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Daily Pane* I? a Year; "Let our Ju_t Censure Attend the True Event." Tri-Weekly $6 a Year BY JULIAN A. SELBY. COLUMBIA, S. 0.. TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 1, 1868. x i r rj x xxvA?JJi li_V? s-OBtiauao PA ti.Y Jkin> THI-WKBXXT. THE GLlAfiER, EVEB? WEDNESD.VT MOBSTOO. BY JULIAN A. SELBY, EPITOB AND PBOPBIETOB. Office on Main street, a few doorB above Taylor (or Camden) street. TERMS-IN ADVANCE. sttB?oBirrio?. Daily Paper, eix months.fi 00 Tri-Weekly, ?? ? . 2 50 Weekly, " " v..... 1 50 AJDVEBT1BEMENT8 Laserted at, 75 conts pox square for the flr?t Insertion, and GO contsforeach subsequent. Weekly 75 cents eaoh insertion. aar A liberal discount made on the above raies when advertisements are inserted by ike manth or year, , AGENTS. Lexington-B. J. Hayes.' Spartanburg-Hiram Mitchell, j. R. Allon, Chostor. . S. F. KlUard, Newberry C. H. .vj J James Grant, Union. Julius Poppo, Anderson C. H. Seed Rye and Oats. XT^OR 8ALE BY JD Aug 23 FI8HER Sc LOWRANCE. Brinly Plows. Fstore and for sale by Aug 29 FI8HER & LOWRANCE. Seed Oats. FOB SALE BY Aug 27 FISHER & LOWRANCE. -!-: Fresh Country Butter. FOB SALE BY Aug 27 FISHER Sc LOWRANCE. Corn ! Corn ! RAA BUSHELS CORN. Just arrived OvVJ and for salo low by Aug 23 0_J. A T. R. AONEW. THE CASH SYSTEM. ?~i"jrr*Q to the unsettled condition of \_/ the country, and many other matters connected with carrying on business suc ,'ceBBfuUy, and satisfactorily to all con - corned, we have come to tho determination virvt? adopt tho CASH 8Y8TEM, and sell only for CASH, after the 1st of SEPTEMBER, j?ext; which will enable us to buy our " '" goods for cash and sell at such LOW PRICES as will bo a sufficient inducement for all who desire CHEAP and GOOD GROCERIES to call and make their pur? chases. Come one, come all, and buy your goods cheap, and no afterclap. Aug 27 CAMPBELL & JONES. FRESH TAMARINDS. THIS fruit is both nutritious and cool? ing, in cases of fevers or other dis ^.POLLARD'S. Corn! Corn! Corn! T"iyHOLE8ALE and retail, at YY Aug 9 8WYQERT Sc BENN'S. New Supplies. "T71GG BI80UITS, Hi Lomon Crackers, Oyster Crackers, And Milk Biscuits, at G. DIEROK8'. NEW PUBLICATIONS. rjlEQE HERMITS; by Charles Kingsley. U,,:,X Democracy in the United States; by B. H. Gillett. ?2.50. * .tr**! Little Foxes; by Mrs. Harriet Stowe. $1.75. The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia, with J!?-'Map and Plates; by Sir Samuel Baker. $2.75. Beaumarchais, an historical novel; by Brachvogel. Price $2. Capo Cod and All Alongshore; by Nord? hoff. New Testament History; Dr. Smith. ,i ? Scott's Waverly Novels, London edition. 25 cents. Also, Dickens' Novels, same price, tor sale at BRYAN * McCARTER'S, Aug 28_Bookstore. FOR RENT. rflHB TWO STORY BRICK DWELLING, A. on Main street, now occupied by W. ;W. O. Swaffield, containing Ten Rooms. Kitchen att .ched to the boneo. Water on both doors. Possession given October 1, or sooner if desired. Apply to Aug 21_R. SWAFFIELD. Aromatio Life Bitters. ?SUPERLATIVE TONIC ?nd Invigor . ating Cordial, composed, in part, of erican Centaury and Life Everlasting, with other valuablo vegetable products. It will be found an excellent STOMACH BITTERS, an appetizer, and aa anti dyspeptio remedy. It ia invaluable as a Tonio, for Debility, Indigestion, Loss of Appetite, Nervousness, Torpid Liver, ' ftfuggish Circulation. A gen .irons stimu? lant, quickening the action Of the organB of life, and imparting new powers to tho wholo body. Directions.