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angeoug Distric', live hundred dollars I 'RichlHnd Disirict, ono thousiand dollars Sumter District, seven hundred dollars Union Distric, five hutitlred dollars ; York District, five hundred dollars Williamsburg District, five hundred dol. lars ; Berkeley Election District, oie thousand dollars; Charleston Election District, one tiousand dollars ; Beaufort Distric, one thousand dollars; Kershaw District, five liindred dollars; and fbr the District Judge of each of the other Judicial Distriets of t is Statte, the snm of five hundred, dollars: Provided, hoto. ever, That in case the District Court Fund in any Distiict sha-l piove isiffi. cient for thei purpose for stuch additional :otmpensalion, as is herein provided. n1o claim for tie whole, or any part, di such additioial competisation upon the Treas ury of the State shall arise hv reason tf such deficiency : And Proviled, aho, That the tiie when the salaries herein provided for shall commence, shall be when 'he Court is organized, aid the Judge empowered to execuite this Act. III. For each District. Court, d h, Clerk and Sirill' of the lis trict shall respectively Le Clerk and Shmeriff. and may act in per.on, or by dtpitty, when ever, in this Act. or othei Acts passed at this session, oie of fthise oflicers i4 mentioned,9ithelnr he, or his depity, is. Ineint, uiless thbcOitext, shows that lie hiims-'lf isintended. IV. The Judge, Clerk and Sheriff of a District Court -hall eaclh before' enter. ing on th. duties of his oflice, etke tie official oath prescribed in soleninly swear, (or afirii,) that as Judge, Clerk or Sherif, as the case iimay be, 6f the District Court for the District of . I will earnestly endeavor tt> do what is required of me by law, land * without prejudice for or against'race or color, t.o conduct myself s becomes ain upright -and faithful ohliverj" These oatIs shall boeindorsed on 'the commis. sion or certificate of appointment of th ofIice. and with it,. be entered on the Joutrnal of tihe Di.istrict (oirr. V. Ti'i flict --of 'verv .\l t nowt in ,lliet .fe oud iunew ac,'inr g m ile terms of tII- appoimmeit r Which it is ll-b, willh the lower ;1i# righs iow 1y law alt tc1ii:g an ii !. dent to sch thiet. Tue Maig'is i.11' who .arm npimlited to exe'rcis, I lite pow erS ad dUties, and to have tihe right iiplosted by this Act alt th Act e-ta tied 'A1: Act to establish and reguiate the. domestie relations of Persois ef Color, and to aumend theblw iI relation to Paupers and Vagra ney, s all be Imp. pointed in every District by tht Dis. trict 'Judge titertof, by and withn tie advice anad conseit of it lmajority of the Delegation of such District in the Gen. eral Assembly, in such ian-ier and so located as tha coidition of tle District may, from time to ltiime retidire; and suci Magist rates shall have all the pow. era and rightsi and may exercise .all the duties of -Magistraties, by law con ferred on Magistrats's. Each Mags. trite so appoinlAd shall, before entering on the dit ies of his olice, . take before the Clerk of the District thIw-onths here. tofore prescribed for the District Judge.. and also the eAth prescribed in the se cond section of time 'Act concerning the - office and duties of Magistrates," pass ed. A. D 1839, and shallhsign a roll as required in that section. The term of his offilce shall be four years from the day te signed the roll. VT; The sum