch invent men ta shall have br en de'oruiined by tho Courts of tho United Winte.s, or by national legislation.? And nothing in tho provisions of this order, nr of the order No. 10 above cited, alisll be held to bur er hinder the recovery, by suit, of the tsluto of tu>y tuinor heir, female, o( tnsane person (cestui >jtut trust,) whether in the hands of executors, administrators, trustees, guurdiar.e, masters or clerks of equity courts, or other fidicuary ng-nts, or Invested by lhain in their fiduciary character. I tf. General Grdors No. 2.1, of May 20, 1867, is revoked; and on and after the first day of January, 1&66, tl,? distillation of spirituous liquors in this Military District Vvill be Hiibject to such restrictions onlv as are imposed by the laws of the United 85tnt?>* and ofths States of North and South Caroii mi, rAe)Mctively. . 'Ill Paragraphs VI, and VII, of General Orders No. :'.2, dated May 20, 1867, are i ycvihod, and tlit* power to grant licenses for the solo of rpiiiluoua or intoxicating! liquors is rojiiited to tho proper local au- | thorfiios, to tiko efl'. ot on and nfier tho first I day of Jsfiunrv. 1868. r.nd to h.? atihim.t i the following conditions : 1 The tnQnlcip I authorities granting the licmise m 11.111 ho answerahlo that tho parties to whom such licenses are granted, togelher wilh their arm-tie*, shall bo responsible persona, and of good moral a'n ndirig in the community, and that both principal and sureties ahall he able to qualify individually in double the amount of the bond required, nnd that the bond shall be a lien upon the | persona! property or both principal and i sureties, and upon proof of default ahall | warrant the aummary seiruro and sale of ao much of the property of either or both aa may ho nssees.try to aatiafy too forf.iture or line and eosta. 2. Drunkenness or d sordcrl/conduct on ' the premiss* ahull work tho f jrfeiture of I' Um license and cf lbs penalty of the bund, i K: " 3. Tiio owner or keeper of any liar room, saloon o' other place nt which intoxicating liquors are sold and ail other persona interested or connected '.herewith, .hull lie recarded n* principals in any action of damnte# growing out of any assr.uIt, riot. atiVsy or other disorder occurring on the premises, or directly traceable there o. t. Ail l?ar rooms, saloon* or other places at which intoxicating liquors art- s-dd. shall buttoned on the t!av MT ilii' M ofiinv ifetmrnl or local election, and fur thf? twelve hours ii>'M preceding llit* ??pen:n?j mid next suereidioif the i-loniiiji of tin* |>ol!? at such election ; mill the wImt'iIVh of ?*?> 11 otand districts, and the chief of police .if cities and towns shall b-ve power lo direct tlio closing of luir room* and other places fur the sale of intoxicating lienors v believer it may lie neces-ai-v in their judouieiit to preserve order mid i{ liet. 5 'I'lie oroceeds of nil licenses, forfeitures nnd tines, under the local regulations or wilder the provisiuns olmiituiv orders, will he devoted to the support of the poor, niui as soon as tvnlized will be turned over to the commissioners or overseers of the poor of the district, countv, city or town in which they accrued, and the commissi mots or overseers will at tins mid of each month rop'wt to I'm I'roVosl Marshal (ieneral of the District the amount iccoived hy them during the month, specifying the names of the parties from wlmm it was receive I. fi. Toe penalties imposed by this order or by the local police regulations may bs enforced ill any civil or military court, and upon conviction the court invy award to the informer a nam not exceeding lilty per cent, of Ihu forfeiture or line And it is made the duty of nil shrritl's, corn-tables, and coroners of counties and districts, and the police of cities mid towns, to be vigilant in thu enforcement of the nol'co rcirulotiMiiM I - - O '* nnil the provisions of thin order in rclatiou to tfm suio of intoxicating liquors. Tho provisions of this paragraph will be hcM to npp'y to such licenses granted uri <ier (icncral Orihrs No. 32. to inn