Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-02-18
An Ae. to Psehibi. .Es,or.ion and eun-
iSlI Ext0S,ion-rS.

Gsn.mi .lss-miTy. d"i leg tie d"ih"riiy Gih.
x ne, Tha ir,in aud ai,er Jte pass'.g of lhi.
.Aet. any dr~;er or SprciIs',r in ci"thin3 a ]
u..te,ials al c%sn.hinr. lnnd>. s',,s-s. l-at:t~5
hr'ga;,A, raw ni.tes, meat, grain. iron, iiou, 4
medicines, wuul, yarn, iron castings, mai e
aud nard~ sre scrsrally, gold and ail.cr cSl
wood, co4l, candles, OIL, lard. saap.' cat ils
hogs, and utner live stock. poultry, sterling
eAc isnee, Vi o her nect ssar .ps of life what.
ever Or any manufacturer iur yale of any q.
the said articles, who shall, during the CON
tinunce Of the existing. MAE, sell. Or .ilsp 81
Of any Of the said articles at exc 'bitant OF
nTreXsvnabie rales or PRICES, o, 1T All exurbi
iant or unreasonable advance Ut prof ON til,
Cot -Lb-rsuf, ur.~caSt~of-the prrdncituf I'll
manufacture thereof, or >la rpfise TO sell III
,tisp0ee us,the saiieior ca u either IN .pesl
o., IN rur;eIt funds, ~ tair TOR ressola BE Fate
oseFfi ces, u eai.rrasenabie advances or prof'
y Lille ,ctsai. ~tliereot ur cpsi ol- Tue proiuct.oi'
u manufacture thereof, and all otnrr PR u
who ,h4il sell or dispose Of any of The sal
ARTICLES vt exorbi ant or unreasonable rat.
,r prices, or nj un ex,rbitanr or unrrasmasb
adv .ncs or pruiit, Oh the cust, or coat of pru.
olSSh"t VI ulAN0.aSSutCs ta'hSS
deesuel and htid gniity Of e2' ortiou, and o.
conviction thereof In any of the Courts y
Geuersl Sessions OF this State-.shall b. finet:
uvt mvrs tusn one .h,usald dollars, and b
imprisoned not mpre than Twelve mouths !;
. e-ialf Of the 6ae in each 40 to BE- tor The
b neit Of the intorrn'r, o Il the other ha'
ei.rsthe benCtir ut soldiers aad sramni's iatnI
lies, to be psid over " the S 1idiers Is 'ard I 1
R=lruf tur the District in @nlch the >c"nsic
lion shall take place and The inf,rmer to u.
a cs55,npsteuti witness, my law, custom, "a
u uiss u: the c mtrdty not @ithStana.iig. Pro
ed d, filar Ii, imp ,rter ut foreign uiercha'-
Il Ac s,Y!l be l,atie. 10 the penalties OF TIL
Act ior sales ut eucu mrrclarrtrz:: 40
sprooalsf juff6-r, ruat p. rso;is oringiif. in'
THIS StG,s articles Of loJd tr:nu other Stue
aad ssfiinx the am stHpriurs not m IL,
than lhose charged by producers NTH Sat
sIKll .uut.bi liable ~ The X ..alties OF this Act
Is IT. That in all crses arising under Thu.
Al, it shS,ll BIZ irtt tosthe t.ries todeter'nii''
-Ynat, are sxurhi,ant Ors u:iens'ilabie rates .
prices, iGr yurb;faLt or unreasonable etva''
c.s or pr Is, due regard beii < hal to TIT
circumslapces vi eacu Gaze; AID II shall I"
lasiai Tor tho Court Of Appeals to review III
facts of all such cases, and to set aside rer-
Dies anil order ce1 trials Tor want ,oi con
furmity thereto.
I'll. Tfhst uo person prosecuted under thi,
All shsll be allowed any right or privilege
of traverse Or inparlsncp, Or postPoiemento
tr.sl st the first term Of The Court in w'hc
he shall be indicted, unless on afi lavit of tn,
necessary absence of q material and necesSa
~ witness, aud no technical Or formal excep
Ion to any process, Indictment or other plead
ing shalt avail the defendant, but each ca"
shall be tried aud ali u.tsd according Ito tb'
merits without any regard To form Prosidrd
That auT, QUE who shall wi,fully and msli
ciously give false information, as the basis al
q prosecution under this Ac, shall be liabl.
to iI6ictmen; therefor, and shall, on corvlc-
ton thereof, be subject to the penalties of tlit
Act.
Nv. Corporations, by their corporate names
and coryoratOts Ut Incorporated COMPANIES,
shal! be liable to indictment aud punishment
for extortion Under this Act and when cor
poraticns are indicted and convicted of ex:
t%ortion, they shall be liable. to fine as afore-
said, aud to forfeiture of charter. at the dis
erection of the Court.
An Act TO continue in force an act, entitled
",4n Act to etewd relief 10 Debtors and to
preceak the sacrifice Of Property at public
sole"
L. BE il enacted by The Senate aud House Of
Representatives., nor met and sitting in ecu
euA Asse@6Iy, and by the authority Of the
SAINT, That au Act, entitled San Act TO ex-
ioni relief to debtors, aud to prevent the SAC.
riiee of property at public sales" ratified on
the twenty First day Of December, in the year
Of our Lord, Que thousand eight hundred and
sixty-one, BIZ and the same is hereby contin-
ued Of force, until the adjournment of the
next Session Of the General Assembly Of thi.
State.
II. And be Il further enacted, That ell fines
imposed by tho Courts of Sessions and Com
mon Pleas of shis State be excepted from the
operation of said Act and that all such fines
shall be collected as heretofore provided by
law.
Ill. That the provisions of the said Act
shall not extend to common carriers where
they fail in their duties or liabilities as Com,
mon carriers.
". That the said Act is not intended to
Interfere With any right to sue or remedy.n now
afforded by law Tor the recovery of money
lost by gaming.
Y. That the said Act shall not protect from
snit or ether process, any Tax Collector,
Sheriff, Mastsr or Commissioner in Equity,
Ordinary or Clerk Of The Court of Common
Pleas and General Sessions, or their s%ureties, !
who has Or may hereafter receive any money
lelo,ging either to the State, District Board,
If Commissioners, or individual ~citizells, and
b.s lated, or shall hereafter fail to pay over
ths.k a.ns On demand being made to do so. .
II That the provisions Of tie said Act
shall met embrace tines imposed by courts
%tusr.f9l: OF by municipal authority.
confederate Money EAtortion.
Dir. Foster Ut Alabama, ON the 9th ~in-tant,
j PRODUCED into the Confederate House Of
Representatives the following resolution,
which was adoP:ed--yeas IS, nays o.. .wher
4 motiou 20 reconsider was carried, but lies
go aEf InEa