Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-12-05

5 ciary position are restrained by the stringen
D Of legal rules; and not being authorized te
f compound with debtors, they frequently lose
, the entire debt. 1t is sound pJlicy to modify
{ those rules, so as to allow them to compound
, the demands they holdagainst debtors, taking
care to guard against fraud or i'll faith on their
) part.
/ invite your attention to tae propriety Of
passing homestead law, and Of extending
the value of articles exempt from levy and
sale, for the head of each family. Most Of
the States have made much more liberal and
humane provisions than South Carolina for
guarding the families of unfortunate and i'm
proTident debtors against being cast out upon
the world, houseless and bread[ess. The de-
cisions of some the State Courts have af.
frmed the constitutional power of their Leg
islature to enact laws increasing the exemp-
tions from levy and sale, even upon antece-
dent debts. It is not by any means clear
that yen are precluded from ellacting such
law. either by precedent, reason, justice, Or
the Constitution.
DISABLED SOLDIERS.
Agreeably to the resolution of the 2lst
September last, passed by the General As
sembly circular was issued By me, "direc-
ted to each of the Collectors of the
State, requiring them to furnish me with
list of the names of all citizens in their res.
;, pective Districts who were permanently disa-
bled in the State or Confederate service du-
ring the late war; particularly specifying
those who have been deprived cf their limbs,
and stating in each case whethec it be an arm
or leg, or both" The information thus &C.
quired the Governor was requested to furnish
to the General Assembly at the next regular
session. Returns have been received from
the Tax-Conectors, with the exception of
those of Abbeville, Barnwell, Chester, Chcs-
ter6eld, Clarendon. Kershaw, Lexington,
Marion and Union, AID the Parishes of st.
George Dorchester, st. Helena, st. James
Goose Creek, st. James Santee, St. John,
Berkeley, St. Johns Colleton, snd~St. Ste
phen's.
The Districts and names reported have
been alphabetically arranged, snd are here
with transmitted for your information. The
number reported, so far, as having lost legs.
is one hundred aud sixty seven one hundred
and eighty have lost arms; one hundred and
seventy are otherwise permanently disabled.
The printing of the Journals of the extra
session, together with the joint resolutions
then passed, could not be completed until
within the past week, and my attention was
not called to your resolution of She 18th Sep
tember, "directing the Governor to invite
proposals and specimens Of artificial legs"
Proposals have not been invited am, there
fore, not prepared to report Z" che name of
that manufacturer who will present the best
and cheapest MODELS with the price thereof"
COVERING THE STATE HOUSE.
In conformity to your resolution of the 10Th
Of September last, advertisements were pub
lished inviting proposals for " ESTIMATES Of the
cost of covering the new State House, and of
fitting up therein sufficient number of rooms
Tor the use Of the General Assembly, and its
officers, upon the most economical plan.
Bids have been received from zee builders,
They will be laid before the Committees of
the two Houses charged with the subject,
together with their respective plans, speci6-
cations and estimates. Well-informed archi-
tects represent that the building, in its pres.
ent condition, will rapidly deteriorate, and
recommend that an appropriation be made to
carry out the purposes of your resolution.
GENERAL INCORPORATION ACT.
respectfully renew my former recommen.
dations, that general Incorporation Act be
passed Capital should be invited into the
State by every legitimate means, and ready
facilities for organizing chartered companies
where it may be concentrated for enterprises
too large for individual effort, woald promote
the end, and are greatly needed. Such al
Act would save much of the time which the
General Assembly is now compelled to devote
to granting charters, and would reduce, very
materially, the annual cost of printing Bills
and Acts Of incorporation.
THE INSANE ASYLUM.
communicate herewith the report of DR..
Parker, Superintendent and Physician of the
Asylum. You will learn from it that there
are now in the institution 143 patients. of
whom Sc are paying and 81 are charity pa.
tents. Tie latter list will soon be increased
materially by transfer from the former, arising
from the inability of present paying patients.
to raise funds further to support themselves.
The institution is admirably ma1:aged in all
its departments, and commend it to your
continuing favor.
THE DEAF AND DUMB AND THE BLIND.
The Commissioners of the Asylum for the
Deaf and Dumb and the Blind, at Cedar
Springs, In Spartanburg District, met in June
last, and made the necessary arrangements
for putting the schools into operation, under
the supervision of Messrs. Henderson and
Walker. The boardipg-house and schools
were opened carly in November, and ttey
have now resumed their long suspended furc.
tions under the most favorable auspices. The
schools are rapidly filling up, and promise to
reach, at an early day, the maximum number
heretofore attained. The reports of the Com
missioners and Superintendents will be soon
transmitted to you. l bog to Commend this
noble and humane charity to your fostering
care.
| CONGRESS.
transmit herewith cori,aunieation from
the Hon. Wm. H. Seward, . eripg the Con-
stitutional amendment propo ed to the several
Estates of the Union, by the Congress Of the
United States. History furnishes few exam.
Piles of people who have peen required to
eoncede more to the will of their conquerors
than the people of the South. Every conces'
sion we have made, however, 10 far from
touching the magnanimity or generosity of
the victors, has sharpened their malice and
intensified their revenge.
In the surrender of our last organized ar
my of the late Confederate Government,
Generals Johnson and Sherman, each repre-
senting the military power and authority Of