-A. table spoon-full to a wino glass may be taken, as often aa occasion requires, with a little sugar and water, or without. (Dyspeptics may take it Just beforo meals. For aale by FISHER Sc HEINIT8H, August lit_?_Druggists. A Paying Investment. TUE boat investment is that which gives the largest return for the monoy laid ont. A oiok mau, nuable lo attend to his business, must necessarily lose his time, whilst his exponaos goes on with unremit? ting waste. On? dollar spent for that restorative cordial, "HEINITfQ'S QUEEN S DELIGHT, secures tho blese ings cf hoaltb. removes diaeaso, invigo? rates tho whole system, and, in ?bort, makes tho sick mau well. What better or greater return could have boon made with one dollar? For sido by FISHER &HEINIT8II, Aug 10 t_Drnggiata. Scrofula, or King's Evil, JB cured by using Heinitah'a Queen's Delight. ?.MANHOOD."-Another New Medical Pamphlet from the pen of Dr. Curtie. Tho Medical Times says of HUB work: "Thia j valuable troatiao on tho cauao and cure of j prematuro decline ahowa how health ia impaired through aecret abuaes of youth and manhood, and how easily regained. It gives a clear synopsis of the impedimenta to marriago, the cauao and effects of nor- j voua debility, and tho rem?di?e therefor." A pocket edition of tho abovo will be for- i warded on receipt of 25 C?mts, by ad? dressing Doctor Curtis, No. 189 F street, Washington, p. C. May 27 ly NOTICE. ALL persona anywiso indebted to tho estate of FRITZ ZE8TERFLETH, deceased, will pie neo como forward ana settle tho samo, and all persona having demrmds will prosont them, properly at? tested, for payment to W. STIEGLITZ. Administrator of tho estate of F. Zes terfloth._Aug 27 6 COME ONE ! COME ALT, ! ! I have juat r< . turned from Now York and Philadelphia, where I navo selected eome of tho most fashion able stvlea of JEWELRY, WATCHES, CLOCKS and SILVER, which will bo offer? ed at greatly reduced prices. ALSO, EYE-GLASSES and SPECTACLES of | every style and description, to tuiit both near and far-sighted eves. DOGWOOD SETS only 50 cont?. JET $1. Call and soo at I. 8ULZRACHER'8, 8ign of Green Specks, ono door below Phonix Office, Main Btroot, Columbia, S. C. ? ?? REFAIIUNCI OF WATCHES. CLOCKS and JEWEL? RY, dono at short notice and warranted. Aug 29 \_I. S. 18G8. 1808. FALL AND WINTER IMPORTATIONS MILLINERY GOODS, RibbonB, Trim? ming Ribbons, Velvet Ribbone, Silks, Satins, Velvets, Fancy bonnet Mate r?ala, Blonda, Crapes, Netts, French Flow? ers, Plumes and Ornaments. Bonnets aud Ladies' Hata, in Straw, Silk, Velvet and Folt. Wo offer the largest and best as? sorted st eek in the United Stat es, compris? ing all tho latest Parisian novelties, and unequalled in choico varioty and cheap? ness. ARMSTRONG, CATOR & CO., 237 and 239 Baltimore street, Aug 26 C?_Baltimore D. W. HAWTHORNE, Broker and Comn?ssion Merchant, WALHALLA. 8. C., and Honoa Path, 8. C., will attend to all business entrusted to his caro at either place. Augnst 13_ FLOUR. A (\ BAGS OF FLOUR, every sack gua TCV/ rantoed. For salo by August 8 FISHER & LOWRANCE. RICE! RICE!! 2TIERCES OF PRIME CAROLINA RICE. For Bale low for caeb. August 8 FISHER & LOWRANCE. NEW BOOKS. AZ ILE. By Mrs. Jano Cross, $1.50 History of a Mouthful of Bread new edition. By Joan Mace, $1.75 Tho Servants of tho Stomach. By same author, $1.75. The Maternal Mauagemont of Infancy, for tho Use of Parents, 75c. The Hormita. By tho Rev. Charles Kingaloy, $2. Now Testament History. By William Smith, LL. V.