Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1866-12-01
From the New York kTimcs
The Education of the Negroes in South Car

~ ~~S"sAon VI tAe negroes IN south Car
olina
1t is stated in circular ISSUED with the
sanction Ut the New York American Mission
arY Association, that there are no less than
Zo,ooo negroes in Charleston to day, 1000 of
whom are of school a=e. To provide for the
training of these and large numbers of the
same class throughout the State of South Caro-
INA, colorcd teachers are needed. With this
'w a scheme Is set on foot to establish what
We take to be a sort Of Gtammar School or
Normal Institute for those fyeedmeu who mn y
be anxious to become teachers
We do not know enough of the particnlar
plan proposed to give it a specific endorsement,
significant that the proposal has the hearty an.
provaI of Governor Orr, ofithe Ex SECRETARY
of the late Confederate Treasury, G.. A. Trcn.
holm, of Rev. Mr.. Pinckney, Rector of Grace
Church, Charleston, and Of other men of 81.
most equal standing. Governor Orr saws he
heartily approves of ct the scheme to educate
Thoroughly .he colorcd children of Charleston. /"
Mr. Trenholm says he has no hesitation in ex.
pressing his Z" cordial approval of the enter
prise" Judge George S. Byran saws he bos
heen graticd witness" of the Jealous cf
forts made to educate the poor colorcd people
a' %crits ts Sf tie speciSl il @ijirtuty7
fers, and Of which VIC personally know nothing
ought to have some weight, rs showing
that the representative white men of the Sou.ll
arc desirous of seeing the cmuncpated blacks
elevated above the condition in which slavery
left them; and that they have at heart, the
advancement of the freedmen in those branch
provcnent of their social position and lit them
for political enfranchiscment.
In view of the experiments which arc like
ly yet to be tried before the great task of Ma
tional Restoration is completed, the educated
people of the South-thosc especially who
have still material stake iD the country-can
do nothing more polite and wise for them
selves than encourage education among the ne.
gro race by every means in their power. 1t
does not yet appear what limit may be set to
the conditions on which the readmission of
the unreprcscnted States is to hang; but, in
any event, it is wisdom, and wisdom of the
highest kind for the dominant race at the
South to make fast friends of their poor dcpcn-
dents, for dependents they will continue to be.
[ would be an evil day for the whole country
that should see political party at the North
sustaining itself by negro Southern vote, as
the old Secession leaders wero so long sus.
taincd by sectional vote here.
The industrial interests of the two races at
the South are identical. The one cannot suf.
fer without the other suffering also. They
know each other thoroughly from long and
close association. There is no natural antap.
onism between them. What is cd in their
new relationship is that it should BOONE as
soon rs possible like the relation of master and
servant in other parts of the country; the lat.
ter havin by means Of education and the
enjoymen. of equal civil rights, something
like the same chance rs the former IN the race
Of lifo No better solution, than this of put
| ting educ alton within the reach Of the freed.
| men, can be found for the serious problem ol
rcorganizng society at the South in conforni
| ty with tho new order of things, cnd of resto
ring something like real harmony of feeling
and sympathy between North aud South.
DECLINE IN PRIcEs.-The New York pa
pers announce the breaking up Of various
speculating movements in tho ncccssarics Of
life in that city, which has caused most graf
flying decline in prices. Pork has fallen -four
doll ,rs barrel, wheat from five to eight cents
bushei, and corn eight cents bushel. Buy
ers. it is reported, even at these reduced fig
ures, arc very scarce.
COLUMBIA AND AUGUSTA RAILROAD
AUGUSTA, Nov 19.-The total vote cast to
day 627--for subscription, 537; against sub
scription 80; for loan, l. So that the City
Council will be authorized to subscribe 500,
900 to the Augusta and Columbia Railroad
| This settles the success of the road