which limnits the pro. ceedings by summary process is enlarged to oneo hundred doldars, exclusive of costa. In every case under that pro. ceeding, eitHer party -may be a witness in his owil behalhf, or aybreirdy the adverse p arty to tiy, reiherl by *bemng served with a, subpocna, or .by being called usp un ler a commission, in like manner as in like circumstancos an othenr witness in the case could be ;- the practice how preva ling in reference to * . interromgatories propounded to an ad verse party not being hereby interfered, wvith. 4~nd in every such -case, no per. * son shall be held incompetent, as .a wit. ness bcPaiise of'interest. Of iall such cases, where both the partie litigaat are white persons, there shall be con. current jurisdicedoh in tle Suprenie Court of Law, and in the District Court ; all l~ws, rules, fees, pow'ers and practice in respect:.o such- cases which may6 ptuvail ini thne Superior Court being exteruled to the Distneot Court.. VII. The pistrict. Court shall have * excluisive jurisdiction, subject, to app~eal of all civil causes whaer& one or both of thme parties arb persons,$cpfor, .and-of all criminal cases whereitn the accused is a person od' color, and aJea of all cases of' misdemeanor affecting toe person or yproperty. of a person of olr, an 00 - .all cases of batrda .4hI casesp In, seet te emja - fee~l4 era ud ' hall prov.'U 4' ,t rict Couarias ithe Siippi6~k4 capt as Jqrg coont.e S vision4 liertiniafr maade1iit k~ p'werji lireitlftler given to the Court 4-App4hs. .In-the Distri'et Court, pro. 'ecutions shall be conducted. by the AL. Lorney Generil, or Solicitor of tue Cir Dni to hich the, District belongs, or by a deputy appointed by auch Attorney Gene-al or Solicitor, or, in the absence, of 'all of these, by an Attorney ap. pointed by the Di trict Judge. When ever nny case afflcting the person or property ot a 1.prson 'of color, wich arises within ite Dist rict. of a Distriet Judge, that J ugmig Iy la ve a i interest, the process niny I. mi:tib- retornable, and the case be tried before t.ho District Court ofan adjoining District. which the plahitiff or hetor inl tiv cas may wliec. VIII. The District Court chaNl have the saine power and j i*risdiction as the tf Supirior Court. of Law in reference to Constables. Jurors, punishment of contempt. The District, Qourt shall have power in all cases of tenants hold. ing over, cases of forcible entry and le tain-, aenses- Iltide' the Insolvent Deb lors' Acts, where .no arrest. and dgten tiou are ndiler te process of a District Cotri, all case's Ainder ti Prison Bound Act, and :,l matters of District police; do 1racyce beiig always conformed, in general, to liat of the Snperior Court, subject to the rules wiicl may be.miado by the Court of Appeals. IX. The Judge of a District Court. shall, in all respects, have the power of a Magistrate for his District. I lo shall exercise supervision over lie Clerk and Sheriff of his Court, the Coroner, all M agistrales, Constables, Boards of Con, iiiissioners andi other pubic flunctionaries of his District; and from him to any of then may proeed orders, rules 'and nttachnients, or writs of ' mandamns, prohibitidn, certiorari,'quo toarranto 6r scire ficias. X The Judge of a District Court shall have the powers in respect to ha. bras cor/)us which two Magistrate-s have min er le iinith section of the "Act cotn 'tinIIIg I: offite a duties of Magis .wie, pa A D. I839; 'he