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OUR RATIONAL DEBT. Mr. Gladstone, the Eugiisli Chancellor of the Exchequer, in his u^ual annual financial statement made before (he House of Commons on the 3<i iust,, urges the necessity of making immediate provision for the payment of the national debt in view of ,tho constant drain upon ibe coal mines of that country, which mutt lead ultimately to Increased cost of production, and to financial embarrassment: Iu regard to the national debt, Mr. Gladstone says: "We have iffaced the results of the Crimean war, and tbe debt thus stands at the very place which it occupied at ,tbo commencement of the year 1804;" and seven hundred and ninety milliou pounds, or suy four billions of dollars, in round numbers, is the figure at which it stands. A pitiful reduction of two or three Aimiiv/uo u j vni hi miiico vi pva\/a in*\y *?oii sdnrm the Chancellor, in view of the inevitable drawbacks of a protracted war.? Meantime on the Continent "tho chapter of national debts is assuming a painful and a baneful prominence as u social and political fact of modern experience."? From this reflection ho oxempts the enormous debt of the United States of threo billion dollars, for he does not believe that it''will conMitut any difficulty for the American people. With regard tu our debt ho presents the following hopeful viuw: The chapier of :^!ional debts is assuming, Ijhink a painfu jsiid a baleful prominence os a social and political fact of modern experience. (lleui ) *1 do not know whether tu'e lloase is a\. ?rc to what extent this mischievous and injurious process in going on; I.-;11 will refei first to what 1 do not hesi-itV- to declare I contemplate with the leas. .Uixiety, and that ia the debt of the United States which is in itself something "wonderful?wonderful as the creation of four i year*, strictly of four years, and no riiore 1 nd yet amounting to nearly 3,000,000,Q00 dollars, or ?(>000,000,000,and the rate ' of growth of the debt in the last year ex ceeued, I think, ?2000,000,000." That is ft wondorful debt, and its charge is enormous. Itianot possible iu tbe present stale of the financial arrangements of th^t coun try to ascertain with piecision, but I believe I am not wrong in saying that tbe charge pf that debt ia considerably heavier than ours, though the capital is less. (Hear, bear.) The smallest sum at which I can estimate the chargo is thirty two millions sterling; and if upon the back of that sum we lay me necessary cost ol ratsng Hie revenue, which iu America is much heavier then it is here, f do not think the effective amount of taxation incumbent upon Xbe nation at this time in consequence of of the Northern debt (I do not include one farthing of thje Southern dcbt^ cannot be taken at less ihen'nearly thirty five millions sterling per atinucn. Well, now, looking at these figures, a man would be struck with something like despair; but if we look at the position of the country which has to bear the buidea I must confess that I think the future of America, as far as finance is concerned?political problems are not now in question?will ?,ot bo attended with any'em* arrasBment. I do not believe that tha' debt will constitute nnv difficulty for the American people. (Cheers) I tun confident that if they shov; with respect to finance any portion of that extraordinary resolution which on both aides alike ibey manifested during tlie war, and of that equally remarkable resolution'with . which ou the return of peace they have Jbrougiit their ir.o;jstrou9 au-1 gigantic establishments witb'n moderate bounds? (hear, heir)?1 wou't say that this' debt, according to an expresBton which was onee ' fashionablo in this country, will.be a fleabite?(a Inugh)?but that in a moderate time it will be brought within very small limits, and may, even within the lifetime of 1 persons now liv:ng, bo effaced altogether, j ^ xiear, near. J At this moment America J is, -I believe, paying war taxes, and the 1 amount of the jevenuo of the United 1 States is not lesp, I apprehend, than about J eighty millions of money, the largest silro ( ever raised in any country for the purposes j of a central government. The estimated ' purplus id from twenty to thirty million* < 6terling a year, anil 1 believe at present < only abont ten millions of their taxation I are menaced by the natural impatience of Ihe people with reepect to some of the i taxes that have been imposed. -Mr. Mc I Cullocb, the finance Riinisver of thai coun- ? try strongly urges th6 policy of reducing the , debt, and I am quite certain that from this , b'ido of the water we shall send him a llPftrtv AvnraoomH J v?