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S-iphen A. Douglas, This distinguished statesnan and parti. an still lives in the hoarts and momory of is coiintirymon, and will continue to do so hife the present generation shall live; and he.n it shall have passlecl aivay, Coming. enorations will see him I lirougl (lie mout. onut.whiceh is now being crocted at Chicago '). his frienda and polit icil admirers. We tako (he :ollowing bi graphioal sketch f this m'an from the NeW York Tribune: The President of the United Statos, first General of the Army, the first Admiral of .he Navy, and .aniy thousands of their 'elIt4-citiens, will assemble tooday on tle beautiful shores of Lako Miohigart to do honor.to the late Stephen A. Douglas it is not often'that statesmen find their culo. gists among men of their own goneration. Tihe then who stand around the grave of Douglas were his companions. They linow 'in well. In the course of nature he should still be with them--for Douklas died com. paratively young, in the veey fullness of his life. In fact, the oratof Who will to-day discuss his career is almost old enough to have booni his father. It is thirty-t wo years sinco Douglas, a poor-Way fing a'ingeo boy, went, to seck fortunes iii the -tite which aftorward ion UrAd hii as one1 ofther Iost etaillllt citizei. lie V;-iderd chely from1 his Ut0n .Mouinitin ome i I io ''ing but a plain Now ligland educi n. and a determitiation to rise. Tired of cabinet-making and tenching, he engi.ged in what was called "studying law." The fame of Jackson filled the land, and the smart Yankne, not op:woessed with scruples, saw that. the sign in Tennessee was the star of conquest. -liis great rival, Lincoln, Was keoping a post.-oIlce, fresh from the glories of the llack litwk war. Andrew Johnson was Mayor of a little mointiin towi in Tennessee, Jotffrson hnvis, . Lieutenant of dragoons,.was chasing the Indians, Seward wasgrieving over his detrent. ai Governor, 1recokinridge iias situilying tihe orations of Cicero against Ciatilino n a Ruicky col lege, Chase was eidoavoring to gain a law practico ink Cincinia'i. r-u1.11or was ot ier Ing the Boston har, liroderick Vas cuttiig stone, Grant was ia school toy in his teens, Farragiit was watch ing .the hoior (if' his flag on the torrid eom it of lizil, andiu.t ho orn(or of te-laiy, (ierd ao war und Lw, had Otitered rolit;i( till.[ bee .e.vt he No.w Y.rk Scoretary ot Stao. I'iNt i' 1: 1%,(it' tho'.o mn,-h.incoln 'spo'i'' v. , )'.ughlts Shi 'eov't early . II. ; .mige.! I . Ih it 411arIy I -.0 '0f mnii Who niit1 - ny .g I -.(I qvery lattitmo. Torrid or frizi., munsh,-e -, ,nw, n . ire in IliI was e1 rii. , lie tIliv A l inl iho lowdy v1ii'' o" A. t 10mo povities. i:d111 ItI iuch of if,. Iwdy i ii t.i!. til n o;a. . ged his.. l f . vor 1!ichl w; M .. I If n.. 1 lInanages14' i r ehit ' lk, '1e111e11p .1... )O,v sheer tllililing I he r .i . oftil-.S'-nate slhown 110 u hel( i . i it ii. 'I'. ' ;, ew y t 11i . iweril, Ilmn ' - 1).4 1' t)'a.g ..., .1-ci j .l y i ihe I Itm P .)I--u I 1 : .-i., i n i, . 1ll1s-U101 0%ile ; I: l l Ait 4, v.V III. I- e 111n A . Whilr '.eliv'.l gi-u~ti C.* I- it ' A macricani itt aktusinan1 We say "A ini4iCn eM . - IeT cann1ot11 rank .\lr. D... niteni whaI livis havo beorP.. nation' 11story by t(e Ve..% t1hojr servioes and ih6 iti. . it Illinois I s that of 41no IV I .. - by energy, audioity, and 1uain ind boly (hat made him the i. niob. As a poulalir liieler, no 'io.e p... ed0 tmnly *eleients of sIccess or M r. Ih. las, an d when wo any this w li-ive IIIIW. ed the highest demands (it his fame. Jo:i science' woild have imndo himn ia liliiI, but, fly pantderitig to iln 111ikmig mob., i-i inn tinged to to 1,111 thlie greatoer part. of his career aiilays virtorionsi liy Hirrendoiing hii eilf I" the -pt f' sivery, lie helt'imw col nsicuolt I wi ider of lh xo pro 1X 0 111,0 ur vhe Dis"o1ri Coinrti pa y. cic ofn t he Sout ii ot draeau ofn do'inat teacithiny ,ardrn to skhr ouglasMr did The sra otmpoi sC.enrifice ise was the great, evenlt of hibs public life. It, is not for us to cailer .Ihls afterthought of an arg1gment ealled "Popular Sovereign. (y'-,-not an'argumient, indeed, but an ox ouso and propihtion. The nation stiw only an amb~ftous, striving politicIan, olamoring for the Presidency, and willhng to rise upo10 * the ruins of a sacred, timue-honored co@ promiso, Whether ther