-Uniterm with Old i enta? ment history, soon to bo published, $2. Tho Old World in ita New Face-imprea aiona of Europe in 1867-68. By Henry W. Bellows. Volumo 1, $1.75. And many other new Booka. DUFFIE & CHAPMAN, Booksellers, August 13_Columbia. 8. C. COTTON GINS AND CONDENSERS ! SAMPLES of the EMORY GIN. BROWN GIN and CLEMENTS, BROWN & CO. GEORGIA GIN, in store and for salo by Aug 12 FISHER & LOWRANCE^ Fresh Supplies of Family Groceries, SWYGERT <fc SEAN'S. August 9_. Seeds, Landreth's Seeds. INTER DUTCH TURNIP SEED, Ruta Baga Turnip Seed, Large Globe Turnip Seed, Largo Norfolk Turnip 3eed,. Parole Top Turnip Seed. , For salo by FISHER & HEINITSH. I W ?_-__t ? STILL LIVE. THE great SUMTER BITTERS havol only to be tried to bo appreciated. AaJ a summer tonio and invigorating medi? cino, nono is equal to it; aa a stomach_ ap? prizer and a promoter of digestion, it ia tho boat Bitters out. Onlv try it, and your oxperienco MU attest the truth of our advice. For sala wholesale and retail, by FISHER A HEINIT8H, Druggists. ,M*fM7_' . . .- ? t Enameled Preserving Kettles, ENAMELED and PLAIN SAUCE PANS. FURNACES, Ao., fto.,Just rooeived and for sale, low, by July 24 FISHER A LOWRANCE. MRS. S. C. GOODWYN WILL resume tho exercises of her 8chool, on TUESDAY, tho 1st of September, on As? sembly between Plain and Tay? lor et reet s. Aug 2G _ _ 6* MRS. OORDES jam*. WILL resumo her School //38k SEPTEMBER 15. UfTOrr She will also givo lessons in ^ggEaEMUSIC. FRENCH, LATIN, ^WSSFDRAWING, PAINTING, EM <&jr BROIDERY and WRITING. Aug 23_tC Colombia Male School. jm^ THE SCHOOL known under /TZBBL the abovo designation, forinor JlijBhlv conducted bv tho lato Rev. >SHo>P- W- PAPEi bo "-opened yjy by tho subscriber on the 1st of OCTOBER next, or at an ear? lier dato, if tho necessary preparations can be mado and tho School apparatus can bo procured beforo tho let of October. The patrons of tho School and others in? terested, who may desire information re? specting tho plan and course of instruc? tion, and the terms of tuition, are requested to apply to tho subscriber, at his residence, (Dr. Parker's cottage, West of tho Lunatic Asylum,) or at tho book store of McBsrs. Bryan fi McCarter. Aug 26 W. J. LAVAL, Principal. University of South Carolina. COLUMBIA, S. C. THE next Session will begin JlnB<?.c;i tbo firat MON1)AY iu 0ct? ^asfifSi-ber. This University ?fters ^gSsgpuvcry advantage for thorough training iu tho Literary and T Scientific branches, and in the Schools of Law and Medicine. The aggregate expenses for tho 8ession of nine months are-For a Student in three Literary or Scientific Schools, about $290; for a Student in Law, about $280; and, for a full course in the Medical School, about $370. Theso Bums includo fees for tuition and UBO of library, board, room-rent, fuel, lights and washing. For Catalogues, or further information, address Rev. C. BRUCE WALKER. Secre? tary of Faculty. R. W. BARNWELL, July IC j_Chairman of Faculty._ Smoking Tobacco. 1 AA LBS- p"ro Spanish SMOKING IUU TOBACCO, 100 Ibo. Lone Jack Smoking Tobacco. For sale low by E. & G. D. HOPE. July 10_ HENRY TAHLR, . FRENCH PAINTER. HOU8E <gj?g>PAINTING and Decorating, Paper s$ZSf?t Hanging, &c., executed with neatness and despatch. ALSO, PLASTERING and general House Re? pairing. Office on Boundary street, ono square East of Main. July 26 THOMAS & BELL, BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS. ALL work in tho department of mecha? nical, construction executed with promptness and skill. J. P. THOMAS. J. C. BELL. June 17_ THE MORRIS COTTON GLN.