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The Daily Dispatch: December 29, 1865., [Electronic resource], Fall of a wall. (search)
Fall of a wall. --Yesterday morning, while some laborers were engaged in throwing up sand against a part of the wall which constitutes a portion of the ruins of Mayo's old warehouse, at the foot of Fourteenth street, destroyed by fire on the 3d of April, the wall gave way and precipitated to the ground a negro who was sitting upon it. He was very much frightened, but, as it happened, received no personal damage.
The Daily Dispatch: December 29, 1865., [Electronic resource], Southern Baptist Convention. (search)
ment; and when we state that the proposed amendment adopted by this Legislature expressly excepts from the benefit of its provisions debts contracted since the 3d of April, our contemporary must himself see the grievous injustice of his imputations upon the motives of our Legislature. The only design of the stay law was, and is, ple, who have nothing left them but their lands, from the enforced collection of debts; but a new provision is now added, by which all debts incurred since the 3d of April, and therefore including all that has been advanced by Northern capitalists for our relief, are explicitly excepted from the benefits of the stay law. The legisnexplicable." In her deepest distress and poverty she has not forgotten her ancient integrity, and will pay not only every dollar of her indebtedness since the 3d of April, but, as soon as she recovers from the the war has entailed remembered that just before the adjourned for the holidays a bill passed the Senate, and will,
The Daily Dispatch: December 30, 1865., [Electronic resource], Interesting to Masons — question of invasion of Jurisdiction. (search)
The stay law. We were led into an error yesterday in the remarks in this paper on the subject of the stay law of Virginia, in reply to the New York Times. According to some newspaper reports, it appeared that before the Legislature took a recess it so amended the stay law as to except from its operation any debt contracted since the 3d April last. Upon examination, we find the case to stand thus: The Legislature passed, on the 19th December, an act amending the act of the Legislature which met at Alexandria so as to stay the collection of debts during the session of the Legislature, unless sooner repealed or amended. This brief act made no exceptions, and therefore applied to all debts to the present time. This was against the wishes of a majority of the members, and its passage in that form was more accident than design. The next day the House got up an amendment to the act, declaring that it should not apply to contracts made since the 1st of April last. It was matured a
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