^.voo,ul. ui |tuuu wiftuea tor Lib success, 'both od accouiit of our interest in the well .being of a friendly nation, and because it may be hoped tbat the example of Apierica will reacf beiieGcially on this country. ' ' m i m Running Dowx.?There has been, uo-. der the Republican domination, Bays the Cincinnati Enquirer, the most utter and complete degeneracy in the material which lompoaes the United States Senate. For- ' merly that body was composed of statesmen and paen of talent. JLt is.ijorr painly qp made of small local politicians and petty demagogue?, who have alight ability ftod arpail experience. Ooly thiol; of Sum' tier and \V:teon being in the place of Webeter aad .Calhoun, and Wade .in the placed 1 of ThowaaTSwin^l The pigmy Bonder* * eon is in the seat once hono'red by the giant Benton, and CovertiorM&rgato, of New York, essays to fill the vacancy of Silas bright. Every change seeino to be, for j,l^o worse, evep among the Republican? < themselves. The Connecticut Legislature . has lately nominated General -Terry'for United States .Senator, in place pf Mr. . 4> Foeter, wboianow the apting VUjeJVeai- i ^ dent. Foater i? a toad of soipe dignity and , ability, with long experience, while Terry has no qualification's for the'post, that any- ( - ijbody ^9**. He bap beeitiq .ViftrinU ? . -*Vart0T military dictator, v^here Ei? pro. ? WPff MBU oh Rrapterized -frr coiw ^P^W^gT'' Ifr P?>b*blyr ?hU 4 r5j?Sirfe?? ^ <be b?I*dfc*>^iofc, 7T ** ? -- . '. r$w&& * ;< "** *? :; ' ? * * -a^hV-> Pp^^8n I The Abbeville Press. Abbeyille, 8. C. W. A. LEE. EDITOR. * TERMS?Tlyen Delhi! > a yoar in advance. Friday, June I, 1866. Tlie friends of JOHN W, LESLEY, Esq., respectfully announce him a caudidato for Uloi k of the Court. * The friends of MATTHEW McDONALD, Esq., respectfully announce him as a candidate for re-elvclion to tbe office of Clerk of the Court. j, , jST The Triads of JOSEPH T. MOOEE, announce him a CnuJidalc for Sheriff of Abbeville District, nt the next election. Editoh I'kf.-is.?Please announce MILTON T. HUTCHISON as a cuodidate for Sheriff at the next election. * Many Friends. are aulhoriewd to umounce DAVII) CRAWFORD, a oandidato for Tbx .Collector at. the ensuing election. * IPa?" The friends of ;5. W. COCHRAN, announce him a Qauciidato for Sheriff at tho next election. . * THE FREEDMEN'S BUREAU. The recent report of Generals Stecdman und Fallertoo with regard to the operation of ihe Fiecdmen'n Bureau, in Virginia and North Carolina, an ahatract of which we published in our la?t issue, seems to .havo fallen liko a bombshell in the Radical camp and they have betrayed their consternation by the hesto with which they have pushed a resolution through Congress for Lhe nppppintcient of n joint committee of two from the Senate and three from House, to make a tour of the South, and re port upon the condition of iho freedmen, and the legislation neceiuary to protect them.? From such a committee we mnj* expect the same cx parte statements, and prejudiced testimony, which the ContjreHaional Reconstruction Committee have been manufacturing l>y the wholesale for months past, and which have leen 60 effectually demolished by the ?imple B'.atement of a few undisputed facta by Genera.iStecdmnn and Fullerton. These art) men of high official cliuracter and nosition. nnd en ti:-.!yfiee from Buy imputation of partiality aii-: prejudice, a;id hentfo their utterances are ha- :iig their due weight upon the public mind of ..tc country; and tlie conservative journals of ILo North, arc fast arriving at the conclusion thai the best thing that can be done for the African race is to withdraw at once the Free.linen's Bureau, and to leave to the people of t..-? .Southern States the duty of protecting the : igrocB. Suuh is the opiuion of the New Yorl- Journal of Commerce, which closes a Tory < furcil .c article on the subject, with the following v?:i*y truthful remarks: Until the gnvernrannt and the people of the Unit'-a States abandon the idea of regulating the oliuirs of the'fret-dmen by national' laws, with Wasliin'gton ' appointees to administer them, the negro will continue to suffer, starve and perish. The state of war, undoubtedly imuused Oil tl?f> pnvprnmpnf ? w.a.%A??; ? - - ?J =. bility, nod the Freedmeu's Bur'euu may possibly have been a necessity of'the limes through which we have been passing. But its mission ' L* rnpidiy approaching an end. It can do little more guo<1, and it i? doing a vast amount of evil to the race it is iiucjidcj to protect.? Giving to its tuppporters and friends all credit und philanthropy and the best of motives and desires, it i3 nevertheless plain that it is now likely t? become an engine of vast harm to the negro as well 'as to the best interests of both ?otitli and North. The negro race must be taken care of, as a dependent race, unable to tnke Cure of themselves, nijd if there is' anything in our principles of government, Ibis care can best be administered by local law, suited to the special circumstance* of each Stioto ...