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are over; and those who do beforehand, !,
are few watching for the chances of
speculation in the towns. The pockets


Of these few are too we'll drained't to make
their bids worth anything in the way of
competition. The substantial planters in
the country, who have money to invest,
do not visit the towns often, and then


rarely waste much time in reading
Sheriff's hieroglyphics, which it would
puzzle the devil and Philadelphia law
yer, TO thrash the sense out of: Besides,
even these poor notices are washed down
by the winds and rains, so that half the


time no notice is given at all.


Would any sensible business man, who
had property for sale, rely on such no.
tices if he had determined to force sale
on given day? No. There is no diff
ference between the cases; and the hon.
est debtor, who wished to pay all he
could, would consult his own interest by
advertising Sheriff. s sale Of his prop
erty, on his own responsibility. He
would increase the competition among
buyers and thus enhance the price. Un-
der the old system, four attended Sher-
lit g sales to one that attends now. Is
this not paipably against the interest of
the debtorl We say the debtor, believ-
ing it to be against the interest of both
debtor and creditor, because our legis-
iature have been legislating for the last
ten years for insolvents alone, and not
upon the only just presumption of all le-
gislation, that Of the ability ofthose who
make to perform their contracts; and we
do not expect yet to see legislation upon
principles. If the saving of
paltry sum 10 the debtor, at the expense
OF reducing the competition among bid
de.s, at sale of his property, is not sa-
wing pennies at the expense of pounds,
we are at a loss to conceive what is; and
we think the subject is worthy Of the
attention Of the Legislature
of the State.