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. ... , ? '.rT'7 ~""T> ;y 'v r.-? y .. - - - , . ?- -- ?? - r- - j. ^ ll ?L_Li gg? , mseam maam i msssa .a, n g bbbb?ibbb ii hu j. i ,itmi iii mm i i m as , ggn im i hi., tssasssssama TsmmsammammasssaBsssa^sssBsss BY W. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 18G7. VOLUME XIV. NO. 48. THE BANKRUPT BILL. The following is a full Hummary of the provisions of llie Bankrupt Bill, which litis been ' signed by the President and ie now a law : ; 1. Tho United States District Courts aro i constituted CourtB of Bankruptcy ; a judge sitting in chambers having the same powers as wl)6ii sitting in court. Bankruptcy eases may be heard in any plnco in each judicial district, on due notice by the court of time and place. 2. The United States Circuit Courts are empowered to exercise general superintendence and jurisdiction in bankruptcy proceedings ntul moo oo *' "* 1 6-, .II..J ?. V HD Wllim U1 ujuuy. 3. Registers in Bankruptcy to l>e appointed :n each Congressional district, by the District Judges, on the nomination of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. No person to be eligible as register unless he is a counsellor of the United States District Court or a Court of Record in tbe State in which he resides. His bond to be not less than $1,000, and tbe oath taken as prescribed by the oath set of July 2 | 18G2. , 4. Tbe registers ore empowered to make adjudications of bankruptcy, to receive the | surrender of any bankrupt, to administer oaths in all proceedings before him, to hold and preside at meetings of creditors, to tuke proof of debts, to make all computations of dividends and all orders of distribution, and to furnish the assignee with a certified copy of such orders, and of the schedules of creditors and assets filed in each case, to audit and paR6 accounts of assignees, to grant protection, to pass the lust examination of any bankrupt iu cases whenever the assignee or a creditor do not oppose, and to sit in chambers and despatch there such part of the administrative business of the court and such uncontested matters as shall be defined in general rules and orders, or as ibe District Judge shall in any particular manner direct; and be shall ako make short memoranda of his proceedings in each case iu which bo shall act, in a docket to be kept by him for that purpose, and he shall forthwith, as the proceedings are taken, forward to tbe Clerk of the District Court a certified copy of said memoranda which shall be entered by said clerk iu the proper rcinute-bcok lo be kept in bis office, aud any register of the court may act for any other register thereof. Provided, however, That nothing in this section contained shall empower a register to commit for contemnt. or to hear a riU puted adjudication, or uny question of the allowance or suspension of an order of discharge ; but in all matters where an issue of fact or of law is raised or contested by any party to tbo proceedings before him, ii shall be his duty to cause that question or issue to be stated by the opposing parties in writing, and he shall adjourn the same into court for decision by the judge. No register shall bo counsel or attorney either iu or out of court, in any suit or matter pending in bankruptcy in either the Circuit or District Court of his district, or in ?u ctjjpevi iLiereiroru ; nor snail lie be executor, administrator, guardian, commissioner, appraiser, divider or assignee of or upon an)' estate within the jurisdiction of ,eitber of said courts of bankruptcy, nor be interested in the fees or emoluments arising from either of said trusts. The fees of said registers, as established in this art, and by the general rules and orders required to be framed uuder it, shall be paid (o them by i the parlies for whom the services may be rendered in the course of proceedings authorized by tb is act. 5. The District Judge may direct a register to attend at any place within the dis- j trict. Registers are 6ul ject to removal by | the District Judges in each district. 6. During proceedings before a register, the opinion of the Judge may be taken by * either patty appearing on any point. * . 