<1 J - ' x.?v uuu ^ui>ui.y iiiitituitfii i>y ireeamcn. if this be error, let philanthropy devise something to tukc the place of the present terrible pj'stenj wjiiali ic d^jiroying jlio uegio idco. We arc lucking forward with much interest to (lie forthcoming report of Ge^ci-ulo Siccdtunn and Fulld-ton with regard to iheir investigations in South'Jarolinaaud Geor/ia, which, 1 judging froiu the accounts of com ^pendente, will preeent additional instancea of official uisconduct, and of the injurious effect of tbe, Bureau upon the relations of the two races, jcoeral Scott, the Commissioner for this Bute is said to bo a very competent officer, but imong bis subordinates, who are amenable to :ensnre, is Gon. Ely, the Bureau Superintendent at Columbia, who hae been engaged in cultivating five mlflmnt onll.n.Im ? Du^ng $he administration of Gun. Sax ton , nuch mischief was doue by in)proper interference in the relation* between the two races, ispccially upon the Sea Islands, the evil# of which' are' thoa set forth by the correspondent i jf the New York ITimet; i .The Sea Islands, whpre Gen- SJiernjaa loca- ( ted his.immense train of black followers, contain a large number of freedmen who are just emerging irom a condition of terrible demur llzatjon. They had beea1?d Jo believe that , the land occupied by them wnald be given to them by the Government, and had been taught 1 by the afeents of the Bureau .to distrust the i "rebels," that ib their old roasters, and all the ] citizens of the vicinity. Ou some -of the isbuds they went so far as to organize them- 1 selvfes jjjto military companies and regiments. They w'ere'armed, and posted pickets, , made J patrols of the islopds,'snd^oa ope occasion or lukcu ? cuujiio ui genuem?n lYomi Pcnnsylva- 1 nis. who attempted, from motives of cariosity, to visit tUein. They held them as prisoners for two days, only releasing ihett after An ' army officer bad fl peered ana forced (ham : to do it. For aome time after the close of the war they labored undej the impression that the main-' land.was filled with rebels, who tbey hmg ined Wefr? only waiting fur a favorable opportunity to eai'rj them off. {Phew poor, eradir' loasyresturcft bad beet) deluded by iU advised ipeeahes of mistaken friends.to such An extent that they renll-y believed every white rtinn.Jiot connected With the Bureau tobe thfeir eneroips. This opinion wa? undoubtedly strengthened by lha demeawor of the troops toward them, as IKey, iw?Jea?ofo rotecViag, abused ibetit ixJOiT unmercifully, and i(i? stated oo good authority i sipe out of every tap' cases"of outrage comtufU wvi uu nit viacm lviiiM 0ipvttqentb|T4 ineo. perpet*Ue4 by'our own soldfrra, - /. r ' Tiik Stbawuqrt fjpts-?Thp WJmuboro AVw in copying our notice of the tnterUinmept given by the ladies of Abbevillp in beb%lf of the Episcopal Church of that plaee, renttrkce* ' 'The kindliness' and neighborly sympathy that prompted this delicate aod-4hougb?fol aid ! >n .tbe part of the ladies of our sister "Village :0.1*inly meet a*bearty acknowledgement." , "The Statu ratified wifi doobUeee.be * valuable icesaaio^ to tbe funds already fused. "We dfrectatUntion to the advertisement of ; tbe ColumbtS Ic? Houae. T j . TEX FXBAHOIAL PA2TX0 111 ENOtAKD. The financial ooudition of Europe b?s recently been much disturbed, mud ooptinucd so up to tbe latent dates. Id England an unprecedented money panic prevailed, which had produced in twenty-four hours, failures and suspensions involving over eighteen millons of pouuds sterling, an almost total Fuspension of business, a general distrust in tlie public mind, a cuspension of tbe Bank of England Charter Act, und the advonce of tho rate of interest tu ten |>er cent. Various causes are assigned for tho disturbed condition of affairs. Tho London 1\met, attributes it in a great measure to over trading, and says that "relief can only be looked for by a sudden contraction." There is no doubt but that the present warlike attitude of the German powers, and tbe feeling of un certainly u8,to the chances of a European war, hnt> very much to do will) the preseut financiul situation. The effect upon this country has been to create ud extraordinary demand fur specie?nine millions of dollurs having been exported in a sitiglo week. On account of this lieavy export and ihe probability of further exportation^ the Tribune argues that the country is in a very bad finoucial condition, and urges au increase of (he tariff*, a contraction of the currency, and an early resort lo specie payments. On this subject the Charleston Courier remarks: "We agree with the Tribune that the Government cannot spore nine millions of gold a week for many weeks, and riot be seriously embarrassed. Although therecejpts of custom* are lnrger, amounting fronj the l6t of Jul}last to $120,000,000 at New York alone, it must bo remembered there are gold intetests U> puy and ft large ndmber of other gold expenditures to meet. -People may talk as much ns they choose about the unfailing .moneyed resources of the country and the perfect esse with which Government can meet these enormous foreign demands for ecin, hut it do6s not nquiro an unusually penetrating intellect to perceive that if the bulk of our foreign debts could be paid with the products of the country, our condition financially would be vastly improved. By parting with our specie we are I left without means for tn early resumption of j pnj lUtllt, borne months ai;o wc hnd a faint hope that < it. would not be long before tIte soiled And ti?u i tilttt.