judgmnent. was tht true one or not, we have not (lie power t< say, but certainly (lie Aimerican people0 thus Ibelleved,.and Douglas lost, the confldonot -that otherwise would have mlado himn Presi cont. Even thle Missouri Compromais would, not, propitiate the South ; anid at Cin -. oinnati the 1110n for whuom lie had incuri'c pble seorn, for whoi lhe hand risked hii amde and fortune, abandoned him with cow, trly iidity anid selected James Biuchan *tn. huki desertion conivinced the ns'pIring Seonator-thiat thie system of sliavery added I< other sins (hat of duplicity and heartless ness. .Frocn (lhe momient of Mir. Buchanan'u election, Mr. Douglas ceased to act, with th< slave power. lhad lhe lho d through the war, tis might, have been thro turninig-poiintvt an illustrious and usefuil careeor. HeI creat, ted thie Anti-Locomopton party and foughi Mr. Duchianan with1 as mnoh coutrage at 00-.tid be expoeted from a statesman wh< 'would insist upon being a' politician. ilt eaw nothing grander in our systemi than th< Democratic party, and to this party hoelii witla supersitious tenacity. 1i0 i'ofuse~ that step Ia 1860, when the couintry yoarned -for hig when leaders of the Republica:1 party wvere willing to carry lis coloiw. Rathier thtan abandon an organization that aas really in hands of thioves and money. -ohangers, lie stood begging in the Scinate 't'or lia old committee, only to be repulsed withipontempt by (lie South, aud'to go to Illinois andi do thielir bidding. It was thie nat of moral purpose which makes men . frest~ oxpedlents (liat in teho case of Doug. Jass ~d himi to Reek a thir'd party when he tran forthe Presidoney. -lis friends in the Soeuth haerhticed him for Briookinbridge. .Whilo other frIends int the Nort h, elaing to 'follow his principles, walked over him, as a -bridge, to the sido of'the viciorious Lkioln, di, wa n these last days~of his career that we yd the real merit of Donglas's life. Ta~k ng him all in all, as ouo oft t he lustlest 'me'n of thi'generation, his fate rcminds us of a Spanish Matador who goos down -tp the arena gorgeous with spangles and feathers and sahiant, with lis speiar. ieo thirow the red rag at, the country and mnade amagnlll. centi, ght. lBut nuatad~ors have miisfaiiunos, end'b s from Illindls was tossed amnd gored, end trampled, dtying in thie very momett swhen Jie sof all men soemedl callkd utpon to lQive-~.nover to flout .hils -red rag any moe. What the wair -would have madetl Douglas, it is vain to imnagine. ilo was-a .strenuous 'American, and lie -knew that the Sumter guns meant war. Time last words ofhlia lire -were loyal and brave, ie saw the necessity *ftnational unity pund energy. W 'hile nrging and wapming the people, anid iisU'ing muon i 13y, p~u riotic actionsthie btr.uo ;-l Im i' n -' byof his 'nature songit. 11gs ti i . . .i 'oclarathon'thtat.'the Domicorim.. *. - not be perpotual unless every I). a. - .came a patriot i The -pa ty wi a nt --'a. id if men would be good lDii ,ce., I . thami fight I Mfr. Doug.las's liu'b.phytli ., never sought a higher lhvel. hi.' tlt .ioi. eeco a princIple in the issuc--a g'e a t . - - strugglingelo extend Its simit~l pwl. mighty naihon waurrinig whh; ii ai crum-..l;a . had nurtured. lie was koennt nemia... lived merely in the day, had no more earn. est prayer than for daily bread, and, like all lo(ed men whose lives lre governed by more polioy, leaves but a din mark upon our history. TIhe party which' he nade is dissolved, and we speak of Douglas Demo Crats wit it stunch a feeling of lorg ago as tiough we were speaking of the Federalists and auti-Mnsottv. There is no sure fame that is not based on truth, and tIhe bes. we can say of Douglas Is that lie %as gxpedi. .enit. WINNSBORO S a, WINNSBOO, 8 EP'P. 26, 1866. I. A. GAILLARID, EDITOR. D. B. McCREIGIIT, AssocIATE EDR. Tihe following gentlemen are re (uested to act as Ago'nts for the HER ALD: Major A. D. Ir.r.IARD-Rocky Mount, Rosier larish, La. T. P.orn--Charleston,S. C. R. S. :8-sowrr~s-Ridgeway, S. C. Major War. 1r..--Montiecllo, S. C. If. B. IMcNASTK-r-RosviCl, S. f. Dr. ..L.A A II- N-.Jacksoni's Crock, S. (J. DAvID ELKIN-AlIston, S. C. J. W.' McCRElGnT-Salei eChurch, S.C. The Sale of Cotton. .i another columni will be found the ordoi' in regard to the sale.of af agri cultural productions. From - the source of the order aid its contents, we infor there is no obstacle in the wiay of the people of Fairfled solling their cotton. Tile Act Pusponding the Courts. Ti.