7. Parties and witnesses summoned bofore a register shall be bound to attend at .the place and time designated, and shall j Jbe entitled to protection, and be liable to process of contempt; and all persons cor*uptly swearing or affirming falsely before I register, shall be liable to all tbe penaliter, punishments and consequences of per- | JU.J. 3. Appeals may be taken from the District to the Circuit Court* in all cases in /equity, and writs of error may be allowed - to Circuit Courts from District Courts when the debt or damages claimed amount to more than $500; and any supposed creditor, whose claim.ja wholly or in part rejected, or afa assigned who is dissatisfied ^Jfith the allowance at a claim, may appeal from tbe decision of the District Court to the Circqii Court for tbe same district. The appeal shall b? entered at the term of the'Circuit Court which shall be first held within imd for 'tba district neit after Ibe expiration of ten daya from tbe time of claim* aui n r we appellant in writing waives his appeal before any decision,thereon, proceedings may be bad in'the District Court as if no appeal bad been taken, and oo appeal shall be allowed antes* the appellant at the time of claiming the taWe ahall give bond in manner bow rtfqotred by law in cases of such appeals.' JSo wjit 4 > 1 . | of error shall be allowed unless the party ' claiming it shall comply with the statutes j regulating the grunting of such writs. 9. No appeal on a writ of error from Cir- ' cuit Courts to the United States Supremo Court shall bo allowed in eases less than ! $2,000. 10. General orders and regulations are j to be established by the Justices of the i Supremo Court lo carry the law into effect. I 11. Persons owing provable debts ex-I ceeditig $300 may apply for relief under i this law, by petitioning the District Judge ! in the district in which the said deb'.or litis lived or carried on business for the preceding six months, or for the largest period during said six months. This petition must set forth the debtor's place of residence, his inability to pay nil his d<-l?ts in full, his willingness to surrender nil his estate and effects for the benefit of his creditors, and his desire to obtain the benefit of this act, and h schedule must be annexed verified by oath before the couit, or before a register in bankruptcy, or before one of the commissioners of the Circuit Court oftheUni ted States, containing a full and true statement of all h>s debts, nnd as far as possi Lie, to whom due, with the place of residence of each creditor, if known to the debtor, and if not known, the fact to be bo stated, and tlio sum due to each creditor: also, the naluro of eacli debt or demand, whether founded on written security, obligation, contract or otherwise, and also t lie true cause and consideration of such indebtedness in each case, and the place where such indebtedness accrued, and a statement of any existing mortgage, pledge, lien, judgment or collateral or other security given for the payment of the same ; and shall, annex to his petition an accurate inventory, verified in liko manner, of his estate, both real and personal, assignable under this act, describing the same, and stating where it is situated, and whether there are any, and if so, what incumbrances thereon; the filing of such petitions shall be an act of bankruptcy, and such petition er shall be adjudged a bankrupt. Provided, That all citizens of the United States petitioning to be declared bankrupt, shall, m: i. i i r uii uinig diimi jieiuiuu, auu uuiuro any proceedings tliereon, lake and subscribe an oath of allegiance and fidelity to the United States, which oath shall bo filed and recorded with tlie proceedings in bankruptcy. And the Judge of the Distiict Court, or if there be no oppoaiting party, any reg ister of ?aid court to be designated by the Judge, shall forthwith, if ho bo satisfied that the debts due from the petitioner exceed ?300, issue a warrant, to be signed by such Judge or register, directed to the marshal of said district, aulhorizing him forthwith, as messenger, to publish notices in 6ucli newspapers as the warrant specifies ; to serve written or printed notice, by mail or personally, on all creditors upon me scneciuie meu wim me cJebtor'8 petition, or whose names mny be given to him, in addition, l<y tlie debtor, and to give such personal or other notice to any persons concerned as tliG warrant specifies, which notice shall state: First.?That a warrant in bankruptcy lias been issued against the estate of the debtor. Sccond.?That the payment of any debts and the delivery of any property belonging to such debtor to him or for his use, and the tranfer of any property by Lira, are forbidden by law. Third.?That a meeting of the creditors of the debtor, giving the names, residences and amounts so far as known, to prove .I. Li. - - 1 -1 iiieir uculh n uu ciiooB'.