North Carolina Newspapers

' 1 . . m . II ,. fltljt lb North, State P VMSllLUY, F1UDAY. UAB. IB, 'CO JUUiJE BBOOKS AND THE IUSK- HUPT PRINTING. We ttJ last that this funrtlnnarv i 1 1 attempt! defease of hi course iu re l.i um to tha bankrupt priatiug tbrouirh. thti c. .hnnes f the Slandsrd. We further sta- I I tint this defense ( himself by the JuJ(e wis simply dfjieUt-rnteM)tibU. We pub ih the defense itself elsewhere thU wk ana shall proeeeJ to show that h is what w it hi. Tu do tlila It becomes neeearjr briefly to review th biatory of the. matter. Among the first publication uf untie in bankraitn in North Carolina wars in tie in the Oil North St :'- abo'it the lt of N-iveuiber 1 7. in the MUaea uf John F. Butt and F.J. SinoUir, of Charlotte. Ai a-wn u Gov. Maiden, then Uitfaal pr iprist tr of the Stanltrd, aw th-.'se noiie.ii lu- a-inouneed through bia pa , that so 'a nouses, to ao vaiui. mint be llsliej in the Stamford or the AsherilU Whether Guv. Uulden was eal an t i,'li to believe this, nndertbe promptings i tm hi aiii iilluii i In only intended to obeae the vision of the fee ble District .In l'e wv will nut n v usder Jwlg;epubllshsdiu the Standard lila rules of practice ia the Courts of Bank rtrpley. From theae rolee we make the following extract : "Kclk 8. The folli.a in; nrpiiM'r are di alnatod a these ia which all publnsUs re inured by the Act, entitled "An act to sets' -liah a uniform system of batiki iit y thnmgh pt the Daited Brutes." or the (Jciieial Order in Bankruptcy mm le made in ihe District uf North Caroline i The Hta.shamu, published at U ileiich. and the Pioksku, published at Aahe rills, M.'O.' Fr..m the terms of the rule we would b left iu doubt aa tu whether the Judf o was acting in pursuaure uf the requirements of positive law, or whether he "designated" tha Standard and the l'ionmr in the exercise of aa arbitrary discretion, were it not fur his declarations at tha time the question wm ar jrued before hiia. Of e.turae if he had be- e me satisfied that he possessed any discre tion" ia tha matter he would, aa ha was ao anxious to do. bare left the whole matter with t'i Register in all voluntary cues, wonld ha ootf We shall aee before we get through with thia article. But not une word in his rules or of dera eonewaing or regulating tha prices, as promised. He rale that t pub lications shall be wade only la two papers and then hands tha unfortunate bankrupts and their creditor! over to the tender Merries of the wan who owns one ami control the euta. est figures licationa would alve ticea requ that tha Standard should have the pnutlag I aa what tl in an event and at all haaurdj. Wo war f T firmly convinced of thia notwithstanding Judge was very severs upon the bis letter had no sympathy with it had discontinued his aubseription to it for two months b. f..r. was vety Conservative, but could not quite vote for Seymour and Blair, Ate. (A to lllairwe can't aay wo blamed him.) A short time afterward Oct. 7 ha wioto another latter to another party in which ha admitted his right to take the printUg from the Standard aud give it to another pa per, and said he was somewhat disposed, if he concluded to make a change, to select the Old North State as one of th.- papere tof tha publication of the aotisae. if he eoaU be as sured that it had a general circulation in tha State. Of course the J udge know that it has) no circulation eaat of It.ilelgh. hence the c mdiiiou. But to return to tha matter of c'mrgea agaiu. the Judge aaya ia hi defense that oa the lith of September, 1848. ha made aa order requiring, the Marshals, As signee and Clerk hi pay no hijrher rata tol the publication of such notices as the l.i w re quired to be published in newsp.tpeis that) were charged by the newspapers of tha State for publishing State CisMeriiseaafits.-- ms at Brit htaBsJLrjrht and ssssssTw BBBXa .BssssssssssssssssssssssssssssK , hfele notices ' lilc be aHassssaf us to sat what wai the low- tn't to d.'cide. The only defense, boweeer, which we have ever neara maue or me J ntga's conduct in tha matter is that ht did allow Qov. HoMen "to pull the wool over Ms eyes," and deceive him into the belief that Itbe law really required htm to issue an order t dhrectinir the messengers to make such publi 1 cations only in the papers referred to ; ami that he did hot (Ktssess the force uf character aud strength of intellect necessary to enable him tu acknowledge, and to extricate himself from the error when oace convinced of it- "A great Judge," said hla defender, "seeks light from every qnarter and takes the great -e-t pleasure in