may ad. it mil in all casvi bailable. and inl ll caseis t ilu.e -in his Court, and inav Alb;o exercise jurisdiction under habeas clrpms at connion hiw in all cases with. inhis Distriet, iiere hberty of a person of, color is restrained, or tie liberty of any persoin is restriined- by a person of color; and in all cases within his Dis. irict, which affect white persons only, except. tliat lie shall not have the power of a Judge of a Sulirior Court to -U-3 elmrge or let to) Ia nii whito persoa charg.d with a feJoiiv not elergybhl., against whom a trm- bill has been found. XI. Tid Judge of a District Court shall have the power which is given to two Ma'gistrates by the Act of 1787, concerning vagrants; and shall likewise lave ite power which two Magistrates have under the twenty-third section of the "Act concerning the ofice and din. iios of Magistrates, pRsed A. D. 1830, in respect to tenaits holding over and in thegase of a tena- t holiling over, or of an issue of fact to be tried under the Prison Bound Act, or in any other ease where, by law, there -is provision for trial or inquest by a .jury before one or inoro Magistrates, the District Judge may either proceed to organize a Jury, as Magistrates are directed to do, anid have trial before himsel!'at a pluce to Aq appointed by him, or may take tie case into his Court; and submit it to a Jury organizedr there, as is hereinafter provided ; and the verdict had in either course bhiall have all the effect which atny verdict before Magistrates would have; bn appeal may be taken by either party to a Circnit Judge at Chasmbiers, or in openi Couirt, from the decision of the Distiiet Court on the trial of any case between landlord and tenjut, or 'of for 6ible entry and deitainler :Proide-d, .That. notice of the appeal shlul be given in writing to the District Judge, and to the opposite party, or his attorney, within twenty-.for house siter the de cision shall h ave been retndered, and that a timte tiot- exceeding twventy-daysi, shall be stated in thz notice, as~ha time at whichm.thle application to'hear the ,ap peal will be made, which notice shall state before 'what Judge, and what place the application will be masde. It shall lii thd duty of t he Distric Judge on whom tike flotibut of appeal may hbe served, to deliver to the appellant, or his atternef; within two days after service of such abtic', a certified copy of all the proceeding.'itn the case, -and for stich certifie ' and p~py, the. Clerk of the District Jonrt Miall be entitled to charge. as ooste, it the cense, 'ftV' cents for the certilsato and one mill 'for oc'h word' of macepy. The Jndge; beforewheii the api1## hall .be heard, ahall have the power tokvored thu decision, if there be no et'iaede upon whick to satein it, in cases a the #ecision&:41 bolidt the sinpti . ~actonrdfewti d' i case inew tra r rd .an % tde, addedin~g pi, s o Saturdoy no big, 4Rcibr 1865, Cover r ? PrqIumation. We publi. this it ring an irnpor tantproclam tion fro Governor )ni In it he definu s the s6lusj othe State aid. her relaoions to et mlitary nd ex. ecntivo aith 4rities the geieral Gov. ernhent. I is a v I advise<.1.step, and may prevent unch' ilprofitable contenl. tion and colli n wli 'Ie- military. - IOurAper. On th firstpa f this issie we pub. ish~ the'chedl1efchalrg1 that will bo observed in the tr sction.s or this ieomc, during the new r. Our readeri c. ot fail to reinark the miodi fie.o i-ons in