* one or more assignees of his estate, will be held at a court of bankruptcy, to be holden at a time and place designated in the warrant, not less than ten nor more thao ninoty days after the issuing* of the same. 12. If the debtor dies after the issuing of the "warrant, the proceedings may ba continued and concluded in like manner as if he bnd lived. ,.13. The creditors, after the first meetiDg in presence of a register,. shall choose one or more assignees of the estate of the debtor ; tbo choice to be made by the larger part in value and in number of the creditors who have proved their debts. If no ehr/ma is made by the creditors, the Judge, or, if there be opposing'interest, the register, sball appoint one or more assignees. If an assignee, so chosen or appointed, fails within five days to express io writing bis acceptance of tbe trust, tbe Judge or register may fill the vacancy. All elections or Appointments of assignees shall be subject to tbe approval of tbe Judge. The Judge mar require the assignee to giv6 bond Co the United States, with a condition for the faithful performance and discharge of bis J..if UUllBlf 14. On tbe appointment ofassignee the register stall convey to hftn all tbe estate, real and personal, of the bankrupt; wity deed*, books and papers, and such assignment sball relate back to tbe commencement of said proceedings fa bankruptcy, and thereupon tbe title to all such proper** ij ao4 estate, both tkrff * . f % *. "* ' . ... V I. vest in said assignee, although tho same is thon nttachcd on mesne process as the properly of the debtor, and shall dissolve any such attachment made within four months next preceding tho commencement of said proceedings. Provided, however, That there shall bo excepted tho necessary household and kitchen furniture, and such other articles and necessaries of such bankrupt as tho assignee shall designate and set apart, having icferenco in the amount to | uiu lumny, conamon una circumstances 01 tlie bankrupt, but altogether not to excee<l in value Ave hundred dollars ; and also tho wearing apparel of such bankrupt, and that of his wifo and children, and the uniform, arms ami equipments of any person who is or has been a soldier in the militia or in the service of tho United States; and such properly as now is, or hereafter shall be, exempted from attachment, or seizine. or levy on execution by the laws of ihe United Stales, and Midi other property not included in the foregoing exception*, as is exempted from lew ami snl?- iinmi ui,>n , or oilier process or order of court, by the laws of the Stato in which the bankrupt has his domicile at the time of the commencement of the proceedings in bankruptcy, to an amount not exceeding that allowed by such Stato exemption laws in forco in the year 1804. And provided further, That 110 mortgage of any vessel or of any other goods or chattels, made ns security for any debt or debts, in good faith and for present considerations and other wiao valid, ami duly recorded, pun-uanL to any statute of the United States, or of any State, shall be invalidated or afTected hereby ; and all the property conveyed by the bankrupt in fraud of bis creditors; all rights in equity, choses in action, patents and patent rights and copyrights; all debts due bim, or any person fur his use, and all liens an J securities therefor; and all his rights of aclion for property or estate, real or personal, and for any cause of aclion which the bankrupt had against any person, arising from contract or from the unlawful tak ing or detention, or of injury to the property of the bankrupt; and all bis rights of redeeming such property or estate, with the like right, title, power and authority to sell, manage, dispose of, sue for, and recover or defend the same, as the bankrupt might or could have had if no assignment had been made, shall be at once vested in such assignee ; and he may sue for and recover No person shall bo entitled to maintain an action against an assignee for anything done by bim as assignee, without giving him twenty days' notico of such pction, specify ing the cause. 15. The assignee may sell the real and personal property for the benefit of the creditors, subject to the orders of the court. 10. The assignee may sue in his own name to recover all the bankrupt's estate. 17. The Assignee shall deposit separately all moneys he receives, or the court may order a temporary investment thereof. In case of controversy, arbitrators may be appointed. 