< A ct, a ciupy or which we mado from tho en u.yosed Act, will be 1(found m to-dayv's issum. It onUtains the re ston- Xwhat, wiai said to 11o the chief cry of the pe,iude. We Will give smAthing of 'ts hilstory in. our ,nxt, The Aots of the Legislature. E',lscwhaero will be found a list.of the Iies of the Acts pasAod by the ie ex11 !sion of the General As I'lf' the 8t ite. About half of oldy are of general interest. - is n11 important resuoltition hieh gives the faith and .X the State to ' the amount .*10 fo) r the purchase of corn ispev (l i eessitics of the e1p. [t. authorizes the Executive #40 .1ppoiiit. an agent with a salary of onet thousand dollar's and expenses p l, whu il I mnae the pr"VOLaMs in the Northwest. The Logislature. TJhiis bomdy adjourned on Friday Inst ab1oult 12 M. T1hec Senate and House on Thursday appointed ai Committeo of-freo conference which could not agree uplont aniy plan of compronriso upoir the Bill to . .Alter and fix the times for holding the Court of Com-. mlonl Plens. Upon their report of a non-agreement, by a joint rule estab. lished .during this extra Session, it re mined for the House to accept or not the original bill fronm the Senate. TPhe House did accept that bill, whieb became an Act, and wqs ratified 01 Friday. The difference between the original bill from the Senate, and the .amend. mont to that bill from the Ilouse, wa: thnt the former only suspended thet Fall ternm of the Court, while the hat. ter proptosed as a -law that hercaftet thore would be held annual Courts in the Spring.. It is trute thlat while this JIouse amendment sooeeud to.be for an indefinite periodf it was really intend ed to -subsorve the very purpose that the Stay Law itself did, Blate Money.. The following mteasure has been pto pared a's a corrrcotive fo'r the doereo olatioti of our State bills. These billa have been issued only to the extent of abont one-third of the estimabod tap of-the State and arc roivable in pay. ment of all duos to the State and not withistain~hg tIs are circulated at a rate of discound that rofieets 'serlonely upon tihe orodit of tiio oominonweahth. -This measure if it beomies a law o0ight to restore them to par vahio. The Hous18 of Representatives pass ed a bill authorizing the Troasurer of the Stato~to redeem the State isstuo by exchanging for all such bills an equal amount of Treasutry notes of the Uni.. ted States, or te ntotes of any Nation al Jlank, and further'authorizing him to use for the purpose any funds in the Treasury not otherwise unappro, pria ted. The~ Senate will . doubtless follow tihe example of the House, and thus give stability, and confidenoe in the mnoreantihe community to the State bills.-Car'oiana. "Kind WordM" FrheSunday Sehool Children is the title of a neat littlo illustrated .p.. ,il ienJ published mnonthly,by the Sun -holEl Board of the Southern Basp. m1~2vent ion. I has. *n attractive 'a nunce,'and we know is many times wta'f? tile unprotoq~diag price--ton t a year in advance. Address 0. nei~'Corresponding Scoretary, G souv ille, S. 0. Stay Law Again. Thd last intolligence we have on this'subjeot represents that all the neasures .looking to that end. in the House, have been tabled by a large and we hope decisive vote, on motion of Mr. Mullins, 0110 of its most ardent supporters. It is to be hoped that this is significant of a quietus to flys chimora of Logislation . interposition, and that it may cont'iuo to lay upon the tablo forever. Now as we pre suno this question may be regarded as romandod back to lndividual, parties where it proporly bplongs, .we arm sure that it will be "managed with the patience and forberrance that we believed have heretoforo mark od . the position ,of cieditors, and with tho policy and good senseo which characterizo individual tranactious .4. and which will surely furnish the safest solution. By ou' Editorial lottor in. to'day issue it will ho Sc0en that tile Scnato has passed without opposition the Dis trict Court Bill.. Editorial Correspondence. CorumlnlA, Sept. 18, 18606. You littio Printor's.devil, you little big old humbug, you ' but never mind, I won't quarrel with you now, but don't you. do . me so again. Look at-the l8th's issue. Where you say "speci'a with horo and there a courting scene," I said "spieod"'&c. Where you