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_ IIMJJMJJW pS;;.y? ttar.iKM'inn eiej-^Kv r*^^E *r ?:- ' xui.] ; ,:v , COLUMBIA, (S. C.) FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE ?. I8S7. (Ac Wtnyan Intttttgmter. KOROKTOWN-, 18th Max, 1927. doctor,let thepoet Yquill a few ;ood natkrtu nrm, ^htho doctor* pill, otrtalnlf with hoanrt. would t'rily Mm c??^S^SpSJ.'i,w(l7 Flr*t Uwv poke doW? Iho throat a munoui ihII, Which *omethne? will eome up, and theo they A blbtec oo you,and ? lancet In yna, Ac!?u dor iflo make root give to thin you. If nil thing* fail?and tha poor patient?die*, '!*?? EpHrmict nought no earth could rave, Wot blUtor, glitter, lancet,pill, or A>*?, rreeorre the laekleas devil from the gtave. Y* gentle fataa! protect my warn Mill? -Throw phytic to the dbga"?-Tartar end Bonis! Protect my cerdt my perieardt end thorns, Oipuhia, icrotom, may they uever feel Tkc operation of the doctor* iteel, ftvierve my u vital carreota" from hie pill, And oh! defend my pocket from hie bill. Town' -/? \ . , ANTIBOI.U9. ' ? ; ' REPLY. Georobtowk, 10th May, I82r. Peer^nftMKt.thfie'ia flaw. In yoiir moat aotibiliou* docket, -,(} '1 u not the pKjfiie, hut the/air That operate* upon the pocket. irrfpn could rpeok, then every tongue, I'rorn every n?pc that over ?w?r.g, Would awear that when a fellow'* hung, 'fhe lawyer'twaa that made hint hang. Confound the lawyer*! and confound ihn art 'Itiat'e u#cd when men do chence to ditagrcc; < )r one ?* tried for life?off they *t*rt 4|aio*t the pur??a?Malt and hattery, Ooute from the lMK-ket a prodigiou* leo, Aad;if thooaie bo murder, fllea plea, The criminal waa *4tftnitn4o if *' Tf WeefU of c'.?rgy be denied, And uw man twmf*, Hwa? fnirly tried; "I'wai malo animo, malir* prei* vc f(o horu? pocu* end no eloquence. No joinder, ftur-rejoindnr or rebutter, Nor nil the jargon that the lawyrr* utter, Could rave the luckier* devil, and lie died Ssaltod high, tha amply air atfrido. y* fitn! protect me from tha lawyer'* ? Throw law among the calr! and let Hun claw ^od scratch and gouge,and writhe ami twi?i In all tha ItMCioO* egonie* of law. And wheu the meagre devil* ?tarve. grow thin, And die?let erery lawyer take it tktn. Your#, NOI,: TflOS: From the New-York Enquirer. HIGHLY INTERESTING LAW CASK. /?An Jultut Don*]/, vs. Mtllicnnl Mo-Jith, Spintltr ,This wu an action of damages for fright* ?*niiiR plaintiff'* horse. John Julius Dandy deposed that about 12 ??Mock on Saturday last, a* hr wm riding up tftvadway, near rulton-stree the defendant Middculy turned the corner, having mi a fashionable hat, which she had lust purchas ed, from an importation opened that morn ing by Madaine Trumpourie, fresh from Paris. That Ids horse being raw front the .ountry, became, as tile plaintiff very be. Heves and testifies upon oatn, alarmed at the ?udden apparition of the said hat, abruptly wheeled round, reared up ami transplanted him from his back into the gutter, to the great damage of his person ana apparel. Zephyr Hilkendalc testified thut he was a it Wow lodger with John Julius Dandy, ami that the said Dandy suffered great injury, in hit apparel, by reason of certain filtliv ac cumulations of mud, aa per contract of cer tain individuals with the corporation, nmi further that said John Julius Dandy kept his l?ed for three days afterwards, as he verily believ es in consequence of said disaster. Sylvia Silvcrhccts deposed on the part of defendant, that the hat sported by Miss Modis was a fashionable hat, such us is now generally worn by all persons of the least pretentions, from tlio highest ton to the low ?