keepers, ns r 'tn iin unexpired after the 1st of January, ISliS. IV. To promote t!ie ppeodv trial of p isoners coii.iocd for minor otfenevs, tind ill mininh the cost of their maintenance, nil committing hi'a'islrateS wail on Hie 15th and last days of oa h month report to the Jo-loo i f t' eir fount v or I fist rut f otil t nil eoniniitinenl s made by them during tho preCeo dillS1 half lil'Utll, pi-eif. :r the date of commitment*, t ie mini-*m of the prisoners, ami tho otfenee* fir which thev were cominittrd, to the end that the Judges may. whenever in llieir opin'on the number of prism ers or other considerations of public interest call fur it, bold special terms of their courts, for tin* purpose of di-pming of suell cases The additional ovpel|*C of holding Mich speeia' terms will lie a cuarga upon liie S'n'e Trcasurv, :'mI lh - accounts there!',ir will lie audited and paid as accounts of a aituilar character are now audited and paid, and if the salaries no v paid the Judges should be iundci] into in v.ew of the additioaal labor performed by them, a reasonable addition, upon proper rcpre*en la ions through tho tJovernor of the Cat ale, will he allowed. V. The pilotage regal lions now existin if in the f tales of N .rib and Mouth (Jar. [dinn, arc so ! ir nt'idife-d t pit on and alter i ii?? nr*i itn\ i i u ireh, ;i 11 passenger ileum v -? ?, i*?</>? 1 nti It. tlii' lawn ol' the Dnitttd Si.ili-s, eair\iog a pilot commit, tinned iiy I litid States tfointnissiiincrN, shall It.? exempt from the compulsory payment of pilotage. VI. So tntii'h of tin? Ac', of the (iciiornl Assembly of tile State of North Carolina, ent tied "An Act to rnitn innin-iratified on tin- i!tj. It ti.iy of February, ] h'i7. at in .ken it "the dutv of alt pert..iih anil corporation* to list a.ill piy the [ (tol. j tax of uncii per sons li.title tu tli<* same, a* nro in their cm ployineat, on the first day of April of each year, an laborers," n hereby n-cindcl, and hereafter all imiivnlnal taxes will be n*ae**< mi diieetiv upon and colleeted directly from the individuals from whom they are due: I'rvvitkil. that the provisions i t" this order shall not apply to the taxes levied for the urrent year, except that double tax ahull not be enforced i f the original tax be paid jii or before the first day of March, 1NH8. lly eominaini of Hvt. Maj (.Jen. Kd It. S. .'ask r. LOUIS V. C'A'/.IA110, Aide-do ('snip. Act As*!. A?ijt. Cii-n. t'lii'Jiii. I III M V. < A/.IAI.C,A I', b.| IV. A. A. A. G. Decisions of the Court of Errors. From the Greenville Enterprise ?ege'. ihe following abstract (.f log.i! joints, de. Bided hy the Court of Errors nt the recent Fail Term in Columbia. The points arc r.f material interest to a majority of our reader* : 1st. The Statute of L'niitations did not run in ti.is State during the existence ot the Stay Lvw. 2d. The ordinance cf the convention allowing parti** to prove what w is the consideration and value of all contracts, during the war, is not in violation of the United States Constitution, nor does it im|>?ir the obligations of contracts. 3 ]. It is not in violation of the Cnnati tution of the United St?tes for (be 1 >:atrtct Courts to try criminals without a pr.-sciit* meat of a Grand Jury. 4th. The Tax Collectors are not cotm pelled to receivn the hills of the Hank of the State of South Carolina in payment of &lh. That slavery waa not abolished at the date of President Lincoln's proelarna' lion, hut ceased to exist when the State w as captured. flfh. Rxprosa Oompmiea are liable to ho taxed on their income. Tho tax on National Banks, and the validity of negro debts, were postponed. Tli ? Court dee ded that the Columbia and Augusta Kailroxd might cross the South Carolina ItiilroaJ in Columbia, lint tho case was retained for a compromise he twreen the two companies in regard to the crossing and other matters. The question of the valid'ty and constitutionality of the organization of the juries under military orders was argued in the Court of Appeal^, but no decision has yet been announced. Ihscoursing the recent removals ofDia trict commanders, the New York Tribune Ml V* 5 "Til* Trepidant micc???r?illy swiys the ijantn of political cbe?s. The President remowai eiery man who favors rneonatruo lion under any other plan than hia own. Die pa.ne goes on, the President winning ill the time; nor do we fiil to see that the pow?