The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-08-21


now with Sheriffs armed with sundry
T.. ia $, very few levies are made?
The agitation of the subject of the stay
laws holds our false hopes. and prevents
creditor and debtor from compromising.
Ii Is not true that creditors. rs general
RUE, design the collection of the claims
they desire TO have them secured, which,
being done, they are ready to grant any
reasonable indulgence.
Out Legislature, if they close the civil
courts and leave the criminal courts open,
viii thereby leave the Judges in position
which will enable them, as honest Judges,
TO declare all laws delaying or hin'lering the
collection of debts, "repugnant to the Con.
stitution Of the United States" To close
the civil courts, then, all courts must be
closed What follows? Vide Gen. Grants
order: "Thc United States military will
have cognizance of all crimes and misdc-
meanors. without regard to the color Of the
pnrties!' Liberty has already gone. this
Will take away her shadow now left us.
Suppose, however, the civil courts to be
closed, what then? The Freedmans Blu.
re&a will collect the debts owing to freed
men. What follows? The white man will
transfer his dead claim to n negro! This is
not conjecurcd it was done in one Dis
trict. to so:,c eXten', before the annuling
OF the late stay law.
Again, suppose the hands of creditors,
who are citizens of the State. to be tied;
then creditors, who nre citizens of other
States, (now n large class whose claims
exceed $500, will sue in the United States
Courts and the marshals will collect, aided
by posse OF +, deral hayonets, if ncces.
AIRY
This is not all. Debts above $500, found.
Al on hi 10 nf ypln At -
1889. Sec H. promissory notes, I Mason.
25l, } and notes payable to bearer, (lI Pc
lers. 3lS, bona yide conveyances of titles
to land, III Sumner, 252. which four class
es of causes ofac,on will embrace in amount
thrce-fourths Of all debts, will leave the
State and become the property of citizens
of other States, who will sue in the United
StmeS Courts.
Is il true that creditors have no con-
scicnce? Is it true that all debtors are
honest Is it true that creditors are
always rich and the debtors poor2 Is it
just TO disregard the rights of the creditor,
although poor widow or orphan, and to
protect the debtor who may be in possession
OF The widows orphans or property, without
any consideration paid? Is il not true that
those who favor rcpuliaiion and stay
laws are, as general rule, popularity
oSSNSiS' VI 'HOSc WHO owe more IHln tnpy
expect TO collect from their debtors!
pity the man reduced to poverty by the
late war, and can sympathzc with him in
his struggles, even where, in his extremity,
lie desires to stay the hand of Justice; but
great is my contempt Tor the lawyer, or
we'll Informed man, who, for n little popu-
larity, will delude his fellows and ruin his
country--for 1t is too true that our honor
and our credit are all that are left us; take
them away and we are poor indeed.
Let public opinion alone, and fear not The
bug bear Of the poor debtor being "sod out
of house md home" | ask when, and in
how many instances in our State. from its ear
liest history, has man and his family been
sold ont Of house and home and turned ont
of doors by his creditor unless the dobtor
connlved at it himself, in order to take the
benefit of the Insolvent Debtors Act, or
where the debtor was fraudulently making
way with or screening his property?
LAIssEz Nous FARE.
THE WEATHER ASD CRoPs. wealth
er in this section continues dry. It is nova
settled conclusion That the corn and cotton
crops must necessarily be very short Ma
ny farmers inform us that they will not
make as much of q provision crop.-corn
and wheat-as they did tho famous "dry
year." lS45. All vegetation is much parch.
ed up and the pasturage is about destroyed.
Consequently the cattle are beginning to
fall off, and, without rain soon, the pastu-
rage will be worthless. On account of tho
drought and on account of its toughness.
instead Of pulling the fodder from the stalk
of corn rs usual. we here Of farmers cutting
down the stalk with the fodder and corn on
it.. The fodder is said to be as tough as
leather strings, in pulling
/ We hope the crops may not turn out as
short as in the "dry year." but, at present
it reminds us forcbly of that dreadful year.
Is famine to be added to the other horrors
which hang over and oppress us? If so,
! heaven send us safe deliverance. .-Laurens.
viNe Herald.
y "kerosine telegraph has been invente,
at Boston. in which intermittent light and
darkness take the place ofthe dots and lines