said "grsciitlled aind pams 'od with aniendllent4s" I ,zaid recon. sidored" &e. In the Senate yesterday the Bill to establish Dist-riots Courts was aga in taklen ald paSd witluoit opposition, after being ipended. It was ,n nouiced ill the course of the dilcus. sion upon it, tlit there wir the high. ost authority fop stating thatif' the General %ssemly i assed this Bill, the Provost Courts would be abol ish pd throughout the State within two weeks after these Courts shall go into operat ion. u imder if 't is so I All the measuires before the Ilouse smacking of Stay Law priiciple were yesterday Mnid oil tile table. It i likely that to-day tho ]!ill from t hc Senate, suspeiding action in certain casen before the Courls, will como up before the House. It is an evil omon that so many Leg. islators are counselling a repudiatior of ti highest Judiciary in the State, and trying by subterfuges to ovade tile letter of a Stay Law while the enact a law of that kind In spirit an in fact. We have for .monlths beoi chlarginig the Federal Legislative do. partmoncit w ith-gross violations of theil Constitution, and now we ignore oui What is tile country conming to Wile tile elements of discord, aye of civil war, are gaining in strength every day in the North, apples of dis cord age lavishly strewn in our midst in Missouri, what is the einet stat< of political disturbance 1 Gathoer. from the appeals, not of Radical jour. nials, but .of 'the Conlservativc onles "Get" say theCsejoulrnals to their par ty--"yet caps and guns and tlmmnuni Lion, an~d be ready for j~ho confilict.2 To niiy mind it is a foregone conclu sion thiai suchl a conflict ,will tak< plaeo North. Soe tile declarations o tile Now YorkiHeralId, a paper which never had a fixed prinoiple, but th< best.weathier-oook for Indicating till direotion of' Ltio popular breeze, to b< found in the whdlo North. In its is suo of Friday last, it delares thlat thu sucocess of the-Radicals in Maine islbn tho:ground-nweU that will sweep th< North.;.and it adds, whlich is prieg nantjv signincaist, "we bow to the de oision pf the mighty Nol-th." We then- of the South should preserv< Scalm and united body, not -that w. can do anythling for the benefit of ouw fridnds in thle go-alled loyal States but that we may not .aggraivate th< evils incident to one present politica] status, by -admitfing -and oherishing domestic disturbing elements. Thlose two savage wild beasts, des potio power and democratic ambition as Alison denominates then, are ram. pant now, they are -broken loose fron1 tile confines of conservatism, .and ar( seeking whatever thley may devour, The womb of the future is filled 'ivitti horrors for this countny. before wili tile bloody r'ecord of thleFrench Ri~ogr of Terror may turn palo. As for my longer hope of a return tc first principles on the part of the peo ple of the United States, there Isnot a particle of ground for it. -A bloody civil commlotion Is now inevitable, and Wlon .its howls and shrieks are passed, will arise a repetition ofthe sconei of thle last days of Bomoe and of tile vai-. ous experimeonts by France to esta'b lish government three-quarters of a century age. I pity the 'sanguine spirit than ean look at -The fme now staring us In the face, and say that all this Is the wail of ran alairpist. Ho will be most wofully disappointed. wM coiAusznl4, Septembor 19. If tlhpre is ev'6r a- time -when mon should eool keeni the *elght of respQu sibility frestin " on th, it is w61 they. stand ath teprosontativos - people-fl a 'epublioan govermnent. A reproeetptiveo is exhplatically a Conseor.ro He occupies a peculiar position. 'Between We right4 of his constituents. on ono hand, and.the ro strietious of the Constitution on the other, his ppslbtibn is one to call .forth' all the energi6s of t'abund , judgment, in order to keep from infringing too iguch upon one side or the other. Now on which side is it better for him to erg Tihis Is a nice point to decide. If ho err in inruging upon thc rights of hi.k constitudits without t violation of the Constitution, it is easy to sup. plant h1m with one who will prove a better guardian of those rights. But if he infringe upon the re.trictions of Constitution, and be sustained' inl that infraction by his constit ueits, ho rc tains his place, but he and his con-. stituents are better prepared for fur thor infi'actions of the bouidary