The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1866-12-19

VI LeS'sisiou - NUateu, oecAueo VI tn6
condition Of upceitaiB,y which prevails
and Of the not unteaiohsbIs apprshen.
Sions fel, by the rnembSrs that they may,
to great extent, be uselsssly employ ed.
THE obURrs,
both State shh Federal are in session in
Columbia. We learned that .sveral i'm
poi,snt questions are to be determined
by tie Court Of Errors: First, de to
whether the Statute OF limitations vas
suspended during tho war second,
whether Grsenbacks are a legal tender for
the payment Of debts. and thirdly, ~he,h
sr the Act Of the Legislature, passed st
the late sxtrasession, suspendirg the
Court Of Common Pleas, is, or 10 not,
coustitutiobsl. The machinery Of the
Federal Court for the District Of South
CstoliEs seeths fully III operation. and are
enforcing it's DEGREES lot debt, foreclosure
Of mortgages; &c.
After leaving Columbia, a ride of ton
hours on ths South Carolina railroad
brought us 10 the city Of
CHARLESTON,
which place has apparently recupers,ed
with greater rapidity than any o,het por
ton Of the State In so far as we'll filled
warehouses;, attractive displays Of fash
onable merchandise and crowded tho
roughfares can be regarded as evidences
Of returning prosperity, Charleston is 10
no degree behind her most prosperou.
days befots the war. With the eAceptiou
Of what is known BY the burnt district,
destroyed by the great Ere Of 1861. the
damage to ,hs city from shells. FIRE and
decay, during the war. has been repaired,
some Of the principal streets presenting
even more handsome appestsheS than
they did before the war. Trade and
Commerce are matters entirely ! without
our line Of business, but from casual ob.
serva,ion, We conclude that Charleston 10
far advanced in the labor Of recussitation
in which the Whole South Is nov engaged.
and We hope thst at no distant day she
will become, what she is entitled to bp,
one OF the frat cities in America. Her
street railroads nov nearly completed,
are one OF the tnarS hopeful signs Of her
onward progress. The Hotels, which srs
always regarded as come index to the
business capacity OF a place. have MI re.
sumed business ; prominent among which
~ the
q. MitLs Housk,
where it was our good fort tns to sol ourn
whilst ws remained in the citv. The
present propristors. Msssrs James Purcell
d Co., we'll sustain the ancient REPUTATION
OF the establishment. The entertain men,
which the Houie affords is Of a character
both splendid and subsiantisl. pfsssnting
all the comforts and slspanciss and deli
cacies which the most fss,idious could de-
sire. The servsrts are As polite sLd at
tentive A. when slaves, and the place has
all the characteristics Of 4 Well ordered
establishment. Visitors to the city. whs,h.
er on business or pleasure. will find j, we'll
deserving Of their patronage.
QUIET AND ORDER
appears 10 have been fully restored in
the city. The collisions which we're so
common soon after the blacks were freed
are not now repeated, and al classes
sseth to be accommod sting themselves TO
:hs new order Of things with greater f.
e'lity than could reasonably have been
anticipated. We learned tbs, the free
labor upon the plantations around Char
leaton. upon the whole, WAS more success.
ful than the early results OF the rev sys
tenn promised. We heard Of some graf
flying instances Of successful planting
upon the Sea lslands, and the crop. gen
srally il The vicinity Of the sss board
nave yielded Tar greater returns TO the
planters thar the most favored sections Of
the up country have done. Gen. Scott,
che chief Of the Presdmani Burssu in
Cha'iestos. hss givss general .atisfsetion
ani his sdninis,ra,ion appears to be pop.
uls: With the plsntsrI We heard
prominent plaster express apprehension
lest he should b vitbd,a~a. The fer
rnsr ounsrs Of the Sea Isiands havs ssn.
crafty regainsd possessions Of ths,r lands,
but quss,ioss Of title are s,ilI unsettled in
regard to portions Of the lssds. p.r,icu
larry - 'c those which we're sold for taxes.
The planning generally hss bssa conduct.
cd BY Southern mes bat there .,e grew,
ou nbsrs Of Northssns,s in Chsr,S.,os.
many OF them representing Is,a. s~p;tsI