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Jordan, ) Bankrupt j Tn Bankruptcy In this case it is certified by the Register, that the fallowing questions arose in the course of proceedings, were stated and agreed to by the counsel of the opposing parties, und presented to this Court lor adjudication : 1st. "Is 'our present bankrupt law unconstitutional because not uniform ?" 2nd. ''Can tho Bankrupt-Law huvu a retrospective effect'without iaipniring the obiigatioD of contracts aud has Con gros? such power V 3rd. i'ls the petitioner entitled to said lands (the homestead.st.t apart by assignee) as part ot his rightful oxemp- ) tions" as agaiust a judgment rend.-rod prior to the ruti?ention of the Con-titu tion of North Carolina upon a contract made before the pro.-ont bankrupt law was enacted ?." dth. I Should not thu lands he sold by the assignee, and the proceeds arming from said sale be uistributcd unions the. on ditors whose debts were made b-doro tho ratification of our present tato Constitution V A written opinion was fi]?d.by II. G. Fwort, Esq.,, Register in Bankruptcy, upon the various questions certified. (Jruvcs & Uymaii, Att'ys for Bank rupt. Bickens, Attorney for creditors. l>iCK, J.?1 concur in ihf al>Ki aud Well prcparod opinion of the Kftgtsfcor upon the several quesri in booh certified to this Court TOPfflfnTl cation. In re ' /leekcrVord, <L 1$. 11, 59, tho \'. S. Circuit Cpurt of .Missouri decided that, "The provisions ol See. lloi'thc Hunkrupt Act adopting tlx- exemptions .in_fa\or iir rzucution naLtoxu u.i -.Mi. U i by the laws of tho several flutes does not destroy thj uniformity of tho Bank rupt Act, nur violate any ol tho pro visions of tho Federal Oouktituti >Q " 'I he question decided was diic-'tly presented for adjudication, an ! tho->piii ?ion of Miller S: Krekel. .1. J. is positive and forcible and seems tohivcbccii well considered. I feel sale in relying upon any le^ul decision of Mr. Ju-tie Miller, as there is no Judge in any country whose judi rial oj inions are entitled to more con sidutatiuu, or greater weight of author ity. The amendment cf June 8th, lc72. does not materially vnvy the nncHion ol uniformity decided iu re Bcckerkord, as it oidy changes the date when the. State tximpiious are adapted; aud the Act of March 3rd, 187:1 deoluros the true intent and meaning id" the A et. of June 8th, 1872, and re enacts it with some alterations rei.d red ne<e:sary by the circumstances <d the times. The general policy and purpose of bankrupt 1 is\i is to uiaka an ttiju.il niS; tribution of the effects of <iu insolvent debtor among all of his creditors, and then discharge an honest debtor from all prior debts. Uefbre the ndoptin.i of the Federal Constitution each Stuto possessed the general powers of sovereignty and coul i pk-ss bankrupt laws to operate Upon its own citizens, but could u<-t allcet the rights' of. the citizens of other States. As it was easy to foresee* that there would be many business transactions and much Com in or rial intercourse be tween the citizens of the several States which woulu necessarily produco eon s:dcrable individual indebtedness, which might lcstilt in extensive financial embarrassments ; it was obvious to the farmers of the federal constitution that the benefits of. a wise, humane and general system of baukrupt *y, which might, uuder cf/tain exigencies, become necessary to promote the happiness aud commercial prosperity of the nation; could only bo effectually established, by tho federal government adopted by the people of- the several Stutes for'general and national purposes. To 'provide for any emergency that migbt urine for a general bankrupt law, the constitution vested tho necessary sovereign power in Congress, Vith no other limitation than that the i.iws up on snch subject should bo uniform in thcif operation a uong the several State*. m . \ Tho uniformity required is a* to tho general policy ' and operation of such laws; as fur Instance, that tbecornmou law ri<;ht which a debtor hist>prefer * k la-iy ? ...?'