line of constitutional limits, and the gap being onco thrown open, there is no .telling where the flood will stop. I am lead intO these reflections by the lamentable fact that allusion has been made inthis General AsseInbly to the violations of the Fedoral. Con stitution on the part of Congress to palliate the efl'ort now making to dis regard the decision of the Coiit of 1.r rors,-to step ovorthe rostrictioius of our Sato Constitution. It is laion table as showing the crumbling away of that respect for constitutional law which once was the jewel of South Carolina. Ihow mieh better for the credit and honor of our little State had it been,'if instead of calling Ieetings to rebuke the Court of Errors, those meetings had been called to sustain in loto its (deision, and doelared that 'omie weal oi woe, the citizens of South Carolina aekn o wlledge their pgecuniary obliga tions, and though believing they can never Iieet them all, yet they shall be met to the extent of their ability. Cor.usImA, Sept 20. The hroo most important-n:easures before this General Assembly are thoso in regard to the District Courts, to suspending the Fall terms--of the Qourta ofG oimmou Ploas, and to per petuating'testimony. Two of those have been pasbod, that in relation to the suspension of Courts is not yet an Act, although so rdforted in the Phwe nix of this morning. The difference of the two branches of the Legislature seems to be Irreconcilable, as the fol lowing will show: - The il'li originated in the Senate, was adopted by a majority of one on its second reading, and sent to the House. The House struck out all af' ter the enacting clause, substituted their Bill and retitrned it to the Sen ate. The Senate refused to .concur in their amemndment, andl sont back .the Bill after striking ont all after the enacting clause, and,' substituting their original bill.'- The* House again returned it amended with their amend. fmont. And this mo rning the miatter stands. in stats u o. The light to-day in the Senate will be to adopt or reject the House amendment. The vote will' be so close that it will -bo impossible to foretel.l whethmer the b ill '411 be come an act or not. 'It maj he that as a last resort.s a oonfem'once 'e.9nnxit tee will be appointed wvhich may adopt somie compromise acceptable' to 'bth Houess. P. $. Since thme above' was writt'en the vote -in the Senate has been I;&ken 6e copeur in the amendment from the H ouse. It - was 18 to 13. the Prestdent had to voto, an'd voted negatively. The House, as I expoo't-. ed, has by a large majority refuseod to reee from its amendmnit,' Ed, lias appdlnted a confoeido Commnittoo. But I cannot wait 'for the result, as this must be closed for the mail. [roa ran annRA-D-3 MESSRS. Enrrons .' public moot ing hold to asedrainfbtlo sentimhent of theo public, avd-.to-consubt .artl advis~e foi the pablio -good 'is a good tshing,. 'he publid consists of evei'y man in a community, and as every man has hig own opimolon there is conseliuently a great d~lvorsity of opinions ia a'comi nmunity. The objet of- consultation is to ase~rtain and :determine ivhat o sjions slou'ld be .pragtically - aban oaed an what, praoticallg adopted hmg 4er to scure the greatest porn'a rient'good to the greatest number, and. i~zh himrsocty entangled with dif ffent inpterests, conditions, pursuitsj tilntiht there ,are tow dastions of' importance, the dedlsion of whi~ol, in this respect, is: not attad (dWith great :dwi~ty.:y We are apt to form a notionr pf , publIc sentiment itomithe oninionna which we ka .0 pressed. How importan iin i'r o der that'a-just notion be formed that the expression of opinion'be general I Hnce, when a publie meeting is dall ed it is proper' that the subjet 'or sub jeots to be discnssed be named in or der that they may be considered by the people and opinions foreed so that they may be able to' voto with judgment on the summary oibodi1 in resolutions. Hence, again, it is iiportant that every manii who feels an intorest in the subject relating to the public wYolf're, a part of which ih his own ishould atteld whez. conve nient. In order that rosolutions be drawn up with strictreiforeaee to piblic opin ion, would it fiot be well to discuss the subject bofore appointing a comn nitte' to draw ip resolutious I A so ries pr)ared. by a committee, after heaiug the-discussion would be mioro likely to' receive the