acknowledging and correcting ,'!! error, but a weak one generally adberea 'to his err, when convinced of it, under the m i-Ukeo notiou that it isan acknowledgement of his couscioua weakness to confess and re .... a ,.t J pir it. Ann tne (jeniiemeu wnoinaueiois defense of the Judge is an ab'e and thorough Republican and his personal friend. About the same time that Gov. Holden made the above annonneeineut in the Stand- m'd he also announced that some time during tbe term of the Circuit Court, then in session Judge Brooks would make and publish an order directing notices in bankruptcy to be published on!; in the Standard and Pioneer in accnrd.tnce with the positive requirements of, not tbe Bankrupt but, the Appropriation i7. We paid no attention to the Stand ard" stateusauts at the time, not believing it pombte that Judge Brooks could be gulled into the belief that the bankrupt printing was controlled by another law on a wholly different subject, enacted previous to tha ;..,.. s r 1..., 1.T'TaXBXBXBaXK- """Win iksJgtLaw feci BWl ! ifjeet fltriln Itself. A few Jsjfi rarer, we received a message from a Repuli- can friend at Raleigh informing as that what I tbe Standard bad said was really trne that I Judge Brooks actually contemplated making I sih aa order oa the grounds stated. In be ! half of onrself, and other publishers, we em I ployed eouusel Hon. N. Boyden and H n. A. S. UerrimoD to raise the question and argue it before the Court. We Vera present during Mr. Boyden's and a part of Judge Merrimon's argument, between whom aud his Honor there was considerable eolloquy. No one seemed to be more anxious than Judge Brooks that the whole matter of the printing, in all voluntary case, should be with the Registers. He professed to be rtrry to regret exceedingly that the on fined the Judge aud tbe Registers to pro papers selected to publish the laws te unilea ntates in which iu oure me iting done, but it was nevertheless clear ibis mind that it did so confine him. He aught it rery wrong that those two papers nuWhavetheentire monopoly of the printing Mhat t : . interest of all parties required that it ould not be so that the objects for which Be notices were ordered to be published Rould, in a great uutuber of instances be de- d by it but the law had left him nodu- bretion in the matter. Ilia attention waa 'theu called to the enormous rates which the Standard was charging fur the bankrupt ad v. rtising. and be was iuformed that it could and speaWbe done for one-half itw Standard's prices, if that paper was not allowed, in con nection with the Pwncer. to have a monopo- we sar without rear or contradiction that Gov. Holden, and his successors ia tha own ership of the Standard, have taken advan tage of the power placed in ther hand by thia ruling of Judge Brooks to ertort from the bankrupts and their creditors tbe sum of at least $4l),UJ3 over and above what it would have cost them to have had the printing d one but for said rule. The very same number of the Standard which o mtaiiiedthe Judges' rul aUoc mtained the price for which notice in hiukruptcy would b publisheJ, strictly in advance. Those terms were kept standing in the Standard tot sometime, and were just twice what it now charges, vis For notice of petition and first meeting 912.03. Appointment uf assignee. foMJJ- 2nd and 3d meeting of Creditors. $3,00 each. Petition fur discharge $4,00. Total fur all the notices in each ease in bank ruptcy, i-12,110. On t'ie39th uf December, '67. we reviewed the Judges ruling in the matter with some severity, in which we specially called his attention to these enormous rates, and iuformed him that the Old Xorth State aud the other papers of the State wonld pub lish the notices for jtut half the sain. We sent the Judge a copy of the paper contain ing the article, and we have reason to believe that he received and read it he Informed a friend of ours that he did. But our offer to publish the notices at half the Standa d'i rale was based upon the thin length of the notices Since that time they have been made much shorter. That form of the advertisements was retained until the 18th of September ISM, or about nine months, so that ia every ease published during that time the Standard was enabled to extort by mean of its monop oly just f tciee as much as the w rk was worth isrsnvaasnl vrnmen-1 can Mre-n Ho- m bTi tion cec the fronted abuse whole matter. Instead of publish tn-es at the rates charged for the pu of State Court orders the Standard very Ijr procee led to c'i irge at least titty per more than the price usuallv charged be papers of the State for the publication fKcuch advertisements. . m The cash rates for publishing Court orders fir cur weeks, vary from $li to 8, A number of papers, including 'he Sutmville Amgriean, the Milton CironicU. the Old North State and several others, publi .