Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Jtoitps and farts. | The deposits at the United States mint, during the year ending June 30, 1867, amounted to $34,535,006.39; the coinage to $19,005,048.54. Over a million letters mailed last year, were so badly directed that the Post Office Department had to destroy them. The State Convention of the Union League of Louisiana has nominated Chief-Justice Chase for the Presidency. According to the New Orleans Times, at the brokers' dinner in that city, the toast was given: "Gen. Butler?the only living representative of the wealth of New Orleans." Gen. Grant has headed the subscription list for Wallace'8 American Stud Book, and intends perfecting himself in horse talk, so as to be ready for the politicians. The present Massachusetts Legislature has only one negro in it. Last year there were two. Next year there will be none. Sambo is at a discount even in Massachusetts. An Ohio tradesman advertises to supply "ministers of the Gospel with goods at cost, provided they will mention the fact to their congregations." Sharp. Luck lies in bed and wishes the potsman would bring him the news of a legacy. Labor turns out at six o'clock, and, with busy pen or ringing hammer, lays the foundation of a competence. ?? "Tell me, ye angelic hosts, ye messengers of love, shall swindled printers here below have no redress above? The shining angel band replied, to us is knowledge given; delinquents on the printer's book can never enter heaven." * Til? !- ??flAn+lfr PftM V?or line 1 A woman, in jjikjuis, twcuujr ?/m uv> ..? band to another female for $120. All parties, husband included, seemed satisfied with the bargain, and the transfer was made by mutual consent ? Ex-Attorney-General, Jeremiah S. Black, is preparing an argument to be presented to the Supreme CourLtpwhich he expects to secure a decision declaring old Virginia to be a State in the Union, and thus*w"decide the unconstitutionality of the Reconstruction Acts. The Chicago Tribune proposes that in order to realize a substantial fund for the support of Mrs. Lincoln, that those office-holders wno owe their positions to'her influence, donate one per cent of their steal ngs. The amount would place her absolutely above all want. A horse belonging to a Boston steam fire engine was removed to another stable recently, in oraer to give a new-comer a chance at the ropes. There was an alarm during the night, and the old horso kicked down the stalls and everything else his heels could touch in his anxiety to get out and go the fire. In Missouri the Germans have a queer marriage custom. Some young man is selected to carry invitations to the wedding. He rides about and each person invited must attach to his hat not less than a yard of highly-colored ribbon. The effect when the youDg man has completed his rounds is quite startling. It has transpired that "a number of leading conservatives have proposed to the Legislatures of States which recently went Democratic, to repeal their resolutions ratifying the fourteenth article of the constitution. If New Jersey, Ohio and California were to do this, it is believed the article could not be grafted upon the constitution. Gov. Flanders, of Louisiana, having resigned, Gen. Hancock has appointed Mr. Joshua Baker to the vacancy occasioned thereby. The new Governor is a native of Kentucky, but an old citizeu, and was in the Philadelphia Conservative ^Convention of 1866. The Times says lie is fully qualified and can take the test oath. -?The newspapers in the Third Military District, say that the people arc jubilant at the removal of Pope, the satrap of that District. They hail with pleasure the appointment of Gen. Meat! as his successor, whose record on the field of battle is stained by no cowardly conduct, which is regarded as one evidence of a magnanimous man. The New York Herald pubfishes an estimate, compiled from statistics collected by the ry - ^ Cnnflmw Qfofne TflnVl) nlfippg uuvcniurs ui mv ?juuvu\-i u wvmiv^ ?|..wwthe namber of whites and blacks in Louisjana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and the Carolfnas, who are in a starving oondition, at three millions of persons. Gov. Haight, of California, in his inaugural, says the propriety of admitting the blacks to suffrage, belongs to each State, to determine for itself; had Congress been able to control this subject, both negroes and Chinese suffrage would probably have been forced upon the people of California, against the will of tne majority, who, ignorant of the effects of such legislation, would have inflicted upon us evils actually intolerable. So far as California is concerned, the people of this State have expressed their opposition, both to negro and Chinese suffrage. The Washington correspondent of the New York World says that "it is quite probable that the President will send to Congress, at an early day, a special message on the subject of the destitution iu the South, and suggesting some kind of legislation to relieve the suffering there. The President has received a large amount of evidence from all portions of the South, presenting a state of facts well nigh bordering on anarchy and famine, and demanding at the hands of the government or the charitable, prompt and liberal relief." The New Orleans Times says Gen. Hancock is gradually undoing the mischief done by the subordinate officer who temporarily occupied an important position at the Headquarters of the Fi?th Military District In restoring to their places worthy officers who had been removed without cause, General Hancock is winning for himself golden opinions from all sorts of people. The schemes by which a set of corrupt men managed to obtain official positions for themselves, in defiance of public opinion, have all come to naught General N. G. Evans teaches school in Cokesbury, S. C., and "Live Oak" Walker is Assistant Principal of the St. Phillip's Street Public School in Charleston. Generals Gary, Butler, Hagood, Kershaw, Conner, Kennedy, Bonham and McGowan are all practicing law in this State. Wade Hampton is planting in Mississippi. General Ellison Capers takes orders, and is now a minister of the Episcopal Church in South Carolina. General Mauigault is planting. General Logan is practicing law in Richmond. The New York Times (Radical) predicts that if the National[Republican Convention, which is to assemble in May next, "takes up the party just where it stands now,?if it adopts a Radical platform 'and nominates a Radical candidate, that it will be beaten more disastrously than the Whigs were in 1852 or than the Democrats were in 1860. Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont and Michigan may vote for a Radical President on a Radical platform ; it would he rash to place reliance upon any other Northern or lfcs/em >S7ute." "Pi|fk," the N. York correspondent of the Charleston Courier, furnishes the following paragraph in reference to the temper of the Northern people at this time: "The Northern mind is considentbly affected by the reports which have reached us these few days concerning the poverty-stricken regions of the South, and the mass of our population are somewhat aggrieved at the unsatisfactorj turn things have taken in the sister States. Tliej unwittingly look to Washington, with its Congress, its Executive Bureaux, etc., and cannot help bla ming one and all concerned with the Southern reconstruction business, for the manner in whicl the material welfare of the South is retarded. The dissatisfaction is growing stronger day by day, the more so as the fault lies entirely and exelusivclj with those who administer the government of the country, be it Congress or the President. The Northern people en ntussc entertain the most friendly feeling to the South ; they are not revengeful, and utterly opposed to keeping the South down just for the sake of keeping it down. That Jirnciple is entirely antagonistic to the Northern eeling. "Let by-gones be by-gones," is the general cry, but our rulers heed not, and run on in their mad, reckless career." The rumors to which we referred last week, to the effect that the constitutionality of the Reconstruction Acts would be tested in the Supreme Court, at an early day, continue to gain currency. The Washington correspondent of the New York Herald, in referring to the matter, says: "One case, the trial of which is expected to begin very shortly, will decide thequestiou as to whether VirK'nia is in or out of the Union. It is confidently jlieved that the decision of the court will be that Virginia is not now and never has been out of the Union, in which case the situation in the Southern States will be materially changed. The President, it is said, will then instruct the Military Distinct Commanders to act in strict accordance with the decision of the highest tribunal of the nation, and permit the civil governments to resume their functions untrammelled by the military power. It is the belief of a prominent Senator in Washington that a maiority of the judges of the Supremt Court, when the McArdle case comes up, will decide that the Reconstruction acts are unconstitutional ; that Chief Justice Chase will deliver the minority report and make the most of the oppor tunity to champion the acts and identify hitnseli yet more earnestly with the Radical party Nortt and South." $he IJot'luiHe <?ttquiw. YORKVILLE, S. C.: ~ THURSDAY MORNING, JAN, 9, 1868 Cash.?It must be distinctly understood tha our terms for subscription, advertising and job work, are cash, in advance. X.?The paper will bo discontinued on the expi ration oftne time for which pavment has beer made. A Subscriber finding a (X) cross-mark or the wrapper or margin of his paper, will under stand that the time paid for has expired. SENSIBLE TALK. We call the attention of our readers to the arti cle, on the fourth-page, entitled "To Southeri Farmers." It is written by a farmer, who evi dently knows what he is writing about, and w< hope its length will not deter any from reading it for it will amply repay a perusal. Whether th< views therein contained meet the approbation o the reader, or not, he will find food for thought ir the article. "GENERAL ORDERS, NO. 10." As will be seen by reference to General Order No. 164, published in to-day's paper, General Can by has made important modifications of "Genera Orders No. 10," generally known asthe"Staj Law." The change in paragraph I and II are unimport ant, merely substituting the 29th of April, 18G5 for the 15th of May, 1805, in reference to interdict ed suits on causes of action arising between De cember 19, I860, and the latter date. The modification of Paragraph III, is more im portanL In the original order, Sheriffs, Magis trates and Coroners, were required to suspend, foi twelve calendar months, all sales under execution upon - causes of action arising previous to Decern ber 19, 1860. The paragraph as now modified and other clauses taken in connection with it, per 1 ' ? 1 raits sucn sales to oe raaae on certaiu euuuiuuns The conditions may be thus classed: 1. Provided the cause of action did not arise be tween December 19, 18G0, and April 29, 18G5. 2. Provided the judgment was not enrolled be tween December 19, 18G0, and June 30, 18G5. 3. Provided the Sheriff allow a homestead ex emption to those having a family to support, of i dwelling house and twenty acres of land, or s< much thereof, as not to exceed in value $2000, am personal property of the value of $500; and in oth er cases, property to the value of $200. Such, after a careful study of the original order and the late one modifying it, are the conclusion,1 we arrive at concerning the present law. Paragraph II of the new order rescinds Ordci No. 25, prohibiting the sale of spiritous liquors but permits municipal boards to grant licenses un der various severe restrictions. Paragraph IV, authorizes the speedy trial o prisoners confined in jail, at special terms of tin District Courts, whenever circumstances require it PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES. A little knowledge of wire-pulling is absolutely necessary to a proper understanding of politica events of recent occurrence. The presidential cam paign is so close at hand, that all moves on the po litical chess-board are more or less intended to hav< a bearing upon it. The removal of Generals Pope and Ord is a goot instance of this truth. Those officers have don< nothing lately which more specially merits punish meut at the hands of the,President, than other act performed long ago. Almost from the hour of hii appoiutment, Pope has exceeded his authority anc trampled upon the rights of the people placed un der his tender care. His removal has been callei for so long and so often, and this call has been ? steadily neglected, that the hope of gettiug rid o: him had almost died out Pope himself hud goot reason to feel encouraged in his course, and cou sidcr himself firmly seated in the consular dignity But when his task is nearly finished and he haj done all the harm he could, the axe falls upon hii official neck, aud his proud head rolls to tin ground, to take its place in the dust with those o: the martyred Sickles and Sheridan. Regarded as a measure of justice, this remova is a failure; for nothing is gained by it, now thai the conventions, earned by his fraudulent elections have met and done their work. But when it i: announced that Mr. Johnson is a candidate for re election, the removal becomes easy to comprehend A removal before Pope had time to do much ham might have benefitted District No. 3; but it wouli not have helped Mr. Johnson. Ilis removal nou does help Mr. Johnson, by giving him popu larity with the Democracy, and down goes Pop< like a shot cut. The aspirations of the Presiden for re-election are being gracefully developed, not withstanding his modest denials, and recent ac counts rcpreseut him as likely to be the nominei of the Democratic party. On the other hand, his great rival, the cigar smoking, horse-talking Grant, who was so Ion; supposed to have the choice of a nomination frou either party, is losing ground. He has let ou enough, between the whiffs of his cigar smoke, t make it certain that he is not a Democrat, and hi Republican brethren betray less love for him thai they did. The fact that Grant is losing populari ty, is announced by every writer on the subject Chase is gaining, and if the Southern Radicals ar admitted to the Chicago Convention, it is said h will secure the nomination. The nominees, then, of the two parties, arc not supposed to be Chase and Johnson; but befor the nominations are made, ten or a dozen other fa vorites may have risen and passed from view. I will, however, be an aid to the understanding c : 1?