approbation of a uiajoritj than. ono preparod befo're, and should-this fail to be approv'ed, mon residing at a distance *oild be unwilling to wait for a discus;sion of a secoud, Akllow me here to prospit- a few thougits relating to the subject pro posed for the conideratio'i of a meet ing recomnimonde'd to be hold on the first Monday in October "for the pur poso of devising some .uniform plan to regulate tle employment of free la bor." It is th. opinion of the writer that any plan that might be devised would be 'found impracticable, for the uniformity must ielate to tle m.odo of employment, th' rato of wages, or the c-haractcr of contracts ; -and any plan in rogard to any of these would fail k.to meet universal approlbation, and con toquently woul'd fail to bo' obligatory in absence'of the power of law whicli it must fail to receiv'e ; for, society, througli its agent the Legislature, has no more right to decide how a mna' sihallemnploy labor, for what wages, or by what coutract,than it has to decide how he shall cultivate,for what price to soll his products, or on ihat feed his horse ; nay, Ahan to pass on agrarian law. The last barrier overleaped ly a Legislature the danger becomes im minent. ' Everything- beyond its logit imnato range should be left, to thocon trol of the individuals of a communi ty. e Res6lutions, to adopt uniformity iU this matter, not carried out, would be useless, but is this all I Would nol any public acti6n tlatihas the appear ance of a combination be impolitic at this jmictumre ? I am glad that the meeting has been called, for it wil] give ang opportuity for an expressiora antd interchange of opinion, and hell to form a public sentiment which it it h ighly important to know. If there ar< 'any meins by which the country car be redeemed from its sad conditior no one would rejoice moore at its adop. tion than I ; if there is none, the soon er we know it the better. I will take the lib'erty of suggestin~ a subject for theo.consideration of th< hold'ers of large quantitios of real es. ta te. If these would take into con sideration the,. policy of dispsimg o' such of thir- lands as they dannot us< proflhably, to industrious immigrants theotorms most pr1oper for such' dispo. sal, anid theo means of inducing immi. gration of a desirabhe kind, a course, it seems to-mre, the dictate of. both in. res ;md 'patriotismi, much good a iht 10the result. -The aetorj n.dght live t~o see their ,country' ro. doomed .from desolation and ruimhnm themselvespuirrounded by pi-osper'ity, 'Fo wie-r is not able to do. muel inthe matter 'propos~d, bait - makcet tb-suggestion because hmis only hiopt 6f su'#oessful lad'or points,. to intolli. jdhfand interested laborers, and of t4mese the supply is to limited, and ti his only h~po of'increase. -The subject certainly deserves the gr~avo 9onsideration of, those who feel that this land is to be their home that they are wedded to the soil. C--m. An Aet to alter and fiz the time fe hold ig the Court of Common Pleaa, Ane. 1. De it'onacted by the Senate 'and H-ouse of' Repreientatives now meit and 'sitting, and by authority of the same, That from and after the rat ifica. 410o1 of this Act, the Judges of t'.3 Supe, rier Courts of Law in this State -ehalJ hold the first and next sitting of,' the Court of Common Pleas for the. trial oh civil cases arismng ex cont ract a in the several Circuits now established by law in this State, in the ensuing -Spring, at the times and places in each District al ready established by law. Sno. 2.. That-all writs and otheipro oess of the sai Collrte, mes:ne and final, now made returnable to the Fall -terms heegfr esabbhe, . xcept 9e the year of' ou~r Lord one thousand eight ndred .and sixtyseventhpo samb~ as' i~f already so d ir'eoted,:aia th4. thel sm rules of imnparlancq,4p4,the sa~me o"r aowroepins ogp jp h .ap' ~ section of' tlijeAct. , 8So, 3.: That all wit In cases ef tort shall be returnabl6' M heretof9 e proVidf HEffl -the r~gultlat terms of the Courts now established, and it shall be the duty of the Clerks of the Court N of Conimon Plea1 to prepare dockets of all cases of tort for the regular term of their respective Courts. r Seo. 4. That no Cotof Eqtfity shall a be held in Jihis State before the first day 5 of February in the year of ouri Lord one thonsand eight hundred and sixty sov ; Provi'ded, that nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to prevent tlie r hearing of motions and cases at Chain .bets as areprovided by law. Seo. 5 That not hiig in this Act contained slill prevent, Judges of the 1 Coiirt of Coinmon Pleas, and Genoral X dessions from hearing and determinim r applications for the suhsibstidin of judg- f monts and decrees, destroyed or lost luring the late wavr, as heretolore. 