-J currency, which wo now urc iib a legni tender, would be supplanted by the old fumiliur mi'tnle. This hope was baeed on favorable reports received from Washington of the rapid and nniuierrupted cancelling of the war debt, antl tho earnest desire of the Northern people to restore to the Southern States the social m.ri political privileges of which they are deprived. Llad Congress adopted a Just and reasonable course in the latter particular, the South at this juncture would be prepared to do much uioic than it is doing towards keeping gold in our own hands. The North does not hesitate 10 acknowledgs the dependence placed on the South for means to liquidate the national debt, mid yet it eanctions the course of those rmlinat I mi-tubers of Congress who are violent in their demands thnt the South must remain in a subjugated, consequently unproductive condition. We tru.st thai these gold exports will have tho effect to turn the attention of Congress to the ioteiecta of the whole country. Tiib Trial of jerrenson Davis.?It is announced by two of the New York pnpere?the Tonics and the Tribune?upon what they claim as good authority; that the trial of J?fTer9on Davis will commence at Richmond, Va., oa the first Monday of June. The defence, it is added, has been cutruated to Charlrs O'Connor, and James T. Brady, of New York; W. B. Read, of Philadelphia; Mr. Brown, of Baltimore; Mr. Pugh, of Ohio; aiid .George Shea, formerly Corporation Attorney forJJew York, j TI.P ?r??n,?n.. e? .1 oiibc mi me prosecuuon anil ! the defence, Hie Timrt remains, will iuvolve tho most comprehensive and searching ic-qucet ' into Uie constitutional authority of the Government, and the relation* of individual States thereto, that has probably ever been ma?e since the foundation of the Union. Tue CoNFEDKSAit: Dkad.?We ora gratified to learn that the ladieit of our Tillage arc actively eugjgvd in perfecting ull necessary nrI'dngeorientH, for the purpose of raising funds io : l>f-linlf of our Confederate dead. An "Enter* taicment" is proposed to be gjven at the Maraliall House on Friday eveping, the 16th June, and the various preliminaries are being arranged. Other sections offthe District, we trust, are zealously co-operating in this praiseworthy entemriai* ?"?? '- 3" ?' , uvpc >u dcc, iu uuo iimr, a suitable response to bd nppc&l which nddreuee itself bo forcibly to the public spirit and liberally of our citizens. The North Carolina Slate Convention met again lust week. The motion to adjourn tine i ie made on Thursday was laid on the table. A messHge wan received from Governor Worth, in which he says he has no recommendations to make for reconstruction measnre*, but the action of Congress must be waited for. He eaya *11 are loyal there, including the Congressmen elected. The president is heartily endorsed and civil government is in complete operation. Jeff Davis bas been allowed the freedom of j the Fort on his parole, r^tiriner to p.rmii ti.ii . . o At night. His counsel, O'Connor and Sben, are admitted to long private interviews with him. It ia stated that they will demand an immediate trial, and if the Government aslce a poetponement, which ia possible, they will demand bis release on bail. His counsel are ready to give ten millioua bail. The Court of Equity -for our District raeeta on the 2d Monday of the present month, Chan cetlor W. D. Johnson, pf Marlboro presiding. Th* Disastrous Court.aquation n fNrw Yobk.? 'Th& fire.whiob occurred in.New York on the 22a instant vaa tli& rnoit destructive that has takon,c-' -- - ?- ?? ? cijy ror many I jeara. Included in the ruins' are \hp Academy of iftaai'e, tfae New York Medical tXbirerettjv Charob.'aadaeveral dwaliioga and manufce- : toriee. Tb$ fiilltqaled loea ia/rom three (o f<mr mil liana of-dollara. In iu early day* the Aa?d pmy of Blasio was eoinaidered the model bonding of it* lcind ib-Amerfcia. * At viator-pferiod,' boweTer. atroctur^a for' aitniltfr pprpoaee h??, beenerected in other citlee *bi?h e4ljp*e/tb* York Academy in. poiuts oj apacloMneee, architecture and omaihdnt. Ita 4#atrtU)tion will be kaenly felt by the thouiinda" yib^er* acooatomed to attend weekly th* t#tertAfomants given within ita walla, and cannot.a*6id being hitch hr iHr?nUo?n Ia 4k? Uw #; VbWute #!!** idarably robiaotd. - **nr ,. * . ..' > (; Oywal Joyph g *jfbhSton baa a6cepied (be S*?.1 an.?L?f the A,ftb>rt?