*st kitchen, and that no horse of nny blood or breeding would think of being frightened seeing it. Madame Trumpourie deposed that the hat was ?ii exact tac-stndic of one worn by the dutc'.tcss lVAngoule-ine, the lafct time she took an ail ing in Poiitainblenu. John Julius Dundy cross-examined by Mr. Catchall. Was the horse you rode a blood horse? Can't tell-?don't know his pedigree. Council desired the jury to take particular of this. So you don't know his pedigree you say? Kflt Mf. Dandy, I run now going to a*k you a Question wlilrh I hope you will consider ?Ireply before you answer. Did plaintiff wear curls, when she frightened your horse? She did. You arc ccrtaln of that? Y am. Jery well?that's sufficient. tpiivr Hilvc iheels crou-exnmincd. ?1 John Julius Dandy actually keep his rnrcr days after the accident ? He did. W?k it in confluence of actual injury sus? tained, or onfy from fright? Cant say, upon my honor. Nevtr minu your honor, sir?you are un tr raa?h now?mkht not John Jnlius ?ai|4y have kept hUocd in ronsequvdce of ?be damage sustained by his o ' ??rthartfrom any injury receivi look that rather itoatd the learned ooun ?el. and Mr. SiveHiccIs appealed to the court to know whether he wan obliged to an itwer the question* The court Mild by all mean*, unlets It'would in any way criminate himself. Mr. Catchall then repeated the fie liad i>o other suit of clothe*. O l ot then he kept hit bed for want of thetnf *s5fottoy. Madame Trumpourie crow-examined by Mr. Tongue, counsel for plaintiff1. What was the site of Miw Modish's bon net? Seven feet three inches round, clear of the trimmings. Is that the usual site? The sites vary?If the lady Is below the middle site, the hat ought to be proportlona bly larger; a lady of four feet and an half height should wear a hat twice the ciicum ference of her height. How many vaids of trimming go to the composition of a fashionable hat. madam? Sometimes more,sometime* less, sixty or seventy yards itfche extent. . How many feathers? About three dozen. What quantity of flowers? A tout as much as will fill three band bo xes. How In the name of wonder do the ladies wear such things ou their heads? They hold them fast with their hands. What isthensual price of such a hat? Here Madame Trumpourie made a low curtsic, and declared she never attended to such vulgar matters. The ladies paid just what they pleuscd. The Testimony being closed, Mr. addressed the jurv with great critic kpccch six hours long, Ave hours' " quarter of an inch deep, bv aUari tnent by a stop watch. We can only give the sk'cleton. Genlfrmrn of the Jury?It is idle to make law* against flying kite*, netting off souibs and crackers nnd carrying paddies altout tlic streets?it is idle to' make laws agonist projecting signs of elephants and obtrusions of (tow windows upon the streets?it it idlr to prohibit the sober business men of tlic city from putting out their empty hogsh<?;ids and sugar boxes in front of their stores?it i? idle to prohibit the ringing of bcHm at auc tions and stcum-bouts ho h?ng an our bellew arc permitted to encumber the streets, em buuass passengers, and frighten hot sec, by wearing hat* of such a singular enormity. To my certain knowledge, gentlemen ol the fury, several persons bennies mv client have iccn put iu jeopardy of life and limb hv these unlawful projections called lints, and hud no* their chivalrous gallantry .prevented it, the number of uctinns for damages would have been incalculable. Gciitlemcnnfthcjiiry, such hats arc contrary to the spirit if not the lct ter of the law. There is a law against swine running at large, and why? Because tltcy run between our legs, and endangers our lives and limbs. Now, though it is impossible for a lady in a fashionable nat, to run between any legs but those of a colossus still there are an Infinite variety of ways in which they may, and do operate to the great danger ot the community. They frighten horses, as In the case of my client?they frighten the gentlemen from the interior, who come down in the spring to huy gtods, ami they frighten the hutch women from Tuppan, Bergen, Flathush ami other places, where by they arc prevented from coming to mar ket to the great detriment o'the eltV, which suffers in consequence of want of Imtter, eggs wormwood, and parsley, jffcppermcnt, poultry and pennyroyal. Gentlemen ot the jury, this is a case of great enormity.?Huts were originally de vised for the purpose of defending the head and face from tlie sun and weather; and hands were originally invented, at least ladies' hands, the one to cany a reticule, thr other to hold up the train behind. Hut, gentlemen of