The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-04-24
SICKL1lS (:
J. w. CLoUs,
Captain Ssth Infantry,
A. d. G. d Asst. Adjt. Gen'l.

HEAD'oRs, SECOND MILITARY DISTRICT,
Charleston, S. c., April l1th, 1867.
General Orders, No. 10.
The general destitution prevailing among
the population of this Military District
cannos be relieved without afording means
for the development Of their industrial re-
sources. The nature and extent of the
destitntion demand extraordinary meas
ures. The people are borne down by a
heavy burden of debt; the crops of grain
and garden produce failed last year many
families have been deprived of shelter;
many moro need food and clothing; need
ful implements and auxiliaries of husban-
dry are very scarce; the laboring popula
tion III, numerous localities are threatened
with starvation, unless supplied with food
by tn. Government of the United States;
the inability of a large portion OF the peo-
pile to pay taxes leaves the local authorities
without adequate means of relief; and the
gravity of the situation is increased by the
general disposition shown by creditors to
enforce, upon an impoverished people,
the immediate collection of all claims.
To suffer all this to go on without re.
straint or remedy is to sacrifice the general
good. The rights of creditors shall be res
pected; bat the appeal of want and suffering
must be needed. Moved by these consi-
derations, the following regulations are
announced: They will continue in force,
with such notifications as the occasion
may require, until the civil government OF
the respective States shall be established,
in accordance with the requirements of the
Government of the United States.
The Commanding General earnestly de-
sirgs and confidently believes that the OBJ
ssrvance Of these regulations, and the CO.
operation of all persons concerned IN en-
ploying fairly and justly the advantages
still remaining to them, will mitigate the
distress now existing; and that the aven-
ues of industry, enterprise, and the organ
i.aticn thus opened, will contribute to the
permanent welfare and future happiness OF
the people.
! l. imprisonment for debt is prohited /;
unless the defendant in execution shall be
convicted Of "a fraudulent concealment or
disposition of his property, with intent to
hinder, delay and prevent the creditors III !
the recovery of his debt or demand. And
the proceedings now established in North
and South Carolina, respectively, for the
trial and determination of such questions,
may be adopted.
ii. Judgments or DEGREES, for the pay
ment of money, Oh causes of action arising
between The 10th Of December, 1850, and
the 18th of May, 1865, shall not be enforced
by execution against the property, or the
person OF the defendant. Proceedings in n
such causes of action, now pending, shall
be stayed and no suit or process shall DC
hereafter instituted or commenced, 1or any
I'll III. Sheriffs, Coroners, and ConstabIes,
are hereby directed to suspend for twelve
calender months the sale of all property
upon execution or process, on liabilities
+ contracted prior to the 10th of December,
1860, unless upon the written consent OF
| the defendants, except in cases where the
plaintiff, or in his absence, his agent or al