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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1867-04-03
THE BANKRUPT LAW.

Owing to it's extreme length. We have
not heen able to publish the B.nktupt
Act in full. A very comprehensive syn.
opsls is given on the first page Of this
paper. The law is good one for the
present. condition Of the South, and oil
enable many persons, who, without any
fault on their part, are in debt greatly be.
yond their ability to pay, to take new
start In the world. II is admiralty guar
ded against fraud, and the price of its
benefit is full surrender on oath Of the
Bankrupt's entire effects, to lie shared bv
all bis creditors in equal degree No pre-.
ferences are allowed, and ifany are made,
the bankrup; is aebarred the benefits of
the law, and the advantage can be recpv
cred from the creditor to whom the pre
fereuce is given. How il affects prefer
ences made before the passage of the
Act, is somewhat uncertain. a point upon
which we-find great many persons are
a little shokey.
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WAsHISoroY, March %.

IN the House, the supplemental hill
to 25. The .louse failed to fix day of
!. nd journmenh
|. =. In the Senate, the supplemental bill
passed-4o to Z. A concurrent reso.u.
ton to adjourn on Tues'av to the 6rs,
Monday in December passed.
The President returned the supplement.
tai bill, with his OBJECTIONS. lie argues
the question At some length, Illustrating
that the formation of republican Govern
men,s, according to Congressional IDEAS,
may as well commence in Ohio or.Psnn.
syivsnia AS North Csrolini. and concludes
as follows: | conilien,!y h-l-ve that
the time will come when tLess States will
again occupy their trus positioa in the
Union The barriers which now seem
obstinate must yield TO the force Of en-.
Il ii.ihened and jus, public opinion. suol
or later, and Unconstitutional AMI oppres.
sivs legislation will lie -if.ced frOm ths
statute books When this shall have been
consumma,.J. I pray God ,hst the errors
Of the past may b. forgotten. and that
| oncs more We shall bs n happy, united
and prosperous people, and that. at last,
after the hitter and evsntful experience
through which We have passed. We shall
, AL come TO know our only safety is in the
pr-.arya,ion of the F-ie,al Constitution,
and in according to every A'n-rcan citi.
zan and every State the rights ~lhch That
Constitution secures
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1867-04-03
SOUTHERN DELEGATIONS AT W.su,xo

SoUTHsKN DELEoAuoSs AT WAsuINu.
roN.-D-lrgstions from the South Ate
arriving here dairy f"r the purpo.e of ob
tairing the views Of the President on rbe
Reconstruction brll. Governor J-nklns
of Georgia, the head of the delegation
from that Stale, will soon he here, and
among otbe' Important Questions Involved
in the operation Of the bill TO which. he
will call tie attent,on of iis ad,ninls,ta
ton. is the repndaton OF the Stale debt
Si"ce the close Of the war, the Georyi.
legislature passed law paying the old
deb's Of t)'- State iy the Issue Of new
bonds. which being issued under the au
thori'y Of 'bs present Governments. q.
ciareh illegal i.y the hiu. are now worth
less. A Of ih- uthern'Staies are now
in. fhe same pr-dicaneut. Ms they have
also ISSUED bonds m the same ufaoner
Correspondent " y. Times.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1867-04-03
STEVENS CONFIsCATION BILL

We find this bill, lately offered in Con-
gress by Thad. Stevens, published in sew
eral Of our exchanges. As a matter Of
curious Information, we give Our readers
An ABSTRACT Of its leading. features. L:
confiscates all the public lands belon ginr
to the ten rebel States, and all the lands
and other property forfeited by the Act
Of Congress'of July II, lse2-all Of
which is 10 be seized, condemned and
sold. Out oithe'proceeds each adult m ale
freed slave is TO receive fortv acres. and
each one Who is head OF frmiIv forty
more. Out Of the balance sum Of fif,t
dollars for each household is TO be an
propriated TO the erection Of buildings fn.
the use Of the late eslaves-S2OO. O.OoO. 900
is to be invested in United States six per
cent. bonds and the interest added TO the
pensions o' Union soldiers, and $500, ,OoO,-
900 is to be appropriated to pay dama'
ges done to loyal citizens by the civil or
military government Of the rebel cohfed
eracy, under which clause Mr. Stevens
would be reimbursed for BIZ, property de
stroyed by the rebel invasion Of Cham.
bersburg, Pennsylvania.
This bill does not meet with much IA.
sor even among the Radicals, il we are
to judge from the tone or the Northern
Press on the subject. Confsca,ion will
be a dernjer resort, should the South
prove refractory under the operations Of
the present military re construction Bill.
The Chicago Tribune, one Of the most
vigorous and unvielding Of radical jour
pals, has taken strong ground against it,
declaring that il is entitled to no encour
agemsnt and that the Western people
do not desire and will not tolerate Il. TIE
same tone pervades the comments Of
nearly the entire Republican press on the
subject. The idea OF vindctiveness aad
spolia,ion is repudiated as at variance
with the policy and repugnant to the
feelings Of the North. Thi, ground was
taken while yet the decision Of Congress
on the reconstruction question was un.
known; and assuredly it would not be
abandored now that the work OF re.
construction has been began under cir.
cumstances winch promise satisfactory
results.
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WAsuINGrox, March %.