9 Suo. 6. That all Acds nud parts of' Act4,of the-Goneral Assemly 0f this State, in confliet with the provisions of this Act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. 2 List of Aots-passed by the Legislature. An Act to aniend an Act entitled an Act to make appropriations for the year coiinicncing in October, 1865. An Act giving authority to the City Council bf Charleston to proecod iti tho inatter of a Fire Loan, with a view to aid in building up the city anow. An Act to amend an lct entitled an Act' to lend the crcit of ithe State to secure certain bonds to be issued by the South Carolina Railroad Com pany. An Act to provide for the drawing of the Juries for tho.next torn of the Court of'Common Pleas and Gonoral Sessions for Darlington District. An \ct to make parties, plaintiffs C and defendants, competent to give tes timony in such casea in like inanuor.as other witnesses. An Act to-incorporato the Planters' and Farmers' Relief Association. An Aot to declare valid the recent election for Intendant and Wardens of the town of Darlington. An Act to incorporate tho' Phonix FIiro Enginq Coihpany of Darlington. An Act to legalize the elections of municipal officers of the towns of Moultrieville and Mount plonesant. An Act to provide for the establish mont 6f a Pententiary. 2 An Act to provide for the funding of the interest and principal of cor tain stocks and bonds of the State past due. An Act to incorporate the People's Mail Steamship Company. An Act to alter and fix the times t for holding the Courts of Common Pleas in this State. An Act to declare the rights of per r is lately known as slayos and as free persons of color. An Act to amond an Adt entitled an Act to establish District Courts. An Act to require the Uonimission cra of Public Buildings for-Groecnvillo and Pickons Districts to pay over'cor-. taini funds to the Commissioners of the Poor of said Distriots, i-espectively. An Act to iicorporate th6'Stonewall Fii-e Engine Compa'ny of Charloston. An Act to scoure advances for agri cultural purposes. Ani Act to amend the law in r'ela tion to the bondr required of pnblic officers.. An Act to atnend and extend the oper'ation of an Act entitled an Act to provide a mode by which t6 perpetuate testimony in relation to deeds, wills, ehoses in action, and other papers and records destroyed or, lost du~ring the recent war.... An Act to provide for the redemp tioni of bills recoivable issued by this State. An Act to Vest in the city of Colum bia the right-and title ofth a State in Icertain lots. An Act to make appropriatiens to meet cortain deficiencies in the appro~ priations for the year comnmenclihg oug 1st October, A .D.l -865- : Headquarters Asgistant Oommissioner. Bureaq Rto(dgees, Freedmen aindA. Lands,' Cn Anr.vsvTOS, S. C., Sept. bjih 1866. General drders, NO. 21. :To regulate the divIsiont of crops where the Fr'eedpoople are working for a aharo thereof, and to protect, both the Employer and tjho Enpr'oyees from the' injut-io'u~ re-. suits arising fronl the practice'of soritd pe'r sons in byng the props In small quantities fromti'teedmen, payi ng therefor a mere - pittance of their .nrket value, ghuoreby many of the, freed* pe'ople are loft impover ish'ed. it'is' ordpred-' I. Thnt ll orops, when -harvest ed; shall be if ored in a sedu.re place, prepared for. muarkcet, asc divided between the. etnployer ( and tLb. ex~ulogoes, In accordance with- the' contract, *rb contracts havb-been approv caiby this ueiau1 II. When thle. eolton shall have been pre.. pared for market, and rio oficer or agent of this Bureaut can bepresent, the contract ing parties sy' 'ree upon. sonie person In whiom~ theyoyave conhdencooe' choose referees to dliide the crop ;.and If they can. not agtee; the offioer In Oharge'will act.. ,In all 4dasoe, ofhlcerts and agents of thie Buf~eau will rendpr eve'ry assIetapoe in their power to prevent unfairness or. dIshonesty. IHI. Officers and 'agenits of this Butreau will see that. aecounta between the emnploy. 