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SOUTHERN ENTERPRISE.
LUCIUS C. BRYAN, Editor and
Terms, 54.00 a year in Advance. j
Law and Medical Cards.
BRYAN & HARRIS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
TIO'*I%**VII.I.K. r.A.
t f OFFICE Jirtt door m second story of
Stark's Confectionary.
L. C BRYAN. K H. HARRIS,
liar 14 11 ts
MITCHELL^& MITCHELL.
ATTORNEVS AT I.AW,
THOMASVILLE, : : : GEORGIA.
[7oflte over McLean's store—opposite
Mclntyre Ac Toong'i.
W. D. Jlitchkli. R- G. Mitchelt..
June 6
“ sTbTspence r,
attorney AT I.AW,
Thoma.rillc, (Jrornia,
Will attend promptly to all C’ v ‘[ business en
trusted to his care in the Southern Lmuit,
Clinch and Ware of the Brunswick Circuit.
Jan 31 51 y
C. P. HANSELL,
attorn e y a t layv ,
Thoiua. ville, Georgia.
Jan 31 5 ! - v
ROBERT G. MITCHELL,
ATTOII NE Y A T L A YV,
THOMASVILLE, GA.
over McLaxes Store.“tga
Jan 24 4-12 m
C. C RICHARDSON,
ATTORNEY
AND
COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
TII© JIAS VII, I,E, GA.
Agent for procuring Claims of discharged
aoldiers against the United States.
REFERENCES:
Hon. Lot M Morrill, Washington, D. C.
Hon H D. Washburn, “ “
, Hon. 11. E- Paine, “ “
Hotu Sidney Perham, “
Gen Geo. F. Slieplev, Portland. Maine. .
Judge Joseph Howard. Portland, Maine.
Hon H.S. Fitch, Savannah, Georgia.
Hon. James L. Seward, Thomasville, Ga.
Col. A. T. Mclutire.
Hon. E. G. Harlow, Dixfield, Maine.
Hon W. W. Roister, ‘*
Col. Isaac Randall,
Col M M. Robinson. New York City.
Col. Samuel Hoyt, New York City.
Capt. W. W. Deane, A. A. G., Augusta, Ga.
June 6 23 tt
J. B. Keial. U- . .F. DrWilt, tl. U.
Irs. KEIB X 11cWITT,
OFFER their services to the citizeus of
Thomasville and vicinity.
Cy* OFFICE at Dr. DelVitt’s Drug Store
Feb 21 Btf
111. T. S. IIOI*KI\S,
OFFICE
IN SA.TIIc LOT with KKMSgXCE.
K.O. 111 \ ©I. ,
RESIDENT DENTIST
THOMASVILLE, GA.
“VtT ILL be found at the old ■
t T stand occupied by him lor
the last ten years
Aug 23-12 in
Dr. W. P. CLOWER
HAVING permanently located in Thomas
ville, offers his i'rofewioaal Siervi
ern to the public.
OFFICE at the Drug Store of W. P.
Clower Jc Cos.
LtPRESIDENCE —the house formerly oc
cupied by Dr. Brandon. mar 14 ly
Hr. R. W . It ISTOV
Having permanently located in Thomas
ville, respectfully offers his services to the
citizens of the Town and Surrounding
Country, in the practice ol’ Medicine. Sur
gery aud Midwifery. Will also pay spe
cial attention to the treatment of Diseases
of Women. Office R. It. Evans’ old Store
upstairs. janlT-Sm
E. G. F I It G I S O X ,
[Graduate cf Queen s College.)
PRYSICAN, SURGEON, &c.,
Boston, Georgia.
Maybe consulted at Mr. Murphy’s near
Railroad Station.
APOTHECARY
W. P. CLOWER & CO.,
DRUGGISTS.
Have renovated and refitted the Stops next
to Young’s Hotel, for the purpose of es
tablishing a
First Class Drug Store.
The new firm ask for a share of patron
age, and invite the attention of the citi
tens to their well selected stock of
3|eilicincs,
Fancy and Toilet Articles,
Soaps and Perlumery.
Fine Green and Rlack Teas,
Kerosine Lamps and Oil,
DI E STI FFS.