the jury, what are ladies'hands good for, now' ror all useful purposes,they might as well he without them?4hey are continunlly employed in holding their hats on their heads.?No hair, pin, nor ribbon, nor skewer, nor any other instrument of modern invention is competent to the t\sk of keeping such hats on such heads as we now sco every day in Brundway. You might as well uttcmpt to restrain a balloon with a single hair?brace down th* mainsail of a man-of-war with a rope yam, or make any other impossibility possible, aa to restrain the eccentricities of a fashionable bonnet in a modern brcc*t\?Bless me, how it totters! and capers, and flares upwards and down wards?nnd this way awl that! How It shiver* In the wind, and leaps like a vtscl hi stays! How it impedes the motion of the wearer, and destroys all power or grace of motion! Sometimes the ladies heads arc blown back upon their shoulders by a sudden puff? and at others beat dow;i to their knees, by the wind taking them all aback, to use a n:iuiical phrase'.?Both hands are now so taken up with maiurnv? iug the hat, that the pctirnats which whilome used to be the |>eculittr object of thr fair ones' cares, are now left to shift f??r themselves, and when the wind is up, rut strange vagaries, iu snlte of the ballast of a thousand Bouncer*. The poor ladies arc somonopolised with securing the rigging aloft, that they have no time to attend to what is going on below?whereby men are put into great jeopardy of feet, ancles, &<*. Gentlemen of the jury, extravagance of dress, cspeciall* in the streets, is essentially vulgar. No ladv of taste or delicacy will en cumber herself in walking, with a quantity of superfluous trumpery, that embarrasses the freedom of her gait, and destroy* all grace Of motion. Simplicity of dress k not only n refinement, hut a virtue. A rajW for \ ornmneiit*, in timr, destroys all hetwicit education and can paM lor fashionable elegantes, by the ?olc aid of the miliner, *?? dtopente with thnac accomplishments of mind* w?d man new, which, after all, art the only tests of gentility. It rests with you, gentlemen of the jury, to discourage theat vulgar and mis chievous monstrosities sM to do an net of justice to my injured client Mr. Catchall then rose In bahalf of the defendant, ami made a most powerful appeal to the feelings of the jury. Gentlemen of the jury* tetd ha, ?? the are of chivalry is gonel'r?aloaf pause, and the orator rat uned.?" The aye of chivalry it cone, aud the glory of Eiirope is defeated foreverl" That in the nluHaanth century, a period unequalled in the annals of refine ment, for taste in dreta?Ibe manufactures -a >? a ?.=a s_ ?_ * " ? bobbins, bareges, grot de Napfes, French plaids, English raxors, Irish gloves, and American motfiaa?that in aaafc un enllght ed and chivalrous period?-a gentleman?I say gentleman, gentleman ? thy a gentle man should bring an action againit a lady, in any court, except the court df Cupid, ts an unequalled barbarian?a barbarian only worthy of those ages of dannets, which? which?which?uttcccdcd those are* of ligl-t?which--which?gentlemen of the jury, I say a most unparalleled barbarism. Gentlemen of the jury, whBre is there to he found, in the commoti law?the civil law ?the canon law?the tftafote Uw?the ?Brehon law?the laws of V.edcsnnd Persians?the laws of the land, t??c ?ccan, the air, or the moon. I say wh? i c is there any law putting a lady's hat into lUj.erscrip tlon or confine??None. I defy the learned gentleman to producc a tingle cane in point. But, gentlemen of the jury, the low as in most enses which occur, not nothing to do with the business. Custom >;nitlcmeii. custom is above the law, because it it the foundation of the l.iw. Now, 1 maint tin thn' if it were the custom to wear no hats at alt, there would he nothing unlawful in any client going without a hat. Now, gentlemen of the jury. If it i* lawful to g? without a hat, then it follow* ufiriori? tlmt is, it got--i, rliw in the argument?tli.n she may lawfully wear a hat us high as a church steeple, and as wide a* a church door. The very fact ??f her being permitted to wear no