* ?nd TeoMtaea RjUroaJ Company. H? it wpwt^at Selma, " "'L ' - THE STAY LAW. We republish from the last icsuo of tho Bonner the very interesting ccnniuuicatiuu of our esteemed fricud "Fair," who was present at the argument before tlio Court of Errors, on the Const jtutionality of the Stay Law, Bnd comI mend to the attention of our readers bis timely | BUggcstions to creditors and debtors. The hightBt Judicial tiibunal of the State, comprising the Judges of the Court of Appeals, the Law Judges and Chancellors, distinguished alike for learning, ability and a conscientious discharge of duty, lias pronounced the Stay Law to ItA uni>Anot;?.*?:. 1 -- * ' * ...wiiawi.uiiuuui, biju 11118 occiaioii is now tlie supreme La* of the lund, which il is the duty of every good citizen to obey. All other considerations must yield lo this highest test of good citizenship?acquiescence, obedience?since to do otherwise would be to inaugurate a reign of anarchy and disorder, and produce all the evils wliich civil government was designed to repress. It is our boust thai wo live in a free government, where the popular will finds expression in law, aud to disregard the law ae interpreted by its Constitutional expounder*, is to inflict a puicidal blow upon the framework of the body politic, aot cour.tcr to (the very laws of our organization, and prove tur incapacity for self-government. hid eueci 01 uie recent <lecision "will t>e lo open tlie courts to ii:.!.. criminals ^ueing. T'1C Legislature is poweilca? lo interpose a remedy, and ilie eole relief must be derived from tho.e considerations of justice, clemency and eclf-interes!, which in so fur as they moy iiiSiucn?c creditors may lie expected to secure the co-ojieratiou of debtors, in meeting their eugMgcmtnts. Apart from all considerations of ceuerosity, and as u mere matter of dollars and cents, creditors blmuld exercise a wise forbearance and extend all proper indulgence to tlio debtor. Thus alone can we pvoid ? ruinous sucriflcc of property, alike disastrous to debtor and creditor. Debtors, who are solvent, may make favorable nrrangementd with their creditors, bj' which the debt may ho secured and ito IjdaI pa\ ment i7unran?<-mh toi.;iUf aro incxtiicubly involved might execute nil j proper assignments for preserving the rights of ' oreJitoru, and thus secure timely indulgences, il.'.j- inuy thus avoid tho accumulation of cot'u, which in itself threatens to 6wnllow up the property of the country. Upon all c'nsses we would urge the necessity of exercising mutual forbearance as the only leans of tempering the fiery ordcul through i which we are now pnPbiug, mid assuaging thoie unavoidable evils which ure threatening to engulph the country in on abyes of ruiu. Upon the creditor.e?|>ecinlly we.wonld call, to exercise ' towards the unfortunate debtor that mercy which ''becoiueth the throned monarch better Ihnn l.i. Mr. ttimob: Being in Columbia, in attendance upon til* Appeal Court, when the quemiou of the constitutionality of the Stay Ln\v was submitted for the consideration of the highest judicial tribuual of the Commonwealth, it hns occurred to us that a brief reference thereto might not. be altogether without intercut to tiie good people of our Di9tiict. The qucsliuu was argued bel^<w||U^^i]rt of Errors, which consists of tho. wlii.le Judiciary of i the State, the Judges of the AppSrif Court, the ' Circuit Judges of the CourtRof Law, and Chan- , oellois of the Courts of Equity?eleven in nuiii j ber, preside.! over by tho Chief Justice, and ! wIiofc province it i?, nmonsrst other thine* in 1 hcr.r and uctenniue all queatic.nd arising under | our own uud tin- Constitution of the (Juitcd | Slated. A tula was acrced upon the- Sheriff or the District of Charleaton, requiring him to show | cause why he had not executed legal process j j. laced in h'A hands. In unewor to the rule, for ! cause, the Sheriff alleged the Stuy Law, under j and by virtue of which ho was prohibited from j serving any process whatever for the uolUotmn ! of money. The Circuit Judge, A. P. Aldrich, discharged the rule Against the Sheriff upon the groped that the enactuieut of the Stay Law wns nut in violation of any of tho provisions of the Constitution, and, therefore, 10 ho obeyed by the Sheriff. Fxom this decision on Circuit by ^udge Aldrich, an appeal was lakeu to the Court I of Errors. T^e appellant was represented by Mr. Lord, a lawyer of Uie city of Charleston ; the appellee, the Sheriff, was not represented by any oiie. The argument of Mr. Loid was ; written, printed and dibtiibuied before the siltting of the Court, and was lengthy, learned and able. In connection with this, another case, from a different District, was heard, argued by Mr. Spain upon the oue side, and by General llftrlleti and Mr. Sellers on the other. Iu this instance, the contract was entered into in October last, and was in relution to the purchase of cotton. It was alleged that it waa auch a contract as was not embraced in the Stay Law?a contract, the enforcement of which was not prohibited by the Stay Law, aud it was upon ill in point that the contest was mainly waged. The argument in this case, pro and cqn, as to the constitutionality of the Ijw, so fur as it went, was also most lucid and able, but not jo.moch in exlenao as it would faavo been provided the case had presented the one eiu^lo point. The heating of these two cases occupied the larger part of two day??