Together with every other article usually
kept in a well appointed Drug Store.
gigj“ Physicians’ Prescriptions carefully
prepared 4-ts
Jan 24
DRTJGrS
AND
ißiDrara.
fTthe undersigned having purchased the
( elegant Drug Store ot Dr. Little, take
pleasure in announcing to the people o'”
Thomasville, aud the country generally,
that they have just received a full supply
of fresh Drugs and Medicines, Paints.
Oils, Perfumery. Stationery, et., etc. Call
and examine for yourselves
By strict attention to business, courte
ous and honorable dealing with our cus
tomers we hope to merit and receive a libe
ral share of patronage.
WINN 4 CASSELS.
James X. Wish,
Samcil J Cassels
jan 17tf
Commission Merchants.
TISON & GORDON,
I COTTON FACTORS,
CQIIISSIBI AID FflfflMUSG
Merchants,
JR£Vi.\ SAVANNAH, GA.
WAL 11. TISON. WM. W. GORDON
i May 16 6m
H. BEYA.V, A. L. HART RIDGE, E. YV. S. NEFF.
Late of J. Savannah Ga., Cincinnati, O.
I Bryan A Sou
j Savaii 1, Ga.
Bryan, Hartridge & Cos..
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
BROKERS,
No. 10:1 Bay Street, SAVANNAH, a.
Strict attention given to Consignments
! and 0 dlections. apr 11 6m
F. W. SIMS,) t J. F- WHEATON„
Late of the > 5 La e <>i the firm of .
Republican. ) ( Wilder, Wheaton & Cos.
F. W. SIMS & Cos.,
FACTORS A N D^OENERAI
DEALERS IN
Merchandise, Produce, Tim
ber, Lumber :iml Cotton.
Consignments and orders respectfully solicit
ed, and whether by wagon, river, railroad or
I sea. will receive the strictest attention.
The Forwarding Business carefully and
promptly done. mar 7 16-fim
Miller, Thomas & C 0.,.
GiatVEFtiVlj
COMMISSIONS GROCERY
MERCHANTS,
SAVANNAH, . . . . , GEORGIA.
A. J. MILLER. SAMUEL It. THQMAS.
D. Q. LIVINGSTON.
j Jan 24 4-Cm*
’ J. L. VILLALONGA, ‘
COTTON FACTOR
FORffAHDIIG ii mm
Mercli ant
No- 94 Bay Street,
jan 1 -3tn SA VAXXAII, GA.
W. Carvel llall. Jas. E. Myers.
J. Hasson Thomas, Jr.
Hall, Myers & Thomas
GENERAL
COMMISSION
Mcrcliants,
No. 3, Commerce St., Baltimore.
References i
| J Hanson Thomas, Pres’t Farmers’ and Mer
| chants’ National Bank, Tison &. Gordon, Sav'h
Kirkland, Chase & Cos,, Jno. Williams A: Son,
Williams, Bee it Cos., N. Y., Brien fc Car
rere. X. V., C. Morton Stewart, 11. L.
Whitridge. 1). H. Gordon, Va.,
Edwards. Myers. J. U. Plea
sants it Son, Tlios. J.
Carson it Cos.
Wm. 11. MacFarlaua, Pre’t Farmers’ Bank. Va.
Mar 14 11 -6m
CHANGE
OF
SCHEDULE!
Ollier Atlantic A- Gulf Rail Road, )
Savannah, May 7, 1866. j
ON and after Monday. May Hth, 1866, tlie
Passenger Trains on this Road will run as
1 follows, connecting with Night Trains of the
j Centra! Road : ,
Leave Snronnah at 7:.’iO A. 11on Mon
j days, Wednesdays and Fridays.
Leave Tliomii-ville at 4:00 A. ML, on
j Tuesdays. Tltnrsdays and Saturdays.
Arrive at Tliumn-villc at 0:17 I*. ML,
. on Mondays, Wednesdavs and Fridays.
Arrive at Saranuk at 0:00 I*. 3f„ on
| Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays
jgilX SCREVEN,
! May 16-ts President.