hat, prove** that nhc may wear a hat of any site she pleases. Cientlemen, the ctrcumM.mre of the plaintiff not knowing the pedigree ot his iiorse. In decisive against all el iiui i??r dama {;es. For aught we know, the librne might uive been a wooden horse, a fl\ ing horse, a wild linrae, or no horse at till. If a wooden horse, his throwing his rider could not have been un act of volition, proceeding from the sight of the hat. If a (l> ing hor&e, he ought to have been railed a liypogrifT?therefore n misnomer in dcclurati/n. If a wild horse, action will be against piainttir for introducing unlawful, animals.?llolt. cap. .Id. Raymond, and three thousand others. If no horse at all, a nonsuit, ox a matu r of course. Another important query occujra, gentle men of the jury. It is stated by the plaintiff llimrfelf that niy client wore c.urls ns well as a hat, and the question naturally arises, whether it was the eurls or the hat that frightened the horse. The animal might have taken them for drmi culverins, cannon udes, or hombspiled "like artillery, tier over tier,'*and if he had, pcradv enture,belonged to a militia officer, he might have had an anti pathy to such murderous machines; or lie might have tuken them fer ilologna sausages ?aud tome horses, beyond doubt, have an antipathy to Hoh.gn i sausages. In short, gentlemen, if he was, in your opinion fright ened at the eurlv >'<m> nnist lind a verdict for ut?the quo unimo being different from that Mated in the case. Hut, r.entlemen, all this is nonsense. The plaintiff is nontuited, as a matter of course, and in virtue (if the legal maxim, qua nu/ira mm nihil ml not, artgUce ?the things which are above u* are nothing to us. Now, gentlemen, the hut being above the lady's head, it follows that my client cannot lie made responsible for any damage from that which was no part or por ttonofher. You might as well fine her for damage done by a hail stone, or any other missile coming from above. 1 have clone. The court charged the jury, that if they believed the learned counsei tor the plaintiff, they would find against the defendant; if they believed the counsel It the defendant, they would find against the plaintiff; hut if they believed neither, they would do just as they pleased. Jury after being out three day* and three Bights, returni t a verdict of disagreement, 'ami were discn ?rged. THE BANKRUPT HIIX. REMARKS Of MH. ftMlTII, U? S. CAROLINA, In Ikt b'mslt nj iht t'nitfil statu. Jaxv.wx .'It, Mr. Hmit(I mhI. If w?? im.| ?mi??with lha pror??i??n? <>l thr lull t> g?i?eml| nwr did ha rem* iKlir it lUvh n lull *5 r ui.nrti'Uteil by Ilia rtunlc union. *|1?? e<m*t(tuli?>ii. it *m (ril?, ?nt|M)Wer ?->? Coofre* to auMtt fwnhr?|A Uw?, but the |xiw?r t? limited in uniform l?w?. 'I'lio axprat* wurtl* ?>l thr c? nMitutiun it?< If, vrhwli giva ||tn power, ar?: "The C'oojp**? ?h?H have power?In r*lnhiiihj uniform law* ?ni the ?nty*?t <>l bankrupt<-ia?, throughout lha United The plant and ohviou* mcmiing of theie word*, and ahwh aaunot bo t>n?lnk*n, ??, tliat any Uw, l?at?l hr Cufrati, under th<? t>mvi*inn of tha ron?tituttoo,*hould but ?Ue lonn in it* mmli* lion* be that form frhais.?yer whomsoever it ?houM ba m*da to aparate, it ib'oW ba mada (a operate If M ?boatd ba mad* to eaare* ttoe who vhoold bacoMM ??ihjari to it* ?fcoMld ba mada tu voerta every . win rboRld booofea totfjwt e?*H#l|r hi the mma maauer, But iho wai net Una bafote the te*?(#. I oparation That on The Ant acolioo eabrMti only merchant*, dealen in exchange, banker*, broker*, factors, underwrite*, and marine irnmers. A?y whom, ?houkl th?y commit an act ef bankruptcy, can be compelled I if ? single creditor, In the amount yf $ 1000. tn alt lhs? tests end *e verities of the bankrupt law, without the smallest confront left him over hi* eetate nf any kind or doerriiitimi, *wl very little eootrnl over hie pertou. Hi* whole relate it. to lie immediately wretted from him, wd placed in the hand* of epme enmaliiHoer, whom he ?aver may have heard of before. Thi* commie doner ha* plenary power* to iatue a umrknt ?jam*! hi* penon. aa ho would again*! n felon, and bring