*1,^ m.:? passing puiiiiuui evuuis i/u icmcuiuci mat mc vine Justice and the President are working for nomina tions. . RELIEF FOR THE SOUTH. The necessities of the Soutli are, as usual at thi | season of the year, beginning to attract the attcr . tion of the government. The condition of th . frecdmen in Mississippi, as reported by Gen. Ore first brought up the subject; and Gen. Canby ha r backed it up with unfavorable accounts of th ' prospects of all classes in his District. Genera [ Grant and Howard have had several conference , on the subject, besides corresponding with tli ! several military commanders of the Souther j States. The sum of the matter is: Gen. Ilowar is satisfied that the government must extend ai ' to the South, both to relieve present want and I [ guard against future difficulties. Various plans have been suggested, to furnix . this relief, among which are: aid in the form < i charity, to be given only to persons in a pcrishin ' condition, and in amounts just sufficient to kce 1 them alive; aid in the form of employment, upc ' public works; and aid in the form of small loai from the public treasury, to be repaid when tf crops are made. The first two plans are too pic; vune to require comment, and can, if adopted, r< j lieve but a small p^rt of the destitution. The tliii plan, which proposes to loan $30,000,000, in sma sums, to Southern farmers, undoubtedly aflfor material assistance to our people, by giving thei the means to make a support for the next yea: But there are several objections to it. The ageni , employed in distributing this large sum, woul absorb a great deal of it in the way of commission; if they refrained from a little speculation in th necessaries of life, on their own account Beside; it would be a difficult matter to determine wh needed assistance, and who could be relied on t refund the loan when it became due; for if $30, 000,000 are offered to the needy, there will be no lack of applicants for the precious loan. ! But the worst feature of this plan, is the encouragement it offers to a spirit of dependence up, on others. Our people have heard so much of . late years about relief, aid, loans, stay-laws, repuf diation, &c., that many of them have imbibed the 1 idea that it is somebody's moral duty to support them, whenever they are unequal to the task ! themselves. This doctrine was unknown before the war; but we fear that a consoling belief in the right to be fed by others, is keeping many able: bodied men idle, when they ought to be at work. The relief needed by the South is not so much pecuniary assistance or charity, as the privilege of being let alone. So long as she is harassed by the present complicated and exhausting mixture of [ military and civil government; so long as her laws arc made for her by strangers, and changed as of ten as the whim of the hour dictates: so long wili J her destitutions annually come up for relief. Thif . fact is beginning to penetrate the brains of Northern people, and even of Congress. If, for instance, : thev wish to aid the South to the extent of $30. 000,000, let them take the cotton-tax off the crop of 1867. This would be a simpler and less expen1 sive method of affording the relief, than a loan, and it would also put that relief exactly where it if 5 needed, viz: in the hands of those who carry on i the agriculture of the country. It is certainly a wonderful piece of financiering, this plan of raising f a grinding tax, through an army of well-paid tax1 collectors, and then loaning it back to the tax-payers, through another army of agents. If we did not know that it was the work of a very wise government, we should be simple enough to think it a > very foolish business, which benefits only the a gents, at the expense of both the government and ^ the people. i ?? -? MERE-MENTION. Henry Summer, Esq., of Newberry, has beer ' appointed Register in Bankruptcy, for the Third " Congressional District, of South Carolina, vice J as. ' M. Rutland, Esq., resigned. On the first instant, the Edgefield Advertiser, completed the ' thirty-second year of its publication. Mr. Charles Sumner and his wife liave agreed to a perr inanent separation, for the reason that there existf > between the parties an incompatibility of tempera ' ment, which precludes the possibility of their living happily together as husband and wife One of the negro delegates to the Georgia Conventior has gone to work on the United States barracks, al Atlanta, at $1.50 per day. Judge Clarke, oi the Supreme Court of the State of New York, haf decided that gold and silver are no longer lega money of the United States, but simply commodities, and that promissory notes made payable ir gold must be payable in gold or its equivalent. A 1 female dentist is the last Parisian novelty. A j Frenchman recently hung himself because his gro cer dunned him for a bill of $20. Thereupon his son shot the grocer. The account is still un"> c 1 1 ~c tu ])UIU. ocveriu luciiiltcio ui uic i'i<uuuu> u?' ternity of Washington City, have presented tc 5 those of Charleston, a Masonic Altar made of the finest Italian marble, and of the highest polish, tc r be erected in the Masonic Hall of the latter city, i On the front of the altar is the emblem of the or" der, the square and compass, worked in statuary marble and the letter G in the centre. On the ^ opposite panel is inscribed the names of the geiier5 ous donors. The Columbia Phoenix says there are no less that eight colored preachers?so called?confined iu the penitentiary in -this State. The New York j Sun states that two hundred clerks were discharged from one drapery house in Broadway, N. York, " one day last week. The National Intelliyen cer fayors Philadelphia as the place of meeting J of the Democratic National Convention Jef ferson Davis will spend the winter iu Mississippi. It is stated that the funds of the State ol ' Georgia have teen removed from Milledgeville to N, York for safe keeping. Rev. Henry Ware 3 Beechcr has given $1000 to a fundfor the benefit ol 3 General Lee's college. If any woman in Eng land has three children at a?birth, the Queen make" ' her a present of three guineas. Only fortyfive planters are making sugar this year, in St. ' Mary's, Louisiana, out of one hundred and seventj : before the war. One hundred and twenty-five sugar mills are silent in that parish. EDITORIAL INKLINGS. > The N. C. Convention. 3 General Canby has ordered the North Caro 5 lina Reconstruction Convention to assemble ai ^ Raleigh, on the 14th instant?the day appointee for the meeting of the Convention in this State, 1 The Wilmington Star, under the caption of "Pre t pare to Pucker," announces the event in the fol i lowing fashion: * ' 'The terrible suspense has at last been removed - and Canby's Ethiopian Minstrels sine for joy, They have been ordered to assemble in Raleigh or ' the 14th instant, prepared to play Je danjo, teai , de bones, shuck corn and "walk 'round" generally, The terrible panic which had seized on the Raleigl - washerwomen has teen revived; the hotel proprie - tors are in trouble; and the Shanghai chickens ar< nwA?