A. J. MILLER & CO,,
FURNITURE
WAREHOUSE,
•38 Broughton St., B.IVAX.VAII, GA.
LsUNew Work maiie to order.
Bell Hanging. Mattrass Ma
king and Upholstering at short notice.
A J. MILLER. D. FALVEY.
April 18 3m
GEOKGIA Tliomn- County.
Court of Ordinary , April 30, 1866.
4\ H EBEAS. Hannah Davis, makes applica
tion to this Court for Letters of Administration
on the e-tate of Elizabeth Davis, deceased :
All persons interested, are notified to file their
i objections in said Court, otherwise said lett rs
will be granted in terms of the law.
11. H. TOCKE.
May 9 30d Ordinary.
GEORGIA—Thomas County.
To the Hanoi able Court of Ordinary of said
County :
THE undersigned, vour Petitioners. Execu
tors of t he last will of Kindred Braswell, dec’d.,
siieweth that said deceased died possessed of
Linds and that it is necessary to sell the same,
tor the purpose of payingtbe “debts of deceased.
And tor distribution Hmontr the of said
will: Petitioners therefore petition and prav
for an order of said Court, granting them leave
to sell stud lands, and as in duty bound will
ever pray, etc. SAM LG. BRASWELL
CASWELL BRASWELL,
Executore.
GEORGIA —Thomas County.
Court of Ordinary, June 4, 1866.
Upon hearing the foregoing Petition, it is
ordered by the Court, that said petition and
this order be published in she Southern Enter
prise once cverv two weeks for sixty davs
H H TO'OKE,
Jane S-6Gd Ordinorv.
FURNISH YOUR
HOUSE.
tTMIE undersigned havcMt great trouble and
I expense completed their splendid stock of
HOUSE FI RXISIIIXG GOODS
expressly for the Thomasville market and now
present to the public the only house in the
place devoted exclusively to that branch of
business. Our stock consists of almost every
article needed in our Hue together with
FARMERS & C4RI*E\TEHS
TOOLS.
Our house is replete with Y r ankee upiions of
utility the latest inventions and improvements
in all kinds of ware, furniture, tools &c. <k.c.
OUR SILVER WARE
is snperh and needs no recommendation,.
A full assortment of the latest improved
COOKLVG & OFFICE STOVES
at the most reasonable prices.
We also repair and
31 AX I” FACT UR E TIV WARE
of all kinds.
In fact, ofir stock is complete in every de
partment Come and examine for yourselves.
A. & R. SMITH.
may 30th
GROCERIES.
AND
Tlss WARE!
At It. K. EVANS’ OI.I> STAND,
Next door to I. Kubitshck jr Bro.
AINSWORTH & SANFORD
KEEP constantly on hand a large and se
lected sto k of GROCERIES, HARD
AND TIN WARE, consisting of
Flour, Bacon, Coffee, Tea, Sugar, Cheese,
Butler. Syrup, Salt, Soap, Soda, starch,
Candles, Pepper, Allspice, Ginger,
Snuff in Jars and Bottles,
Raisins, Dried Figs, Apples and Peaches, Pot
ash, Oysters, Cream Tartar. Yeast Powders,
Chewing and Smoking Tobacco.
Ma r (he are
Stoves, Hoes, Nails, Axes, Spades and Shov
els, Trace Chains, Pocket nd Table Knives,
Haines, Collars, Well and W ater Buck
ets, Cotton and Wool Cards, Screws,
Brads, Locks, Drawing Knives, Files, &c.
Spun Thread, all Xtiinbertf,
TIN W RE!
LOT OF FRENCH CALF-SKINS.
All of which will be sold low for CASH
or BARTER.
Hides, Wool, kc., bought.
11. B. Ainsworth. 11. 11, Nnuftiril,
April 25 17-ts
GrTFLX 3AT
Corn - Cotton
PLANTATION
For Sale
IX MIDDLE FLORIDA, TIIE
L AXD OF FLO * ERS t
%
now
Seventeen Hundred Acres
Os Oak and Hickory, Hammock and Tine
Lands unsurpassed in the State.
