Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1861-10-18
sEaUEsTRATIoN IN CHARLESTON.


proceedings Of the Confederate States Cour, on
Tuesday last:
The case of the Confederate States m JOS
eph Spencer Terry was taken up The Dis
tric, Attorney, Mr.. Miles. read the Re, eiv"rs
return for the eequcstration Of the property in
question. Consisting of certain funds in the
Bank of Charleston, and Farmers j. Exchange
Bank. office furniture &c.,) aud also the an
swers of the Bank of Cha lesion md the Far
mers' IL Exchange Bank.
Mr.. Allemong rend the answer Of Andrew
Nolan, co palmer of the defendcnt
Ma. Miles then proceeded to address the Jury
at length upon the merits of The cus,. Lcfor"
them lie afterwards examined three witn"g
ca.
In committing the cnse to tn. jury, .In:r.
Magrath said that it became their duty /" pass
upon 'his. tie first cnse thu> hps arisen in this
court for the sequestrntion oe the estates Of M
aline enemy. BY the authority of their coun-
try. they were now empnnclled to determine
whether the property of alien. cuemes shall he
seqnestrni ed or not. They should proceed with
caution, innsn,uch ms they represented parties
+ now Ghscna. and whose Interest rested in their
hands But they should act W ith tirInncss. If
no sentiment led th.m to act hnrrie,llv. no sen
ti,ncnt should lead them TO act timi.!ly The
law of their country. which imposed this re-
! sponsibility, wns not for them 10 question. II,
had been s"lemnly enacted and promulgated,
and obedience to its provisions was th. high
duty of the citizen. Errors in the law. if any
should be discovered. were only tn be corrcc-
ted by the calm representation Of these errors
TO the power which alone was clothed with
authority 10 corr est them.
! In this matter one Joseph Spencer Terry WAS
presented to them ne an alien enemy. AT this
time he would not open before them the great
question to who nrc alien enemies lie pro
dosed t" lay before them th- testimony which
they iialhcnrd, and to leave then, to Judge
whether Joseph Spencer Ferry wss. or was not
; an alien enemy. The witness had rcpreaert-t
, that he was IL citizen Of New York, owing al
| Iegiancc to the State of New York, where his
parents reside where hs fa.aily reside where
his wife resides aud where the family of his
; wife :esles.
! RI he was citizen Of New York, he was
bound to acknowledge the government OF the
Cntcl States. citizen of the United States.
acknow ledging the government oi tho United
States, is an ulicn ehefny.
| With regard TO his residence here, if hc came
here with the Intention Of making this his Per.
mancnt abode, and of not returning to the
United States, then his domiciliation conferred
urcn him the right Of citizenship. But this
right. oh,aihsh by dumciintior. was one resi,l.
Ing in The person, and might be lost by a re-
turn to the North. even though. at the time Of
fixing domicile here, no intention should have
been entertained of such n return. Lastly,
til" Judge chilled attention to the fact that the
| course of Mr. Terry was such rs to screen any
property which he mshtow in the North FROM
the effect Of lie Northe IN con4isca,ion net.
! ThSjury then retired Ior short time. and
returned aSverdict that Joseph Spencer Terry
wns an alien enemy. and that the property set
forth in the petition was owned ty him.
! SEIZURE OF Pork Some mention Of the re--
cent seiz ure of Pork by Gov. Moore. of J., u
isiann, has appeared in the Courier. The n
o. Price Current of the 9TH inst, has the fol-
lowing notice of the transaction:
On Saturday last the Governor of the State
made prov isional seizure OF. all the Pork in
this market, the whole Of Which is wanted for
the G. S. Army. Although intended for the
public good. this summary proceeding was not
ratified BY the Government at Richmond. and
the amount under seizureswas consequently rez
leased on Wednesday, morning. Confsde-
rate States Officer then came forward, aud, as
holders Genera lY'from pntrint:r considerations
abated five dollar per barrel from what:wn re-
garded as the market price, lie succeeded in
=. purchasing 1900 bLls. Mess at SO CO. d, which
HE had made some considerable purchases week
before last. This leaves so ineonaideral!e an
amount Oh sale thatst is evident planters mus
1rely upon beef and other articles OF food jot
the chiefsupport Of their hands, and hushon I'd
llieir supplies of pork md bacon, accordingly
ATTACK on BKAuFoRr.-The Louisville jour
nql,of the 9Th says:
i BEAufoRr, S. Cit is ulmest certain that q
part .of our.naysf force 'las. Sbefore this, been
d employed Bxinaking an ATTACK upon the port
OF Beaaf5rf sSouah HCaroiina. sftsi possrasior
would give us aneeIeellente foot hold On Rife
Southern coast and Operations might Be COM
me6ced thefsEgain, t: si:her. Ch.rlest on ,or sa-
vappatbI sFhe Rarbor isia g9pd one, ard there
ars.aBou sixteen sseesofs@ster enslhe bar g
That vessels Of pretty good size can enter. :
J 4aoas wrsrEss tvvSMas3a saBht6st sayice.
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drawash eRosspcraniS from sffhe 'B,ssss|sf,
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Eforss; % cross sN issr, sad. If asssibIs. q
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