Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1861-07-27

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IT would &bt be at oil nmiss for the Nation
ALI Government, In the exercise OF, its right.
sful powers, to confscato tho property Of reb-
els--tol olaya special tax on TINT species Of
property In S the, seceded States that have,
more than, any otiior, buol tho oS;;;;so &C :ie
present civil war. The rebellion was nominally
inaugurated for tho protection of slave proper.
ty.. 1t has practically destroyed IL. The
only safety of slave property now lies Ia the
I, restoration Of tho Constitution and the UD-
ion. It's most fit therefore, tlat the proper.
| ty that has caused tho rebellion should bo
specially taxed to pay the oexpense it has occa.
stoned. And it can well afford to do SO, in
view of tho fact that the money now cxpcnt-
ing by the nation is tho absolute salvation of
the property in question.
MIR. Secretary Chase very properly presents
this whole subject to the consideration Of
Congress, in his admirable report on the Treas
ary. He aays that "the property of those en-
gagged in insurrcction, or giving aid and COM
ffort to the insurgents, maysproperly be made
to contribute to the expenditure made ncocs-
sary by their misconduct. Asa part of the
punishment duo to tho guilt of involving tho
nation in the calamitics of civil war, and thoro-
by bring distreas upon so many innocont cit-
izens, Congress may justly provide for the
forfeiture of the whole or n part of tho es-
tates of offenders. and or She payment of the
proceeds into the pubic treasury"
Despotism in Alexandria The Right of
- Prayer Denied. &
The following facts are communicated to
the Baltimore Erchanae, by an Alexandria
correspondence. The outrage is said to have
created intense excitement there
/ ALEXANDRIA, VA, July 8.-To people
once accustomed to enjoy tho fullest liberty,
oppression goes hard. Our sins against the
! assumed power of Abraham Lincoln have
been most heavily visited upon us, and deep
is the wound Inflicted upon the people by tile
iron heel Of despotism. Daily are the cords
| tightenod, and daily arc we made to feel tho
authority of kind "protcctors." Tho North
crn arms never meet with tho slightest reverse
never run afoul of pigpen, or a masked
| battery-that our community is not made to
feel deeply the wrong that has been done in
daring to obstruct the passage of our ''protec-
tors" on their journey to Richmond
Yesterday, the cup ofour Humiliation wasiill-
cd to the brim, and an insult offered to hu-
manity and Christianity, which must meet
with rcbuke from the powers at Washing
ton, rs it will doubtless receive the frown of
Ono who is greater than them all, and in
congregation assembled on Sabbath morning
at the Second Presbyterian Church, to hear
the Rev. JAS. Turner Lcftwich, one of tho
most eloquent and able divincs in tho Church
a man of mark, and one beloved by our
whole community. Combining as he docs, in
an eminent degree, true piety and real brave
ry, he has more than ever since our late troub-
les began cntrcnchcd himself in the love and
esteem of our people !; and there being but
two other churches, out Of the nine or ten in
the city, open, his is always crowded, and
among tho congregation arc invariably nun.
ofour protectors, drawn no doubt to tho church
from curiosity and as pics, ms the sequel proves
MIR. Lottwich has never in his sermons in
the rcmotcst degree introduced political topics,
but has, ever since the occupation ofour city,
and the absence of our brothers, fathers,
and friends, who have gone out to fight for
their firc-sitcs and liberties, with characteris-
tic Christian fortitudc, prayed fcrvcntly for
them and Tor the success of our cause. For
thus giving expression in prayer for tho South
crn Confcdcracy and our soldiers, he was ar
rested on coming out of the pulpit by Orderly
Fairbanks, and taken before his Colonclship
Hclntzleman, who, Judging from the iantps-
tic tricks lie sometimes performs. has net been
accustomed to the exercise Of much authority.
In the presence OF so much power and but
tons, 1T was OF course supposed that Mr. Left
wioh, measured by thcir own standard, would
have bent the knee, asked pardon tov his
grave offence, and promiscd--as he was author
| itativcly informed he must do--,to pray for
the Union and for the President Of The Uni
ted states. But, alas! for hun,an cypccta-
ton as bold and fearless a. coed, thcrcvcrcn,l
gentleman, with an air oftrumph, cooly in
formed his .cap,ors that lie should on all occe-
sio'!s, whenever al opportunity offered, pray
with ali his soul for the Southern cause and
Tor those who had gene out to fight for him
and his
Heintzlomcn then told l.,ll, in anything
but aagcntlemanly way, that unless he pray
cd for tho Union and the President of the
| United States, he should pray no more, and
he would order his his church to be closed
In.reply Mr.. u. said that his heart could not be
manacled; that he (Hcintzlcman) had the
power to close the church, but that if it was.
| open and he ofliciated, ho should certainly
pray for the Soutl, and her cause, which he
believed just and righteous
+, FIVE PERSONS DROWNED unfor-
tunate occurrence took place about halfpast
five o'clock Sunday morning, whcreby five
ooiorcd persons, four mon and ono woman,
were drowned. It appears That party Of
nine ,nogros, consisting of seven men and two
women, were returning to tho city in a small
| batteaux from across the river, near Mount
| Pleasant, where they had been on visit to