-\n?Mn/V fn >'AAuf ll 1 rrVl flT* niwl nvr\\TT iAu.?nr g picjruiuiS w x uujt itigtAv* wvif wnvi. t The Labor Question. - The Columbus (Ga.) Sun in an article 01 - the subject of "Hiring lor the Next Year," says e "At this time last year, and during the Christ mas week of 1SC5, a frcedman could not pasi .. through our streets without being asked every fev yards of his progress if he "wanted to hireplan 5 ters, or their agents, stood at the corners ana en 11 tered into lively competition for the services of th< t freeduien. Hut now nothing of this sort is seen o Negroes desirous of hiring are to l>e seen congre s gated in much smaller numbers than usual, bu ? planters to engage them are seldom to be found We understand that the wages contracted for ar< not more than half the sums agreed, upon for the year, and that all the planters are greatly diminish c ing their force. Low as are the wages for whicl e the freeduien can be engaged, the demand is no near equal to the supply of labor." v The Game of "Euchre." e The Charleston News informs its reader ij that the English have made an improvement ii t the mode of paying "Euchre," of which the fol if lowing description is given : if "For example, with every pack of playing card t- sold there is one blank card at the top of th deck, used in this country frequently as a "mark er." But the English make a better use of thi white faced card. They include it in the suits making fifty-three to the deck instead of fifty-two s and to the euchre deck twenty-nine instead o i- twenty-eight cards. This blank card at first wa e called the "Louis Napoleon," but has been sub | scquently corrupted into the less euphoniou ' title of "ycrkcr." The "yerker," then, is th IS - . . i i l l i ~ highest ranking caru in tne eucnre aecK, nav ,e ing capacity to "capture" either of the "bowers' 's or the ace, so that a man may be euchred eve :s with the ace and two "bowers." Whenever th ie "yerkcr" is turned up by the dealer, that persoi n has the privilege of "making the trump, j an can make it to the most advantageous suit in hi , hand. The game is novel, and, we understand affords much diversion to the playc-rs." "? Powers of the State Convention. ^ Considerable misapprehension exists in refei ence to the powers of the Reconstruction Convcr tion which is to assemble in Charleston on the 4t instant. The following article from the Nines, ir dicatcs, in a nut shell, the powers with which thi ig auomolous body is invested, and beyond which i ie cannot legally go: "Few persons seem to understand what powei are granted to the convention which is ordered t assemble in this city 011 the 14th jnstant; and, a d a natural consequence, a number of alarming re ^ mors are already in circulation. One of the mild j est reports is that the convention will depose a n the judges in the State with the exception of two and another points to a more thorough reversal c r* the relations Detween the white and the black tha ts has been attempted by the conventions of eithe d Louisiana or Georgia. 3, There is but one way of meeting the rumors tha e have been concocted, and of making harmless thos that will be hatched as the day or meeting draw ' near; and that way is by knowing and comprehend 0 ing wliat are the powers of the convention, am 0 what work it is authorized to do. r The convention will assemble by order of thi / * Commanding General, in conformity with the Reconstruction acts.' These are the source of tho authority of tho convention, and they define dearly what duties that body shall perform. The suDple, mentory act says that the convention shall "frame a constitution and civil government.'' This will be the one great work of the convention : and there i is no limitation as to the character of tne "consti; tution and civil government" except that they shall be in conformity with the Constitution of the United States. But when the constitution is framed 1 it has no immediate fcirce. It must be ratified by 1 the registered voters in the State, and it must be submitted to and approved by Congress, before ii has any binding power whatever. t The convention cannot legislate; it can change no laws; it can make no removals; it can make nc | appointments beyond those of officers of its owr I boay; it cannot levy taxes exempt for the one pur ' pose of paying the salaries of its delegates, offioere i and agents; it can only frame a constitution,' whicl , constitution will not in any way change our condi I tion, or affect our position, until it has been duly accepted by Congress. These are the powers of the convention undei existing orders ana laws; and unless these orden i and laws are modified or changed, the conventior cannot go beyond the limits which have been mark , ed out for it by the acts of Congress which govcrr reconstruction." Attempt to Assassinate Judge Busteed. i On Saturday, of last week, in Mobile, an at i tempt was made by L. V. B. Martin, the U. S, ?--1 A AX ?? A IAUaimo n* /!nw Tn/lfM I JLHSMIUL jntwrney, iur iLuiuauji^ w muiuci uuug( ; Busteed, of the U. S. District Court The Mobile Advertiser gives the following account of the affair: "About half-past nine yesterday morning Judge I Busteed, #ud|fc of United States District Court, crossed the street directly from the Battle House towards the Customhouse. Mr. L V. B. Martin 1 the United States'District Attorney, was standinf in front of one of the granite blocks at the southeri 1 entrance to tho Customhouse, facing the street, anc as Judj'e Busteed placed his foot upon the curb stone of the sidewalk, Martin levelled a revolve] and fired at him, the ball striking just below th< breastbone and knockinghim down. He fell back i ward, outside of the pavement, with one foot there I on, and Martin then advanced and deliberately firec two more shots, one of them striking the right lef . below the knee and passing up into the thigh, scv [ end inches above the knee, whence it was after 1 wards' extracted by the surgeons." ' The Advertiser, in the issue of the next day gives the following as the reasons for the assault ' "It is a matter of public notoriety that the granc jury of the last term presented Mr. Martin iu nu [ erous case^for extortion from citizens under covei of government libels and other suits: aud it is knowr , by Judge Busteed's friends that Mr. Martin owet . it to him that he was not criminally indicted foi " these outrages and official offences instead of beinf f prosecuted. The grand jury now in session (com i posed of picked men of the Mobile community) ii I is also known, have found ten or more true . bills against the District Attorney for similiar of , fences. These indictments had to be disposed o: at this term, and pending a motion for an order t< ' compel the District Attorney to refund certain por tions of hjs extortionate gains, Judge Busteed ex pressed himself from the bench very strongly anc . harshly on the oonduofc of Mr. Martin, a nublic Of' . ficer iti liia court. Mr. Martin took his hat anc left the court, and next morning at nine o'clock meeting the Judge on the corner of Royal and St 1 Francis-streets, on his way to open his court, h< ' opened fire upon him with a revolver, without won i or warning, and continued to fire at him, even aftei he fell, until he was stopped by the bystanders." Late advices are to the effect that Judge Bus r teed's wounds are healing, and his recovery is nov i considered certain. His physicians think that hi . will necessarily be confined to his room for somi weeks. The Advertiser in commenting upon thi i affair, says: > "Judge Busteed has many friends here, and th< . entire public has lately felt its gratitude strongh stirred for him by several acts of distinguished scr vice on the bench. Mr. Martin is an Alabamiai i by birth and raising, and that is all He belong: to the Radical sect of noliticians, and although o ; Confederate affinities during the war, he took th< . iron-clad oath of office when he was appointed U nited States Attorney. This, in