The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-12-09

B. o. B.!-Which being translated means the
Blessings OF NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. that have
been dispensed to very large crowd or passen.
gers on that high pressure steamboat yclept
"Insolvent Debts" They are generally blessings
of character, however, which the recipients, be-
fore they get the full benefit OF the shower, dis.
cover to be very much disguised. For instance, TO
be button-holed by physios snomlcally ugly |. o.
u on every street corner; to be rung up BY hungry
collectors at early hours In the morning, and
waylayed In the evening; to be followed by
shadows which haunt You by day and become
nightmares In your sleep; to be worried, chshed,
abused, enraged, upset; to contemplate vengeful
assault and battery on your tormentors, and
commit Imaginary suicide on yourself; to lose
your appetite, become dyspeptlc, and morally
run .,lown at the heel;" to have your tender lit
tie wife periodically Inquire "what makes you
look so buea" aud pathetlcalIy suggest castor oil
as an aperlent-these are only some OF the pre-
lIminary tortures OF the bankrupt PROCESSING
'blesslngs in Disguise"
Then to go before the well-fed registrar, whose
fatness throws your poor anatomy IN the shade,
and intenslnes the contrast between your past
and present; there make out your schedule OF
debts conscious all the while that the world owes
you more than you owe #, and have the same
paraded before this eye aud: that, criticised by
lawyers and scanned by courts-thas's torment,
too. Finally, however, when your unhappy
CORPSE has been sat upon until every joint has
shrieked, and judge and jury have submitted
their verdict, and you are pronounced Tree to be
b,own wherever the wind listeth, though you may
stand there In clothes that are only slight i'm !:
movement on the toilette OF Father Adam-say 8
neck.tie and pair. Of shoe-strlngs, which have
been in mercy left-ah, yes, here's where
the real "blessngsn come in. Your creditors
l"blessn you mlghtIy-over the left. Your former
.friendsn-who fed on your bounty and enjoyed
your sunshine-they, too, bless you for poor
miserable broken down bankrupt, and turn the
cold shoulder. In your imagination all the world
looks askance and walks on the opposite side OF
the street.
But no, thank God, not all. In mans darkest
hour there Is always ray OF human twilight
striving to dispel the gloom; human sympathy
somewhere burns to reach misfortune. BY and
by 1, finds Its object, and then the scene begins
to change, and life to build itself anew on bright
er-but really, reader your pardon. We COM
menced to write only paragraph stating that,
since 1867 there have been entered on the DOCKET
OF the registrar in bankruptcy for this district
upwards OF five hundred and forty.one cases, OF
which number about three hundred have been
discharged from their legal obligations. The sta
tistIcs OF the Office, however, show that not more
than one In twenty declares dividend worth the
trouble OF securing 1t. In single instance,
dividend OF one hundred per cent. was
deo,ared; or dollar for dollar paid with
interest The next highest WAS hfty-seVen and
one sixth per cent, from which figure there is
sort OF 1acits decensus Auerni, until you are
among insignificant and unappreciable items like
three-elghths and two ffteenths OF one per cent
vulgar fractions in double sense. standing there
In black and white to tell the world how mathe-
matically poor man may becone. when he gets
into bankrupt court and does his honorable
duty, and what skeleton prosperity appears
when stripped Of the last shirt on Its back.
Speaking Of the B. o. B., It is but tasteful to say
that in the administration Of the affairs OF his
ONCE, The registrar, Mr.. 10. Carpenter, has uni.
formly exhibited aspirlt Of courtesy andiaccom:
modation, which has won the sppreciatlve regard
of all who have had anything to DO with the hu-
name Institution.