the. ra -e-, nid t lu heavy t0a1ucion ny. Iti mikiig 1.1 'nce)-Nioni it) the 'ifim. ciltie's and nec1 ti.i of dh (, -ri., e do it with-a 'e. ito re.: ,ne pe accessi le and 'k-71f1l to nll iInI h).D . trict, aid we rtuiilv (ite7 i l it hope ind exp< 0t1 thlat i!4 s.y f our w ill he re: ded to bY a. iiirv a tive lil gele 4ihIAnir and lo-oIr tion t ' ha, retof I re been bemowmi upon t is pi We ask for more subscri t'rs. irge- circulntioni is ihe very e< idi ' >a poperS i.sefahn and w hin limits of a D.ist ric. i.s al. most to it of a District.journal. We a fo vertising pttrotinge on a larger 'al om our ui-rchantg. it, effieac Is auxiliary to Iercliandiz. ing i, vt -stalishid faet. \Y, t a freer corrpencitiet, ni comim ic m", thiit with our ai(j we may I k lis fnifil tho Ie'gitimnte fuie. tionls eful paper, by rendering ,it the V. or Ihe prolpogation of new ideas iforcemenit of sound onies, and *iination of inforiation atid intelli Snlikible to an enlightened comm nii W ,lfI I l t WA tatn to oi:r ciiizens alung the 1- nih on'd in bioth directions, I and o ig the liiie of tinge travel to A, of ud Shelonl's Ferry, tlw. ill I 1-e or regutir postil crmni. tuen angements w'i l be nM 1111 . priv, wbii, if desired, they cang p be re furnished with our piper. -Contracts. (I 0 ng left'er wsi taken from tlh at Dal'-News.' ft. com1- is mn th proceedings of a la'rge 1 en nmeting of j)hiters from ihai adj int Districts of (lan. nd. 1er nd Keraha*. it I viAw wis, by a free col. .( lat dis 1sion of variols id-as -4r an Pes to'dterine u and es , giforkdity in the' system of e errae tegniatinig labor (luring - Lii yttart.i It sefulma tO us8 that 'in tht most. jractical1 anid valuale. fr m n qiion, and doutbt and . he 'an, fuatal in all' enter. pr 1.01 ' less 80' in agrienlture. TP. L f ,appreciating .the, novel. II. ty ~itation anid' nnwilling to a Enaiivi'xluial ideas which havo~ no Ajtsproved by esrpariment j a e lokly inu the irutter ; while IBh ti , uinder a vague and undie. I-l fit lee ationr of future chfincey asAeare indisposed to bind "t$ ti by :eonltradt3. In this pos tirs we think it of the higheet w1i u eaftblish some11 genraintie- .vot t don'diituion d formula (for P'~ %jt'o'ieA era tion i hai i,,. ti C' -'cpputry, AutIfI to --r41move tb tytlit ruiti~lerqni ibA ggh*b fre. je (~J giya.confIdence Vi the thit P .*ouitIgo atll tow rdls ett. *ihI w ~IjV~~ia of tho singi1d * rtw~nt. ,~ n i- ih - *pden, 8ui ! Soi AX~ON sod tiofor HOW'~' l-i SuMT:ii.S. c)..~Cemlwr 21. 1IS C: ~ZieO l ii 1-11rgest meetiigsi %vii, 11:1 lben 114-(1 lIvi4 for year.d willeiitd i t o voiir k. Ni.t Atc.iy wa CIDt~dv-he oif II lii Jli-s oif siigtr, lKj-rs.ll:Iv 11t (l iiioll i tri cts.~ (.)ii Iiioioi of Co L"' "'. \hitti( l. Joii X. 'ro-rsoi WI MA Cail d 10 i tl~~- JIj* i"ltiri wits api J itiiid Stcre~tary 011)U'll i i l ii ijIIl:i16-do I~m lii bljo of' thIt I Iiiet-i u il i: VVry- vlIoc ie itl en. Sd x ''i. iiill -i btif :otltr--is, de, wvorkm i uit ut i piroilemui f*,r laboir; It)d iLf lir Im liii ilitilO thar iIa tl. cithe tio milier 11't'o Hiiatt it 4muil1 liav. been By~ ilivitatIioln. R~ev. M.I - i "leii - vlo laid >'i1.irjou i-,in: XV ,.liiioi, gavei h.o~i-; itaiI ilt- nj:if-tciil, if flii. itiki. dv t : ie# Iih~v .'f- .liho'iof hO i t 41 'ti' a ik ofs Ill i ai li: of 1. S Pro11 iio oi:tl l'rr tlto and i l ie ' 111-lio r l III, tIM1et i iid s i i -fi~li l l r di - 5 i -! %tvnil a i ti litim . I i fiul 'to pi - oi] a5iii ac m ' Iom u ill asi Oiii'.