Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-04-24
cIOm INC CuaIlestou Soufeer.
Important Order from Gen. Sicklcs
M1LIrlRY STAY LAW. .

Important Order from Gen. Sicklcs.
! a MILITARY STAY LAW.
The following order, which hexplains itself
vail, we doubt not, give unqualified satislac
4 tion to our readers.e The necessity for sim
iIer, measure has been potent from the inef
ectual efforts made by the General Assem-
,kbly, on more than one occasion, to stay the
execution of Judgments for debts, and there
is.evcry reason to believe that thsintcrven-
ton of the military power will produce Q
feeling Of profound satisfaction throughout
: the length and breadth Of the State:
tI-HEAD'Rs, SECOND MILITARY DISTRICT, T
~ CHARLESTON. S. c.. April IL, 1867.
General Orders No. 10. o..
The general destitution prevailing among
the population OF the Military District can
mot be relieved without afording means for
the Development of heirindustrial resources
The nature and extent of the destitution de-
mand extraordinary measures. The people
are borne down by heavy burden of debt;
the crops ofgrain and garden produce failed
last year. many families have been deprived
If shelter; many more need food ana cloth
iSg; needlul implements and auxiliaries OF
hlsbandry are very scarce; the laboring pop
uiation in numerous localities are threatened
with starvation, unless supplied with food by
the Government of the United States the
Inability of a large portion of the people to
pay taxes leaves the local authorities without
adequate means OF relief; and the gravity of
the situation is increased by the general dis
| position shown by creditors TO enforce, upon
an impoverished people, the immediate col
lection of all claims.
TO suhr all this to go on without restraint
Of remedy is to sacrifice the general good.
I The rights Of creditors shall be respected /;
Eat the appeal of want and suffering. must
be needed. Moved by these considerations,
the following regulations are announced.
+ They will continue in force, with such modi-
6cations as the occasion may require, until
the civil government of the respective States
shall be established,.i in accordance with the
r.euirements Of the Government OF the United
States.
The Commanding General earnestly de-
sires and confidently believes that the obser-
vance of these regulations, and the co. opera
ton Of ali persons concerned in employing
fairly and Justly the advantages still remaim-
lug to them, will mitigate the distress now
existing and that the avenues OF industry,
enterprise, aud organization thus opened, will
contribute 10 the permanent welfare and iu
ture happiness Of the people.
L.. Imprisonment for debt is prohibited,
unless the defendant in execution shall be
convicted of fraudulent conccalment or
disposition of his property, with intent to
hinder, delay and prevent the creditor in tn"
recovery of his debtor demand. And the
procecdings nov established in North and
South Carolina, respectively, for the trial
and determination Of such questions may be
adopted.
ment of money; on cau-e' Of action arising
4 1stweep tie l2:n s: ef December, lSG0, and
ftbe l5th 81 Ma, 1866, shal-not tc enforced
by execution against the property or the per-
son of the defendant. Proceedings in such
causes of action, now pending, shall he stay
cd: and no suit or process shall bc hereafter
instituted or commenced, for any such causes
Of action.
III. Shcrin'<, Coroners, and Coastables, are
hereby directed to suspend for twelve cnIcn-
dar months the sale fall property, upon exc
cution or process. on liabilities contracted pri-
or to the l9:h of December, 1860, unless
upon the written consant-'I the defendants,
except in cases where the plainliA', or in his
absence his agent or attorney, Shall upon
oath, with ccroboralive testimony, aIlegc aud
prove that the defendant is removing. ol'in-
lends frauduently to remove, His property
6a-ona the territorial jurisdiction Of the Court.
The salc OF real or personal property by fove-
closure OF mortgage is likewise suspended
for twelve calendar months, except in cases
where the payment Of interest money, accru
ing since the 18th day Of May, 1865, shall
not have been made before the day cf sale.
lV. Judgments or DEGREES entered on en-
rolled, on causes of action arising subsequent
10 the 18Th Of May, 1867 may be enforced by
execution against the property Of the dcien
dant: and in the application Of the money
arising under SUCH executions regard shat be
uad to the priority Of liens, unless in cases
where the good faith Of any lien shall be.
drawn in question. In such cases the usual
mode of proceeding adopted in North aad
South Carolina, respectively, to determine
that question, shall be adopted.
V. All proceedings for the recovery Of
money under contracts, whether under seal
or By parole, the consideration for which was
the purchase Of negroes, are suspended.
Judgments or decrces entered or enrolled for
such CAUSES of action, shall not be enforced.
VI. All advances of moneys, subsistence,
implements and fertilizers, loaned, used, EN-
bloyed or required for the purpose OF aiding
the agricultural pursuits. of the people, Shall
be protected. And the existing laws which
have provided the most eillciont FeMedles IN
SUCH cases for The lender, will be supportfd
and enforced. Wages for labor performed
in the production Of the crop shall be a lien
on the crop, and payment OF the amount due
Tor such wages shall be enforced by the like
remedies provided to secure advances of
money and other means for the cultivation OF
the soil.
VII. in all sales of-property under cxtcu-
ton or by order of-ai'y court, therc shall DE
reserved out Of the property Of any dcien-
dant, who has a. family dependent upon his
or her labor, dwelling house and appurtcn.
anses and twenty acres Of land tor the use
and occupation OF the family of the dcfcn-
dant and necessary articles OF furniture, ap.
narel, subsistence, implements of trade, hus
bandry or other employments, Of the value
of five hundred dolhrA The homestead ex-
emption shall innre only to the benefit Of
tamilies--that is to say; to. parent or parents
and child er children. In othel cases. the
exemption shall extend only to clothing, i'm
pements oi t.adc or other employment usu
ally followed by the defendant, of the value
of one hunlred lnlars, The exemption
hereby made shall moi be waived or defeated
by the act OF the defendant. The exempted
property cf the defendant shall be ascertlir-
ed by the Sheriff, or other officer enforcing
the execution, who shall specifically describe
the same and make report thereof il each
case to the court.