the bankrupt before hint. And upon vary trivial Hrcurn*lance*, commit him In th? common pri*ou, for any term not exceeding tea year*. There, with other peiotaud peualtict, of no ordinary character, are the Axed nod unaltera ble portion of that cla?? of citisent described in the flr?t section of the bill, which tlmy rennot avert, nod over which they have no *ort of control The ninety third section of the bill provide* for all other cleatee of citizens, than thoee Included, in the flr*l aectiou, bat ia a quite different mode. One creditor of f800, run canae a commiwion of bankruptcy to iwue agaiwt a penou nf thi* clun, who ahall have committal an ret of bankruptcy. And after going through all the fornialit ie* appli cable to a bankrupt, umler the Ant *e?tion, the commlnioner ia only empowered to i**ue a turn men*, a proees* of the mildett clam, to notify the debtor In appear before him; and in tho word* of | the bill iteelf, " To ahow why he or *he 'hall not be declared a bankrupt; jind it *uch pervon appear ,iug, shall cou*cnt to a cnmuiitsion of bankruptcy, I then, and not otherwise, tuch person maybe | declared a bankrupt.*4 If a law with heavy penalities, and high disabilities, i* mado to opcrato on nno clan of citizens in the niovt compulsory manner, and with a fcvcrily bordering on a proceeding against a felou; and not to o|?cr?le on another clas* at all, unlet* |>y thoir expre** coorent, formally aud o(B cially declared, ran l*e relied an uniform law, any other law, howsoever different in it* opera tions, may be culled a uiulorin law. Wc Imve Irecntold we ato dealing too much in I | liui*e*?iti-i and it would l>e a I'luody law it we ?*?.uld not adopt it to the circumstance* ol every ?:!.!?? o( eilucns, lie those cireiimstanc** what (hey tinny, rrgan'le** nf what might have been the | intent om ol ihit convent)-:*. Mr. Smith said it was not his intention t? inves Ii^hIc tbo effects ol" ?nr>n a provision, ?<? llml con iniiifl m the uui> ty-third section, were to produce .?vir th<> political rights of tne stale*; that had already |iei?n treated <>| by othergeutleipcn. Jfor wa? hv dt#|??scd upon that occusion, to enter into any pniticiilnr ilfti'inw of the constitution, because he cons cited notiiiu-{ hot a icmuant,ol that once sacred .11-1. no.. id, now remained; tiut he hoped ili> time had no* yet arrived, when the caprice nf puMie n"?intii;n, and the intere*! of paiUcular mentis, were to establish the rule* for vowtruiBj; the moil solemu instrument* that were to decide noou the dearest rights of the people ol these United StlltcS. Thi? clause of the constitution which provide* for urn/ww Inirt on the tubircl of fmnkrvftcitt, was welt illustrated by the lirst part otthe mm* section, which provides for laying and collcoting taxes, duties, impost*, and exciees. * j " The t'ongrese shall have power?to lay and :ollcct taxes, duties, imposts, and excites; hut all | dutte*. impo?t?, and excuet, shall be uuilorm throughout the United State*." Il? would ask, said Mr. Smith, if Cougrcn had the power under this pro*ii<ion of the constitution, tn enact ii law imposing high duties on article* ol merchuiiHiio imported by that clan ot? citizens embraced in the first section of thi* bill, aud exact ihe payment of Ihesn duties under heavy penalties and impose higher duties oa the *ame kind of articles imported by that oiase of cititeos embraced m the l?;1rd section, aud then submit it lo the opinion of the latter clas*. whether they would pay the dutie* or not, if thi* would be a uniform fulfilment of that part of tha constitution? No one would sny so. I lien where i* the distinction? They both contain precisely the same provision. But what was far more strange, thi* wa* avowedly a law for the benefit of debtor*. We had been dittinotly told, that there were thousands of valuable men languishing under thair mi?for tunes, and piuing on their nillows, whoso faculties were totally locked up anu lost to the community, but who would be rettored lo sooioty, with all their u*efulue*t, under thi* law. Wa had moreover been told, that the sulntance of a bankrupt law, and