addition to tin ? notorious belief in the public mind that he had ' under color and power of his office, preyed upoi the pockets pf citizens in shameless extortions, ha 1 made the man unpopular and shunned in this com f munity, and it is due to the community that thesi facts and the status of Martin should be known lest we hear the howl from Northern Jacobii 5 sources that a United States Judge has been mur dered by a rebel. If murdered, at all, he has beei murdered by a style ,of man that the true South r em rebel most thoroughly despises?a native, ren . egade Radical.'' OUTRAGES IN ORANGEBURG. On Saturday night last, after the down Columbi: Express train on the South Carolina Railroad ha< passed about a quarter of a mile beyond Lewisville t in Orangeburg district, two shots were fired inti [ the passenger car, at the rear end of the train. TT.xnn Avftinmofinn if n?ou coiin liaf tliu Tvinilmv upuu tAUUllUUUUII AW n UiJ OVWU vuuv kMW IIMUVII ^ in the rear of the car were shattered, and that th door was peppered with shot. There were twi bullet holes in the ceiling, and a number of sho were, picked up that had fallen on the floor. I was evident tliat the persons who fired had run ou 1 ou the track as the train passed aud had delivers t their fire while close to it To this fact was dm the safety of the passengers, as the shot all rangei \ upwards and passed towards the roof. The weap , on used is supposed to have been an ordinar; smoothbore musket, and the charge buckshot am ball. _ j The men who did the deed are not known, am it is difficult to assign anv satisfactory cause for si ' unprovoked an attempt at murder. Major W. H " H. Holton, agent of the Freedmen's Bureau a 3 Orangeburg, got on the train at Lewisville, anJ on 7 supposition is that the shots were fired at him Whether this be so or not, Major Holton had j " naiTow escape, as one of the balls passed withii - an inch or two of his ear. Another suppositioi was that conductor Evans was the person attackci ' as he had, on the previous trip, put off at Lewis 1 ville, some negroes who had refused to pay thei fare. 5 On Thursday last, Mr. Dicdrick Hanc, win 3 plants near Fort Motto, in Orangeburg, was accost ed by Jeff. Davis, one of his former slaves, win | wished to purchase a pair of shoes. Mr. Han had a small store in which he kept plantation sup plies, and from which he had advanced the freed uieu many articles. He told Jeff. Davis that h s was already in his debt and that he could not havi 1 the shoes. Davis became very indignant at th refusal, and commenoed threatening Mr. Hane saying that he would shoot him, &c. Mr. Han is quite an old man, and, fearing the negro migh s do him some injury, he got his gun, and th e threats being continued, he fired, wounding th T negro,- but pot seriously. The snooting was n s sooucr known to the negroes on the neighborin i, plantatioteyVho belonged to the League, than the, ', IMJilllllUlllXfU U50tlUU""o| U"U m ? uuuiv u.uv nv?i f ly three hundred were at the snot, most c s them being armed. They surrounded the house >- posting pickets, and preventing all ingress or e s gress, and said that they would take the case i: e their own hands aud would allow no interferenc from either the civil or military authorities. N ' one was allowed to enter the house except the doc n tor who was attending the boy, and Mr. Han e was made a close prisoner, though no violcnc n was offered to his person. His friends seeing th d position of affairs, dispatched a message to Oolum s bia for the assistance of the military. One com 1, pany of the garrison were immediately sent to th fort, but their arrival had been barely announce when the forces of the League disappeared. Th valiant host, who respected neither the sword c the gown, had vanished, and the soldiers had th [* battlefield to themselves. Mr. Hano was place b under arrest, to answer any charges that may b i- made against him. At last accounts the negro wa is recovering, and there were no apprehensious of an further disturbances. We find the above in the Charleston News. Th .s last issue of the Orangeburg News has the follon o ing paragraph: s At Lewisville, on New Year's day. several arme i- bands of negroes under command of Captains an 1- Lieutenants, assembled and repaired to the churc 11 where, as a Union League, they were harangue ; by some Radical orators with inflammatory speech ?i es. These produced immediate fruit; for after th n meeting was dismissed and they began their rctur r march through the village, they indulged them selves in an indiscriminate cursing of the whites it aud a general discharging of their fire-anus. I e front of one of the stores three volleys were fired s So disorderly were the negroes that a Federal ofl !- cer on a passing train, had it stopped, and step d ping out expostulated with them ana advised thee to disband quietly. His words were unheeded, an e the rioting continued several hours. LOCAL ITEMS. HEW ADVEETISElfEHTS.., ' W. B. Metts, C. E. Y. D.?Notice to the Creditors 1 of Rev. R. Y. Russell, deceased. ! W. B. Metts, C. E. Y. D.?Notice to the Creditors ) of J. B. Manning, deceased. . W. B. Metts, C. E. Y. D.?Notice to the Creditors I of S. G. Poag, deceased. W. B. Metts, C. E. Y. D.?Notice to the Creditors of David Roddey. deceased. < W. B. Metts. C E. Y. D.?Notice to the Creditors of F. A. Erwin, Jr., deceased. W. B. Metts, C. E. Y. D.?Notice to the Creditors of Wm. P. Berry, deceased. W. B. Motts, C. E. Y. D.?Notice to the Creditors of Alsa Glenn, deceased." W. B. Metts, C. E. Y. D.?Notice to the Creditors of John C. McCarter. F. C. Harris, O. Y. D.?Citation?Graudison Williams, Applicant?Henry Pratt, deceased. Munn Co., New York?Scientific American. Little & Marshall?Charleston Agricultural Warehouse and Seed Store. W. H. Smith?"New Centre Academy. Mrs. G. and Miss Julia Mauigault?School Notice. John May, M. D.?1888?A Card. R. H. Glenn, S. Y. D.?Ordinary's Sale of land belonging to the Estate of David Ramsay, deceased . R. H. Glonn, S. Y. D.?Ordinary's Sale of land belonging to the Estate of J. J. Wilson, deceased. R. H. Glenn, S. Y. D.?Sheriffs Sales. F. C. Harris, O. Y. D.?Citation?John B. Whitesides, Applicant?A. D. Hartness, deceased. Jamps F. Hart. A ormt?To Rent. . W. H. McCorido.'lntendftnt^An Ordinance. , J. & E. B. Stowe?Money to be made. 1 SALES-DAY. The first Monday in January is usually a day ' important to business men, from the number of I persons brought together at various Court Houses, , as weH as from the facts, that it is usually consid; ered a day for the reckoniug of accounts, changes j of ownership of property, and other business I transactions incidont to a new year. In the first ' particular, although the day was disagreeably rainy, 5 a considerable number of persons were in atten dance here on Monday, but so far as business transactions were concerned, we think the concern 1 was a small affair, especially so in the matter of ' reckoning accounts for past dues. Some property changed hands at low figures, among which were the following tracts of land sold t by the Commissioner : One tract of land in possession of C. J. Pride, 1 sold on six mouths time, with interest, at $4.00 - per acre. r The real estate of Mrs. Harriet Elmore, sold at 1 one, two and three years, with interest, as follows: r One tract, 114acres, $2.15 per acre; one tract 1,r 054J acres, $2.55, per acre. ! One tract belonging to the estate of Mary Patt rick, deceased, thirty-two acres, at $1.2G per acre ' ?credit 12 months with interest. |. The Ordinary sold the Nelson traet of land, 185 acres, at $3.75 per acre?credit, 12 months. . . The Sheriff sold four tracts of land for taxes.? - Also, one bale of Cotton, under execution, at $9.35 1 per hundred. ? ? P..? fhi. Vnrlrvillo Rnnulrer. ' FAIRFIELD CORRESPONDENCE. j Younoesville, December 23, 1867. 