( which strengthens him is fiotn !ral firant. There is no use in conoealng or avoiding this fact. Oeiieral Grant s an iniiruineut of Mr. Johtnou'i wid." ; ICiuinister I>Ligm\ : rUBUSUBD AT LANCASTER C. II. S. C., UT < 0\M>KS * CARTER. THURSDAY MORNING, JAN., 9, 1808. | Subscribers timling a (X/ crms mark on Miu | margin ol their puper may know that their I time is about to expire. ; _ ? i . . a-. -J > -i TERMS FOR SUB.-JCRIPTIOtf. ! For one year, in nJranec, $3 00 For fix month*, " 1 Ml 1' For three nomllis, " 1 00 ,,.IM , . i Valedictory. j With this issue, my connection with j ' the J.tif'/er terminates. After the many j I years of pleasant intercourse with its , readers, which it has been iriy privilege J ! to enjoy, I cannot hut express regret that : ! circnm .tuni cs rcuder it advisable and I proper*for mo to part with my interest in the cone-1 ti. Professional labors requir j ing all of mv time, I cannot willingly com i t'luie a business to which it is impossible ! for me to devote the alteulion'it requires j I ntnl which the nations of the fciper have > ' a right to expect. Pnr a considerable . ; time, I have not been nblo to properly j discharge the duties devolving upon me i ; as cliief 1'Mitor, thereby doing injustice j l.otn t<> niyselt and to Hie leaders of tlie ! paper. My connection w'lh tlie T.fhjcr has been uniformly pleasant mid profita- [ an 1 nothing eliort of a necessity arisi j l it>t; from other engagements could induce | j mo to dissolve it now. In parting with n paper which T have ' | conduct.'il continuously for eleven years, ! j I must he permitted to express tnv satis' j ' faction that it fails into the hands of a j j L'entleinan who is well qualified for the J duties which he assumes. Mr. Cartkii i Ii is been co proprietor and Kditor for tlie j last two rears nmj was connected with i j the paper as h practical printer lor a nilin< j j b?-r of years previous to that time. lie j | possesses both lite requisite experience | and nbi! tv for making the iisoer well , i . j worthy of the support ai d confidence of I j the community. With :nv best wishes for the prosperity | of the paper and '.lie happiness of its ! readers, I he/ to hid both farewell. W. M. CONNORS.. i j The foregoing artie'e nnrouncea the 1 | irr iniimiiou cn UlC CQIII #?cur?n < T >V , INI. I Con sous, Esq , w itli the Lancaster J.rtl I <j?r. This, will no doubt, lie receir- | ed with expressions of regret by bis nu. morons friends anJ admirers, ltnsiness <>f another character, upon his part? the practice of the law?necessitates his withdrawal. For lite past eleven years his graphic pen and polished diction l as j graced these columns; and his ready comprehension and ma'uto judgment upon all questions affecting the interests ofour District and State, has wielded an influence in the promotion of justice and the suppression of wrong. We Are cogmzsnt of his loss in the Editorial do partment of the T.cdijer, and while we may not attain to fill the position made vacant by bis withdrawal with equal fore- | sight hnil Accuracy, wo may trust to the i indulgence of a generous public. Wis will hero remark, that our n?*oeia- ' lion with the retiring partner ha* hoon of the most agreeable character, and Id* steri ling qualities and gentlemanly deportment have ever commanded our admiration and ' esteem. Identified with Lancaster I>i*tr:ct, it j shall bo our endeavor to make the paper I j a (rue exponent of the sentiments of her i I people upon all questions touching hei ! j inoro immediate interests ; and with this i j purpose in view, we would respectfully ] j invito a free expression of her citizens ! through these columns, j In assuming the entire management, | we are mindful of the responsibilities and j the duties