-? . ? ' ,""7 -, * Litt. oho tredilor over another shall be taken away and his property' be equally dis tributed among all of bis creditors : tbut bankrupts who make on honest sur render of their effects shall be dischar ged fioui all prior debts? that all ques tions rolafcing to bankrupts, their estates and creditors sbttll bo adjusted and administered in the same courts and by the same forms and modes of proceeding. These general purposes ot bankruptcy uro certainly provided fur in the present bankrupt Act, und arc every where administered with uniformity in* the federal courts ; and this is tho extent of the uuijbruiity required by the oouseitu lion to niu.ft such lawn opiate equally, justly, cffoctnally and bouofioinlly lit cvory part of the nation. The Bankrupt Act in soino minor particular must necessarily operate differently in the different States. Thus, the bankrupt law regards ns vaTid tbo legal and equitable Pens existing by law in the teVoral States; and as tbo natura, force and effect of snob liens arc depen dent upon local laws they will, in eotno rospecu, be different in the different States. The English doctrine of the equitable Una of a vendor or purchaser of run! estate is organized in some of our States, tttid not in others; and where it exists it is cufoioud in ti e courts of bni-krup:cy A bankrupt court adjusts tbo rights of creditors, tnd administers the effect of a bankrupt, subject t? the charges: wheth e by Way ol lien or exemption, which are created by tbo laws of the St iti-s-.in which such court is held or the property to be disjoscd of J:- .situated. Thistulc was adopted to tuako the bankrupt law as uniform as pc-Ssib c among the States, by rec<">gnizing local la vs and thus j?:e serving the huruiottv and spirit of com inunity which should always exist Wo t wceu the fedcin! and Stutc government. ? Tbis rulp ddo? not violate but c-'wies .IoetntrTent'tiTTil1 ] revision of the COOSti tution whtc.l roauil'da all national bank re.pt laws, to be ui'ilprui in their opera ti u among the s vtfrul State-!. The jniii'Mp'es involved in the sfl-ond question certo'ted by the Uogistor.are too ohiviiius-. nnd too well settled by numor mis adjnd cations, to need any fn th-r discussion Congress o-vfainly Has the plenary nnd paramount pov/or, sive the restriction above considered, to yu-> bnukmpt laws which will not ouly im pair the obligation of contracts, but entirely discharge tbo debtor from such obligation; no matter when or whore contra -ted. Congress also has the power in establishing a uniform system 0) bankiuntcy to do nway with the effects of liens crca'ed by the judgment of any court If a judgment can be discharge 1 by n bankrupt ht\v, there is no roaso'u why a lien which is an incident to a judgment cannot abia b>.i discharged'. A Ren by judgcrho it d >es n >t crjate aoy VMt&l riyfu in the property subject to such lieu, which tbo constitution protect from legislative encroachment. It is neither a right in, nor to su-di property, but fiiniplo a charge imposed tuorccm by statute. It is a part of the remedy frhich tlio local law give.s u creditor in the col lection of bis Jebts," and u'particular j remedy is not a vested right. As a general rule every State lias complete i control over the remedies which it shall i afford to parties in its court. . Uorton V | McCall, U? N. C-. 150; E.uM v. Adams, ibid, lh'1, Coolcjj Con. Lim., 353, 3bT. , , Tbo extent, forco and effect of a lieu created by a State statute must depend upon tbo iutorpretation given such ata fate by the highest court of the State Wo have seen in tbo cases above cited, that in this State .i judgment lien is out u vested rigbt. As u remedy it may be modified by tbo b gislnture, nnd any (bailee that does not virtually dostroy tbo remedy, does not impair the obliga tion jf existing uoutructs. Tbo homcHtond laws of this State do not abolish judgment liens, but merely postpone tho time of their enforcement. This modification of a legal remedy m iy well bo regarded ns reapouuhle by a court of justice which takes into consideration the anomalous condition of things exis ting when tho modification was mado mid and that it was prompted by a wise and human policy which must nccessurily reault in the general public good. W hile tho States -ire prohibited by tbo Constitution from impuiritig.the Obligation of contracts-cither directly or by virtually abolishing-OKistiog roino dies- no such inhibition is imposed upon Congress. Tho \ owor cxprpssly confer rtd upou Congress to maul unifonu ? vft -? t l ??