-Thursday aud Friday?aud Friday afternoon oud Saturday were consumed J by the Court in coa'?t)Italioii. In the caso of! Mr, Lordf a cunolpsiou was readily attained by ! the Court, wjth but one dissenting voir* ?nri I Monday morning following, it wua announced by the Chief Justice that ttus'Stay Law wbb held to be in violation .of lhat Article'pf th? Constitution of tb? Gn?t?^ Slates which prohibits tba Legiulaturea of tbe States from passing laws " impairing the , obligation of ooira^U,' with notice'lb?t lhareaaoutDg of tbo- Court trou)d ba fifed at an early day, and the atatajnant of Judge A IdriAh -thai* he dUufnted, and would alao plfloO hi* opinion on TH? olher % efasewa* ordered-for reargirmaiu lb the .winur: W?Jha<I lioped thai the Comt wou 1 d h avo done aa to-the ease o/ Mr. Xord wjyil it did aa to the -??' - - ' " f?.-'-T^raer*^. pother hwuitif In. th? wiat.i*. In^.ea', cftnfki^lybefitvea- thdt ??ai4-W lur-^M--^V&^fcW, Um? Jo b?? c**e. nnr?pt?Wted,jfl Co^rt;*# tyioogjit; ,this ngood ?ion?? tot EQjloiDfk . 3fhj?fcours^ on" the part of the Court wis dr^Tfe'd, e*nj6atly <Jow& ft ?tudeof tht oonnUy, ?t lent u util - tbo nttt ,fgjSbr?(^lo6^f lh? CfcwtoikJMeWbly, bnti tte ty.WJ* ** I?m*o*4ohJi* aftUafeotiry.,: to itMlf, oonoeivod it to be )U duty it .onc? to ( anooaao* Ua jodgment, In jnatice to Mr. Lord, we would remark, that i as. "i , e- . . ? _ > . ' 7 ** N * k* * t ;<1 " * , * / " , --~3?^ hsing anxious that tlie appo]loe. in his cuso, 1 should be represented, and th? citv of Charleston Dot furnishing a champion ready to step forth, wrote to several gentlemen who had advocated the passHgo of tlie Slay Ln*? j? t|ie Legislature, unking them to appear in the case but was bo unfortunate us to apply to those who, for reasons unknown to us, did not do so. This rppresentutive, had he appeared, would have occupied a position authorizing him to take the case, by writ of error, to the Supremo Court of the United Stutes, which would have accomplished the pieat good, if nono other, of further indulgence mid peace to the country. But, Mr. Editor, so it in, the Stay Law has been declared unconstitutional, nod, therefore, null ond void ab initio. The doors of the Courts are thus thrown wide open, and there is now no ' impediment or harrier in tho way of indtscriiniiinto stieitig. Tlio question arises, will these j doors l>e llirongcu?Will the liulib of justice be j cioivded will) eager ?uilorn? Tliid question is juft at this time greatly agitating the public mind; it is exciting concern in many nu anxious bosom?imparling feiir to many a trembling heart. The debtor, probably he who. for long yearn of loi! and danger, struggled it lid battled (or the liberties of his couutrv, losing his all by the result of the contcst, may be been sitting in his humble dwelling, surrounded by dear ones, with a big tear in a bravo eye, revolving in mind, as he gaze3 tenderly upon lliem, tho villi! problem, "wherewithal shall you be housed, and clothed, and fe?l ? On our return home, we were told that in nil adjoining District preparations were being made for most extensive suciug. We ulf-o heard lliut in another, but still an adjoining District, fifteen cases y/ere indued in the sunie day, in which tho information as to the nc'.ioti of the Cmut was received. On rebelling our own District, we i were much graliLed tQ learn that onnrclfini''.^ . wot? up yet die only fruit of the deuieiou. Now, i" view of the tilling ol the Court of j Errms, lo creditor and debtor each wo would most leepectfully venture a few brief suggestions: To tlio creditor we would say, that na there is now no law between you and the Court?, j make unto yourself u low upon thia Fubject. J To tlie very utmost extent, compatihle wiili ! your interest, spare the debtor. Remember his ' former prosperous eoiiditiou?lliitik of nil tlmt | through winch lie lias passed?look upon his | present condition?glance ul his future prospects. Compromise with him by forgiving linn tlie half of Iii3 debt?if not tliut, a fourth?if not that, an eighth?if not Owl, then thy interest upon the debt?and if not that, wt.it upon him, nod give 'he poor fellow it chaucn to pay without j h?;'t?i:?~ r.i>??d upon his bead. Trust him, ut let- i. ; . for indu?tiy, piobity and honesty, ; ? . . . t'n? meantime, a kind, encouraging j <;i. By piubum^ this course, we ribk t . : ti-sa-rtioi; that more will l.e realized than by i i cot ting to one lhut is liursher, and we believe i it is su^ceptiblo of demonstration. This we feel J in hip jioncy wuicii me creditors of tliis ])ist>icl, ut Ica.-t, with lint few exceptions, will ac??