imposed ; and trusting to our j long experience in journalism, we think, I inftll iufuln n,A,...?.. ? ^ * ...... .......j n .. un a? wormy the support of en intelligent people. D. J. CARTER. Order No. 104. We publish elsewhere order No. 1G4 of Gen. Cnoby, making very materiel moiMl nations of order No. 10, known a* Gen. Sickle's Star Law. It will be seen . lb at all restriction upon tba collection of I debts is removed, eioept upon pauses of > action arising between the ltitli of l>ej camber 1800 nod the 20c.li of April 1805 i and upon jadgments and decrees made during tha same period. Those are sua* pended until the civil government has been formed under the Acts of Congress, I "? w I OIIIVT III ^ WIlQir J properly* or where minor* are concerned. The restriction is removed from negro debts, except for purchases made subsequent to 1st January, 1803?the lime when Lincoln's emancipation proclama lion was intended to take effect. The homestead exemption of twenty acres is retained, provided the land and appbrtenances do not exceed two thous. and dollars in value. For Ibe particulars of these, and other mod ideations contained to the order, we refer to the document itself, which is published on another column. ?-m -.hie J?B 1868. | Ic would afford un very great pleasure to be Ht?l? to congratulate our readers up' oo tins prospective blessings which the new year, jurt ushered in, holds out to ua as a people?to tell them that light is breaking through the mists of political and pecuniary evils by which we have been so long alllicted, and that the long looked for era of nunn nml prosperity id about to gladden on with it* presence; but candor compels us to say tlint a careful review of the situation yives no assurance of ??n truly termination of the present anomalous state of affairs.? Nearly three years have passed since the close of the war?three venrs of diasp pointed hopes, poverty a ml oppression for the South, ninl s'ill lite indications admon ikh us that the end is not yet. The order lor the assembling of a ne gro?Southern renegade?vankee Con vention haa lately been issued, and we have no reasonable hope of any oilier result than that ti e experiment or a (Jo*eminent formed under the reconstruction Acts of Congrpss is to be fully tested.? That this experiment will finally prove a failure, none can doubt who are acqnain* ted with the temper nnd material of those who are about to he placed in power; colored men without education, and with* out the capacity to comprehend what are constitutions and laws, are to take the places in our District which were former ly filled hy such men as Karnes, Canteen and others, and the moving of the whole machinery of Government will he attemp tod with materia! which is only fit for the corn firM, tbo work?shop or the {?*?????*??i tiary. That the end of all thin will be ilia discomfiture an.l possible ruin of the r.pgro, who has been elevated to a pnsi tion which he is unfilled for, is more than probable; but in the meantime the conn try sufTors for the want of a healthy ntnl stable Government, and it is entirely tin certain how long this state of allaire will last.' All that cur peop'e c?n do is to ratientlv await the result of the experiment that is going on. lint, while ?? submit with patience to the humiliation* and in. con v-mience* which our corquorer* impose upon us, we must not be unmindful that we have duties to perform which will call into exercise all of our talent and energies. I )ur lime sbouUl be devoted to bettering nor rnnt< rial condition. No law lias been made to debar us from tilling 'be s<>i' and producing the necesssiies of life, or to deprive us if ti e fruit* of our labors nrier l* pv li* o hcen realized, nor ia there Iikc'y to he, and h? loop n* these privi lepea are left open to u?, our case ia not entirely hopeless. If pvpry roan will nrac'ico industry and encourage honest effort in others, the ait* nation will lo?c many of the unfavorable feature* which it row present*. All of the intelligence, energy and wrallh of tin* country are possessed by those who me Southerners in tin* true sense of the term; these, if properly directed, must ultimate ly control the destinies of the State, and with the exercise of prmlence and forti tude on the part of our people in the print* through which w? are now passing, it may Ins Ii<ht -ere Hiuttl.fr New Year limit have come and gone, there will lie such cliHngee of lIt?