-h them for f 7 when the cash accompanies the onler. The Ashe ville papers publish the n for tfi, and the Greensboro papers for f'i. Seven dollars may. therefore, be regarded as the average cash price for such notices. Where payment is not made in advadc the price is generally 10. Upon the making of the September order the Standard annonneed tha following as the prieesj, and er tiled them of the Mar shall, vis: For nitice of Petition and first meetitg of creditors, $10, Appointment of Assignee. $5; for second and third general baatoi no many oi ns to sa oh we WQttJBwtbe ub- sgreed 1 Broofc sent, M aaf"lb ""' """ very eastjHp' dollars a case, fJHtpouding ratoolf we did not do the WHT bis offer, we have reason to believe, and do l.i . , was communicated to Judge BroM with no ether result than to causa him to mal . order aatliorlilng the StaisuWto doit f.,r twcntyKmc dollars. jut eleven dolbtrs mire in each case than we offered to do it for s, one hundred meu of this Congressional District have, since the been I 11 1'- w JIM r Hit I Icir. al r.nl i r njyed by an ar- . .L I oKS W par o me hundred dollar them tohave much more cxssbta- I i w iiit rt we nave mm i r creditors can see howV b i swindled who' 1st oar of January aaaaaaaaaaw oi Judge Mr Raleigh SfttNitirfi eleven more than It would have had the same work done ally in the Old North Mate. From tbe statemea the bankrupts and the outrageouary they hav ha grown rie!i upon their misfortunes and atboHsPHaiiie fr it. The oQaial conduct ge Brooks ransed It all-twTriis there no doubt. as"der in relation to the uWicafion, made In December iust the opinion of in lis Court, as tbe IT, 8. District the known opinion of the a to Hauitrujit tw. .vm nas nee er and in the facet if the fact that Judge B! lord, of New V 'r'.. has acted differently asserting his rirht t- designate whatever fiera he chose it which to have the priu'ing done. Since ti en complaiuto hare been made to the Jude by many " promi nent members f the bar." as we learn from letters written by Judge Brooks himself, which lay bef.-s. us a we write, nrgiug him to take the prfn!itiPom tb Sftntdnrrl ahdje,.(. assuring himof bis right to do so In the bjr making the same lulea apply to suits, for new as well as old debts, it will hare a tendency lo impair confidence) and destroy credit. Hut ibis provision was necessary to save tbe law, we suppose, as it would have been held to be uncoiistitu lioual bad any dtaerimination been made. The tenth section of the Hill, prevent ing the sale of property under deeds of trust or mortgages, unless tbe debts se cured in said doeils of trust or mortgagee are rt Juced to judgments, seems to us to have been wholly unnecessary, as it Is certainly unconstitutional. But as the sobj-ct matter of that section can be se parated from the other parts of the Act, it mar be declared unconstitutional with out nice ting the other provisions of the law. will raj In beahalf of It is but reasonable t will look liberally of these questions, havo settbu in their bout office rt, that that they r own Stele d desire t Hwr the charge .i and shoul f. madcaga the t MfiSSRS HOYDKN AND SHOBER. BTe hare convincing reasons for be lleiriiig that the contest between these feentlumon will be decided by the cxclu- 4V4oth and the ordering of a new There i no probability that, in Asrpcrof the House, any mem- d wlio cannot take the leea he ie a IterTntirTcan. I linffawTll of course, exclnde Mr. and we feel jnstified now in say ing, what we have believed all the time, i. r Tea ajvaamiiu -SBM wm 1867. washaxal oath, n bnamnn fnt as kiiov ti, j fijj nitnnVd: ") - I m !.th.4 . I MOII I atiout w Inch there U oatt, it is a clear liny dpvdving upon the attorney to pro t cl bis client from the payment of any more cost than the law requires him lo t Tt ii h 1 at . II turse charges demanded are in their opinion unauthorised, the remedy is clear It is by excepting to lira items, either un authorised or too large, and in that way obtaining the opinion of the Court. The law makes it the duty of the Register to tax the costs, and upon bis certificate that the law has been conformed to, the Judge dischargee or refuses a discharge. Tbe Judge cannot question the truth of the matters staled in the certificate, unless upon exceptions. If It was otherwise, he would be invoked iu