1 Messrs Editors: It may seem a late day to rer port local items in regard to the crops of the past year, but the 3'cnr's operations are drawing to a close and wc give a few notes in reference to them. r In our vicinity (raore*properly "Brice's Store" 2 than Youngesville; though the latter is the nearest 2 post office) the number of field laborers is but a 2 small fraction less than before the war. This remark applies to 1866, to which wo allude for the 2 sake of comparison, as well as to the present year. [ The crop of cotton made is about twice as large as 1 the crop of last year, and half as large as that of s 1860. The corn crop is less than an average of f years before the war, and, perhaps, double that of 2 last year, though it is difficult to state the exact * ratio; for while a few did uot buy corn this year, others did not inako enough last year to serve them i till the end of this year. Some men have had to ? buy corn this year who have been farming forty - years, and never bought a bushel before. I know 3 of but one case in our community where a lien was J given on the growing crop. About the usual quantity of land has been seeded i with wheat; though nbouta month laterthan usual, - in consequence of the difficulty in gathering a crop, * heavy by comparison. A few arc still putting in wheat. The weather has been very favorable for this grain. The quantity raised here, is usually about three or four bushels per head of the popula? tion. Lands rent from two to five dollars per acre. ' Very little land has been sold since the war. A 0 few lots of from fifty to one hundred acres, have been bought at ten dollars per acre. We hear of 8 some, a little farther off, selling at six, by the will of c both parties. It is frequently remarked on "sale 3 day," that "land rents higher than it sells." The truth continued in this remark, is easily accounted 1 for. Few men who have k?en purchasers, are inJ clined to buy; fewer are able to buy, and when one buys a plantation that has been used, or rather a2 bused, under the old system, he gets much that ia worse than valueless, much that is of no value until it is improved at considerable additional cost, ? and a little that is ready for cultivation, yethepaya for every acre. When he rents, he generally paya 3 for what he can use; the rent is to be paid from the * crop to be raised upon it, and necessity makes a man act as though he were hopeful for one year. t Pork is raised sparingly on the larger plantations; e less than formerly on the smaller, and less bacon is used generally. We are becoming more economi!cal 1 December, 26.?The weather is very warm. I Christmas is over. The holidays are very quiet It is frequently remarked that mirth and jollity, r once the accompaniments of Christmas, are giving place to sobriety. The reason is obvious. A large 3 class are now encumbered with cares that formerly 0 had few ; others are busy planning and projecting, c who formerly could do these things beforehand. - All arc concerned about settling for the past, and - contracting for the coining year. c I yet remember, with pleasure, my feelings on the ? evening of the 25th of December for a long period, , including the latter part of boyhood and the first of e manhood. Loth to part with the day to which I t had long looked forward with so high anticipations, e I would seek, about sunset, some retired spot, and e there indulge in a calm sweet melancholy that made ? me love to linger gazing at the eastern twilight, till y darkness made me tear myself away. December, 31.?Weather not so hot as 26th, ?f 27th and 28th?mixed rain and sleet falling?started !> out on business connected with the transition state. Did not think that the weather would be so bad, e but proceeded, and soon found myself encased in "A coat of mail that need not fear, 0 The downward point of many a spear." Afr. ttti lil-n flint nf ft efntnii hiif. in tlirfifl i'lV IA/UIU IT ttO UUV VUMW V* M WVMKWW , ... p " ' e hours I reached a comfortable fire, melted off, ene joyed the intercourse of my friends, transacted my i- busiucss, and returned home on January 1st, 1868. i- Found thirty-six pounds of tea from the Great A? merican Tea Company awaiting my arrival for distribution ; it costs from $1.00 to $1.50 per pound. ,r Expense of delivering 14 cents, and is pronounced c by the best judges elegant. This compauy is no d humbug. If the young men choose to visit the e young ladies of our community, at tea-time, they 3 will get a secondary treat in the shape of a cup of ^ tea. They have acted handsomely in this respect e for the last two years, and have taken quite a numh ber of our young ladies, but we have a few more left "of the same sort." j Closing for the present, I promise you some furd thcr dottings when auy thing of interest occurs, h J. C. C. d i- Tiie State Convention.?The Reconstruction e Convention, which is to assemble in Charleston, n on Tuesday next, will be composed of sixty mulati toes and blacks, and fifty-seven whites. Nine of i, the latter are Massachusetts men formerly connecn ted with the Freedmen's Bureau, who were disI. charged from service on their election to the Coni vention. It is generally understood that Dr. A. )- G. Mackey, well known as a Masonic author and n Collector of the Port of Charleston, is the almost d unanimous nominee of the delegates, for President of the Convention. COLUMBIA CONTREBUTORIAL BY JAN. WOOD DAVIDSON. COLUMBIA, 80UTH OABOLDTA, 6TE JAHUABY, 1868. The Orangeburg Affair. After a good deal of smoke, there appears to have been very little fire. Our idea of the matter is that the negroes determined upon decided revenge, but became intimidated as affairs came to a crisis. The matter is the beginning of a series, that is to lead to?. The South. The New York Herald says: ' 'Everywhere the negroes are falling into idleness and disorder. Radical emissaries have instilled into their minds ideas of agrarianism and hatred towards the whites. There is no security for property. They steal everything they can lay their hands on." Is this not true? How long will the negroes listen to Radical imnosfors. and refuse to hear their real and true friends? The curse of Heaven seems to be upon the poor son of Africa; so that ho believes a lie sooner than the truth. Forty Acres and a Male. fv Some of the negroes had laid up some little money to tuy their next year's meat with; but spent it for red handkerchiefs when they heard about that * 'forty acres and a mule" donation that somebody was going to make to all the negroes. Their plan was to kill the mule for meat and Hve on the interest of the land. But there is confusion in the camp evidently, and it may be difficult for some of them to get ou without the mule. Most of them are now willing to compromise on the mule?let the land go, but have the mule. There may be somothing funny in the situation; but if there is Cuffee (without the mule) doesn't see it Nor do we. New Year's Day. The weather wis lowering and the streets were sloshy; but the negroes, notwithstanding all these things, had a procession, with banners, speeches, and huzzaing* The procession numbered less than three hundred, although all five of the political societies were represented. Cuffee seems to be getting tired of this kind of thing?he wants more of his "forty acres and a mule" and less of banners and toot-horns; and it really seems to us that the second thought is the better of the two. Now, for 1808?a long pull?a strong pull?no work?forty acres of mules?and then ! The Dead of '07; Among the distinguished dead of the year just past are the following worthy of note: n i i .i ? t> tt -em?i?l? a.,, aj?j UOl. 21XU1 ur r. xiayue, ui v^uaricauju, iuc mcuu and aidc-de-camp of Jackson, in days long gone, died on the 7th of January. Nathaniel Parker Willis, of New York, editor ol the Home Journal, poet, essayist, and HtteraUui in general ? 