~ THE subscriber would inform Planters that ho has commenced the GIN business again, and can fill a few orders. Those in want of Gins would do well to speak early, as a limited number will be mado. Prico $3.50 por saw. Terms cash or city acceptance. E. MORRIS. July IC }3mo Ti A rt a TX A TTC! Purifies the Blood. For Sale by Druggists Everywhere. July 21_IIITlyr Choicest Family Groceries. JU8T received, the following FRESH SUPPLIES, selected expressly for first-class trade and for sale at lowest market rates: 3 bblB. NEW YORK EXTRA SUGAR CURED BACON STRIPS, small, 2 tierces Orange brand Hams, 20 bois, assorted Sugars, from 12} cents por pound, 100 boxen Scaled Herrings, very cheap, 50 bbls. Flour, assorted, some very su? perior. Now crop Tea, Black and Green, With all the favorito Sauces, Pickles, etc., which make up the odds and ends of a first-class Grocery. Wines and Liquors. HAVING lately returned from the Bal? timore, New York and o thor North? ern markets, the goods in this line have been personally aoleoted, with tba utmost care, and can confidently be recommended aa unBurpassablo in qualiiy and moderate in price. Stock comprises, WHISKIES, common to beat brands. Genuino French and imitation Brandv, Holland Gin, Champagne, "Lac d'Or," Sherry, Madeira, Port and Malaga Wince. For sale by August 23 GEORGE 8YMMER8. Summer Tonics and Invigorants. HOSTETTER'S BITTERS, Schiedam Schnapps, Sumter Bitters, Plantation Bitters, Cheanut Grove Whiskey. For sale by FISHER * HEINIT8H, July 22 f_Druggies. INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION. JUST received, new pattorns of Dresses, Sacques. Capes and Overalls. Also, new Hoop Skirts. August 23 FISHER & LOWRANCE. COLUMBIA. S. C. FORD & COYS Excelsior Magic Salve ! AND WASH! IS UNDOUBTEDLY THE GREATEST discovery of thc age. For tho euro of RHEUMATISM, WHITE SWELLING, NEURALGIA, BRUD3ES, BURNS, CUTS, SCALDS, And OLD SORES of every kind, no matter of how long standing, IT HAS NO EQUAL. Price for Salve ana Wash, 75 cents. Ford & Co.'a Stomach Bitters, ron cemita DIARRHOA, CRAMP COLIC. AND ALL DISEASES OF THE 8T0MACH. * It cleanses and purities the blood, and regulates tho bowele. For giving an ap? petite, it is ahead of all other tonics. Price, por bottle, $1.00. A liberal dis? count to Druggists and Dealers. *3T FORD A CO.'S REMEDDZS can bo had of any leading Drug House in tho United States. FORD & CO., Proprietors, Box 45, Augusta, Ga. J83~ Large quantities sent, per Express, to any part of tho United States, C. O. D. E. E. JACKSON, Druggist, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Ford A Co.'a Remedies for Columbia and vicinity. August 15 ly To Bridge Builders, Lumber Dealers and Others. SEALED PROPOSALS will bo received until tho SECOND MONDAY of Sep? tember, by the President and Directors of tho Broad" River Bridgo Company, for the following classes of work to be done, and kinds of material to bc furnished, to bo applied to the construction of DROAD RIVER BRIDGE, near Columbia, 8. C., to wit: For Second Class Bridge Masonry, in the Piers and Abutments,-per cubic yard. For Labor in constructing tho Super? structure in Bridge, materials furnished by tho Company,-per lineal foot. For furnishing Wrought bron Rods and Washers, finished,-per pounu. For furnishing tho whrle. or in part, the Pino and Oak Lumber m Superstructure. Plans and Specifications of the Bridge and Masonry, also Specifications of tho Materials to bo furnished and profile of the River, may bo seen and examined at the office of Alex. Y. Leo, Engineer. Tho President and Directors do not bind themselves to accept any or tho lowest bids. EDWARD HOPE, Aug 19 17_President B. R. B. C. THE