About 600 acres in good condition for culti
vation, all hammock. The uncleared lands
thickly studded with fine timber
On the premises is a comfortable framed
dwelling house, with out-buildings in good
condition, negro cabins for 50 workers, barns,
stables, fodder houses, and.in fact,every tiling
etse necessary for planting purposes and con
venience.
Good Grin House and Screw,
Wells of Fine Water, &.c.
The quality of these lands, their situation
and conaition renders them equal to any in the
State for farming; and taken altogether, with
the moderate price demanded for the piaee.it
is the beet opportunity for investment now
before the public.
For lurther information address
JAMES A. LINTON,
Thomasville, Ga..
Or the editor of the Southern Enterprise.
May 2 18 ts
Lands dor 4 Sale.
1750 ACRES
OF EXCELLENT LANDS.
GREAT BARGAINS OFFERED.
I NOW offer for sale ray two plantations, on
the most reasonable te ; ms.
1000 acres of Pine and Hammoek Land, 12
miles from a depot on the Kerr andina Cedar
Keys Railroad, in Marion Cmntv, East Flo
rida. 300 acres of this land are cleared.
75 I acresin Decatur Countv, Ga . five miles
from a selected depot on the line of the Atlan
tic Ac Gull Rail Road. These lands are fine—
composed of oak, liickorv, and pine mixed.
On this place there are 300 acres under h high
state of cultivation—good fence—good water,
and a good dwelling and necessary out-build
ings. The whole convenient to water mills,
churches, and good society.
I will sell these lands at extremely low pri
ces. If you don't believe it. make me an offer.
Any person wishing to purchase, may address
me at Sfka. Decatur County, Ga., or L. C.
Bryan, Thomasville, Ga., who is authorized to
represent me. Indulgence may be given in
part. ‘ J. I. CONNELL.
June 6 23-ts
EMPIRE KAIR RESTORER.
4 X elcgaiy Dressing,
Au infallible restorer of Color ,
And a wonderful hivigorator of the HAIR.
Prepared by
W. P. CLOWER CO.,
Jan 31 5-ts Apothecaries llall.
“XT®TIU —At the July term of the'Court of
XN Ordinary of Colquitt County, I will applv
for an Older of Court to sell, all'the real estate
of George F. Hearndon deceased.
EADY HKARNDOX
Uiy 30 604 Ad^
Thomasville, Georgia, YVednesdav, June 20., 1866.
GttEAT STATE TRIALS I.\ THIS
tor.TTBV.
If is a remarkable fact in the histo
ry of Richmond, that it the trial ot
ex-President Davis shall be held there,
three of the most important State tri
als which have taken place in this
country will have occurred in that
city.
The history of the two previous tri
als are thus given by the Richmond
Times: .
The trial of John Thompson Callen
der, in 1800, for a scdit ous libel upon
President John Adams, was the first
of these famous crimiual cases,
Callender himselt was little worthy
of the whirlwind of excitement which
his trial then excited.
lie was a foreigner who is represen
ted, to have been as depraved in morals
as ho. was malignant in temper, His
case derives its importance from the
fact that the ‘ Democratic le&tlers .of
that day having marshal, and ‘heir forces’
for a terrible conflict with the- Feder
al party, availed themselves of his tri
al, and of the rude, contempfu nis and
indecent conduct of the partisan judge
who presided to break down the alien
and scullion ‘jaws and impeach the
Chief Justice of the Supreme C nnr L
who had made himself most odious
in mercilessly cpforceing them.
The alien and sidition laws punish
ed with fine and imprisonment any one
who discussed with drsrespectf 1 as
perity the public acts of the President
of the United States. Callender pub
lished a harsh and vulgar political
pamphlet, ill which he abused Pres
ident Adams. •’
For this he was indicted, on the
28th of May 1800, by the grand jury
for the. Circuit Court of the United
States, Justice Chase presiding. The
prisoner was defended by Messrs. Hay,
Nichols and Wirt, and the whole ccurse
of the trial was marked by the most
brutal and indecent conduct upon the
part, of Justice Chase towards the
counsel for the defense. lie refused
all. reasonable and proper motions for
a continuance, bullied and scolded the
counsel for Callender, and played the
part of prosecutor in a manner to com
pletely eclipse the District Aft. rney.