interminable con fusion, arid hare thrown upon him a task ho might not reasonably expect to per form. It would be a lighter task than handling and inspecting every paper in every Bankruptcy ease with a view to sec whether toe Bankrupt Register and oiher officers had, ia all thing, conformed to their duty. Gentlemen of the Bar eomplain that they are not furnished with bills of root fully itemised, after request by the ease- Daath to Bed-Bugs! listing w iruro ajioa the d,tll,it. hiidaiglt BSC rsiidr and blood.c cf is. root ami branrl. Tb Xnhacrlbar arep ira s rvtaody which Is sure, safr. and clean; leaving usithcr aiaal! nor stalal aud easy ofsjeticution "IU vorth aouiething linnd-nm- yet. It Is sold fur a rauia trifle. Prepared and sols' omt J At K. HILL'8 Drug 8torc 1 Bareb 19 rH Hulisbury, . C. nod MANGEL WURZELL BEET. 1 RIM to 1900 bu Iu gruariu is enurmoua, often attalalaf 19 lad la length, and six in dlasaetn. t I ftsy ai nil or saear, and mixed with he lacnlBeeat Field lUet, will ylsld fron mbsI per acra. as mvalaaM fur winter stock kse wall until UU in Hie irin. Taay rsaair rarr little cnltlvattea. ding; sad Tbsased are sheas una pound will ilsnt the fsartb of an acre. aas sew las usse Is Mast. At March 19-11:11 Thar mar baked 8IM.S. Urns Klnrs. aaliabwy, N. O. GOODS! GOODS. at Mr. Hovdeu does not desire in bead-1 '""I'y a . . . - s 1 a . hhssi nt tion. Iu I hi tnerw ts error on the pa of such officers aa do not comply with such requests and the officers of the Court wul be instructed, each, to furnish f his bill so itemised ; upon r - rn I I UKXSSSkUtralea lalandlaa In muca rraai Una esmmmi axsxejjr "sssBBsxassstssBl face of all tlis he Ins persisted, and still per sists, iu leang it with that paper. We shall not ehanwtdixe his eoodnct nor speak 1 his motirea, hoi h ave e very man to judge of them for bfliself. p ' Wehaveju .t been governed by any parti san feeling! iu malting this exposu e. We ted to a se it in eonseqiienen of the election. He believes that the eluc pas illegally held, and that in con sequence oi the iif inner of holding it, and of certain frauds, which lie believes were perpetrated, he was defeated against the actual wishes of a majority of the people of the district. He simply desires, so we feel justified in saviuz. a free aud fair a i i i - ' would havejnade it just as readily had Judge .. - ... . .... . i i t . . j .1 at I I J" nit . meeting ot creditor. each; petition ror , rooaaouao,,,ern.wwosx. . . . . ( . discharge. $3. Total iu each case. )!) , aDemoersU- paper. e areootresjar.'ed by &nt et,mpnu,t made bv thoee who J a 1W 1 m fMa. a a a :tiun by the result of v. incii wm tie - willing to abide. JUDOR'BROOK'8 LETTER. aaav We give ihe following extract from the letter of Judge Brook a an act of Jus tice to him. It embraces all the parts upon which we have commented. In regard to the subject of costs in The Were A ouUJfUdlyhav. fPi!:81 H Hiiu .1 r.o. itr tirfatu.niw iLUiara from arare bankrupt ia whose case all the notices were given. But suppose the notices tor a dis charge were not given iu most of the cases the bankrupt ha still paid f 17 more than the work done was worth. Suppose there were one thousaud cases ap to the time of t'te change and there Were probably many m. ire and the Mtan-iara, it win oe seen, ex torted the nice little sum of $17,000 from those who had gone into bankruptcy up to Sept. ldth. 13 W. To this sum may be ad ded a considerable amouut for those cases in which the notice of petition for discharge had been given. Now fisrures don't lie. and of course tbe reader is anxious to know what Judge Brooks has to say in defense of himself in having al lowed the perpetration of such a twindlt as thia. let them turn to it aud read for them selves: He does u it pretend to say that he was in total ignorance of what was going on. but that hs was not "offiiaUg inform -1 of what the charge demanded realty were.'' The amount of the charges was a matter as notorious as any thing eould be. Judge Brooks read the Standard and there saw f r himself what changes were being made. He was informed at the time he made the rule what the Standard was changing, aud prom- tied to see to and regulate the price so that nothing more than a fair compensation should be allowed. Yet, after admitting bis power to remedy the evil, and promising to do so, he utterly fails to do any thing of the kind until forced to do it- j . 