>pt. Our population l;m> always heretofore bee n dibtiuiMliplied for intelligence, Immunity, tind conccru for the needy, llie lielplrmi, and the distressed. We feel mho tliut ill the criuia ut hand, the creditor portion of olir people will be culm, considerate, indulgent, merciful. To tlie detilor we ffutiid *ny, ihot the ttay upon legal process bus been declared to be uti- J constitutional, null end void, by the decision of ! the highest judieiul authority knowu to our laws. 'I'llir tiibunal has been invented by the Coiislitntion ol the State Willi tbp power to construe , the enactments of the Legislature, aud to pro- j uouiicu such as me incoiiiii-teut with, or in vio- ' lotion ol, the organic luw <if the bind, inopern? i live and of m> force or effect. Tbc tribunal, 1 embodying uh it does the whole Judiciary of the State, in otio of the three independent, co-oidimite bi nnches of the < lovernment, and is in Valuable and indii-peiiBtibln na a check upon unjust, reCKlei-s or oppressive legielnliou. Indeed, an honest, learned and pure luritciury, hm we beiieve ours to hi*. in till! verv nalUilinm ..f HI. We, then-fore, sny 10 you must unhesitatingly tliut tlie ruling of the Court of Ertors in tln< instance under consideration, however much we regret it at this particular time, id luw supreme, nni], therefore, lo be obeyed. It is to he obeyed by nil?by the oilier co-ordinate branched of the Government?the Executive, ihe Legi.-hitive? tiny, l?y the people themselves, in whom resides ihtt hovf-reigti power, for in their Constitution llicy hi-ve raid that it t-houl<l he no. We would, therefore, c.-.hoil the debtor, nlthori^h this decision may operate hardly upon him, ttiat art to it he nhutild eei'fie nil iiiurmtiruigH?withhold nil threats?realmiu nil censures?and yield obedience to it n* to a mandate legitimately eimitinting from legitimate authority. And thia we saj? lo him as a .sincere, unselfish friend of the Stay Law from its btrih until its death ; we would say it hh a respecter and lover of law and order, and as one who, hy no meana, dei-ire* to see liih miserable couditiou, if powiblo, rendered more miserable. FAIR. Miasits. Editobs; You will please publish the fallowing statement, with refereuce to the lnte election for the President of the Greenville and Columbia Railroad Pnmnnnv Wliole number of votes casi. 6.8C3 Voles fur Stiite utoi-k, cast by (lie Stall proxies M?s<re. G. F. Tovvne?, Daniel Drown, and E. P. Lake, for Uuiniiiclt 1,746 Voten of private stockholders 5.117 I'errin received of theie 2.?66 llainmetl received of theso 2,2rtl PerrjnY majority of Ibe votes of private stockholders. t*>15 " A STOCKHOLDER. - [Phcrnix. MARKETS. . Aubicville, June 1. COTTON.-?Under the recent Advance in j New York, our market, alio, liis been moved up, and we quote Middling to good Middling '26 lo 28 cents per lb. in currency. We would remark that, this advance lina been caused by effects produced entirely on litis aide of the water, the en promising appearance of the growing crop. It ia a rWiguiar-faot, that while cotton is advancing on this aide, it ia weak and declining on the other. It ia higher lo-day in Tsiw Yink than in Liverpool?the nnpfeccdehted money-panic in England causing the decline there. , t , We have no cil&nge to not* in other article*. > ? 20,".. (30TFQN.?'Ther# wm a good. demand .for the alnpfe early yieaterday, -bnt'it fnoderaled {i?fore the elo#e of buaiofefc We'tqnotaj Middling. 88a83>. Strict. do., M, and Good WdjUWgal'ait ~ ., QJUHllEJSjQy ;* Gold??f rol< <j r* v?r*;btfyi hg at 188 and filfflg for -.MO." ttilver, bujtng. at \2* riW* ?<f))Ind * , '* Z ' ' ^ ? 7^hjir?,if?? i?tliiof doiog:in ?trick* or Bonds. : ' >'?WJr Y<*rfc? J4?y 28.. (Totton ateadj, Qoid has fallen to Sterling dad. B rok ere <50 m 01. .. '/Ffoar dullStale "ttf 8fo; "*5M? 9>9 4tia$? 45; 8oa?h#hj ttOXOrt** Ok, -? rirtitha " t1 ^-prtwiing e*oih*<fu-> i Slv^ hundred an<] forty fl*.! 41 >*" SSpft?; } rhisia the !*rg?*t blpmeat let Dm Iiktory of li port Pt Now Tork for-ono wcelr, ? ' . - < *4- V *' " , > ^ W' ;-t. ;. , Tho Rev. CHRISTIAN Y. BARNES w?i born in'Abbeville District, S. C., December 8t.li, 1794, and diod of Dropsy, nearLovrndaaville, S. C? February 22d, 1800. He ioioed the Methodist E. Church in early life, and soon became a prominent member. He was lioeoscd to preach, it i? supposed, about 1830; WM ordained Deacon by 1. A. Morris, io 1887, at Athens, Gu., and Elder by Bishop J. O. AnArew, ut Ookesbnry, i*. C., iu 1843. He w?a iu?rii.