* situation r.s will en courage the hope vf an early return to confidence and prosperity. Let ua begin the year with renewed purport to net well the part which has b.-en ??I!<.11 ?i to us, trusting that hii over ruling Providence wid direct our efforts to a profitable cod Aid for the South. As an offset to the unfavorable aspect of affairs pertaining to the South in other respoctr, we are glad to perceive that there ia a well founded pro*pact of mate rial aid being extended bv lb? (Jovern' rnent to tho planters, to enable them to carry on their finning operations. This should inspire our peoptu with renewed hope for tho future, despite the troubled appearance of the political horizon. We learn from various sources that the proj eci m vxmgreastonnl ?H la prominently talked of in Washington. The Charleston News says that three plana of relief havo been submitted : 1. That Congress should authorise a loan of $30,000,000, to be lent in small sums to necessitous planters, the loan to bear six per cent, interest, nod to be ae Ired bv mortgage of the land and a lien upon the crops of' the borrowers ; ? the loau to be ditir-huied by local com toiasionera of approved position and standing. 2. That the government should lend the Southern people an amount equal to the gross amount of revenue already re ceivod by the United States from the cotton tax ; the loan (o be secured, iaeued, and distributed as under the first plan. t Tk-. !.- u.-.- o u him iiiu uniifu nmim uonrnm^Di should roll tlie ^oM in the nation*! Ire* ury, in exces* of tlie *uro required to meet current demand*, and lend the pre* mium realised by ite ?*le to the South, upon tbe term* *nd in the manner before nnmed. The?e plant were folly diactiMed and explained in repealed conversation* with he Prea'dent, General Grant, Chief Ju?. tico Chase, Senator Harlan, and General O. O, Howard. The Prvaidoot *as heartily In favor of some scheme for Southern relief, and would do all thai lie could to ODSure its prompt adoption, Geueral Grant said that lie would Rb Secretary of War, submit to Congress, immediately upon llie reassembling of tliat body, a coinmiiuicalion earnestly ro commending one oftbo plans submitted to him nnd already mentioned. Ciiief Justice Chase was very warm in j liia expressions of solicitude for tlie relief I of the South. His support, nnd that of | hit party adherents to a scheme of gov ' eminent relief, is considered certain. Seiii I ator Harlan, of Iowa, formerly Secretary I of the Interior, likewise signified his np> ! proval of the project and his intention to ' sustain it in the United States Senate. General Howard saw the necessity of relirf of some character for the South, but expressed no opinion on the plars proposed. He uri;ed, however, a proper and gni<>roua distribution of food by the government, so long as the nccetsity for its issue existed, the cost to ho ro| a:?i after a certain time, nnd in the meanwhile to be secured bv a lieu on the crop*. General Howard lias taken ate; s for the immediate issue of food to all desli tu'.e persons, white nnd black, in the South, in sutlicienl quantities to avert act tual Hiitltring. Tlii* measure will doubt, les* l>e the means of giving our poor peo p!o great nr.?1 substantial relief. Kverr indication i* now in favor of the speedy movement of Congress for the re* I lief of the South, and as the Radical* themselves do oot reliain from urging the expediency of government assistance it in likely that Congressional action will not long bo postponed. Th'n may I e but nro other tigu of returning kindness and jo* lice, ni I the practice of charity will, al ter all, bo tbo suroRt way of accomplish iug true reconstruction. PBTITION