1 In the month of August 1 863, Judge Brooks This would seem to be a reduction of $9 from former prices, but is, in reality, a large addi tion. This is so for the reason that after the making of the order the form of the notice was made just on? inch thorter, taking off about one third of the sfMee required for no tices of petition, and nearly or quite one half of that required for the others. The first form used in giving notice of pe tition and first meeting of creditors was about the length of Court orders on an average. and if the Sl ut iird had retained that form roes instead of fAree it inowwsessis it. in s iirang paroasn oui ,L,.V ,.,V(. IUeo co-is to nay were , as one w ties. j win iupi'1-ia 1 rv, since th the office otli otan d . justice to ineu of all par TBE CABINET. made against the charges mule by the ' publishers of ibe notices required by the I law--and th'-e couiulaints were all in 1 form ill v made and man v of them our- porting to be founded upon rumor. 1 in- last week that Mr. Btcwart aisled that I was prepared to hear and the p.rt-o!to .of the Ti e.ian- order of the 13th of September. 9 charge 7 therefor. wben-aslfTwraet. charged $10 for publishing a form nearly or quite one third determine that i r any other question f Mr. Waibbnme I, is vacate d ',,"'., wl,L U be properly brought before me. When the question was j brought before me by exception, and no- ice to 'be party interested, lUere was a a then iuloniied officially e c-aaBBBtffeinani a reniiy were ecreSery if State for the pur pose of becoming Minister to France, aud Gen.-Sclufi!d has retired from the War Department. Y .V i succeeds Mr. Wskhburne in the .State De- paitraent. Mr. If b is a gentleman the highest eharaixr and much more hearing. 1 W ; what tn i ii .unl lir HIT of, abil- th quest of the t'onnset nt xfm HanknrpT; a heu the costs have been paid or are to be i (id by him ; and to Attorneys of Creditors, where costs are to bo taxed sgaiust a creditor's fund. In coiuluiion I ill state that I will enttriain any question upon the subject of cost upon exceptions properly filed at Chambers on five days notice being given the officers whose costs from the subject of exception, and the lime for i he hear ing may be fixed by the parties except ing. I will bear oral or written argument or decide the questions presented without either, ss the parlies may prefer. These exceptions may apply as well to cases in which the costs have been paid, as cases in which the costs are still due in which the discharge has not been granted. In such ease iu which the costs have been paid. if it shall be determined that loo much has been unid such excess Will bo order eoUi be refunded. I have now before mo over one hun dred certificates of conformity, which ap.: pear lo be regular in all respects, except in some oj them the Registers' and Clerks costs appear, to me, to he taxed higher lhau the law authorises, and tor this reason the eases sue suspended. It my be that extraordinary services rendered iu these case may authorise t lie amount charged. Apparently they nre unauthorised, but I am not disposed to enter upon any investigation oi these eases, therebv denying the truth and cor rectness oi the Register' certificaje, un- I)rv Coods, rocerlw, Shoos, lints, OrocltfJv'Vy Gloss, Hollow-Ware, tStone Vr, &c, dec. in ftoro, (Jenkins Corner,) tm anr nern wishing to commen. i- tutainess, a read opivitonity iaeffaeud, aa tin- lor can ba rcolfd. Tbe Mtock of floods oflVie I have all been purcha a4 within the rear past, mostly for caali, aad prs riouato tl ailrance. .Uao. Utfar lor sal a number of artielt at Ci J 1 1 l.i fA OUUUIlU-Ililll'l ruuiiiui P Burertus, Side-Board, Bedstead, a.-., h at nt reaiJaot-e on Innias Htreet. a y u ..i w . j iKVig, agent. Faliaburr.N. C, March 19. IH69. It- ASSIttAGE' SALE OF Valuable LAW BOOKS n VT tM 8t rrr ofntarch. A . f. ISW, f will sell t Public 8afc, at th Court Hoe.se in saliahary at II o'clock A. at., a valusbls sat of the North Cat-. oiina Itcuort. Term Cash. AglrSFW lirBPHr. starch 1091 ssaicnte of McKeclr 4 Yeans;. NEW CROP CARDENAS MOLASSES aVOir LAK3TS0 . Ex. Sch. T. 8. McCMlan, less parties whose i.iterc. aro involved DIRECT FliOM CiRDENAS uiiauilun izeil ihey Wrn. It Hoar to lie "fleer the prices heretofore paid by em lor these oublieation when parties a, ...Tr vjw- ,hl Mf Wasuri.,'. II : was former- Interested were not die posed to oldect Iu audacious imposition practiced upon a weak - tl.o only proper way to such charges. and over eonfidiag Judge than that presented ' a" J "T (''r"" And tremXthis evil in future I made by this easel We say a weak and over con j ew xork and United bial. s b. i.a nn or((.r fn tie ,8 h d of 8ellembe.f Ming Jude because we are willing to allow him every defense that can possibly be made for him. If the first form had been retained the Ston fori would have been justifiable ia charging $3 tot three insertions, just half i j as mac i as it charged for publishing a much 1v Hi llmi.ir admitted that the Standard's -a " . .. Il..ij i r.i 1 1. t ..I high, and said he would m" l" rates were too take that matter into consideration, and him elf regulate the prices in the order which be contemplated maklag iu relation to the mat ter. i U HIT" U"J t- BUM aa .