the object of it* operation* were, to releato debtor* from their obligations; and that there were many unfortunate trader* who were waiting for tha bencAt* of thi* law, whose claim* were prening upon sis, and we ought In look back with an eye of benavoleoce upon ttiose victim* of misfortune, aq^ restore them to society. This is in direct opposition lo the settled principles upon which all bankrupt laws have been enacted.?And directly calculated tn destroy, lusteadof promouug mercantile credit, eo essential ? to (he facilities and prosperity ol commerce. The tank nipt law, enacted by Cong ret* in the yea r IWMJ, wa? a Inw for tlio bene At of creditor.*, iiihI for the imnnotion of ronm?rviil eredit. 'I hut law irujiojc<l heavy jieiwltit* on bankrupt*. Tlii> llrilbti imrlmnionl, in h luccr-roou of morn than two hundred year#, liuil mm ted twenty ouo itiiuin upon Hie rubject n| bankruplcic*. They nil fiilijfto.l bankrupt* to heavy |K?iinUf*<? and disabilities, nn<l ??nn? of thmc statute*. to the iwnnlty of death iltolf, for the leart attempt to defraud. Upon Uii# ^Ubjer.t of oommeroial r*(treat ilritain had |ir?ii exemplary. Kor the purpoteof proln tin* rredlt, Ilia merry of the executive ?? uniformly withheld from counterfeiter*. IWtoe limit], a w?n ?>f xrent learning ?H'I n?nnpli<lH<d manner*, and who iihivwI in lha Act nrdtt in (lie mtion, under ?!??? pr???Ure of cireUimtaneea, had cwiiuterloilcd l.?id ChuWrflrM'i hand wiitiust, whereby t<> obtain but ft Mm 11 mm ?>l money, in which hi wai detected, and of whWh he wa? convilUd, w?? executed on tha gallow* To retcue ?>? dMinguithc J a mail from that i^nomini oi?? punidiment, Rr?at intereM wa? taken In hl? behalf. Th? queen interposed.?Hut in support of that (rent principle of credit, tha inflexible policy of that government prevailed ort the ela money of the ttw itti*#, and h* suffered death Hut we In oar hnmxmty forget th* publi* good In our feeling* tor th* individual, and send thoee (/ttemlera to pmitcotinrtoe, to refine and improve in their art, from whence they ara turned lone* Mf to praetH!* villa*i*t upon ?-ictetf. (Mr.H here r< lated ?0toe facte, of otftem p?NHM preparing iho the* own bentwofteie. ) |ifV? tpHk of i veoerutum,aud wi'.bi Wi??l lb* sefoty to depend upon f because all oar ( which w* have drawn | proved but ? d*lusiv* iug ?or own bankrupt Itrilith Malan, enaoUd under various dreamt(mm, Is cr thro* haadrad penalties, y*t tb?jf ?JB| ., afforded nothing but a d**oy I and a source r(iiiiir>M?ft>l the bankrupts tbeawrlv**, aud ef| culaliont? rati-itorr, < wlto'jften make the spoil among themselves. la. 1017, the British parlioaMOt commit!** of distinguished moa to report upon their whole bankrupt i railed belore (ham many of the i solicitors /aud most experienced ? afr?*d Iho system could Dot hi any benefit to creditors. And amour < tratiomof that fact,cootained in the rOporti committee, ?u thu follow ng opinio* of tht | chancellor. ?? HU lordship nbierved with warmth, th?t U|*' abUM of th* bankrupt law WM a tQ the country, and it would b* bottcr at u?m ta repeal n I It he statues, Minn to suffer them to bo applied tp such purposes; ther* it no merry to. thu aetata* noiliin* i* let* thought of thao the utyfCtaof tho commitslou. A* (boy or* frequently oouductod iu th* country, they are littlo mora tba* ktook to trad* (or the commissioners, tho nssiguOea, and so? * lieilors; in?t?*d of eolicitor* attending to their duty a* mlmttera of tho court, oeWminioQS ?f Nlttk-t'Y ruptcy ore treated af matter of truAet A, taking up th* commission, B and C act aa commissioner*. They are cnntidared as stock iu trad*; and eokul*<ivJ. tions nre made how many commbafow can bo r brought iato the copartnership. Ami ?liu thfe#-, court liohls a strong hand over u bankruptcy, it U itself accessory to as great a nuisance Ok nay knowW < in the land." * One partner is a petitioning creditor, aaoth*f partner tit* acting coairabtiouer, auoth*r pUrtMr1-.' Iho solicitor of th* commission, and tho remaining - pitrtner the sole assignee." Another part of this lengthy r*port, which tr*m< <>f the effevtt of the bankrupt system In I rliiiid. ray*: t ? " 11., iim c .11.1 ilo body, for whew benefit it WM enacted, nre unauiMounn its coodafodatton, aud It ' the Inw !