~~r 1. Judge. lite$ 'V~slio-i to kiiow if Mro a Frnti 1ii've ta O w d I hv-II9k %vIii ici.ijrv 4,m i.. U ii'i t:i ac t~. nl 1 ) i t W il lit- ld iii ii, e~ rez,'r f . l sm be iri1-d y 1i. joh"l"iulltr tof croii- taI re.~ a yiviho viildwil li Ow* feyar oil-~ wa ll hiit. lo iluLeT..t ilil ok for-,,g~ SIhjte imi c g riei fii o . i l-r iifoi iii .ut In.Cs uiotit hail bem I)iiii~o Ill'.i ri. byx fton laeorl thait, thae f,~ a,,eu iiv, Wili li! bvliep il wasii o oiM ; 111111 flivrf t ii i t. wasi i bwi iio' 19 im fO;al, an~jte byijei itbe Duhui~.o~ll. (S1.- Sa tS h tW1:f Inley IL C. )ri-eu utici an *oili a;oeu 14 tor poiiire'1t-uiuod-j liire wuis itotli 9g i saulbo'u; r-c-klemses8$,fil ho ar lefro't'tli,i ni desrop i g,,(I. on .. th t I hitdt ? - 4 G.on. Saxtoni.: OVCOnr80i wlatrp they) If ,4troy proiury, it coants Out ai their t0 ("(41 J. D) B!:tluug L I W1811 to knowv lIt-dhia fl/in l tary loSs tiE' ;~ii, uts ill ' !Xiit'S-;, shall fiill* ipoin Lhu> lnnt.ior 'u aFrt-cimmeii ? 0 . 01 (Ja.~x itiu - Ipn tr feodn Im~tl.t a1r4' t. '~u :i tl hve.o tilyir. lone lis I jt!)oo'r.-. fin the 1a o hio2 4)f - -,--. Fl'oill I: h o . of' J.1I. a. I t"Wrt, to ItIl 4t of J'ilmlrv. 18!7 :I. C:011. 1142t Iu'go'Iv' fii it 11 fill).. hola " ZO lir onl snt( hI a.. IIla I jolt, O~r slicth as t;f I f. eolvilvl(' d I 111'(W12hii nuu v . lut- r'qtire '1 bY till"- ;ift or 1"~ Solidt 1 0 t keepJ Ito poi ri . or sl t tk of im kt itj. e~xcet.~ at,; 4( 'h ri if'te ijiecjifiv ('iti.ru , r' dltriiv . v1 (mnt, 21' riorti Sfti'ils. nor i1 ic I "1 ' r* , o t I i 1 itl 0 1 . Of'I14 tile pop2 icor or h-is' peifaNiq h T Ih I I. sa 4i d ii rlb 'l I l , l hP- i.t onti(I Pi!1111116011 to Wit. 12* to 1,30 rnilg 1ii 1Ns~ g in, til'VV to ix' a~~s*ditchbolrbalIII w(Oii.- :,'e~00 to coo feet ; llo(lijo1g co.(,,ti, 70 to :110 row.,z :m~ Ia ll 1 t0e. whetre rinsks e~Imiot 1, n,. ilgfil i-i rve *lo labor dibiP, Ity fll hours1 a dae'. da(~ v' t It t 1,! ,r 1, ..qt I' -ha ll* C iit , fIh t y fn , t n'I lV ! 'oil wiy o ill 'lu e to I otl~ 1 t1: '(942. i' I I,4 III, I lwrt- 111;111 i j i t, g a1;1%, mitl a!io, to h o k i I4) iv. t421 1i'ti li m. , :11; lit o t Ii )mjlr k1Iil t I Jui*ii i I i ca lt'.o or l Iegh i.c i I .1 'd ct S q .4 , . 10p lati , vr or I'llat(, s ate t m VI ;i'! Itiso.ato 110 2tl~r~fo and , iht War) by li,' l 'ido opr ite fgtiitoh lit't4iIil ta io blr hii* I hoI fo*Ijroitina, ui r r. I(2)(*L;wil, e sll ri'.c propier or Ilt Silthe rrra reall si4*. t.(t 1 ut)~~ .. 1illle si ifche ll).1( to 1lt ,11-nuil fiatu1di fill mimbvtO ((ni i si fot lite snd'ic, .11.40 liek pt-i vid'er and~ foruim to fl'iotufi !dii 11Y un il th ou prounis&.r , to I )(, 41 - ait'lft' l ll their labor (no ft) r d: vadt Lo' 1o i ;rIvr,4 i d l-i fIlie shall re i)oet hintn ,et -,re' oft ,. ginoeuil Cto xt or . or 4 yor-ltp y(t i , It '~l~ ;.1 to1 shar .Ii. Al ( dt ftbo11 io. ~LA0c o1104 il 11 ?1 1,lttil' thel )' (prot.i il'th Of:icroilb Omftti ti 011hori II 2 .It,! ecpharagno.t0 tofill(1. b12 ! w221 1$,n) o fi i (an It) ; 14114) lt.gol(, I'l, tt mil ill lie on iw w prope~I . I4 Q2) CII t t6e 6n bib,!. orte oriq h , p ,a tI(22 tird oftji-cm o)ttoes an pea",f 2.1bir c no.~, proe of t i t. pi'tli.Cg )I~I of it.4 markpoyovir , at'v Ibo p iitldtcif ~~listrid.b11pa frmtu tnatiii, to'Iho rcielto of aor her - l'i W. rof' lihe. rop wak-ivrA sia -tctela eI therp yep lPd.(4, &Icdlog thiellf'rognhepr r~us .'/imt4~aO'Pho ed.yr rhs gn