(i three time*; first to Ado P. GuddIoo, ,iy. w'h?"n lie Imd niuo children; then to Mr*. Ii lirabtth Furr, and last to Alias S. M. Corn, his uow btreavcl widow. . Brother linrn?s wa* faithful in all the relations of life an affectionate husband, * fond parent, a humane Bnd a kind friend & the poor and destitute, especially the widows and orphans, lie was enroot and persevenofT in whatever he undertook. "Not slothful la business" he could say with faol These bunds havo ministered to my necessities tod i to them that were with me." But be did' not | allow his devotion to business to draw off his mind from things unseen and eternal. "God" suid he, "is my witness, that, by hit) help, 1 sax i holding the things of this world in such a way ilmt wlicu he Biiye give them up. I can do to , with joy and not with grief; for there is a bat! ter inheritance promised me, and his word j never fails." In religious matters he was "Ut| vent in spirit." B^ini? etrnnulu ?"?1?1 ?- *" 0 -cf-j hvmvucu w vat I doctrines and usages of the Church of bis { choice, he eurnestly nought to advanoe her lai toiesls. As u local minister ho lubor?<l zealously, often traveling VS5 to 36 miles to preaoU | uii Sunday nfter working hard all the week. j Ilis last illne^ wan piotracted and painful. I Sometimes his sufferings were almost ineup* 1 norlub'e. But not a murmur escaped hie lips. ll? whs patient and resigned. "The Lord," duid l?e, 1 knows what to do with me." "It is li.e Lord, let him do what eceuin good." 'My Bufferings areuwful, hut his promises are pure.** On being aske'3, "Is Jesus present and precious lo you?" "Yea, yes," said he, "he is all th? time. Ho has never forsnkeu mo, and I do not lielievehe ever .will. O what a precious Saviour we Imvel" When asked about bis funsral, he suid, '1 want brother Uouf.oo to preach my .mitral Beimoti. He will find (he text ia 1 ''jr., xv c: f>5, 60, nn<l 67 v. Tell biiu to j dwell on theyloriuus victory through out Lord Jexus Christ." The day before bis death bu wife said to him, "If it were the will of God to take }uu fioiu me, do you feel that all woul^l bo well with you?" He ruibed tip both hands and said, ' Yes, yes, yet! iny faith is strong ia my Lord and Saviour Je>us Christ. He will ? ngnu xioicl on to him by faith, un<j nict'i ni? in beaveo." Thus patstd aw my this go<jJ man. "Servant of God, w#ll done! Thy glorioua warfare's past; Tli? Imitle'a fought, the race is yrop, A.io . ou urt crown'd at last." W. P. M. "~"~(br.~&C. RAILROAD. Masai A GKiNKKAL fcUPliuiNTliNDEKT'S OFFICS Columbia, May 26, 1866. ON and after MONDAY next, 28th inst., tht l'nssrtiger Trains will run daily (Sunday* txce|.lid) until further notice, ns follows: Leuve Columbia, at 7.bO, A. M. Alelou, 9.46 " JScwtieriy, 11.86 P. M. Arrive at Abbeville, 4.60 " " Aodeiaor,, 7.10 " " Greenville, 8.1'0 u I.otive Greenville, at 6.66, A. M. " Anderson, 6 66 " " Abbeville, V.'^O " " KewhftTry, 2.46 P. M. Arrive a!. Alston, 4.26 " Columbia, ^,10 " The rond linviug been repaiied to Alstou, p Bsseiigern nnd freight will be transferred u ci oss the river until tbe bridge ia coibplelvd. The expense of p-iasnge and freight, by th* j discontinuance of the binge, wagou aba boat lines, will be largely reduced. ; j. it. Lahsaixe, General Superintendent. I Juno 1, 1SC6, 7?tf j " i ? - ? - j notice to ?sond Holders. OFFICE G. <L IC. R. CO., ) Coli'ebia, May 27,1866. ) rl"'IlE attention of Bund holders is etlled to > X the following Resolutions adopted at a I meeting of ilic Directors, held in Columbia on i 1 ?>th Jun?. Extract from the Minnte*. I "Resolved, Th?it the president cause notioa i. to he given immediately 10 the holders of th# j unendorsed Honda and Coupons of Company > due, anil tailing flue; Hint ue\v |3onde, secured ' by a fl? eond r.ioitg.ipe of the property of Com' pniiv, will he leaned ?s noon as tiny nau be j prepared, and exelioiij;et) with the holders of ' saiil Kondf and Coupons, including the nocuI mutate'1 interest on Bonds past due; and thAt notice of dciniud and refusal be, and it bertby waived." Ur?olv*d, That tho Bonds of tho seoood mortgage be exchanged for Coupons due, both upon the guaranteed Bond a and[upon the mortgage Bouds of the road, to July, I860, inolu* sive," J. P. SOUrHERN, Auditor and Treasurer. June 1, I860, 7?4b THE COLUMBIA ICE BE. THIS Establishment is now open and rsady to supply patrons, in o- untry and oity $;t per hundred pounds. AddreM or call oa J. D. BATEMAtf. A*ent., At tho old Stand, Washington at., opposite Court House. June 1, 18t>ft, 7 1 It nniniirnn at* nniAt ww ! aiiuuEu un OIULATII FROM the subscriber on last Tuesday morning, TWO COWS, one a Large Red Cow ?the oilier a Small Red Cow with white stnr in her face, and will) atripes aero** her hack. The ear marks are forgotten. A saitabin rewurJ will be given for their recovery. A. F. MoOORD. June 1. 18P.6, *7?4t ' . . ESTATE OF * W, MOORE, m * ALL persons having claims again<t said dt. Otased, or claims to which the deceased mnv ha ?p(!nrltv. are hereby reanasted to dm Mine the evidence thereof to the sob?oribef* on At* before I be 1st July next, and those indebted . r#.required to' settle the same as soon as possible, say be fore ne*i.It?-l am Day: ,?V. V '. W. A. MOORE. Ex'r. f I109A: A. MOOR?, E*V* -I'Bfay 9?;i 666,0, 8t " .9 CORK FDR SALE! * Agitfjrto r.v. Viakt.-v.iiub?IJ. A. TAfctf AfXIE. | ^ * . - v .*