Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-04-15
The Legislature.

This body adjpurusd en- Ptid"y svehing last,
after 8 weeks session which mas marked by ye'J
i'll. o: merit.
The production of Cotton was further lini'sd
to one acre to the hand. Whether this limitation
applies to those vhu have already planted, did
aot seem u be vsry clear to tho friends oil Tie
measure. A prominent Senator and able lawyer
-ho voted for tho bill Was heard to drop tho opin-
ion that such application cruld NOT he very easily
enforced. At any rate hs remarked that BIO would
readily ulks a case Of The kind anu defend II
should one come in his Nay. Ws think 1t lie the
spirit if not the letter Of tbs law that tho limits
ion Oxtcnd 10 ali aiikc. But We will give tht
Act next week anu lei every man judge for him
self. 1t is doubtful legislation. but as il has hcen
adopted i. is right to Try it fairly.
The distillaiion Of spirits from al substances,
except fruits in their season, is to DO confined
hereafter 10 q great central Sti'i-hoase, 20 be 10
| catod AZ Columoia perhaps, wtsrc the s':r!e 0Gi-
| cisls Gun watch lhe whrlo matter sRd !sguil.;
the pines frpu day 10 day. All licenses hereto
fore granted Ire revoked. Our friend WILLOW
ir,m Co ,rselo.n moved to prohibit fruits - lik'
IN liner, blu, that was not & PAR: of the programm:
rot = dr", Of land the Senator WAS lett III r
N ;n"rity oil threr. A ruMher favored me bill.
rot that they loved !iqror les. Int errn and bacon
mare. This sentiment relieved. they had no, thu
sii ,htest notion Of being cut Oh from thsi. r.sch
brandy and apple jack. 1t was attempted 10 get
the seed Of the sorgho IN the frui1 category, bat
that could not be allowed because ssme oac uvsr
in Lexington h.d been mixing corn meal with it
to give it a bottcr Favor.
1t was saughs to incryase Tie axc upon persons
FILLING 10 ecbd hands TO the coast Notifications.
First they tried five dollars, that wouid not 80
d ,wn next they tried iva, that FILLED slso and
the hns remsins asst Wa, except that it is NON
G ,llcctable by the Commissioners of Roads in a
NOR. regular manner than was before provided.
be reported to the Courts of Common Pleas.
When a man has but one hand liable to this duty,
that hand is now entirely exempt.
Some littio else was done, and sontthing left
u"do"e which 1--WE fear) has made the session Of
April 1863 a most unlucky one. What we alluas
to Will OF course DO known 10 every prlcR-eareo
Sbylock in The State, and there can be no harm
done by mentioning it horc. 1t was the rejection
by the Senate Of Gen. UARLIsGros's Resolutions
announcing as wanting in patriotism all persons
who, by refusing Confederate currency in the pay
ment Il debts, were acting 50 as to dopreciste
that currency. Theas arc not the exact words but
tho idea is correctly put. no make no comment.
Taking 1t all in all, we think it would have
boen bettsr If the Legislature had not been called
together. The Governor thought differently and
wo uttor no word Of Dissatisfaction in that dir.
ton. He was influenced by considerations IF
public duty which would not permit him to rest
satisfied. But there i, danger in this accunula-
ton of legislation. II We are to meet all Difficult
tics, tho Legislature would have to come together
almost every month. In doing 80. active and am
bilious minds are very ap. 70 originate new bu,i-
nc.s mnch Of which may moi he really demanded
by the necessities of our position but on Ito con-
triry may be fransht With confusion and positive
error.