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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
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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??;
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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, - /.
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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
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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 .
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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?
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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,
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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
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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
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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.
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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?;
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rhisia the !*rg?*t blpmeat let Dm Iiktory of li
port Pt Now Tork for-ono wcelr,
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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
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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.
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