18. Assignees may be removed by the court for cause. 19. All debts due from the bankrupt at the lime of the adjudication, and all debts then existing, but not payable until a future day, a rebate of interest being made when no interest is payable by the terms of tho contract, may lie proved against the estate of the hmkmpt. All demands against the bankrupt for or on account of any goods or chattels wrongfully taken, converted or withheld by him, may be proved and allowed as debt* to the amount of the value of the properly so taken or withheld, with interest. If the bankrupt shall ho bound aa drawer, ijidorser, surety, bail, or guarantor upon any bill, bond, note, or any other speciality or contract,or for any debt of another person, and his liability shall not have become absolute until after the adjudicatioa of buukruptcy, the creditor nuty prove the same after such liability shall have become fixed, and before the final dividend sliall have leen declared. 20. In all cases of mutual debts or mutual credits between t.lm nnrt'iM ?lia __ TV ?? ? %?) ?MV HVVV/UIH between them shall be stated, and one debt set off against the other, and the balance only shall be allowed or paid, but no set-off shall be allowed of a claim iu its nature not provable against the estate. 21. No creditor proving his debt or claim shall be allowed to maintain any suit therefor against the bankrupt, but shall be deemed to have waived all right of suit against the bankrupt, and all proceeding* already commenced, or unsatisfied judgments already obtained thereon, shall be deemed to be discharged and- surrendered thereby ; and no creditor whose debt is provable under this act, shall be allowed to prosecute to final judgment any suit at law or jo equity therefor against lite bankrupt, ....til ?.? . ?: . uuwii ?uo ^uvotiuu vi vuv ucuior 8 aucuarga I shall hAva been determined. 12. Proof of debta against: a bankfvpt to be.made before a register or a Uoited States, Commissioner ' ?' - * ** 2Bj H the validity of ttaim la questioned, proof majr be postponed till the assignee is cbp#en, -'? -/ *% . - . V : 1 . r .-I' i ibi l bit ?i~1 i?TTTTjj B T"" 24. Creditors appealing to the Circuit Court shall file written statements of claims, ur 25. Perishable articles belonging to the ru debtor may be sold by order of the court, all tbe assignee holding the proceeds. co 20. Bankrupt to be examined on oath, in and to be Bubject to the order of the court, til Wives of baukrupts may be summoned as da witnesses. 27. In the distribution of the bankrupt's j TI estate, all creditors shall share pro rata. 1 28. The final dividend to I e made at the third meetiner of creditors nft?r iliu-Uinn ?.f the case, assignees receiving a percentage n for their services. In the order for a divi- nt dend the following claims shall be entitled w to priority or preference, and to bo firs1 w' paid in full in the following order: n. First.?The fees, costs and expenses of lu suits, and the several proceedings in bank- rc ruptcy under this act, and for the custody [ of property, as herein provided. ' Sccond.?All debts due to the United *? Stales, and all Saxes ai.d assessments under the laws thereof. Third.?All debts due to the Stale in ea which the proceedings in bankruptcy arc ^ pending, and all taxes and assessments made under the laws of such Slate. ' Fourth.? Wanes due to #n? nnorniivA I ' of clerk or house servant, to an amount not exHI ce- ding ?50. for labor performed within six months next preceding the first publication ^ of the notice of proceedings in bankruptcy. Fifth.?All debts due to any persons 81 who, by the laws of the United States, are or raav bo entitled to a priority or prefer- l' once in like manner as if this act had not. P1 been passed. Always provided, That no- ^ thing contained in this act shall interfere ^ with tho assessment and collection of taxes by the authority of the United States or P' any State. ^ 20 A discharged bankrupt is entitled to public notice of his discharge, by letter to ** creditors and by advertisement in uewspa- " pers. a 30. No porson discharged under this act, ^ who shall afterward become bankrupt, on D his own application, 6ball be again entitled * to a discharge if his estate is insufficient ^ to pny seventy per centum of the debts l< proved against it, unless the assent in writ- Cl ing of three-fourths in value of his creditors who have proved their claims, it* filed ^ at or