*t'? bankrupt Iawa^is mfressarily nu express powef to do away entirely with contracts as such a result is the very object nod essence of bankrupt laws. Hut it is insisted that while.Congress may have i this parnmouut po^er over contracts, it exceeded its authority in enacting that State exemptions slull be "valid ag tiust liens by judgment or decree of any State courts" This is equivalent to saying that the Contract inav* bo impaired, but the rcwiltf must n'otLoe interfered with ? the p}.iiicipal may be destroyed, but incident is protected 'against legislative There is nothing in the nature ol Jims Why they should be thus specially protected, as they are not vested rights; but there arc strong reasons why they should uot be recognized aud enforced by bankrupt laws. The eu'.orcumciiL of liens is cortaiuly coiHr&ry to the-policy of n general system of bankruptcy, the Object of which is to distribute the es tate of an-insulventdcbtov among all of his creditors, upon tho principle that equality is equity. Liens, upon general principles, ceitainly deserve ii" special favor; and protection in bankrupt laws. ? The Bankrupt Act, be furo the amend mint of March 3, 187M, tn express term* avoids lions valid Under State laws and created by tho levy of au at tuchmcut withiu four mouths before the commencement of proceedings in bank ruptoy, aud this action of Congress is generally conceded tovbe constitutional. Congress hns -evea: interfered with t4mtw( fifffttxy for by tho 85th scctiou of tlie Bankrupt Act, assignments and uouvoyuncus u.ade under certain uireutn btuuecs are avoided, although such as signments and conveyances are valid at common law and under tho liws . f the State, and the parties have acquired u eoniph to title and possessiou of the pro puty conveyed. I huve u very decided opinion that Congress did_ [kit ca^cetijljtho omits of" its (^institutional powers 'in.'eriactitig the .\ct of March B, 1S73.%I also think tin,l Congress, under its g; nerul powers Over il.o bubjec* of bankrupt y cuuld iiloid ull liens, whetlitr existing by statute, by usage, by express contract, or at eouiuwii law. TJho Ousc <>l liuun v. JJ.ii ry, rc' untly decided in tho j|uprcmc Court of the United States, han been callel to my attention iu the argument, and is wor thy of my*Hi?st careful om>sider.itiou( as it is au cxposiliou of the law by tho supreme judicial tribunal of the nation. The opinion is read with great interest, both by lawyers and laymen, in every section of the country, aud the decision may result in serious consequences to many of our people. The questions of law involved1 have bc-u frc puc.itly dis. cussed t?y able counsel, und h ive Loeu lecided differently in many of the Su prouie Courts of the St t :.s. The "pin ion of Mr. Justice Sway tie i> not elabor ate, and the questions pres.'uted are not us fully considered as I had supposed they would have b en, on account o' their importance and general public interest, when the homes of tens of ifuuisauds of our iHifurtuuatc citizen may . dopend upon the doctsion, and ?heu the action of so many state ou ventipps. legislatures und supreme courts may bo overruled. ? The abstract principles decided iu dunti V. Barry, are aim >uuced iu al most tho same language to be good law iu Hill v. Kessler, in the Supremo Court of this St.to, and the apparently different decisions iu the two cases may bo easily reconciled. The decision in (Juuii V. Harry would have b:eu made iu Hill V. Kessler under a similar stato of facts. Tho exemption law of U oor giu gave a homestead absjlutcly to the debtor, und deprived tho creditor of all remedy. To Hill v. Kessler, it is cou ceded that if a Stute abolish or injurious ly change the legal remedy existiug at tho time a contract is made, such action would be yuid, aa. iu violation of the Constitution of the 1'niu d States. In both the cases which wo aro considering it is agreed that i State muy change lognl remedies provided such change does not impair a substantial'right. Such change's arc usually made to meet sumo new condition of things, und is influenced by reasons of public policy ? The legislature is the proper bo ly to cousider und act upon quosliuus of pub*' lie policy, c.ml the legislativ* will, upon such subjects, gonght to bo rftgnrdod as tho law of the laud bv the judiciary, unless it is manifestly in violation of tho Constitution. Imprisonment lor debt was a remedy in this State for the enforcement of oou >/?iiA >? v ?