Wilson introduced coneurring resolu
ton r-gard;ng Mr. Davis. 1t cont,uaes
hy saving that common justice, sound
public policy aud national honor unite in
recommending n speedy trial or release
on bail II WAS laid over. Wilson will
"nde.vor to get vote on it before adj
jnurnment
A hill authorizing the Secretary oflhs
Treasury to dischargs direct tax collectors
South, aud imposing theu duties on rsve.
nue c"lecrors. WAS passed.
The Senate concurred in tie House n.
menlm"nt furnishing 10000 Arms for the
Tenn-Se- militia
Ths amendment 10 the Southern relief
hill was coucurred in and goe. to tho
PRESIDENT
A hill relieving the Chief Justice from
the nomnsuon Of register, in bankruptcy
WAS referred to the Judiciary. Commit.
tee.
a bill refunding Indianas expenses for
repe ing Morgan's raid was passed.
In the House, tie relief bill WAS pass
eh. Il au,hnriz - the Secretary OF War,
through the fr-edmen's Bureau, to f,,r
n,sh food To ali classes sufficient to preveut
starvation and extreme want The relief
is 10 come from unexpended moneys Of
the fresdmsa aud refugees appropriation.
and the expenditure shall no, extend be.
you'd e'sppropriaton already made.
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THE SUPPLEMENTARY ACT.

We publish on another commn This
Act as i, passed both Houses d Congress
over the Presidents veto. It ~ill be seen
that 1t directs registration Of votsrs in
the Southern States, Under the military
authorities, before The frs, Of September
next In this the Southern people have
no voice, tie registration being impera
I've, bnt il is left to them to decide
whe,h"r the Conversions shall he held,
whether the cons:itu,ibus,passed byrhem
shall be adop'ed
We have already expressed our belief
that the ONLY course left fnr the Southern
people, consistent with desire to better
their present condition, is to CONFORM to
the plan Of reconstruction laid down in
the Act Of Congress. 1t will be di>t.St.-
ful TO every honorable man to engage in
this work, but necessity knows no law.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1867-04-03
THE SOUTH CAROLINA UNIVERi
SITY.

To the Rev. G. Bruce WALKER, we
are indebted for catalogue Of the above
institution. Being a State leinslitution, the
people should feel double interest in its
welfare. The catalogue states that the
University consists Of ten distinct ard ias
dependent schools. Students are allowed
TO choose the departments which they
wish to pursue, provided they enter at
least three schools. To certain cases, how.
ever, students will be allowed 10 enter less
:han three schools. The applicant for
admission to the University must ts al
least fifteen years Of sge, and must have
a good moral character, certified in writ
ing by bis last precep,or. or some other
suitable person. II from another univer.
sity or college, his standing must be shown
to have been good a, the tims Of his Isav
ing it. He must also have good ssmen.
tary acquaintance with arithmetic and
algebra. The schools are all filed, with
the exception Of Law and Medicine, and
these vacancies will be filed In Nav
There are 1os-matriculates. The library.
contains $500 volumes.
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be open 70 all without Distinction Of race,
color, or.previous condinon-such q svs
TEN to be supported by a general tax up
on all kinds OF property:
VI. That we vii; fsvor liberal svsteni
OF public Improvements, such as tailtoads,
canals and other works, and also such a
system OF awarding contracts for the
same AS will give all our fellow ci,izens an
equal and fair chance to share in them
VII. That We will also insist on such
modification Of the Ia vs. Of the State ~
will do away with Imprisonment COR debt,
except for fraud and mpr son,nent OF
witnesses, except for wilrul absence and
especially TO abolish, sntirelv aud forever
tre barharous custom Of corpoEai punish
ment for crime or any other cause.
VIII. Thai, rs large land monopolie.
tend only 10 make rich richer. sn,d ppoi
poorer, and ruiuons to the agricultural
commercial aud social interests Of the
State, the Legislature should offer every
practicable iniinceneht for the division
and sale Of unoccnpied lands among the
poorer classes, and as. an encouragement
To Immigrants TO settle IN our State.
lN. That ,bs law Of 'piac,msn," and
"dis,rain," shonld he 80 modif. a. tr
protect equally the landlord aud tive ten
ant.
Y. Tha, provisions should be mads for
the exemption of'tlle poor mans home
stead.
Sl. That the interest Of the State de
mand revision "f the entire cole ot
laws. and the reorganization of the
Conr,s
XII. That the interests rot only Of the
State, hnr of the whole country. demand
every possible guarantee for The p-rpeiu'.
" Gf All the riehs conferred upon tie
newly enfranchlseh portion of ohr fellow
citiz"Ls. and thai. iu the use OF th" sacred
right of the eecriva franchise, We will
seek TO elevate to office of trust aud hon
or, only those who ara truly lovsl. honest
and capable, Irrespective Of race, color,
or previous condition.
. XIII. That we will not support any
candidate for oflire who will nT, openly
indorse. advocate and defend he ptinci
piles adopted by tie Union Rrpub'ican
Party
XIV. The consideration of Justice and
humanity demand provision hv the Leg.
is'atVre for The protection, g., Qf all the
aged. nfrm and helpless poor. Irrespective
Of race, color or previous cnnliinn.
wv 4 -
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wAsuisaros, March 25.