-- arguing the question, the Judge repeated all that be 1i:mI said tbe day before, bui still in sisted that tbe case was clear to hi mind that the law left him no discretion in tbe matter, aud that he would file aud publish "a written opinion" to that effect. That opinion" was not published aa promised. We subsequently called for the "Opinion," but we might as well have "called spirits from tbe vasty deep" it was not forth com iag, and never will be. We again call for the epiuion," aud we not ouly call for it, but we defy Judge Brooks to publish any such an "Opinion." There was not a lawyer present in the Circuit Court a hen tbe ques tion was argues. Democratic. Conservative or Radical , that did not differ with the J nde. There is not a lawyer of any note ia theUnis te J States that agrees with him. The author of the law, kr. Jenckes, is against him, as the Judge knew when he made tbe order. Every member of the committee on the revi sal of the law in'the 40th Congress L against him, as we know from a letter from one of its most distinguished mexabera. In fact, with ths single exception of Gov. Holden we have never heard of a man of aay pretensions who was not against him. and he was large ly interested. Tbe question was argued before the Cir cuit Court iu the latter part of November 1867, and about the middle of December the and while here our eounsel. Mr. Boyden, ap proached htm and made another effort to get him t a ii a il biasruassau aa. to laavatha mat. ter at the diacretiou of the Registers, the bank rupts aud their counsel . He s uggestcd to the Judge that, as the bar waa generally against him in the matter, he consult his associati on the Circuit Court bench. Chief Justice Chase, and be governed by his opinion as to the law. The Judge thanked him for the suggestion and readily, nay eagerly, promis ed to adopt it. He again repeated all that he had said before and manifested mneb anx iety to turn the matter over to the Registers. If the law had not made it imperative upon him td do so he would have scorned to have interfered in the matter at all if he Were a Judge of our Superior Courts and it were proposed to hint to make an order that the Clerk should give notice to non- resident de fendants in any particular paper, he would resent it as i.n insult he would always leave the matter in the hands of the clerk and the parties or their counsel and this ease he would treat in the same way if he only had the power, and he hoped to be convinced that he had it . '1'he matter We lit on until about the first of October 1868. when, at or sugges tion, our eounsel wrote to the Judge oa the subject. Ia his reply the Judge said that he' had, a yet. received ao an -wer from Judge Chase, but argued that it would be best that the notices be published in some pmHicular paper, designated for that purpose, so that those interested might kaow where to look for such notices. Whan we read tbe letter we saw that he was anticipating Judge Chase's decision, aad that he was determined For the form now In use it could not, with due regard to the order, have charged more than $4, and the other notices in proportion. We hasard nothing ia saying that the papers of the State would gladly do tbe work for these rates, it is fall a much as oar regular rate for all kinds of ordinary advertising, and more than we get fur much that we do. At these rates all the notices required to be given in each case would amount to about $14, but for which the Standard actually charged (33. making a difference of $19 in every case. This last order remained in force up to about the 10th of January last, and the probability is that up to that time another thousand eases had been disposed of certain ly there bad been more than two thousaud from the com-neiiceine.it of Ibe practice up to that timewhich adds I0,tK inor to the Standard's extortions, making a grand total of 3(), KI I. We deduct nothing from the last thousand for the notices fir a dis charge as they were being made all the tiimi in the first eases. Add to the above stnajj the extortions which have beeu inash) since