before the time of application for discharge; but a bankrupt who shall provo to ^ the satisfaction of llio court that he has tc paid all the debts owing by him at the time u of any previous bankruptcy, or who has ^ been voluntarily released therefrom by his ^ creditors, shall bo entitled to a discharge u in the sumo manner and with the same ef- " feet as if he had not previously been bank? *' rupt. E 31. Any creditor opposing the discharge " of any bankrupt, may file a specification in 11 writing of the grounds of his opposition, and tho court may, iu its discretion, order a< any question of fact bo presented to be ctried at a slated session of the Districv ? Court. " 32. If it shall appear to the court that the bankrupt has in all things conformed to his duty under this act, and that he is entitled, under the provisions thereof, to receive a J j* discharge, the court shall grant him a dis- . charge from nil his debts, except as hereinafter provided, and shall give him a certiti" * cate thereof under the seal of the court, in Hl substance as fallows: 1 tc "District Court oftue United States n, ?District ok . Whereas, has fi, been duly adjudged a bankrupt under the re act of Congress establishing a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United p, States, and appears to have conformed to j0 all the requirements in law in that behalf, w it is therefore ordered by thecourtthat said m be forever discharged from all debts jn and claims which by said act9 arc made to provable against his estate, and which ex- w isled on the ? day of r. on which day aj the petition for adjudication was filed by ({j (or against) him } excepting such debts, if any, as are by said act excepted from the .1 I il operation of a discharge in bankruptcy. 0j "Giveu under iny hand and seal at the a! courts at , in the said district, this ? q, day of , A. D. . a "[Seal.] ' ' , Judge." 33. No debt created by the fraud or em- as bezzlement of tbe bankrupt, or by his de- w falcation as a public officer, or while acting w in any fiduciary character,- shall be dis- ra charged under this act. !a 34. A discharge granted under this act, d shall release, the bankrupt from all debts, lu claims, liabilities and demands which were a or might have been proved against his es- ci tate in bankruptcy, and may be pleaded by - tt a simple averrneot; that on the dAy of its in -daj??4to|* dischargo was granted, to him, r< Settinff the jf?fc?S?forth in hrvfi vflrhn or full and complete bar to all vtfu brought in 90 any suofa debt*, claims, liabilities or do*' mando? aod tbe certificate shall be conchi- 01 eiva erfdenca in-faTOf Of ?ioh bankrupt of ihA lS^t ?ad regolavity of *n$h discharge* in tv 8& Pftffcrafeoec mad fraud ulcttt conveyances are deofared void. tt 88. This aaotiooprovidea for tha-baak- ft Xapt?y of jwwtaorihip# aad oorporatlooa. 'tn : . ;,m . - ' . -j. . ' T' Tb? remaining sections provide forinvol itary bankruptcy, for superceding bankpt proceedingH by arrangement, for penlies against bankrupts and officers of ?he urt, and for fees and C08t9, and define tbe eaningof terms and ibe computation of ne. The law goes into effect from the ite of its approval by tho President. IE DEBATES IN BERATE UPON BUM* VER'S RESOLUTIONS-OPINIONS OF SUMNER, SHERMAN AND JOHNSON. In the Senate on Monday last Mr. Sum ir took the floor in advocacy and explailion of his resolutions, asserting tliat hat they proposed met the sanction of ell known loyalists of the South, and was >cessary to a just and loyal reconstrucsn. While he was advocating the fifth solution, ho was interrupted by Mr. essenden, who inquired if he thought a ece of land for each man was necessary a republcan iurm of government. Mr. Sumner did not think it wa*. But was necessary to give a piece of land to ich freedman, in order to conclnde the iorious work of emancipation. Mr. Grimes inquired whore the Gov nmeut would get the land 7 Mr. Sumner said there were several ways getting it. lie would say nothing now )out confiscation, though he thought it ould have been wise policy to have divi2(1 the large landed estates of the rebels nong the freedmen. There were lands lat had been Bold for taxes in tbo South iat might be u^ed for tins purpose. But robably the best way was that which the 'resident eould have carried out if he had Ben disposed to do so. It was that of reniring, ns a condition of pardon, that the erson pardoned should auign a portion of is lands to his freedraen. Mr. Dixon saul it wai asserted that the