In the Senate. "a petition was presented
from The Union league. asking the ap.
p'ica'i"n "f The 10 i,ary reconstruction
h'lI I" Maryland. which WAS referred to che
-Judici.rr COMMITTEES. The Ssnal. with
drew Saturdays proceedings relative to
ahj"ur"men,
10. the House, n resolution tha, tbs
House adj 'arn on Thu,~ty. to meet
either on the 1a Wednesday OF Nav,
Jons, September, November 90 Decent her,
unless the presiding uific-rs jan,ly pro.
claim, ten days previous to the time Of
meeting. that thars is. no neceSsitr OF rneet. /.
ing. was ahop.ed-ss to 81. Several
bills connecting the Mississippi and tbs
:akes tv = ship cansl were referred 10. the
Comnrtes on Commerce
The minority OF the Maryland Legiis.
tue has pstrtioned Coog,ts. not to ad
i.urn until hat State haa republican
form Of government. ~hich was ordered
to be printed. Adiosrned.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1867-04-03
GEN. SICKLES' ORDER.

The order from General Si:kles, which
we publish elsewhere, win be read with
interest 1t ANNOUNCES .ha, the present
civil Government will be permitted to
take Jurisdiction ef md Try Offenders,
"exc"p,ing only such cases as may bv the
order Of the cummanding General I've re
ferred to commission, or other military
tribunal for trial" |, further saws tn hat
all laws, now in force in North and South
Carolina, not inconsistent With Ito laws
of the Uni, ell States, or the orders Of the
Military commander, are valid. and the
present civil officers are aur hosized to con
t'nue the esetcse Of their respective func
tious.
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President Of the United States, who shall
forthwith transmit the same to Congress.
il. then in session, and il not in session,
then immediately upon ns next assemb
ling and If the said Constitution shall be
declared hy Congress to be in conformity
with ,hs provisions OF the act to brh
this is supp peu,sntarY, and the oher pro
visions OF said act sshall have been com.
piled with, and II Congress shsl be sa@
fed that the 'eg;s'ered voters lad the un-
restrained liberty to vote, aud that the
Constitution SO. ratified meets with the
approval OF a maj jority Of the qualified
alectors in said State, aud il the said
Constitution shah be approved bv Con
gress, the State shall hs declared entitled
to representation, and Senators and Rep
rcsen,srives shall be admitted therefrom
as rheteir provided.
SEc 6. .fnd be II further enacted, That
all eecions in the States mentioned in
the said Act To provide for ,he mote
ptiicien. government OF the rebel States"
shall. during the operation Of said act, be
hv ballot and all officers making the
said registration of voters and conducting
said'r'ecrions shall. before entering upon
the discharge Of their duties. ,akes.nd
subscribe An oath faithfully To perform tue
dnti-s "f rh.r said office, and m. oath
prescribed hv the nc, approved July sec
hnd, eigh' cen hundred aud six,v.two. en-
~ ea. AN act to prescribe an oath .of
onirA"
SEC. 7. Ind be IL further enacted. Tha,
allexrensrs incurred b- the several COM
manding generals, or hv virtue Of any
orhers hsned or appointments made Nv
hem under Or bv virtue Of ,his act. shall
hr paid out Of any moneys IN the rreasu
w not o,hproisa appropriated
SEc s. hnd be Hfurthet enacted That
the convention fnr each State shall pre-
scribe the fees. salary, and compensation
to I've paid 10 all delegates and other off
GERS and sgents here n authorized or ne
cessarv 10 carry into effac, the purposes
Of this act not herein otherwise provided
ior. and shaII provide for the1rvv and
collection Of such taxes on the prnp-r,s In
such State as may be necessary to pay
the same
SEC 0. AND he n further enacted. That
thu word article in the SIKH s-ct'on of the
act 10 which this is supplementary, shall
be construed to maan section.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1867-04-03

