The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1868-05-06

shaall not be equal to fifty per cen
tum of the claims proved agains
his estate upon which he shall b.
liable as the principal debtor, un
less the assent IN writing of a ma
tjority in number and value Of hi
creditors to whom he shall have
become. liable as principal debtor
and who shall have proved theil
claims, be fled in the case at OF
before the time Of the hearing o.
the application for discharge.
Sec. 2. And be it further enac.
ted. That said act be further
amended as follows: The phrase
presented Or defended" in. the
fourteenth sect on Of said act she'll
read prosecuted or defended !" the
phrase ss'nor resident debtors, in
line FIVE, section twenty-five, Of the
act as printed in the Statutes at
Large, shall read; "nor resident
creditors y that the word cor" in
the next to the last line of the
thirty-ninth section of the act
shall read, "and )" that the phrase
section thirteen. in the forty
second section of said act shall
read. ''section eleven" and the
phrase cor spends any part there
of in gaming" in the forty fourth
section. of said act shall read. COR
shall spend any part thereof in
gaming: and that the words
with the. senior register orr and
the phrase Ito be delivered to the
in theforty-seventh sec
tion of said act, be stricken out.
- Sec. 3. And be it further enac-
ted, That registers in bankruptcy
shall have power to administer
oaths in all cases, and in. relation
TO alEmatters in which oathssmay
be administered by com aissianerss
Of the circuit courts Of the United.
States, and such commissioners
may take proof of debts in bank
ruptey in all cases, subject to the
revision of such proofs by the reg
lster and by the court according
to the provisions: of said act. j
=; Mr., Paine, of Wisconsin,. also
gave notice that an effort, would
soon be made to make the provis-
ions of the bill absolute for the
of debtors, no matter;
what proportion of their indebted.
ness they may be able to pay.
: How THE SOUTH CAN HELP IT.
SELF BEsr:-Had our people tur-
he'd a deaf ear to-Mr. johnson ) in
to re-organize their
States after TIE war, had they
gone to raising bread land meat in
stead Of cotton, wherewith to bu, |
;hese things, had they, eschewed |
any idea of ''re-organizing labor
ind let the negro, severely alone. |
1nless if, urged to act, they had |
insisted upon electing him to office;
md especially upon sending him to
Congress, they would have now |
been pecuniarily independent, and |
ar more so politically than they |
an hope to be for some time to |
come. --
The best they can do now is to
70 to work to give internal wealth
% their homesteads, making them
.ich in fruits and grasses, gath I
ring on them the best of stock, |
lot including the negro, and to
'ote down, if they can, any form Of |
government dictated to them from |
broad and, ifthey cannot, to vote
or and elect engineers Of their
wn to manage it., and to possess
heir souls in patience, satisfied
hat no possible system Of govern
nent can be SO injurious as a
eglect Of work, and a calling on
Hercules, without taking hold Of
he wheel.
If the white people of the South
we're at this moment in the pos
ession Of all the food and clothing
hey need for this year, and were
ecure of raising it for the year to
ONE, though no man had more
han his homestead, (which is, ex-
mpt from forced sale, they would
E beyond the reach of Federal op-
ressiOn. They can become SO this