lilitary reconstruction bill was to be a final leasure. It was isierted, too, that it was measure of pacification. This he did not elieve. It now appeared from Mr. Sumer's resolutions that it was not a finality, lie fiith proposition meant universal conscation in the rebel States, and he wished > call the attention of the Senate and the auntry to it. Mr. Sherman regretted that this resoluon was being pressed at this time. He oped no furthur guarantees, such as were roposmi in ibis measure, would be agreed > by any Senator who voted in good faith po*1 the military reconstruction bill. That ill was being received and considered by le Southern people, and would be acted pon favorably by tbem. He [Mr. Shertati] had just received a letter from Govroor Pat ton. of Alabama, to this effect, to believed the terms of reconstruction Iready agreed upon received the cordial idorsement of the country. Mr. Johnson said he rose to controvert a atement made by Mr. Dixon that the poliy of Mr. Sumner's resolution would sooner r later bo adop?e?4 t?y the dominant qarty i the two Houses of Congress. He [Mr. ohDson] did not believe that Congress ould depart from the conditions of the ill recently passed. He had so assured lany leading cuen oftheSuuih with whom e had recently corresponded on the sublet. He believed that bill gave Ample rotection to all citizens of the Soutb, and mple guarantee to the crovernftd. TT? nplored the Senate to adhere io good faith > tbe measure now before the county, and ot to think of adopting a policy of conscation, which was certain to end in. a petition of the horrors of St. Domingo. Mr. Frelinghuysen said that three of the jinU in these resolutions were contained i tbe supplementary bill of Mr. Wilaou, bicb was now before tbe Judiciary Comittee of the Senate. After a few remarks t opposition to tbe resolutions, he moved i lay tbam on the table, but subsequently itbdrew that motion for tbe purpose of 1 . ** ? lowing nir. oumner to reply to some of ie arguments against bis proposition. Mr. Sumoer taid (be mistake made by ioso who opposed bis resolutions was that regarding , the. conditions jn them t burdens. It was no burden to reuire education ; it was no burden to give homestead to every freed man. Mr. Howard prefacing his remarks by lying that be supposed tbe resolutions era intended as a thesis for discussion bile the Ssnate had nothing else to do, vther than as a measure of praotfeal legislion, proceeded to state bis opinions of the ifforeot propositions contained is th resoJfAMfl I MAMA J ? IMVU0, mviuo vi iugiu n?io vuiuaiucu III bill uow undtr consideration in the Jqdiary Committee. He did not agree to the lird proposition. Alt that was requisite i that particular was contained in the scomtrnction bill lately passed. He lookI upon the fifth proposition as entirely, apraotible. - * The *etolut?'...-? were laid on the table ily ten votes being out agaioit the motion Commenting on the above, the Wa$higton Republican says: Hon. Ch ail ear 6 a inner yesterday b offered iv (9<wi ouiuiiixuog oete&t that baa yet bellflo any. of the 1o?diog spirit* of tbv ijority it Congrtt. tb*&. Statute, Km . m. <' %. Ji " , i.'.- -- been unhorsed several timeB, but lie is ?( nimble of foot and strong of hnnd an< arm that lie soon leaps into his sent again ready for another joust. Hut Seriato Sumner was yesterday thrown flat upoi his bnclc, and it will put his back bono t< a severe test to recover his perpendicularity. His resolutions asking Congress ti force the South to give every colored mar a farm, an education and a secret ballot a; conditions of restoralion were laid on thi table by a vole of 30 to 10. There wai i . . . - something Almost ludicrous in tlio sad am solemn protest uttered by the Hon. Reverdy Johnson against the confiscation o > the lands and houses in the Southern State to convert them into homesteads for lb freedmen. In tho innocence of his hen he had supposed that when he voted fo the five-brigadier bill he bad gone tot hi utmost verge of Radical demands. II< bad made the sacrifice and had counselled the South to submit to the measure, because he believed the Radicals might invent something harsher yet, but he wa thunderstruck at Beeing a proposition thrust into the Senate (hat would render settlement of our difficulties utterly irnpoa sible. lie cannot have been a very atton tive observer or he would havo discoveret that Sumner radicalism has fathomles depths, and that Mr. Sumner's "great idea is to plunge