His rulings were evidently dictated
by bitter party feelings, and not lij
justice or precedent.
When Wirt was proceeding to argue
to the jury that the alien and sedition
act was unconstitutional, Judge Chase
insultingly ordered him to take his
seat. The eounsol for tl e defense
then refused to argue the case, Af
ter a long and violent charge from
Justice Chase the jury retired, and
after an absence of two hours, brought
in a verdict of “guilty,” and the Court
sentenced Callender to nine months
imprisonment, and imposed a fine old
two hundred dollars. Callender was
subsequently pardoned by President
Jefferson, upon the grounds “that the j
law was as absolute a nulity as if Con- ,
gress bad ordered us to fall down and j
worship a golden image.
The tempest which this trial occa
sioned throughout the United otates
at that time can scarcely be understood.
The newspapers of that day were for
the first time crammed with detailed
reports of the case. Virginia was in
a flame, for, even before the trial, affi
davits were circulated in which it was
stated that, before the trial, Justice
Chase had said he Would have no “d-—d
Democrats on the grand jury, and
‘•that he would teach the lawyers of
Virginia the difference betwten the
liberty and licentiousness, of the press.”
He also likened himself* to a “school
master who was about to birch a few
unruly boys as they deserved.’’
His political admirers got up-earica
tures of this judicial ruffian stretching,
in turn, Wirt, Nicholas, Hay and oth
ei eminent Virginians across his knee
and flogging them soundly. llis rude,
course and indecent behavior during
Callenders trial was designed to hu
miliate the able and spirited bar of
this city. The slaps he gave Nicholas
and Hay, at the cutset of the trial,
were terrible specimens of judicial
rudeness.
The offended and insulted lawyers
resented the conduct of Judge Chase
so fiercely that John Randolph, at their
instance, prefered articles of impeach
ment against hiirij and five of them
were based upon “Callender’s trial..”
He was found guilty upon the article
which charged “rude, contemptuous
and indecent conduct to counsel,’’ al
though acquitted upon oilier charges.
Nothing but party sympathy of the
Federal members of the Senate saved
him from conviction by a two-thirds
vote, and the impeachment is said
to have utterly crushed Judge Chase.
The next great State trial, which
directed the attention of millions to
the Circuit Court of the United States
at Richmond, was that of Burr, for
treason, which commenced on the 22d
of may, 1807. Richmond was then a
city of only six thousand inhabitants,
and it is said that there were at the
commencement of the trial twice that
number of strangers in the city
Among the striking scenes ot that day
was that of a lank, ungainly man,
named Andrew Jackson, who is dis
cribed as “mounting upon the steps of
a corner grocery, and denouncing
Thomas Jefferson for the part he had
taken for frustrating the schemes” of
Aron Burr. The trial took place in
the present hall of the House of Dele
gates, and the struggle for admission
was terrible. So great was the num
ber of distinguished persons claiming
seats within the bar, that lawyers of
twenty years standing were excluded
from their accustomed seats. Among
the young men of the town who had
succeeded in forcing their way in was
Winfield Scott, who clambered up and
stood for many hours on the massive
lock of the door of the hall. Justice
Marshall presided at the trial, assisted
by Cyrus Griffin, Judge of the District
Court of Virginia. George Hay, who
defended, Callender, was the United
States District Attorney, and with
him was associated Alexander MeCrae.
who at the time of the trial was Lieu
tenant Governor of Virginia, and Ed
mund Randolph. John Wickham, Lu
ther Martin, Benjamin Bolts, and
“Jack Baker ’ appeared for Burr.—
The grand juries of those days were
composed ot .the most eminent and
distinguished men ol the State, and we
find a United States Senator (Giles)
among the grand jurors, who was
icithdrawn in consequence of lis
“prejudices against the accused ”
John Randolph, the- great oratoF of
Roanoke, was summoned in the place
of Senator Giles; and.was the foreman
of the grand jury. . Contrast this grand,
jury with that which so lately met at
Norfolk, and after listening to Lndrr
wood’s harangue found a true bill
against.Mf. Davis I
After the finding of a true hill four
teen days were spent in getting’ an
impartial jury who had “neither form
ed nor expressed an opinion .as to the
guilt of the accused.”. Out of a venire
of forty-eiglit but four rnen were found
wli se opinions were sufficiently -unde
titled.to permit them to aet as jurors.