CAROLINA HOUSE, (OS LOCATED on Washington Btreet, tfffnext to Brennen & Carroll's, is now ??under tho Bolo proprietorship of tho undersigned. The best of everything, in tho way of WINES, LIQUORS, ALE, SE GARS, TOBACCO, etc., kept on hand. LUNCn everv day at ll o'clock. Give him a call, and test tho correctness of the assertion made above. Juno 19 RICHARD BARRY._ Fresh Crackers. BBLS. SODA BISCUIT. " Sugar Crackers. " Ginger Schnapps. *' Butter Crackers. Also, Fancy Crackers, Egg Biscuit, Cream Biscuit, Nonpareil Biscuit, Ac, for sale by_J. & T. R. AGNEW. New Arrivals. FINE Sugar-cured Breakfast STRirS. Sugar-cured HAMS. Fresh LEMONS and NEW FLOUR. G. PIERCES, at 8eegers'old stand. FAMILY SOAP. BY arrangement with Mr. R. C. Shiver, we have obtained the Agency of thc 8?PERIOR WA8HING SOAP aoltf by him for Bomo months past. A full supply is now on hand and indi be furnished to his and our customers at ?5 cents per bar. Thia ia decidedly the best Soap in Columbia. _July23 _J. &T. R. AGNEW. Raisins, Figs, ftc. BOXES Layer RAISINS, fino order, ?t) 25 Half Druma cooloo Smyrna FIGS. 6 dozen Assorted JELLIES. 3 dozen Canton GINGER. For aale by July 26_E. A G. P. HOPE. Wrapping Paper and Twine. AFULL eupplv of WRAPPING PAPER. Ahso, Paper Twine. Cotton ami Hemp Twine. On band and tor sale by June 16_J. Si T. R. AGNEW. Ale and Porter. "I rv CASKS Jeffrey'a Edinburg ALE. IA) 5 casks English PORTER. For sale by_ E. AO. D.HOPE. Sugar-Cured Breakfast Strips, A ND FINE GOSHEN CHEESE, f\ at G- DIERCKS. Bugara on hand._July 18 Pickles, &o. 1 i\ DOZ. Crosse A Blackwell's English IW PICKLES, CHOW-CHOW ?nd PIC? OOLTLI. 20 dozen American PICKLES, Capers. Pickled Lobster. Pine Apples in glaea and cana, Ac. For sale by E. A G. D. HOPE. July lt?_' _ ~~Rio Coflbe: ?>K BAGS FAIR RIO COFFEE. For sale low to dealera. June 14 E. A G. D. HOPE. Mr. Chamberlain's ??Opinion." LAW OFFICE OF HAYNE & SON, No. 22 BROAD STREET, CHARLESTON, 8. C., lug. 29, 1868. I find in yesterday's Courier, Mr. D. li. Chamberlain's "opinion in writing as to the legality of a bill to closo tho operations of the Bank of the State of South Carolina." Mr. Chamberlain states that this opinion is given by him as Attorney-General of South Carolina, in response to a resolution of the House of Bepre Bentatives, adopted on the 22d in? stant. In tho case of Dabney, Morgan ?fe Co. vs. The Bank of the State of South Carolina, et al., ponding in the Court of Equity, for Charleston Dis? trict, I represent not only tho bank, but, with others, the house of Baring Brothers <fc Co., of London, repre? senting the fire loan bond-holders in Europe, and a portion of the fire loan stockholders in America, and in addition, as a party to said suit, I likewise put in an ansicer as Attor? ney-General of the State of South Carolina, and, as such, represented the State of South Carolina. Mr. Chamberlain's opinion comes in direct conflict with the positions maintained by me in these several capacities, and may perhaps contri? bute towards acts of legislation which, if adopted, will affect injuri ously, or at least embarrass, th( clients whom I represent. I will bt pardoned, therefore, for publishing somo remarks in reply to the elabo rate argument of Mr. Chamberlain. For the purposes of this reply, ] will suppose that Mr. Chamberlain ii Attorney-General de jure 'as well ai de facto, and I will suppose that th< Legislature now sitting has all tin power and authority appertaining t< the past Legislatures of South Caro lina; or belonging to tho Legislature: of any of the old "THIRTEEN" whicl