>e not radically amended, it WoUld bo in hit it were altogether repealed, for it lufltctt upon th* lionwt nnFortanete trader, poverty nod d if grace, whilst it insure* to th* full handed ?U<K. fraudulent bankrupt, profit and impunity.'* Mr. Smitl. obrerved, that tho whole of a largo A volume which lie held before him, Wiu full off' such facts and opinions. Aud the learned < om? mitte* declined to rc.nmuiaud, evaa a continu ance of th* fyilemt so totally had it faded to pr^ mole th* great int*r*st* of creditor*, aud of th* '-ommercial wo Id. Aud it wa* matter of curiosity to r*nd- th* testimony of Uatel Montagu, Esq. contained in another part of this iominous report, lie says. ?* 1'hnt practice has now got to *uah a pitch, that, y I verily believe barely on* ur*ign*o io ? dousa acta , faiily, illustrious, or bon**Uy, for the benefit of the bankrupts *fta*a. They are generally mew in trade themselves, ha via} interests clashing with their duty a* assignees, many of thou busily one* ployed about their own concern*, whilst tho Malt* rupts property it left like a wreck upon tho strand, ex|iof*d to th* violence of every galo that bloWf, - broken and di<pertod by e\ery storm, oa etl?fc;|* of plunder to all, and he that It nearest iwsublw nivI get* th* mott, till at length all disappear*,audi not a vestige remains lor creditor* at laigo.** . Out why, said Mr. Smith, should wa go abfoad lor proofs of corruptions, frauds aud disoppOtaMM hope#, from intolvent and bankrupt law*, that were intended to promote speedy jumoo to credit* ort, and give security anu quiet to cowtwhl credit? Pennsylvania, in March, 18IS, enacted an inael, vent law, with all the guards a#d precautions, and with all the peuslties and disabilltiee, of tho bankrupt bill now under coatideratiou, sod l*uHf. ed its operations to the county aud city of PhMa dalphia. Chat city was a great llUBlWhl ait#, and tho mernhant creditors sought this law to * bring their debtors to a rpeedy rtukwilug. Tble law war, hy its own limitation, to expire iu thro* r y*ar*. Hut so odious were iu eftwts,uud so ffim mg nml outrageous its fraoda, that the legiaiaturo r*|>eale.l it ou tho 91st of November following,tho moment they convened, not Mora thao eight months afler its enaclmeat. Thei statoofFeUasjl* vnnia has juttly obtained as high a .1 spUtotiea for hk g*Hal mora It, industrious habits, aud p?Mt?klHy in dealings, as any stat* in the uniauj aud Phils? delphia Ifas been proverbial for tho foir dealing* of Its merchant* awl trader*. But itelbif feuw and well earned reputation formed no borvler to the frauds and perjuries ?f the*o who eho?o too?|l t'tetnreives nnfortnnote debtor*,whau tho aveuUO was o|>*ned to such a tem ptntiou by the statuua of the stat*. ? Hut tha Unkropt law which CotpM MMHj in I MM), had IbrnDhidprwtlNd leesoos wbiohtllie ? oo.munity wonld not eavily disregard. iMMdrf affording to honest credit?** that relief they sought for against tardy aw) difficult debtor*, tt ifuvp tho debtor* an ?>pport??ky ol ? thatr debts, of tha fairest dMtgrtioo, (Hittiut a rant in tha pocket* of Osaka unlets it was in vary mra naiM. Unw afa MelP' of io?> rrcsnt a data to ba fargaO?. B?t thay da not rot in memory al?Mt tha raaovds of yaw < ourts baai this testimony. Mr. Smith said that whan thissabfeet Was agtta* fad it) thaiirrt session af tha seventeenth Coftgra% >? tcftiitlaifmn, than a member from SasKh Carolia* ?Wfcrttte.1 a resolution in tha lm?M afrajl ' lives, to request tha vreskUnt af tha ftates in cause the whole nMiber af am*_ whiah had baaa taken ?M i diMrkts of Virginia, Maryland, f Naw YarV, and tha Dietrk* of Co)? t It act, to ha laM bofcra Ooagros. d at mada tha eatl at requested by the reeotttl tha return to which was cowtaiaed hi tho ? rotuma nf tha oseotttivfc papow of Uttfj Atom which i. i|^(?rsd, that fc/gj In VWgima there never tw fay tha of fa thay ware required, under a turn them, withht i VjIrtTof tWUhH rrrilHaa that ha had toad jwtonn, eight** or