FgMALE Suffrage. Certain startling
questions have recently sprung ioro LIE.
and are performing grand march aronnd
the world. Prominent smong them. is
"lemale Suffrage" and nothing is. fn,re
certain than that women will be permit,
ted to vote in less. than ten years. In
,hi. country i: will come sooner. but in
England the picket line OF great ,hir kars
are alteahv akits,inv the question and
there the fensle will vote hefnre long
Here no mar Of commanding intellect
has broken ground for s,osIe suffrage,
but We have an awful clamor in favor of
il from hosts of noh7 men and women.
In England. however. Al the head of the
advocates Of female suffrage tower. tha,
gIaat, John Stuart Mill, be
yond all doubt the greatest Of modern
thinkers.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1867-04-03
. RICHMosb, March %.

II will be suthorltauvely announced
tO-morrow that General Lee is strongly
M favor ofthe pope voting for conven-
ton, and that every mau not actually
d'sfranchised should no, only take the
necessary steps TO prepare himself to vote,
hut to prepare all his friends, white and
colored, to vote. lie thinks co-opera,,on
OF all The p-ople. officials and citiz-ns.
should be prompt. aud ,hattte chief OBJ
j-ct should be 10 get back into .he Uuion,
with such right. as are left ns. as quickly
and qure:iy AS possible. lie 'hnks tae
oath proposed is such. MS everv good
ci,izen not dIsfrnnchised Ought now 10 b.
able to take, MS n ciazen Of tn. country.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1867-04-03
WAsnINoroY. March %.

In .hs House. q resolution ordering q
survey for ship canal ssound .Lonisville
Fail. WAS passed. q.
"Bn,lsrsani bingham. in personal ex.
plantations. asssiIed each other fariousIy.
Buller had examined ths evidence Tor
other purposes than proving Mrs. Suuatts
urjus'if.bIs hanging. AID said the memo.
randum bo5k. Ia which Bo,,h KEEP, day
by day his thoughts plans and motives,
taken from his dead body, was Withheld,
though hm pipe, spurs ard knife wsrs
presented TO the o. urt. This memsrandumi
book ~ss in the possession OF the Juiicia'
W COMMITTEE. with eighteen pages OF
entries made prior to Lincoln's ssssssins
tion, cut out Butler wsoied TO know
~n that book compists when Il fell into
the hands Of the Government. and why
Vas this diary withheld from ths co1rti
Dcss !, no, charge ibs gallant solder who
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WHAT NExr i-rhs real purpose of

W HHF t'HNT 7 HN TVNT PIFTF'hB UT
The tx rene ner H. Copgr-ss Is to deprive
all who took part in the rebellion e tie
right 10 vote, and to give the blacks and
.loyai whites iuli and exclusive possession
OF poiiic'g power in The Southern States.
The Louisian" bill embodied this purpose
ana passed the II ouss 10y large majori
W Just ss surely Ms the South r. j-cts
the terms now offered, will that bill he
re.enscted. Tirse conditions may seem
harsh, hot those are harsher. These may
.Le u"jus,. Illuminating, rspugoanr to eve
~ ssnrimen; Of social phds aud s.'f re-,
spect--but those are more so.--N.. Y.
Times
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1867-04-03
Major General Commanding

Ma. CHAsE AsD rHE BANEsuPr Law.
Chief Justice Chase decline. to assume
the labor and responsibility of nomin.
ting the registers. provided Tor in the
Bnkrup, Act until the Supreme Court
has decided on the power OF Congress to
impose such extra duiv upon him.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1867-04-03
"GESEKAL tEE's ApvIcy on Rrc,

