Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1865-12-27
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South Cayohna Legislature. /.
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Correspantencs Of, tho aCharlestonsCO COurier.

Assembly Is exceedingly unintcrcsting to-
correspondents like myself where pains haye
been taken to furnish ones readers With full
information of:all measures proposed for leg
islaticn whilst in their respective stages Of
incipiency and nd'pfpgrcss. The few days & i'm.
mediately previous TO an adjournment are
CONSUMED in mere matters of detail, and if
one undertakes tofsp6rt tie proceedings, let!
him tax his ingenuity as much as he. pleases,
and unless he: has more than L credit myself
with, be will inevitably fail to write anything
| ese than aimereisTehash dof what he has ;nf-
ready 'saids, For this reason I-have held
myself in reseryesfor the past Two days with
the intention OF .cplling. out of these details
some readable items, for, the o @Coarier" and
aggregating them3in one letter. - -.
To commence, then; with the elections for
three Law Jud ssnd two ChancelIors which
took place on Thursday and the result Of
which.I communicated to you by telegrapbs
For the three Jadgeships there was quite.
lively canvass, there being no lesssthnn six:
candidates in 1sithesfeld; abut the friends Of
the successful; ones had worked SO faithfully
in their interest that an election w:s made
on the first ballot, which resulted as follows:
For Thomas N. DaBkins.. ......... .,.98
For Franklin j. Moses: es:.......e....-..
For Alfred P. Aldrich. -. ........ ...S2
For Simeon Fair. r.s....... IA
For Benjamin Pfcssley... !. ~. $50!
For j. w Wilkinson. - - II i......
For C. PYSulliyan. s.:.!.:: =. ;t... ......8
The three first having received majorities,
were officially announced as elected. aud the
r tLo LII
Chancellor. hthe following result:
For W. d. vonnson.:. =: =: :. ..ii..s.77
For G. D. Mclten:'..... ...............6 .6S
For H. d. Lesesne .g......... :. -. so
For Thomas Thomson. -. 49,. ......... .,..44
/ For w. Z. Hutsenss. ss..............-.....
For Y. +. Sulllyan,..- ..-........>:i.1+
Mr.. johnson being the only one'elected Oh
this ballot, the. Assembly joined in another
ballot, and all the;Jother candidates having
been withdrawn, Gfr. II. d. Lesesne was
elected over Mr.. CD. Melton, bya volc Of
r. to GS. s. - 'e.,''5. ii'f '-.'' 80 .
Z The promotion olMr. Aldrich to the Bench
vacales his seat in the House of Reprcsen-
tatives and in the Spaaker,s Chair. lie will
resign on Monday, and there will then be al
election for Speakerto succeed him. The
three fnvorite candidates for this position are
Col. Charles Silno1ton, Gen. a. Q. CARING
ton, Of ,Newberry, aad Col. VIM. s. Mullins,
of Marion. On Monday there will also be
held an election for thirty-one District Judges,
under the -Billto establish District Courts.
OF course there are d tfsao more than thirty
one candidates. believe thoreis no opposi-
ton in Charleston MR.! George w. Logan
being the nominee of the Delegation. ssi -,
TuEs.sTAY Law, -. ci,rs,
has finally passed dEithethe Senate amend
ment, Notwithstanding all the fighting which
the House did for. .ittssowa proposition. I can
give you no better idea Of its provisions than
than by quoting the Bal 0srbatim ct lieratinl
as it finally passed: ...-..z.. ..,s...
That the. Act of tie General Assembly,
entitled "An Act.to cstend relief to debtors,
and to prevent the Sacrifice of property at
public sales," passed 2lst day of December,
A. D.. 1861, and al Acts amending said Act,
be and the same are hereby continued in
force until the adjournment oe the next ses
sion of this General Assembly. 80 ,
Sec. 2, That sotE;ng herein contained
shall be construed to arpy to any causes Of
action which have originated since the first
day Of May in the present year, or which
may hereafter originate : nor shall any debtor
be entitled to plead the benefit of this Act
who shall fail, if demanded at least three
months previously, to pay on or before the
first, day Of September next an amount equal
10 the tenth Of the debt and ipterest, due at
the time such demand is made; but, in such
case the creditor shall 6e at liberty to pro-
ceel to Judgment, as if this Act had not
been passed, and to enter execution: Prori-
ded, That no execution so obtained shall, du-
ring the continuance of this Act; be enforced
for more than the costs and one-tcnth of the
debt and in! crest.
SEC. 3, Neither shall any debtor, in final
process now subsisting, be entitled TO the
benefit of this Act, who shall fail, If demand
cd ut least three months preYiouslyabv the
creditors of his or, her: attorney, to,pay or
or. before the first. of September next the
costs aud one tenth Part Of the amount due
on such process at.the .tiac Of such demand
And when such debtor, on demand made as
Aforesaid, shall fail to pay, as aforesaid, it
shall and may be lawful for such crcditur' to
enforce such process for the costs and one.
tenth part of the principal and interestdue.
DEC. +. DurlllS Tue COHiluuHQcc Ol lnlS
Act the Statutes Of Limitation be and are
hereby suspended against the claims of all
persons in possession of peperty of. debtors
in final process, and on which suchzprocess
may have a lien.g 80, s-s - .;.4-~.. ,syss
am not sure that this isgthe.mo intellig-
ible way. Of noticing tho Stay Law, but it is
the most satisfactory to, mo-, III; -, -.
THE EUROPEAN IMMIGRATION BILL -s.f
OF, Col. Wagencr, 1 sincerely regret to soy,
has perished for the. present. There. has
been 80 much opposition manifested to, its
progress on the score Of economy that the
friends of the measure. moved for its contin.
uance until the next session, as they we're
unwilling to risk its absolute defeat BY press.
ing it too strongly upon the. Legislature.
Some progress has :, been made, however, in
the right direction BY the adoption by the
House Of the following resolution, which will
doubtless pass the Senate also:
= Rssottel, That q Special Committee, to
consist Of three members of Tie House, be
appointed Ito whom the subject ct encourag.
ing European immigration shall, be referred;
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