have NOT been subjected to "recoil strudion," though it is well knowi thnt all this is disputed by n part; which embraces, undoubtedly, a mn jority of the white people of thes United States. But I deny "that th State has, in the exercise of he ordinary legislative discretion, a clea legal right to make such dispositioi of the assets and property of th Bank of the State as is now propose by the pending bill;" and I think can demonstrate that Mr. Chambei Iain's argument does not prove th proposition. Mr. Chamberlain says that be i "in donbt" upon which "features" c the bill "his opinion is desired," an "confines himself" to two. The bil as proposed, made a distinction be? tween notes of the bank "filed" i the Court of Equity, in the case c Dabney, Morgan ?fe Co., and notes c bills "not filed." Mr. Chamberlai is silent ns to this somewhat startlin distinction. The bill, as it passed th Senate, made a distinction betwee notes or bills of the bank issued b< fore December 20, 1860, and notes c bills issued subsequently. Why th: distinction? Mr. Chamberlain : silent on this point. If "honor an good faith" do ?io/ require that all tb notes should bo "funded," why tl difference? The bill, as propos?e ordered that all the notes of the bun should be received in payment < debts duo the bank. This ackno\ ledges them as a debt due by tl bunk. If duo by the bank, aud tl obligations of the bank and of tl State are the same, how is it tin these bills are not binding on tl State? Again, the bill proposes to repe the eleventh section of the Act i supplies of 1865. If that Act is valid Act, it is a statutory assignmei of the effects of a debtor, to be he by the bank as a trustee for tl benefit of creditors. The preferr?. creditors have accepted the assig ment. Such an Act thus accept? becomes a contract. The Constit tion of the United Slates prohibi any State from "impairing the oblig tion of contraots." Mr. Charubc Iain's opinion does not touch tl "feature of the bill." The omissn reminds one of the manager who pr dnced on the stwge the play of Hai let, with the character of Hamlet lc ont. . It is proposed that the Legialatu of 1868, should repeal an Act of tl Legislature of 1865, which, in oxpre terms, vesta certain rights in Barii Brothers ?fe Co., and other bon holders and stockholders. Tho Legi latine, doubts and asks tho Attcrne General whether finch aotion won be legal. The Attorney-General co aiders thia "feature" not worth I notice. But the bill goes f?rther-it pi poses to repeal the sixteenth seotii of the Aot of 1812, which incorpori ed the hank. Mr. Chamberlain and myself differ as to the construction of that section. He considers it as pledging the State to receive in pay? ment of tases and other dues to tbe State, the bills or notes of this bank, whether the bank he solvent or in? solvent. If this construction bo cor? rect, which I deny, and whioh the Court of Error? of this State deny, then it is a miserably weak device, a disgraceful, and nugatory Act to at? tempt to get rid of tho obligation, by repealing the section which made the pledge. This, it seems to mo, was a point submitted to Mr. Chamberlain by the House of Representatives, and he should have informed finora of their duty. Tho preciso point has been decided, however, by the Su? premo Court of tho United States, and is not open to argument. Thc Legislature of Arkansas did precisely what (according to Mr. Chamber? lain's construction) the Legislature^ South Carolina propose to do, and tho Suprema Oonrt. of the United States pronounced the