Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-04-18
RUTLAND HERALD.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL II, 1867.
gen. slckIes' order.

people composing tue GeSouu AAllNh4J
istrlct, issued from Charleston, South
Carolina, April nth, must strike every
one as well calculated to promote har-
mony, protect the rights OF property and
person, and encourage all departments
of business and labor assuring US OF the
wisdom and policy Of the law which
divided the South into departments and
gave them into the charge of competent
military commanders, and 1t would
seem that it's tener ought TO convince
those TO whom 1t is addressed, however
they may have looked upon 1t before,
as conciliatory, and having only in
view the protection and development of
the interests of every class, which can
get no relief in their destitute situation
by any other means. The measures
may in some degree be looked upon as
extraordinary, but the nature Of the case
evidently demands 1t.
The people are burdened with heavy
indebtedness, but this order releases
them from imprisonment, unless for
fraudulent concealment, to prevent the
creditor from recovery, and allows the
laws of the State TO remain In force for
the trial and punishment of such cases,
Judgments for the payment of money
arising between the 10Th of December,
1860, and the 10th Of May, 1865, shall
not be executed against the property or
person of the debtor, nor proceedings
hereafter commenced. The officers are
directed to suspend for one year the sale
of all property on execution on liabili-
ties contracted previous to December
10th, 1860, unless by consent of the de-
PENDANT or in case there is intention of
removal of property beyond the terrific
rial limits of the court, also the foreClO-
sure of mortgages is suspended and in
case of judgments or DEGREES arising
subsequent to May 10Th, 1865, may be
endorsed on the execution against the
property Of the debtor, and all collateral
questions in such cases are to be deter
mined in accordance with the statutes
of the State; all proceedings for the re-
covery of money under contracts, the
consideration for which was the pur-
chase of negroes, is suspended, and
judgments entered for such causes shall
not be enforced.
1t will be seen from this statement
that it prevents creditors from enforc-
Ing Immediately upon an impoverished
people the collection of claims, and
thereby sacrifice the public good; yet
the rights of creditors are respected,
while considering first Of all the appeal
of want and suffering, The needful i'm
plements and auxiliaries Of husbandry
are limited and scarce, and the order
provides that all advances of money
subsistence, implements and fertilizers,
loaned, used, employed or required for
aiding the agricultural pursuits of the
people Shall be protected and the exist
ing laws of the State, which have pro.
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cases for the lender, will be maintained
and enforced. Wages for the produc-
tion of a crop are to be lien upon the
crop, and the payment of such wages
Is to be enforced in the same way as
is provided for the advances of money
and other means for the cultivation of
the soil.
Many have been deprived Of shelter,
many more need food and clothing, and
the laboring population in numerous
localities are threatened with starvation
unless supplied with food by the United
States government and to suffer this
TO go on without restraint or remedy, is
to sacrifice the general welfare. A lib
eral homestead provision has been made
exempting from execution on any de-
fendant who has family dependent up
on him, a dwelling house and appurten-
ances, twenty acres Of land for his use
and occupation, implements Of trade and
ether employment to the value Of five
hundred dollars. The currency of the
United States declared by Congress to be
legal tender shall be so recognized in
the payment of all debts. The property
of an absent creditor, whether money
advanced for the purpose Of agriculture
or In the cultivation of the soil, is made
exempt from the process known as for
eign attachment. Suits for collection OF
bail is suspended, except in cases OF
trespass, libel, wrongful conversion OF
property, and like cases. In criminal
proceedings the usual recognizances are
70 be required as heretofore authorized.
Among the wise and wholesome regula-
tions is the prohibition of the practice
of carrying deadly weapons, except in
the case of military officers, and viola
ton of the order, subjects the offender
3 to trial by a military commission. and
the punishment of crimes and Offences
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