20th January. Henry Lee, a candidate for the vice-presidencj in 1832, who received the electoral vote of Soutl Carolina, died in BostoB on the 6th of February aged 85. Hon. Isaac E. Holmes, M. C. from Charlestoi from 1839?1851, in Charleston, aged 71, on the 25th February. James Dunwoody Brown son De Bow, editor ol De Bow's Review, aged 47, on the 27th February, Charles F. Browne (Artemus Ward), of con sumption, aged 32 years, 6th March. George W. Randolph, Confederate Secretary ol War, on the 3d of April. Thomas Francis Meagher, the Irish exile anc | Yankee General, 1st July. Charles Anthon, author or editor of so man] ' school-books, 29th July. John McQueen, M. C., from S. C., aged 63, oi the 30?h August. Sterling Price, Confederate General, at St Lou is, 27th September. Elias Howe, Jr., inventor of the sewing ma chine, aged 48, 3d October. Peter Lorillard, of snuff memory, at Saratoga Gth October, aged 72 years. Fitz Greene Halleck, poet, at Guilford, Connec ticut, 19th November, aged "77 years. Alexander Smith, Scotch poet, author of LiJ Drama, near Edinburgh 5th January, aged 36. Victor Cousin, French philosopher, author, an< savan, at Paris, aged 75. Archibald Allison, English historian, 23d May aged 75. Maximilian, Mexican filibustero, at Queretaro aged 35, on the 19th June. ^ Velpean, French surgeon, 25th August, aged 72 Faraday, English chemist, aged 76, on the 25tl ' August. 1 Souloque, emperor of Hayti, aged 78, in Sep 1 tember. Rosse, of telescope fame, 31st October, aged 67 Ira Aldridge, a negro actor, died in Poland, 7tl 1 August Simonides, the famous Greek forgef of ancien i manuscripts, 5th November, of leprosy. BRAZIL EMIGRATION. i Yorkville, S. C., January, 4 18C8. i Editor of Enquirer: Will you allow me room ii the Enquirer, to make a statement of facts, am , a request of those whom these facts may concern 1 An agency has been established, at New Orieanj to aid emigrants to Brazil, npon the following i terms, viz: The emigrant, on embarking, will paj $40. The government of Brazil will pay $80; tha is, two-thirds of the passage money; and the emi grant will not have this $80 to refund, provider he settles permanently in that country. Arrange ments ore being made (and it is believed will be ef fected) to allow emigrants to board themselves oi the voyage; and then they will not pay anything or embarking. The vessel will make Charleston t point of call, provided eighty or one hundred emi grants can be obtained. Now, I desire those who expect to leave for Bra zil, and who desires to embark at Charleston, t< report to me, at Yorkville, S. C., as soon as prac ticable, stating the number of persons, and to whai point in Brazil, they wish to go, in order that ] may be enabled, in due time, to give the informa tion to the agency at New Orleans, and to arrange for a vessel to call at Charleston. Youre, Ac. J. R. BAIRD. P. S.?All persons desiring reliable inforniatioi from Brazil, can obtain it by subscribing for th< Brazilian Emigrant, published in Rio de Janeiro by Rev. W. C. Emerson, and C. B. Cencir, at $5 which should be sent to H. H. Emerson, Meridian Mississippi, as he attends to the entire interest a the paper in the United States. J. R. B. DOINGS IN CONGRESS. 1 Congress re-assembled on Monday last, and is a ; its "labor of love," again. In the House, a varie tir of hills nnd resolutions were introduced, anion; them one to authorize Clerks of Record Courts U administer oaths in bankruptcy. Upson, of Michigan, introduced a resolution, di rectiug the Committee on Reconstruction to in I quire into the expediency of authorizing the seve , ral Conventions elected under the Reconstructioi , Acts, in the States lately in rebellion, to appoin | all civil officers, whether State or County, in saic 1 States; to act temporarily and until State Consti tutions shall be adopted therein, and officers shal . be chosen and qualified to fill said offices; and tha for this purpose, said Conventions may remove al , civil officers now acting in said States. Boutwell. of Massachusetts, moved to amend th< resolution, by adding?to instruct the Reconstruc tion Committee to inquire into the expediency o authorizing the General of the army to detail offi cers for service in said States; also to inquire inti the expediency of constituting said States each i i separate Military District, under the command o a General of the army; and also as to the expedi % ency of providing additional legislation to securt ' the elective franchise to all; and also to declare b] Act of Congress, thatthe Provisional Government set up in said States by order of the acting Presi dent, are not Republican forms of Government. Upson accepted the amendments. Chandler, of New York, moved to lay the whol subject on the table, which was not agreed to?yea 28; nays 66. The resolutions were thai adopted Eldndge offered a resolution of thunlrp to Geo Hancock, in accordance with the President's message. Tabled?85 to 28. Washburne, of Wisconsin, offered a resolution, declaring tliat the House utterly condemns the oonductof Andrew Johnson, acting President of the United States, for his action in removing the gallant soldier. General Sheridan, from the command of the Fifth Military District; and that the thanks of the House ore due to General Grant, for his letter of August last, condemning the act of said acting President, for his removal of Secretary ? Stanton, as well as for the endorsement of General Sheridan in regard to affairs in the State of Texas: adopted?yeas 82, nays 23. In the Senate, the consideration of the eottontax was postponed until Monday next IMPORTANT MILITARY ORDER. On the 31st ultimo, General Canby, commanding the second Military District, embracing North and South Carolina, issued the subjoined Order, and designates it as No. 164. As the Order can only be understood when taken"in connection with Order No. 10 and others^e have prepared a short explanation of the leading features, which explanation will be found in thp editorial columns, trader the caption of "General Order, No. 10"; 1. Paragraph It of General Orders, No. JO, from the Headquarters of the Second Military District, dated April 11, 1867, is modified as follows SUHS FOB DEBT8. . Judgments or decrees for the payment of money on causes of action arising in North Carolina between the 20th of May, 1861, and the 20th day of April, 1865, and in Sooth Carolina between the 19th dav of December. 