ten States into those depths and lliat if the other States should no come up to the Sumner standard he'wili by and bv, plunge them in also, if he cat He would huve discovered that no amouti of yielding can soften the bloodless heart of Sumner and Stevens. Their furnacc are iu full blast, and they oan forge shacklf for the South faster than they could be pi on and worn, even if everybody was a willing is a Barkis. But the good sense of ou orerwhelmin majority of tho Senate smashed Mr, Sua ner yesterday, and he will probaly dovol himself during the remainder of tlienessioi to the oontemplation of affairs iu his Com mittee on Foreign Relations. THE FLOOD AT CHATTANOOGA? LOSS 0 LIFE AND PROPERTY. From a gentleman who left Cbattano( ga at a late hour on Monday evening Us i ll A A I lohlo Tnial !? 1 .... ....u>.?i una uuuiutiu few particulars of (he terrible state of a: fairs in that unfortunate city. At the tim be left, the Tennessee River was still r sing, the rain still falling, and the whol country presenting the appearance ef vast sea of water. lie was a guest at tb Crutcbfiold House, where be remainc until the water reached the ceiling of th firfct story of that hotel. Oa Mark< street, the main business tboroughfur the water waa ten feet deop at the highe: points, or over the tops of the awnings i front of the largo elores. The goods bn been removed to the second stories of th buildings, where it was believed the would be safe, and the necessity of reinc ving them to a more secure point was nc seen until it v.- is too late. Thus, mor than three-fourths of the dry goods, pro visions, <kc\, were destroyed. Our infoi mant estimates that at least two thirds < ihe city is literally destroyed. He sa< small houses floating hither and thithei while many large ones had either tumble over, or weru falling assundor. Tho seen was one of wild confusion. Parsons wh had remained in their homes in the vail hope that the waters would recede, wer compelled, in some iesthDceb, to make tliei exit through the roofs, and escape in boats lie could not give an opinion as to th< Dumber of lives Inst, but they were numerous. The citizens were going from house t house in boats, assisting each other, an endeavoring to save a few valuables.? 'While this wne the case with the bette class, vagabond white men and negroe were busy in taking advantage of the ail uation and perpretraling robberies and ofcli er acta of lawlessness. Great loss will result to families whose homes bad bee abandoned. Much of the railway stocl was submerged, while box. cars were float ing abont in every direction; the water ii the car shed was over seven feet deep The Tennessee River is fifteen feet bighe thao ever before kuown, so say old inhab itants. ? 1 ? ? i i Clothes on Fire?What to do.? There are many lives lost annually, especially of females by the accidental ignitioi of their clothing. When ao occurrence o this kind (akea place it requires cool am prompt action to render assistance effectual. Hesitation, brief though it be, genei ally renders subsequent efforts at relie unavailing. The Scientific American sug gesta that when the clothes tske fire, a wool en garment should be immediately claspei ,around the person, and the body be placet in a reouaibeot position, as the clothiaj will burn less, rapidly than when an erec attitude is maintainsd. The bam'ngoloth. raff must b$ removed ss soon possibh *nd the turned portions ofthe be sprinkle* with flout; which will soothe sod' heal th* woundfc 9p?ediif, unless vefjr cjaep. In tfc< 'latter ermt other itplioatloos msy. become memory, But as a j&rst one, tkis will Jx found of eioelloct s4rrice> . V'* ** 1 * ' - i ** v. !*-_ . .AIa..'. =? /1: ?' 1? > 21.W.-ixfitlLsL a , FABMEB8' WIVE8j Tha reading of essaya by the ladies is one of the exercises which give lifo and 'r interest to the meetings of the Springfield, Vt., Farmers' Clnb. From one of u the essays by Mrs. Daniel Rice, published in tho Vermont Farmer, the following ^ paragraphs are copied: ( Did you over think of tbe amount of thought requisite to plan three meals a day, S p?