* ? . . ? ? tracts. The legislature thought this remedy n relic of barbarism and ought not to cxistt in a free, enlightened and Christian State, and such remedy was abolished. The constitutionality of this legislative action would be sustain'-d in any court, although it impaired existing and ?ubtlautial rlyhU. Tbo enlightened legal principles that control this ques tien will certainly sustain the homestead laws of this State, upou the grounds of humanity nnd a wise public policy. These laws do not destroy vested light?, disturb specific liens or abolish any leg d remedy, but only postpone the time of their t n force in cut. 1 do not regard the case of Hill v. Kessler as overruled by flunn v. tt.irry, but T w ill not consider the question fur ther, as if belongs moro appropriately to an- thcr tribunal. The que.-duiu presented fur my deter tniuation is?bow far does tho case of uunn and Harry effect the homestead rights of insolvent debtors in a court ot bankruptcy. In that case it is decided thus: -'Congress cannot, by authorization or ratification, give the slightest offect to a Si de law or Cunstivution in eouflict with the Constitution of the United States. Tlits instrument is above an 1 beyond the power of Congress and the St. tes, and is alike obligatory Upon both." I admit the soundness of the legal principle so clearly and forcibly ex pressed. A State statute that is tu vi olation of the Constitution of the Uni ted States, is absolutely1 void, and no power in tbo government can give it vitality or uuthuiiZo ilt> operation - as a .Stntr. ?MMttMMMi iSMWOnaM Uut there are so too subjoet apon which afciatH cuuipjt, rightfully legislate und )?t Congress mav do so under the (Constitution. A Stute cannot coin money, emit bills of credit, make any thing but gold anil silver coin a ten lei iu payment of debts, A;c, but Qougraa| can pass laws upon such subjects, and in legislating may adopt and enact the I very principles anl terms df an uneoa tftiliitioirnl State law. If thi.-> Slate hud udopu-d tbo present b nkrupt law i: would have been uoeoustitutioual, u> it impairs the obligation of coulract* aud utiiuls the ri^l.t of the citizen* of other State.-.. Congress, however, could a lop t the very laiigSiftgo ard prtficlplSa of such Slate law und cunot it as a na tiduul law*; and such ucliou would be couslitution.il, as il would cou.-n.Hulc a 8\Ftoni of bankruptcy uniform among the States. The Act of March HrJ, 1373, does tlol profe s, by '"authorization or ratifica tion," to uuko valid State exemption laws which nro uueon.-tilu; ioual, bui adopts the principles of such laws and to a certain extent makes tbein a part of the general Crankrij.t 1 iw. Tho Act rf?ySi in express terms "that the e.tivnp tious allowed tHfO bankrupt shall be i\i I ttniount all. wed by tho Constitution and law* of,ejach State respectively </? <s.r st ing iu toe year eighteen, huadroJ aud seventy- no." It will be observed that the Act of March 3rd, 1873. makes a uia'crial change i.i re-enacting the Act of .Time Sth, 1 S7l\ by siiVtit iling the words (t* r.rht'vrj in place of the words in force. It is manifest from the terms of tbo Act ol March 3rd, lS73that the object of Congrc.vi was to .1.? away with a difficulty that nrOSQ under the Act of June 8th, 1 7'2, by some State court d' cbtring that exemptions to debtors in State Constitutions and laws waro not iii force vs to auteCeJeiit debts, as ?such part of huch laws were in conflict with the Constitution ol the Cuited States. Congress therefore expressly declared that .such State exemptions should be valid ngainst antecedent d bts ; arid <v iiifiu.ilrid substituted the words at rvi'd oi;/ iu place ol .tbo wonls in/>>?<:<?, and iuicudcd that the exemptions allowed under the bankrupt law should be the amount designated in j,ihe Constitution aud laws of the States respectively in existence in the your 1ST I, evon f such laws us State lays, .-lionId he doolared to be unconstitutional by tbe Courts. As tbo power of Congross over the subject of bankruptcies is plenary au I para mount aud as its in touts, is so clearly manifested by its action, wo are o' the opinion that tfio Act of March 3rd, 1H73 is constitutional aud uiuat bo administer.d in tbo bankrupt" courts according to its I rue intent und meaning unmistakably expressed in its language The exceptions to the report of the assignee are disallowed, und said report, is in all things confirmed. KOBT. R-mOK, X- i>\ Pitt. Judge, :t/v?L.?