FHOM At.AUAKtl.VN8.? A pC lilion w as last week presented to the l'rea iden't, rignrd by about 800 prominent citizen* of A lahatna, setting forth that a "revolutionary body," styled a Convi-n* lion, ha* been in session at tho capital of that Stale, and ha* passed ordinance* set* | ting aside the <hmatiiution and laws of i Alabama. ami disfranchising many of lit r ' citizen* who have already received the i Kvecutive nardon fur ih? .1 i - "**" against them, and a*king the interposition | of the President to prevent the ordinancca ! of Hfti'1 Convention faun being carried i:> to effect. I n-: Statk Cunvkktion.?The Charleaton Courier learn*, from a ru'inltlc eotiree, that the totkl official return* givo a majority of r little over 8,000 for a Convention. The opinion ha* been advanced by a co'.emporary that the delay hat caused a coii*iJer>ih!e interest upon tl.e tir?t relurti* rendered. ? o? imm ? ? For the Lancaster Ledger. Mkrhk* hinroite : Permit tne, if you , please, to *av to correapoudent* and *ub? ( amber* to the ' Christian Neiyhlorthat i my addreaa u Columbia, S. C. Those I having aubacriptiotia in hand, and other* | dent ring the piper, will pleaae write nc> i corduigly at the earliest practicable time, | giving the name and I'oal?ollice (La'.inct i i.. 1 i- / m 't1' I it nnu in inn. i no money i* not expect ? i until subscribers shail have received | lhtt first number. Thanking you for favor shown the en terprise, I am your* vert Irtilr, 811)1 11. UUOWNK, t.'oluinbii, S. C. INCRN01AHY ACIS IN DAKI.IKOTON .? ! It is willi sincere regret that we notice ihe il'itiiibfil state of nff.tira in soma sections of tiie Stale, and if llie stealing and burn | ing which is now taking place ia to be r.iitinued it will beat the uxoeose of the most vital interest* of aociely. These I midnight outrage* must ba checked and the perpetrators of litem brought to j ist.ce. I A letter was shown us yealeiday, by a merclianl of our city, from one of (lie moat prominent citizens of Darlington District, which staled trial at out 10 P. M. on the ; 27ih of December, his family, which bad retired for the night, were startled by tho firing c?t guns, and, <>e looking out, the : torch of the incendiary had been succeaa fully applied to bin giu house, and to a large crib full of fodder, bay and shucks in ihe immediate vicinity of the farm, I stables, wages and carriage house .? 'the other buildings were saved by ibe wind being favorable. The tire destroyed the gin Louse, screw and 1200 bushels | cotton see h They also went into the field and burned five stacks of fodder. A ! neighbor, on the same night, had his gim . house and fodder stacks tired.-? Chnrln< Ion News. Diauosa m Mississippi.?The (Jin Icinnalti Uaztitc be* the following account of tl.e doplor*l>!o condition of affair* in "Ti.e atalo of thing* i? appalling. I)i*> treaa, want and m??ery are even now Mftlkini; abroad. What it mav coma to | in the dead 'of wirier nod spring, <><>d only know*. Kvery kind of bwaioe** I here ii prostrated. Planter* are batik, rnpta by the failure of the crop*, and involve the merchant* who advanced for them on the ?trangth of the growing : crop. '1 he dwtreaa her* will be equal, I am afraid, to the Ir?*b famine of 1647 and 1848. I aaaure you, you never **w ueh dietreaved and ruined people na tb? people of Mlaaiaeippi, and I presume tbe citizen* of tbe otber cotton Hta'.e* are in ibe same conditio, and ! *ee no remedy j etcept within tbe fold of the Union." ij o t: A \a . Religions Notices. Tlie IIev. J. N. Ckaiu, wiU preach at the following places durii.g the present month : At Wnxhaw, Sunday, January 12. a ?i.- u:ii " * nt inn ? uirt^w, oununy, January 19. At l>ongtais, Sunday, January 20. Services in the Methodist Church at i this |>lace on every Sabbath, unless other* j wise notified. I if 'Ihe address of tho llev. Su>i H. Rkownk is Colombia, S. C. ! The District Court. j The lit Quarterly Session of tho I)i*. ' tiict Court, for the present year, will con! veno on the fourth Monday, the 27th of I January, io*t. Return day Friday, 17th. Almanacs for 1808. Messrs. 