There was but brie juryman perempt
tbrily challenged by Burr. It must
be borne in mind That lie had, but a.
short time before his trial, killed Al
exander Hamilton in a duel.
A person who was being .examined
as to his competency as a j uror, sharply
questioned and Somewhat nettled by
Burr’s counsel, turning to the specta
tors, said : “I am suiprised they should
be in such terror of me .Perhaps it
is because my name is “Hamilton.”
I That remark ’’ exclaimed Burr, “is
a sufficient reason for objecting to him
l challenge him perempt9 r ily. Out
of a second venire of forty-eiglit all,
had formed unfavorable opinions as-to
the accused, and matters looked so
desperate that the counsel for the de
fence. moved to quash the trial for the
simple reason that- no impartial jury
could be obtained. A jury, however,
was at last obtained by permitting
Burr to select eight jurors, who Were
added to the four already selected in
the usual way. •
‘flic procurement of a jury had oc
cupied from the second to the seven
teenth of August, and on that day the
examination of the witnesses for
the Government ‘ commenced, The
examination of the witnesses and the
argument of counsel continued from
the seventeenth to the twenty-ninth
of August, when Chief Justice Mar
shall virtually decided the ease by
that famous opinion, the reading of
which occupied more than three hours.
No “overt act” of treason had been
proved against Burr, and the decision
of Marshall that “no testimony relative
to the conduct or declarations of the’
prisoner, elsewhere and subsequent to
the transaction on Blannerhassett Is
land,.(the alleged overt act of treason),
can not be admitted,bee tuse such testi
mony beingjin its nature merely corrob
orative, and incompetent to prove the
overt act in itself, is irrelevant until
there can be proof .of the overt act by
tica witnesses .’* The jury with these
instructions returned the follow ng
qualified verdict of acquittal : “We,
of the jury say that Aron Burr not
proved to be guilty under the indict
ment by any evidence submitted to u's.
We therefore find him not guilty.”
This verdict greatly excited Burr,
who at once sprang to his feet, arid
with great excitement of manner pro
tested against the form of the ind ct
ment, and demanded that it should
be rendered in the regular and less
damaging form. The verdict was
finally simply entered on the record as
“not guilty.” Burr was then admit
ted to bail, and tried and acquitted of
the charge of misdemeanor, on the
ground that the offence w&3 not com
mitted in Virginia.
Thus, eight months after his arrest,
and six months after the commence
ment of proceedings against him in
Virginia, and Burr was once morp
free.
The tr als of Callendar and Burr,
in their day and generation, enchained
the attention of the whole nation, but
compared with the proposed trial of
the ex-President of the. Confederate
States, they shrink into insign ficanc •.
Callendar was alow, Irutal and diunk
en hack writer, whose Cause was es
poused by a party then rising into
power, to annihilate the Federal party.
Burr was an unprincipled, disappointed
adventurer, whose real object must
always remain a questioh of grave
doubt.
The distinguished and unfortunate
statesman who is soon to be tried is a
representative of the millions who
agreed with him in sentiment, and
who conferred upon him unsolicited
and dangerous honors. His character
as a man of spotless integrity, abiilfy,
and Christian virtues, is not ques
tioned, nor is it pretended that lie is
the author and principal pron.cter
us the late civil war. Thousands who
were tar more active in initiating
hostilities than himself have been loop;
since pardoned, He alone, merely
as a consequence of having held a
high office, is to be tried for his life.
In this trial we recognize the ar
raignment and prosecution not of one
man, but of an entire section, lienee
in dignity and importance it will be
the most important trial which has
ever occurred.
l*ot'laiiinfion by the Prraidenl. .