the 10th of January, saggm bavsaJPpuht it will Increase the amount of the Standard s extortions to more than ffl.fKM) disjjjp. The prices which the Standard is now charging would be reasonable if the first forms of no tices had been retained, hut for the nraaakit form. It ischnrin ...van A .11 .r. mora ftiaWai IHlMC (hat II IS Hot ftWValtd. t C dO not tor by that party in the days of its ascen deney. In politic he may fairly be cull ed a Conservative. Many men have till e l the office of farcin Sgjgteary who wore ess competent to the proper discharge of its duties than Mr. Fish. Hk Mr. Ftcwart baa been succeeded by Gov. Boutwcll. of Massachusetts Mr. Bontweil may be set down among the class usually denominated politicians. His political changes have beeu consider able, and he may now be classed among ihe ultra Radicals. Uc favored all the extreme measures towards tire Sou'.h, and was one of the managers of lira impeach ment of Andrew Johnson. W bet her he has any special talent aa a financier that caused his selection for the Treasury De partment we do not know. Gen Schofielil's place lias been supplied by the appointment of (JeuJlawlins, Tate Gen. Grant's chief of stuff. This appoint ment seems to he vi II received by men of all parties THE I!0IK KTAD. . mHyi Is the Homer-tsad providing- of oar new Constitution valid as against old debts t jj" s a question i.- which all nrsfliite : esteil, and it is important thlfkn shou. j be well iiifoimAf in ii latiouJM it. W i that view we publish on Hife-P this week a h-urucd opinion at Judge Ca I penter, of South Carolina, in which b the regular rates of the Old North Stmt in every case. The notie.-s of petition make two squares not quite by our rate the oth er notices average about a square, those for meeting of creditors are generally a little more, those of Assignee generally a litt'e less, as shown by a number of them now ly ing before us iu various aumhsirajof the Standard. We have shown Judze Brooks how he has been shamefully treated by tbe Standard in iu taking advantage of his ignorance and good nature to swiudle an unfortunate class with whom he must be supposed sympathise very deeply. Will he now take the print ing from that paper aad leave it to the papers of the State generally whereby tbe bankrupt and their creditors mar have justice done them No, never while there is aay print ing to be dona. About tha 1st of January hurt a paragraph appeared in one of the papers of the State saying that Judge Brooks had rescinded the order requiring the notiess in bankruptcy to be published ia the Standard and Pioneer, and that thereafter the matter would be left with the Registers aad the parties interest ed. Upon this statement aa eminent attor ney of this cry approached aa, and inforsacd Maim any weight for our opinion, but we f believe that dud-e Carpenter i right BTVaXb K ...... Our supreme Court iiiity possibly ho fd otherwise, but tin: question will almost certaisdy be carried up iftfethu . Supreme Court of ihe United S tates, which court of final jurtfjKcfhin will, we believe, sustain tbe opinion of Judge Carpenter. We would advise debiots not to rely up on tbe homestead with too much certainty, but to take ad -a itage of the present con dition of things to make tbe best terms with their creditors they possibly can to compromise as best they majj bo able to d m , THENI W STAY LAW. As a matter of moss) general interest than aay thing Isa with which we could fill our columns e publish the new Stay Law wfaieh was lecclatsJ'tnst in time for - this issue. Every relief against old d bts should be given which can be given with out violation of the Constitution, and it is probable that the most essential provis ions of this Act will stand tbe test. Bat 186$. directing Marshals, Assignees and Clerks to pay for publishing such notices as the act required to be published in newspapers, no higher rates than were charged by the newspapers of tbe State for tbe publication of the Slate Court advertisements and that order related to all bills of publishers not pnidA the date of said order. This was all 1 1 ben thought T could properly do, and 1 am still of the same opinion -There has been s omo informal com plaints made to me that some of tbe offi cere did not regard the order last referred to, but that they were still paying and charging the same high rates for adver tising forbidden bv the order. Now, in answer to eucfl complaints, I have simply to say that I cannot cite an officer to show cause, upon any such loose and vague charges, when the case nr cases are not even stated in which such disregard ol duty has been shown. 