2 e and employees for labor 'or advances,. of provisions or money ,be.jt~tly ,arrange~ be. fore ither party dispose of: their: crop. IV. A statIon or landin'g on each of d4 L Islandh will b~e establishedcy where all cotton for-narket can be taken ; and . an agent, to' weigh the cotton, and to see that the ,freed. nien at'o.nqither cheate4' p gyeIgat nerpri asil tht they receire Aho .momunt, of nioney duie.thsta p.m t-he s'ale of thelftdrops. YV.J p taons .either buyingg or selling oottotr n itolation of this order will .be ar rested and ptunished. By order of 400t U R C, Bvt Ma. GeftJ~VA4A r, a in, litor of 'the "Ptison A L dof Jefferson Dams,"'"has already L r rem Oareton, of New York , mh> Whll il' eh omtinmues to' L sell Juta aplrly afonti he-first "da~ A lts bIa n. Crifven 'has else esvd 490 i8 hep.is S oki' Engn. L0o8a" ItemB8.:. cw Adverlisements. Ladd Bros.lavo received and nro . ceoiving- d largo and- well selcouted Look of Dry Goods, whiob they oihor to 3ll at small profits. Call and exam io their goods, they don't .chargony~ iing for looking. Soo Advertise Bacot, Rivers & Co., aro st ill to be Dund at No. 2, Hotel Range, with a trgo supply of choice Grocorios, Vines and Liquors. Those of our adors who wish good things will not 01 to read their adtrtiscment and ive Eheim a call. COMMEROIAL, V NNsnilo, Sept. '725.-Co9 on 2 a 28, tax paid. Country Flour, *8& a 9 nDdi Imore, 1"Imur $14. a 16 per barrel Lard, 27 to 30e pr pmmil. Corn, $1.55 a 1.75 per bushol Pens, '1.50 p(r bu oIn-l. Baticon Side.s. 27! per pound. Shouldeis, 23c. per pouid. Mtea), *1.71: a% l..80 per bushevl. Sorgum, 80c per gallon. Yarn, $2.50 1ti ier, 25c. por pound. Egg , 12fi a 15 per dozen. Tubaceo. 45 to $1.10 pr -pound. Gold, 40. CHAR Lr.oTT-, Sept. 23, 186G.-Col ton.. les light., but we note R bett.or feel ig and higher prices. Middling 29 LntS, tax paid. New Flour, *$16.00. Northern 13.50 a 14.00 por barrel. - Bacon, 21 a 22c. per pottnd. :Corn, $1.50 a 1.60 per bushel, in do. and. Peas, $1.45 a L.50 por bushel. Meal, $1 70 a $1.75 por bit Iel. Wlent, *2.50. Oats, 75 a 81) per bsiel.. Sorghum, 50c. per gallod. Gold, $1.40. Silver, $1 3'5. CoXINImAS pt. 23.-Coton, 17 to 3, g6ld; 23 to 28, curren':y. Corn,-41.45 tb 1.60 per bIshel. Flour, $12 to 18 per barrel. 'Oats, 90 to 1.00 per bushel. Peas, $2.00 to 2.25 per bushel. Iay, $2 25 to 2.50. Rico, Rangoon,. prime, 12 to 14c;: ar(lina 15 to 16c. - Tobacdo, 40c. to.2.00 pej pound. Coin, gold 43 to 44. FALL GOODS.$ REA'T ATTRACTION!. . DRY .GO0DS . LEACH ED SIlIRTINOS and Shootings,. Unbileached Iiornespunks and Drills,. Vhite,' Ra~d anid Colored Flannels, Colored nd Black . Calicoes, Fancy Jpelaines and 'o~ilna, (Jassinmeres, Satincts and T weeds, flack Alpaccas, all grades. .HATS! H ATS1 - A fine assortment of Men's and Boy's Fue nd Wool tints. BOOTS AND SHOES. 'lho very best from a common Brogan to flue Calf.skin Shoe. ALSO,. Yankee Notions, Hosiery, Stationary and very artiola kept in a first class Dry Goods Our goodsaal'e bought for chasli, and we of er the beost ind(ucomnents to cashi purchasers. Call and see. sept 27-tf LADD BROS, JUST RECEIVED BACOT, RIVERS & CO, NO. 2, HO~TEL RANGE. A FULL su pply of OROCERIES, WINES 1 and L.IQUQRtS conssitinag in gar'. of rushed, Olasrifld , C., Light. Coffee and Brown Pyugars.' . o.amd -Java doffees, Greotn and Black ' Teia, Comtnon , Faily and'No. 1 Soaps, Su gar, Wibte and Butter . Crackers, Bodai Biar. 0 oldn .i Syrups, ahvice article,) Musoovado Molassea, Peer1 apd Corn Starch,Adamantino and Pearl -Candles, English .Cooking Soda, Potasht and Consent rated Lye, Broomus, Tubs and Cot * ton Cards, Qtuirter Cask Superior Port Wine, Quarn~ ter Cask Superior Cheu'ry Wine, Case. Lemon Syrup and Boxesof fine ad 'contmon Chewing Tobacco, ALSO, Ulhds. Baltimore Sides, 20 Barrels Balt i mor.IFamily, Extra No. i, Supeor New . Flpur, and 1~ Jarrel.Choice Family Stugar Cured Ilame--for sale Slow for CASH. sept 25..tr . - Behedule Over tile Southl Carolna R, IR, .- . GENERA L SUP'T5 OFFICE *CH ARC~5s'oN, S. C., Sept. I 'iN'and attor Sunday, Sept ember 28d, the / Passenger Trai'ns df this road will run ie following schedule: : -AIOUSTA TnAIre' lavo Charleston 11.00 a m riivenat. Augusta, .8,00 p mt save Augusta, - . . 4.80 ga rrive at Charleston, --1.'00 p it COLMuuIA TBA iR, e Obaleste - -5.00 ani yplve at Chuarlos Ion, 7.20 p. m, *t 11. T.PE AKB, Gen'1 Stup't.