1860. and She 29th day of April, 1865, shall not bo enforced, by execration, against the person or property of the defendant i Proceedings for such causes ofaction now pending, , shall be stayed, and no suit or process shall be instituted or commenced on such causes of action \ until after the civil government of the respective States shall be established in accordance with the laws of the United States. Paragraph III of the same order is modified as follows: - ? EXECUTIONS. ( Sheriffs, coroners and constables are hereby di1 rected to suspend the sale of all property upon execution, or process under any judgment or decree i of a court of the so-called Confederate States, or of the State of North Carolina, rendered between the 20th day of May, 1861, and the organization f of the provisional government of said State, undeir the President's proclamation of the 29th day of 1 April, 1865, or of the State of Sooth Carolina, ' rendered between the 19 th day of December, 1860, and the organization of the provisional government i of the said State, under the President's proclama- v tion of the 30th day of Jane, 1865, unless the written consent of the defendant be entered of record, and except in cases where the plaintiff or his ; attorney, upon oath, supported by corroborative testimony, shall allege that the defendant is disI posing of, removing, or about to remove, his property beyond the jurisdiction of the court, with intent to defraud his creditors: provided, that no such judgment, so rendered, within the periods F aforesaid, shall he a bar to the commencement, in - a State court, of a new suit upon the same cause of action in any case in which, by law, the defendant may remove or appeal the same to a court of the United States. 1 FORECLOSURE OF MORTGAGE. / 1 The sale of real or personal propertyvby foreclosure of mortgage, is likewise suspended in the 1 case embraced in paragraphs H and IIIt of said 5 Order No. 10 as above amended, except in cases where interest money accruing subsequent to the - 1 f 29th of April, 1865, shall not have been paid be- > fore the day of sale, and all previous restrictions ' on such sales are revoked. Paragraph IV of the same order is modified by substituting the 29th day of April, 1865, for the f 18th day of May, 1865. .Paragraph V of the same order is modified as i follows: ... SUITS ON NEGRO DEBTS. All proceedings for the recovery of money on r contracts, whether under seal or by parol, the consideration of which was the purchase of slaves, i made subsequent to the 1st day of January, 1863, are suspended. Judgments or decrees entered for . such causes of action shall not be enforced. Paragraph VUbf the same order is modified as follows: HOMESTEADS. , In alftktes of property under execution or by ? order of any court, there shall be reserved out of the property of any defendant who has a family h dependent upon his or her labor, a dwelling house and appurtenances, and (if in the country) twenty acres of land, or so much thereof that the whole shall not exceed in value the sum of two thousand dollars; and in a town or city, the immediate lot 1 upon which such dwelling house is' situated; and necessary articles of furniture, apparel, subsistence , and implements of husbandry, trade, or other employment, to the value of five hundred dollars.? j The homestead exemption shall inure only to the ' benefit of families. In other cases the exemption shall extend only to clothing and implements of ^ . trade or employment usually followed by the de i fendantj of the value of two hundred dollars. The exemptions hereby made shall not be waived or defeated by the act of any defendant who has a family dependent upon him or her for support, and the exempted property shall be assertainea and de fined by the sheriff or other officer enforcing tho i execution, who shall call to his aid two impartial citizens to make the necessary appraisement, and I shall moke report thereof to the coart ARREST FOR FRADULENT DEBTS. Paragraph X is hereby modified so as to authorize arrest in civil actions ex contractu only in cases where the demand is past due, and the defendant has been guilty of a fraud in contracting the debt sued for, or has removed or disposed of his properI ty, or is about to do so, with intent to defraud his ? creditors, or is about to leave the State with such 3 intent . EXECUTORS AND TRUSTEES. r Paragraph XVI, is amended by adding thereto: t All proceedings in any court of North Carolina, or South Carolina, recognizing or sanctioning the inJ vestment of the funds of minor heirs, or of females, 1 or of insane persons, in the securities of the late rebel government, or the securities of the States - of North Carolina or South Carolina, created for j the purpose of carrying on war against the Gov, eminent of the United States, will be suspended until the question of the validity of such invest- ^ ment shall have been determined by the courts of ^ * the United States, or by national legislation. And nothing in the pro virions of this order, or of the - order No. 10 above cited, shall be held to bar or > hinder the recovery, by suit, of the estate of any minor heir, female or insane person, {cestui que ' trust), whether in the hands of executors, adminis. trators, trustees, guardians, masters or clerks of L equity courts, ana other fiduciary agents, or inves ted by them in their fiduciary character. 5 DISTILLERIES. IL General Order 25, of May 20, 1867. is revoked ; and on and after the first day of January, i 1868, the distillation of spirituous liquors in this , Military District will be subject to sucn restrictions ' only as are imposed by tne laws of the United ' Staths and of the States of North and South Car> olina, respectively. , BAB ROOXS. f HL Paragraphs VI and VII of General Orders No. 32, dated May 20, 1867, are revoked, and the power to grant licenses for the sale of sprritous or intoxicating liquors is remitted to the proper local t authorities, to take effect on and after the 1st day . of January, 1868, and to be subject to the following conditions: 5 1. The municipal authorities granting the license } shall be answerable that the parties to whom such licenses are granted, together with their sureties. - shall be responsible persons and of good moral A - standing in the community, and that forli nvinoi. - pal and sureties shall be aSle to qualify individu) ally in double the amount of the bond required, t and that the bond shall be a lien upon the personal 1 property of both principal and sureties, and upon proof of default shall warrant the summary seizure 1 and sale of so much of the property of either or t both as may be necessary to satisfy the forfeiture 1 or fine and costs. 2. Drunkenness or disorderly conduct on the 5 premises shall work the forfeiture of the license - and of the penalty of the bond. * f 3. The owner or keeper of any bar room, jdoon ' - or other plaoe at which intoxicating liquors are > sold, and all other persons interested or connected i threwith, shall be regarded as principals in any f action of damages growing out or any assault, not, - affray or other disorder occurring on the premises, a or directly traceable thereto. j 4. All barrooms, saloons or other places at which s intoxicating liquors are sold, shall be closed on the - day or days of any general or local election, and for the twelve hours next proceeding the opening and next succeeding the closing of the polls at suctr f b election; and the sheriffs of counties and districts, s and the chief of police of cities and towns, shall . have power to direct the closing of bar rooms and . other places |or the safe of intoxicating liquors | *' }