Whereas it has become known to
me that certain evil disposed persons
have, within the territory and jurisdic
tion of the United States begun and
set- on foot, and have provided and
prepared, and.are still engaged in pro
viding and preparing, means for such
a military expedition and enterprise,
which expedition and enterprise is to
be carried on front the teriitory and
jurisdictionof the United States against
the colonies, districts and people of
British North America, within the do
minions of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, with which
said colonies, districts and people and
kingdom the United States are at
peace, and whereas the proceedings
aforesaid constitute a high misdemean
or, forbidden by the laws of the Uni
ted States as well as by the laws of
nations) ‘
Now, therefore, for the purpose of
preventing the carrying on of the un
lawful expedition and enterprise afore
said from the teritory and jurisdiction
of the United States, and to maintain
tire public peace as well as the nation
al honor, and enforce obedience’ and
respect, to the laws of the United
States, I, Andrew Johnson, President
of the United Spates, do admonish and
warn all good citizens of the United
Stares against taking port or in any
wise , aiding,. countenancing or abeting
said unlawful proceedings ; and I do
exhort all Judges, magistrates, mar
shals and officers in the service of the
United Siates to employ ail’their law.
ful authority and power to prevent
and defeat the aforesaid unlawful pro
ceedings, and to.arrest and bring to
justice all persons who may be engaged
therein ; and. in pursuance of an act of
Congress in-such Cases made and pro
vided, I do furthermore authorize and
empower Major-General George G.
Meade, Commander of the Military
Division of the Atlantic, to employ
the land and naval forces of the Uni
ted States and the military thereof, to
arrest and prevent the setting on foot
and carrying on the expedition, and
enterprise aforesaid.
In testimony whereof! have here
unto set my hand and caused the seal
of the United States to be.affixed.
Done at the city of Washington this
sixth day of June, in the year of our
Lord cue thousand eight hundred and
sixty-six. and in the year of the inde
pendence of the United States the
ninetieth.
ANDREW JOHNSON. .
J3y the President. •
William 11. Seward Secretary of
Stale..
*- ■ .
Tlit- MauLi-tipl Kilt,
. SUMMARY OF ITS PROVISIONS. ■
The following is a sunsma r y of the
Bankrupt law as passed by the House
of Representatives :
The Ist section constitutes the Dis
trict Courts of the United States Courts
of Bankruptcy.
The. 2d section gives, the United
States Circuit Courts general superin
tendence and jurisdiction of all eases
and questions arising under the act.
Sections 3 to 7, inclusive, relate to
the administration of the law in courts
of bankruptcy.
Sections 8, t) and 10 refer to appeals
and practice.-
The 11th section provides that if any
person residii.g within the jurisdiction',
of the United States, owing debts ov
er three hundred dollars, shall’ apply
by petition to the Judge of his and ud’kaal
District, setting out his inability to pay
h's debts.in full, and his willingness to
surrender his estate for the benefit of
his creditors —the filing of such peti
tion shall he an act of bankruptcy, and.
such petition shrll be adjudged a
bankrupt. A warrant shall then be issu
ed by the Judge directing the marshal
of the district to take possession of the
estate and keep the same until the ap
pointment of an assignee. Notice is
then to be given to the creditors to
hold a meeting and choose pup or more
assignees,.
Sections 12 to 18, inclusive, define,’
in great detail, the duties of assign
ees. •
Sections 19 to’24, inclusive, relate
to debts and proof ol claims.
Section 25 provides for the sale of
perishable property.
Section 26 provides for the examin
ation of bankrupts before the Courts,
ana exempts them from liability to ar
rest during the pendency of the pro
ceedings in bankruptcy in civil actions.
Section 27 relates to the distribution
of the bankrupt s estate. All creditors
whose debts are duly proved and allow
ed are to be entitled to share in the
bankrupt property prorata, without any
priority or preference whatever, except
that wages due from him to any opera-
VOL. VI.-Vo. 25.
tive, clerk or house servant.to an a
moUnt . not exceeding fifty dollars, for
labor performed within s-ix months
next preceding the adjudication or
bankruptcysh.all .be entitled to priority
and shall be first paid in full. In the
order for a dividend ther following
claims are to be entitled to priority of
preference and to be first paid in full
in the following order:
1. Fees, costs and expenses of suite
and for the custody of pro.| erty. .
2. All debts due the United States*,
and all taxes, and assessments under
the laws thereof.