* ...? si .a _Jnsa ' < A ?etr Hampshire Farmer. He is Made Cha/y by IIaiid Work IN Fl.?lUOA. A correspondent of the New York ?V?m tells the following story : About three years agon farmer named Suwycr came to New Smyrna, Florida, from New Hampshire. He found a fine hammock ridge three miles south of the hotel and pre-empted it. It was situated on the edge of the Hillsborough river, and covcrod with beautiful cabbage palmet tos. The great Turnbull swamp margined it on tho west. Sawyor went to work with, "the indomitable energy of tho true Yankee farmer. He built a log shanty eight feet square, and thatch cd it with palmetto leaves. Ho was ah'uq, haviu? neither wife nor children. 1 p at daylight iu the morning, he worked until dark, cutting out the thick tropical undergrowth, and burning oat the sinewy trees. Tho hot summer days came, but the New Hampshire farmer took no rest. Morning, noon, and night he labored the same os he would have worked upon u Tarm among the Granite hills. The climate failed to make him lazy. His neatest neighbor was three miles away. Occasionally he paid him a visit, but always after durk. His furniture was of the primitive order,and he slept upon a bed of Southern moss which he gathered from the cypress trees in TurHbulI swamp. NY^inter was the same to him as summer. ' It did not light, u his laboi, except that the days wore fchorter. There was neither snow, ice, nor frost. In fact he could raise | more in January aud February thau he could in August or September. \Vithin a few months Sawyer cleared up two acre's of ground. He planted it with corn. bean?, and potatoes, occasion ally setting o it a bitter swojt o;u:ige tree... The potatoes aud bcaus turned out will, but the corn did not amount to much The orange Jtrees, however, thrived ^wondor'ully. Sawyer lived up on the fish aud oysters that filled tho river aud upon Mho vegetable* that he had cultivated. Tha Woodi Were, fall oi game, aud be never suffered ^unless through want of a rasher of bacon. In the spring of tno year the beach was lined with turtles' ?ggs. nod theso were always easy to get. Wild pluruB and gruic; us sweet as houcy flourished in the fvye^Ls, while orauges and lemons could be picked by the bushel in-nearly every thicket. Once in a while a neighbor ca'L-d up on Sawyer. The latter treated his visi ' tor couitoously. but neror stopped work to talk with hiui . The Now Euglaud man wus cautiuqed against excessive labor, but be insisted that it would never hurt a m in to work, and paid no attention to the warning. The second summer was unusually hot. One day a i.ativo discovered the Yankee farmer ijueing corn in the burning suu without hat or shirt. His t?kiu was blistered by the heat, and bis face was d ipping with sweat. Sawyer declared that the spirits had visited him during the night, and told him that Adam had worked in the 'iatde.ti of F.don without shirt or hat, and that he would fiud it more comfor table to fpJJow Adam's example. He , declared that the spirits came to hi ill ' every night, and dictated to him long I reams of manuscript. I It ?ras evident that Sawyer was be I coming crazy. One day ho disappeared. Ho was gone for a week. Wheu he re turned he roamed the woods at night beating a tambourine. But fho.e was i no let up to his work. He hardly stop I pel for dinner. I>ny after day he toiled in the "1 roiling eon uutil his white skin turned as brown as the hide of an Iudian and his blue eyes faded through want of re.-t Ily this time ho had about eight i acres Under cultivation, but he planted as he yhnJ planted in New Hampshire, and the results were not encouraging. In one of bis insane fits ho started for home and tho kind people of the neigh borhood eeut him to his home iu New Hampshire. IJo recovered his senses after spending somo time in an asylum, and his neighbors say that they havo received letters from liim annouociqg his intention of returning to Smyrna as swii as he oan raise money enough to pay hu faro. As he has not lived apon his homestead for nine months, the laud, with all its improvements, is open to the first' marl mean enough to squat upon it. Such a perron, however, would rnorit and receive Jrough treatment1, from poor Sawyer's neighbors. Arabian