1 think tbe fees a low able by tbe order last referred to are not oppressive but re asonable. I hive never heard much complain: of the charges made by printers lor publishing State Hurt notices. Writ officers have paid the first rates lharged after the order referred to, par- ties iigauist whom such charged can except, and it they do not see proper to do. that, ! know of no other by which I can officially know of ior- I be prices now charged lor the uy me aiarsn ii is tir instenu I Jtrst charged ; tor tue As- of i his) appointment..;! instead of 1 d of 88. Officers aro required lo rnish short forms for publication, aud if hey do not, thereby causing greater ex- jipeiiye, they roust bear it, if exceitiiins-wrr Biade. Now I do not regard those prices unreasonable, and think there is no jut can--- of complaint, when- the rules are complied with-, mid if they are not, there is a plain remody for such as may be in jured. Next in turn came eomnlainsts against tbe charges of Assignees, Clerks and -Registers, and almuat every charge made by these officers has been alleged to be entirely uuauihorisi-d by the laws or over charged And with one single excep tion, theae complaint have been mado to me. and are still being daily made to me by letter, many of them neither naming the officer or officers against w horn thay complain or the cases iu a h.cdi the alleged mproper charges have been made. And none ot tliem tn that formal winch will anilinitse an examination on my part so as to make any decision of mine a judgment of the court. I have never" refused to entertain any exceptions properly taken, to riiiy item of costs. On the other band, 1 have ex pressed it as my opinion that solicitors ought to exeepl, wfienevir in their opin ion t-o miu h c -t were ibaig -d against tln ir clienti, and that the same duty de volved upon solicitors representing credi tors) when costs were taxed against funds in which creditors are interested. While i will suggest bv way of exceptions what im iuvcai As tdthe c..! of ihe Assignee, thdy. are so entirely dependent npou the char acter of the duties performed, and these are essentially different in estates, that it would be impossible, without a special in vestigation in each case, to determined whether tbe charges were proper or oth sjrwisc. Very respectfully. G. W. BROOKS. Elizabeth City, March 2, 18C9. VADf arT""" axaaaaawV -ijaXnWTT ,, m THE BANKRUPT BILL. The following is the amended bill as it passed both Houses of Congress Last July: "Be it enacted, tfec , That the provis ions of the second clause of tho thirty third section of said act shall not apply to the cases of proceedings in bankruptcy commenced prior to the first days of Jan nary eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, and the time during which the opera tion of the provisions of said clause is postponed shall be extended nntil said first day of January eighteen hundred and sixty-nine. And said clause is here by so amended as to read as follows : In all proceedings in bankruptcy commenced after the first day of Jaunary eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, no discharge shall be granted lo a debtor whose assets sholl not be equal to fifty per cent of the claim proved against the estate, upon which he shall be liable as the principal debtor, unless the assent in writing of a maturity iu number mid value of his payments are I creditors to whom he shall have become liable as principal debtor and who shall have prove their claims, be filed in the caac at ar before the time of the hearing ot the application for discharge. 8ec. 2. And be it " further enacted, That said act he farther amended a fol lows: The phruse .'presemed, or defend ed,' in the fourteenth section of said act, shall read, 'prosecuted or defended ; the phrase, non-resident debtors, in .line five, seel ion twenty-two of tbe act as printed Tii tlie Statutes at LiirgnnMlTfaornh cesident creditors'; that the word .'or! in nekt to the last line of the thirty-ninth sec'ion of the act shall read 'and'; that the phrase 'section thirteenth," in the forty-second section of said act, shall read 'section eleven; and the phrase 'or spends any part thereof in gaining, in the forty-fourth- section of said net, shall read, 'or shall snend any part thereof in gaming ; and the words 'with the senior register, or, and the phrase 'to be deliver ed lo ie register,' in the forty-seventh section of said act, be stricken out. "Sec. 3. And be it furl her .enacted. 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