3. All debts due to the Statein which
the proceedings in bankruptcy are
pending ,-ind al 1 axes and-assessments
made under flic laws of such State.
4’. Wages due. to any operative clerk
or. house servant to an amount, not ex
ceeding sso,for labor performed with
in six months next preceding the first
publication of the notice of proceedings
in bankruptcy.
5. All debts due to any person who
by the laws of the United S-tafci s, are
or may be entitled to a priority or
preference in like manner as if this act
had not been passed. Always provid
ed that nothing contained in the act
shall interfere with the assessment and
collection of taxes by the United States
or any State.
Section 29- ahd the five following
sections relate to the-bankruptcy dis
charge and its effects- If it shall ap
pear to the Court that the bankrupt has
in all things conformed to his duty un*
dcr the provisions, thereof to receive a
discharge,’ the Court shall grant him a
di charge from all his duties except ai
thercinaitcr provided, and. shall give
him <t certificate iiiorcci under the
seal of the Court.
Section 35 declares preferences and
fraudulent conveyances void.
Sections 30, 37 and 38 relate #0 tho
bankruptcy of partnerships and cor
porations, and to dates and deposi
tion?. .
Sections 39 to 42. inclusive, provide
for the ease of involuntary bankruptcy
adc( aiture from the same, avoiding the
service of legal process, removal or
concealment of property, fraudulent
assignment of property, arrest and de
tention for debt for a period of seven
days confession of’ judgement, or sus
pension of payment of commercial pa
per for fourteen days, shall be deemed
an act of bankruptcy..
•Section 43 provides for the superse
ding of the bankrupt proceedings by
arrangement. ..
Section 44 provides penalties against
bankrupts for concealment of property,
falsifying books or papers, fraudulent
assignment or conveyance of property,
spending in gaming, permitting a fic
titious debt to be proven against him,
obtaining on credit fraudulently with*
in three months of the commencement
of the proceedings in. bankruptcy;
these are to be deemed, misdemeanor.*.
and punished by imprisonment, with
or without hard labor, lor a term pot
exceeding three years • •
Sections 45 and 40 provide penalties
against officers in administering tho
law. . .
• Seetion 47 regulates fees and costs.
Section 48 regulates stamp duties oil
petitions, warrants, &e
Section 49 and 50 define the mean
ing o-l terms and computations of time.
Section 51 and last enacts that tiiis act
shall'commence and take effect • as to
the appointment of the officers created
hereby, and the promulgation of rules
and general.orders, fiotu and after tho
date of its approval; provided that no
petition or other proceeding under thi#
act shall bc filed, received or commen
ced bifore the Ist day of. November,
1866. . . ”
What Waitings Require a
Stamp —lst. Instruments of writing,
dated before October .!, 1862, do ru t
require a stamp,
, 2d- These dated between ’October
1, 18.G2,.and August 1, 1864, may be
.stamped either before or after efep by
the Court,. Register or; Recorder.- ■
■ 3d. Those dat'ed. since August 1,
1864, and not twelve months old, nmy
.be stamped before a U. $. CoUecter,
without payment ol penalty of 850,
4th.- Thosfc dated - after August 1,
1864, and more .than 12 months dd.
can be stamped upon the payment of
the penalty of SSO.
And .every assignment of a note,
which assignment is dated since Octo
ber 1, 1.962, without regard to the
date of .the note, is to ‘be’ stamped a*
an agreement;, namely, fiv.e cents only,
no matter, how large or how small the
note may be. ; •
’ All persons having nctes unstamped
should have them attended to at oUce,
A receipt for money or property, ovt-f
S2O, no matter what the amount, re
quires only a two cent stamp.
. Cheap • Cotton. —Tliaddeus Ste
vens, the leader of the Republican par
ty, its foremost representative nian, and
the exponent of its best intelligence,
gotupin tho House- of Representative:*
a few days ago and said he was credi
bly informed that, with free labor, cot
ton could be produced for one Cent a
pound. Exchange.
Two fools then met —Thaddcus and
bis informant
fifcif* President Johnson will be fifty
eight years of age on the 29th day of
December next, if ho lives till that
time, having been born at Ralegh, N.
C. December 29, 1818