"GESEKAL LEE's ADVICE ox RFcoN-
srRucTIos."-l'he following. sent from
his city, was published in all the North.
ern papers Of Saturday. A Redmond
paper Of Saturday also publishes suhs,an,
italy The same thing on "unquestionabe
authority "
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1867-04-03

CouRT.-At the recent sitting Of the
Court of Common Pleas for Pickens
District Judge GLOVER ruled, that, where
note had been credited with Confeds.
rate currency, the credit should be foi the
value OF that currency at the date Of
antyr
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1867-04-03

Gen. Sickle.. Comnandaot OF Dirrict
No. 2, arrived in Charleston on wednes-
day. No change will he made At the
present tune ia ths administration Of ciyi.
affairs.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-07-25
Did not like the Widower.

In endeavoring to take the CEN
sus for the Government the officers
occasionally meet with 81 0 / Difficult
ties as to well nigh deprive them
of their senses. The following col
loquy is said to have taken place
somewhere between an official and
an Irish woman:
"How many male members have
you in your family ?"
"Niver a one"
"When were you married p
I" "The day Pat Doyle LETT Upper.
ary for Amerlky. All, we'll do l
mind it. A sunshinier day never
gilded the sky of ould Ireland"
"What was the condition of your
husband before marriage ?"
"Divil q more miserable. He
said if l didn't give him a promise
within two weeks he'd blow his
brains out with o crowbar."
"Was he at the time of your
marriage a widower or bachelor2'
"a which A widower, did you
say? All now go away with your
nonsense. Is it the likes OF me tina,
would take up wild second hand
husband? Do / look like the wife
Of a widower2 A poor divil, al
legs and consumption, like a sicf
turkey A widower May l b.
blessed if I'd not rather live al
ould maid and bring up family
on buttermilk and praties ?"
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A Word for the Ailanthus.

A writer in the Cincinnati
Times speaks thus OF the AiIanthue:
"The Ailantbus tree is a native Of
the northern provinces Of China,
brought from there in 1850. The
tree will grow in any soil, and will
grow to large size where scarcely
any other tree will grow at all
1t grows SO rapidly that it may be
cut down for fuel every fourth
year. As fuel, the wood issuperior
to that Of most other trees for
open fires | prefer it to any other
wood ; 1t makes clear, bright
fame, and throws out great deal
of heat. Its charcoal isofa superb
or quality, and It's ashes rich iE pot.
ash. It's wood burns well when
green. and every branch and limb
may be cut into stove wood, leav-
ing no brush on the ground. The
wood is hard and of a fine grain,
and well fitted for cabinet.making.
Sooner or later our farmers must
grow wood for fuel and for cabinet
making, and the Ailanthus tree
offers itself as the most available
tree for that purpose. Have
you not, within the past twenty
years, travelled lhe gutter used as
an avenue TO Walnut Hills PIT
so you know something of the des.
perate efforts the Ailanthus tree has
male,
''To shade its banks with towering trees,
And bonnie spreading bushes;"
and how effectually it gives the
banks of that gutter an Oriental
appearance in the last days ofsum.
mer, and in autumn these banks
are stripped of their Ailanthus trees
for fuel. Sometimes the tree only
bears male flower, it then exhales
a disagroeable odor, but not as
offensive as the milk factories and
breweries upon the roadside
During the winter of 1856 my
fuel was Ailanthus wood since
then | have been fully impressed
with the belief that this tree has
been "Dirinely touched and is
strictly the " Tree of Heaven"
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D9 The Pontiac (Mich.,) Jeffer'

D0r The Pontiac (Mich.,) Jeffer'
sonian is an honest Democratic
paper. 1t avows its true princip-
les, without fear and without
concealment. 1t says:
"For six years Democracy has
ielt humiliated and ashamed ol
itself, because forced into q wrong
position, 1t has been a hypocrite
and liar all through the war. The
war is Black Republican property
And again:
"What is "Gen.' Sherman but q
murderer, an invader OF private
rights and cotton thief? If the
Democrats are mean enough to put
in nomination any pup for Presi.
dent who ever wore shoulder straps
during the abolition crusade, we
hope he will be defeated, and will
do all in our power to accomplish
that end"
We commend this especially to
our soldiers. reveals multitude
ofthe real thoughts toward them,
lurking in the Democratic C heart, and
seen only in the politics of Ohio
Democrats in crowding every SOL
dier off their ticket. The "boys in
blue" appear to have soured on the
Democratic stomach, and the JET,
fcrsonian shows what Ohio Demo.
carts would call them, if they did
not want their votes.-Gallipolit
Journal.