Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1866-01-06


strued t,apply to any cause Of action arising
cc delicto, por to any process of dibtress for
the collection of rent
IL. That nothing herein contained shall be
construed to apply to any causes of action
which anay hereafter originate; nor shall any
debtor be entitled to plead the benefit Of this
Act, who shall fail, if demanded, at least three
months pre,iousy, to pay, on or before the >lst
day of December next, one-tenth of the ag-
gregate amount of the debt and interest duo
at the time such demand is made but in such
case, the creditor Shall be at liberty to proceed
to Judgment, as if this Act had not been pass
ed, and to enter execution, provided that no
execution so obtained shall, during the con-
tinuance of this Act be enforced for more
than the costs and netenth Of the aggregate
amount of the debt and interest.
lila Neither shall any debtor on final pro-
cess now subsisting, be entitled to the benefit
Of this Act who shall fail, if fdcmanded, ct least
three months previously, by the creditor, or
his or her attorney, to'pay, on or before the
first day of December next, the costs and one.
tenth part of the aggteGate amount of prfnci-
pal and interest dus on such proccss,r at the
/ time of such demand Ard When such debt
or on demand Wade as aforesaid, shall fail to
pay as aforesaid, it shall and may be lawful for
such creditor to enforce such process for ti,e
costs and ohe.tcnth mrt Of ,thesSggrcgato a.
mount of principal and interest due.
w. During the coutinuahcc' of this.Act,
the Statutes Of Limitations be and are s,ispcn-
ded against.the claims of all persons in posses-
sion of ypropertySof debtors on final process,
and On which such process may have . lien..&
GREELY ON TIE SITUATION. Mr.: Horace.
4, Greely addressed card std the cditpr;os
the Nationaf Iptellig igencer, III whith he saysin
! substances 'N
t'In your issue of this morning, you have
spoken of my presence in Washington, and
of my view of the politit Al situation, in TERMS
(which seem to require of me few explanato-
~ words. herewith submit them. der
sire and labor for peace; peace between our
country and all others; peace between North
and South; peace between black and white.
We have had enough of war and waste, havoc
and carnage, for at least century. Hence
have long labored, and shall labor, for true
and lasting peace. can conceive no possi-
| ble good that is likely to be secured or promo
ted by alienation between tho President and
the Congress of the United States On tho
contrarysit seems 10 md that every hope would
kbe clouded, if not blasted, by such malign,
uHGUTuIu AuSO COlHC AlCiV w uS
whatever can towards avoiding such a catas-
trophe. Let the great problem Of reconstruc-
tion be approached from all sides in proper
spirit, and I'feel assured that benign solu-
tioS viii be Speedily attained. That we may
promptly re,establish tire Southern States ig
all their original rights and privileges, with
out sacrificing or hazarding those Of any por-
tion Of the American "psople, is my earnest
DESIRE" .I S' a 4
TIE Legislature Of Georgia has passed q
rbil regulating sthe reception Of frecdmen's ,tes-
timopy It makes freedmen competentswit-
nesses in cases whore the defendant is a freed
man, and in criminal Gases when the offence
is against the persons or property Of freedmen.
It provides also that where frcedmamis par-
ty plaintiff or defendant, he may make and
file any affidavit'now allowed ctizen,hnd the
affidavit to have the game force and .efectas
if made by any other person. Joint resolu-
tions passed unanimously stating in effecrthat
the President lad bcep magpanimousto tho
people of Georgia. w
THE salt mine or island belonging to Judge
AVERY, in St. Mary's Parish, Louisiana, is per-
haps the most extensive in the known world.
The salt is Of apure crystal, and, unlike.that
obtained froh, tho famous Cracow mines Of Ro-
land, requires no reboikng. The hameof the
island is " Petit Ance"s and consists aofra
hill, mt some points 100 feet high, coutainings.