repeal "null and void," and a mandamus issued requiring tho Treasurer to take the notes of the Bank of Arkqncas in payment of a debt due tho State. See case of Frapnell vs. Woodruff, tenth Howard, 206. Mr. Chamberlain pretermits all notice of these, as of all other ques? tions arising under the Constitution of the United States, having perhaps adopted.the idea of the great leader of the radicals, that the reconstructed States are "outside of the Constitu? tion." He "confines" himself, he says, to two questions: "Firat. Tho liability of the State for the redemption of tho bills issued by the Bank of the State. Second. The legality of the dis? position proposed to be made by the pending bill of the assets and pro? perty of the Bank of the State." In the first question, my dienta are very indirectly interested. Lf those undertaking to represent the State, choose to assnme a debt of one million and a quarter, if confined to bills "fled," or a million and three quarters probably, if extended to the whole issue prior to December 20, I860, and three millions, if extended to the whole issue, my clients have no special interest, except as it may impair the ability of the State to make good its indebtedness to them. Be that as it may, I have nothing to say in replv to the first point con? sidered by Mr. Chamberlain. On the contrary, I have always thought that, if Sonth Carolina were in, a condition to pay in full all her clear, acknowledged and unquestionable obligations, and could, without too far "grinding the faces of the poor" by exorbitant taxation, provide for the payment of these bills, her "honor and good faith" would not be clear of blemish if she failed to ' do so. I have looked upon it as, in some de? gree, an obligation, bnt, in the lan? guage of the moralists, as an "imper? fect obligation." Agreeing, to this extent, with Mr. Chamberlain, I shall notice that part of his opinion only to correct his mistake ns to the course of legislation on the subject of receiving the bills of the Bank of the State in payment of tuxes. Mr. Chamberlain says: 'LL should Lo remembered that, prior to the incor? poration of the Bank of the State, the bills of other banks within the State were also receivable, in the same manner, for taxes and debts due the State; but when, subsequent? ly to the chartering of the Bank of the State, the old hanks applied to be re-chartered, this provision was strioken out of their new churton, and the billa of the Bank of the State alone continued receivable for debts due the State. The bills of other banks were receivable only so long as they were redeemable in specie; but the bills of the Bank of the State were receivablo as specie, whether redeemable in specie or not," The statutes show that tho same provision contained in the charter of tho Bank of the State of South Caro? lina, in regard to the bills of the bank being receivable in payment of taxes and debts duo the State, is con? tained in all tho bank charters grant? ed previous to this charter, and is continued in the renewal charters of the State Bunk and Bank of South Carolina, in 1822, in the renewal charter of the Union Bank and Planters' and Mechanics' Bank, in 1830, in the renewal charter of tbe Bank of South Carolina, in 1832, and in the renewal oharter of tho State Bank, in 183? In 1848, a general provision was enaoted, whioh direoted "that all taxes for the use and service of this State shall bo paid in specie, paper medium, or tho notes of tho specie paying banks of this State." No dis? crimination is made in favor of the