1 >u(lie ?fc Chapman of Colum | bin, have our thanks for copies of the 'Merchant'* ami Farmer's Almanac for 18C9," published by them. It is a comprehensive and well arranged one. l'rico j 75 cents per do*en, post paid. Temperance. We are requested to state that the repulsr mooting of the "Lancaster Tern I perance Society" will be held on Friday I evening rext, at candlelight, at the Methodist Church. The public are cordially ' invited to attend. ' The Freedmen, It d^nj, from what wo can learn, are beginning realize the important truth I of the ancient proverb, "that a rolling ! stone gather* no mo**." We are glad to ' hear o? but little changing about?a da* I oided improvement noon the last voar.? The good conduct of the majority strong* j thena the hope, that a more aucceaeful and systematic plan to the fanning inter* eat* may he permanently established, vherehy nil classes may be benefitted.? The lazy set who lounge around our town ! m search cf "small jobs" would do much ; l.Atlasr ??\ 11 ?* I utu ilo. I? % ? iiMMMin \IIV r*nni|MO ui IIJO muro industrious of tItoir color. Slander. Of die slanderer, il 1 a? licet) truthfully ' remarked, "dial lit-ll cantiol boast of a i more wicked fiend, nor man deplore su f iul a foe." The aged and llm young, ; die gutid and die beautiful ; llie physician engaged in aela of charity and. mercy ; llie lawyer, espousing the cause of lion I ectv and j.stice ; tlie meroliant,)lionestiy dealing with his patrons ; die laboring man peaceably and quietly pursuing Ida vocation; ll.e blushing damsel? a model of virtue and goodness; ti e pulpit, with i's sacred teachings, all alike, e*cape not llie fiery duts of this demon incarnate. Agaiukt nl.ii.dcr, there is no defence. It stabs with a smile, k is a pestilence wa.kir.i? in ilsrlnm ........ I.. .. -?.?' ? - 1 vulll(.^IUII ' fir hii J wide. It :a thu heart?searching I dagger of the assarsin, whose poisoned piignard leaves r wound incurable. It j it at fatal as the sling of the deadly atp ?secret murder ia its employment, innocence its prey, and tuin its sport. Sales day Is a huge thing in these nnomaloua times. The occasion is si.tlicient to give consequence, and the inforeiice judging from order 1CI is, that its im pot lance trill he increased, 'loan people, generally, l>ke it. It it uiineccitarv to say that court olli.ora, merchants anJ printors all superlatively adimre it?that ia, if the j Kheritl" li.it no special admiration for 1 I them ? that's 'nalur.' Keere m?n ?!.? 1 reads the Lfdytr (and that's nol * few) I knows exactly aIihi'i to l>e done on t hit J cherished occasion?cherished as an an# / cient cua*om? accordingly they com* ? prepated v* i'.li requisite knowledge to pw J tbein through on a safe basis. If he? want* merchandise-?the Lest, cheapeiK and a variety, hn knows where to pK. chase ? qualified, if he has ?the cash/ |f not, we've no more to say, unless hia Bhea ' will take him through. (Oh for a return of the good old da\a of plenty a'nd ? credit) Yet, wo like tale,day?see so many funny firings?witncsteth, a good-rfeelinjj J fellow manifested a kind ?j mpathy for I the brum creation ? discovered hit r.sar 1 rela'ion the following morning and u?' mercifully exhibited hit satanic #rath in i ejecting the brittle brut# from the prem1 iset?what gratitude!! A e'ear case, worthy the consideration of tho law oflBi i cert of the rroten. What a curse ihett ) forty pound batteries, charged with iht I quintessence of arsenic, tobacco and red* pepper I (Jnnrot our local authorities take I * nwirm ?'ep to cheek the *?il under the provision* of <>r>l?r No. 164 I |lly a New Poet.) The Town Cat (fld Doll U iIm4 thai K'lixl oM ul, y> e ne'er shall aee her more ; | Hhe haa cauaeri the death of many a ret, Piorn toi'iaoit ahetl to floor. Through mauy e long and weary night, She watrhed with allent prey, I'nl.l old age eelipaed her eight, W hen gently paftaedaeay. Altho' In death'a grim, cold embrace, | W e are rejoined to And, That owu f a rat will rtill be eanght, By grand ehlldreii left behind.