_ >1 l J J e? t ? s e iui iuiuo iiuiiuicu Bixijr?live uaya in auc? cossion? To prepare enough and not too j much, and for thoso living at a distance . from the village, to remember that the j Block of flour, sugar, tea, etc., etc., is replenished in due time? Did you ever 0 think of the multitude of her cares and t duties? She must rise early to prepare r breakfast or oversee it. Perhaps there are s children to wash, dress, and feed, or to get ; ready for school with their dinners. There 1 is baking, sweeping, dusting, making beds* lunch for the mon, may be; dinner and supper to be ready at the proper time ; , the washing, starching, folding, and iron( ing of the clothes ; the care of milk, ineluding the making of butter and cheese; the inevitable washing of the dishes. In autumn, there is the additional work I of picking, preserving, canning of fruit, drying apples, boiling cider, making npplo ? sauce, with tho still more unpleasant task which falls to her lot at butchcring time. ^ Then there is haying, harvesting, BheepI shearing, etc., when more help is needed, * bringing an increase of her labors. Twice ^ a year comes house cleaning. By the way, a of all the foe3 a housekeeper has to contend i8 with, dirt is the greatest. She may gain a >g complete victory, and think to repose t upon her laurels after her semi-annual ena gageraents, but it \a only temporary. The enemy soon returns, and even daily skirmishing does not keep it at bay. There is ^ the mending, too. Sewing machines are great blessings, but they can't set in the Q patch or darn the stockings. I do not mention these things br war of oomnlftin _ w - r ing of woman's lot in general, or of asking for her any rights which she doe3 not poa1 Bess. I don't know as there is auy remedy in the present state of the world. It seems t to be one of the evils of life which must be ' borne as wo bear other ilia?but what I do ^ ask, is a due appreciation of the important part that woman acts, and a concession that her labors, menial and physical, are as great, all things considered, as those of the other sex. Women are not so childish that a little sympathy now and then, or ac* ^ knowledgement of their efforts and sacrifices make them imagine their case worse 6 than it is. I tell you, men and husband*, '' It doeth good like a medicine," and many ^ a poor, cru?hed, broken-down wife and mother is dying for the want of it. J u VIOLENT RADICALISM?MORE DEMANDS e ' COMING. y In the Senate tbis morning Sumner's reaolutiona were resurrected, and Mr. Morton, )t the new Senator from Indiana, made his 0 debut in a- violent Radical speech, denying in tolo the finality of the Military Fores bill. As this gentleman is a'"loaf fresh ^ from the oven of the people," he regarded as a typo at least of thoie he represents. It is remrkable that all the new Senators j aro of tbe rabid stripe and that all those of the " moderate" (or hypocritical) school ? have been defeated. n Morton and "Howe (who has jast been re-eiecieaj iook ttie ground that Congress was by no tneana committed to tbe terms of the Sherman-Shellabarger scheme? ^thnt it prescribed "some' of tbe conditions 0 upon wbioh tbe unrepresented Statestnight be admitted, but not all?that many things more would be demanded?particularly ? satisfactory constitutional provisions securing schools to the negroes?before the Southern States could resume positions in 'the Federal Union. Mr. Howe advanced *8 m* the doctrine broadly that Congress having *explicitly decided, in the overwhelming' ' vote for tbe bill disfranchising certain of ' ' the whites and enfranchising all the no- 1 ? groes of the South, that tbe whole section excluded from representation was completely at the meroy of Congress, and tbat it waa.idle for Senators who voted for that rr.paentn nliiouC ' -'** - MVMWHav *v w?jvw? bV n UUlQTGl WUZlIf DUU^ ' *. ' might deem expedient to impose. He de- \y precHted afiy breach of faith. In tbi* oase^ - ^ however, there waa none plighted. * He - desired to act fairly, and to fnlly apprise %. &-"V - the Southern people in advance ' wbi#%^. * j would Jnetfitably be requited"Kit "thefc^;-^ * f A contrary course waa really the di?ho%-3 orable oce. If without warning C^ogreqa^ " 5^ *^ _ permitted the Southern States to complete -.' :;1-* >. their, comtitutiona un^er the preeerit *?,# '-' ;V. ,f aud present them for approval under tW \ : r .. impression that etich action was ill th/iC -* . <*'' * [. waa required, it would indeed Jbe a dUhon- ? 1 orable violation of faith to rejebttjiem.? , *"f ] They bad now-feif notice, and he told thenar - ' ; plainly that without at least ibaking ample - v t pro vision for the education of iba mmmu ?.*? - "tho walja 6f tha capitol Would rot bflfW ' tboir admission to repree^UtioPr'^i^a*^ ^ 9 Cor. Salt. oAetee. 12th. . \ \ Lotemporanca jproducea diaeaao, atfe * \ piftea. ^ :mMi . ... ' -m , ?;-' ' . --- iflrlWlB