Horses. . ? Fj ic .M No Arab dreams of tying up a hone) by the nock; a tether replaces the halter and one of tho animal's hind legs is en circled about the paster a by a light, iron ring, furnished with a padlock, and connected with an iron chain two feet or tbreaboutsin length, ending in a rope which is fastened to the ground at somo distance by an iron peg; such is the cus tomary method. But should the animal be restless and troublesome, a foreleg is put under similar treatment. It is well k nonu that horses in Arabia are -nuch loss frequently vicious or rofractery than iu Europe; and this is tho reason why geldings are here so rare, though not unknown. No particular prejudice that 1 could discover exist against the opera tion itself, only it is seldom performed, because not otherwise necessary and tending, of course, to diminish the value of tho animal. But to return to the horses now before us. Never had I seen or imagined so lovely a collection. Their stature was . indeed somewhat low. I do not think that any came fully up to fifteen hands ?fourteen appoared to be about their avorage?but they were so exquisitely wcll-ehapcd that waut of greater size seemed hardly, if at all, a defect. llcmarkubly full in the haunohes, with a shoulder of a slope so elegant as to make one, in the words of an Arabian poet, "go raving mad about it;" a little ?a very little?saddle-backed, just the curve which indicates springioccs; a bead broad above, and tappering down, to a nose fine enough to verify the phrase of "driuking from a pint pot," did pint pots exist in Nedjee; a most intelligent and yet singularly gentle look, full eye, ? i a sharp, thorn like ear, legs fore and I biud that seem it made of hammered iron, to cleao, and yet so well twisted with sinew; a neat, round hoof, just the requisite for bard grouud; t he tat! set on, or rather thrown cut at a perfeot arch; cnat smooth, shining and light, the mane lung, but not over grown nor heavy, and air und steps that seemed to say '-Look at me, am I not pretty?" their appear ance justified nil reputation, all value, all poetry. Tho prevailing color was chog nut or gray: a light light bay, an iron color, white or black, were, less common; full bay, fleabittoo or piebald, nono. But if asked what are, after all, the specially distinctive points of a Nedjee horse, I should reply, the slope of the shoulders, the extreme oleanneas of tho shank; aud the full, rounded haunch, though every other part, too, has a perfection aud a harmony unwitnessed, at least by my eyes, anywhere else, Nedjee horses are especially esteemed for great speed and endurance of fatigue ?indeed iu this latter quality aoue aotao up to fcheai. To pass twenty-four hours on the j road witbout driuking and without flag t giug is certainly something; but to keep up tho same abstinence, and labor con joined under the burning Arabian sky for forty eight hours at a stretch, is, I believe, peculiar to the animals of the breed. Besides they have a delicacy, I cannot say of mouth, for it is common to ride them without bit or bridle, bat of feeling and obedience to the knee aad thigh, to tho slightest cheek of tho hal ter and the voice of tha rider, far sur , passing the most elaborate manegegives . a Kuropcan borso, though furnished with snafilo, curb, aud all. I often mounted them at tho iu^itation of their ownors, and without saddle, rein, qr stir rup, set them ofTat a full gallop, wheeled (hem around brought them up io mad career at a dead h ilt, and that without the least difficulty, or the smallest want coire;pondcnee between the horse's movement and my own will; the rider on their back really feels himself the man half of a centaur, not a distinct being.? I'afgravr'i Traveis in Arabia" __^^mm^mmimt. . , . "Why, Iohabod, I thought you got married nior'n a year ago V "Well, auut Jcrusba, it was talked of, but I found out that tho girl and all her folks wore opposed to it, ond so I jest give 'out all the mitten and let the thing rSUpP*" jr*>. nv.e s*m1 ? I A beautiful young girl who haa been traveling in tho West as drummer for a wholesale grocery houso of Boston, has just been discharged by her omployor because she induced the retail dealers to order more g^ods than thujr were able tu o of or pay for. "K no cos of axoion," was the wtnten. vcidict ot a Mouticello (Iowa) jurv?