Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1866-06-09

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only on condition that tho amount 10 to be
drawn in Confederate money"
| Tho opinion Of tho court, now 70 affirmed
was, in brief, that Confederate money having,
upon the faco of it, been issued to mako war
upon the Government Of tho United States,
parties voluntarily dealing in it, as was the
case with both plaintiff aud defendant, were
| oulpable-guilty Of an Immoral act-and the
| court could not lend itself to the enforcement
| OF contracts entered into contempt Of law
Declaring this contract, therefore, null and
void, the decision Of the lower court, which
| was in favor Of defendant was ordered to be
reversed.
NEWSPAPER INDEpENpENcE.- great deal
| is said about the independence of the press,
and the reading community have very crrone-
Gus conceptions of what newspaper should
be. They will tell you in general terms, that
a paper must speak out without fear or favor;
| and, at the same time, it should reflect the
sentiments, opinions and preiudlces of the
public. They say it ought to have an opin-
ion of its own, and yet they arc most exacting
in their requirements Of what it shall say upon
any question of personal interest. Anal yze
this popular notion Of newspaper indcpcn-
dencc, and it will be found to be something
that conforms to their own notions, and har-
monizcs their own opinions. To speak the
whole truth on all occasions may be very pret-
tty in theory; but in practice, it will frequent
| ly wound when it will do no good
One man thinks the newspaper should be
specially severe in its dcnunciation of some
particular vice, while he himself may be guilty
Of some equally grievous fault, to allade to
which would be objectionable aasum ption-
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press, according to the popular idea of the
term. Editors, like other men, must exercise
the largest discretion and the ripcst Judgment
| in the discharges of their duties. They must
use the facilities at their command in such
way as will best accomplish the results desired,
| always recognizing the paramount claims of
public good, over selfish aspirations or ambi-
| tious personal schcmc.-AHunta Bulletin.
WoruL FoREBoDINas.-A correspondent
of the Cincinnati Enquirer writing from
London, says:
! [ am struck with the fact that all classes of
people in England, the educated as we'll as
the ignorant, have forcbodings Of dire convul-
sion aud caanities coming upon the earth,
and especially upon Europe. I have taken an
interest lately in talking with farmers, cattle
dealers and laborers, as have been travelling
through the country; and they express inva-
riably feeling that the disease among cat
tie is but prelude to frightu dcsolatons
and woes approaching the earth and destined
to fall on human kind There is an external
appearance of calm in Europe, lowering over
Austria and Pussia; yet within the past week
such hard heads as those of Carlyle and
Bright have manifested the apprehension of
coming tempest.
AN EvENTFUL CABRERA Confederate
soldier has just returned home after en- ab
sence of moro than four years in tho service
Of his country. He joined the regiment of
Colonel, or now Major. General Kershaw, in
this State; subsequently changed his COM
mand, went to Virginia, was engaged in thirty
one battles, and one hundred and twcnty-three
skirmishes not including the Grows" on pick
ct; was shot twice; returned to tho field
and in the general s,nash-up, while making
his way home TO South Carolina. was oaptured
and paroled A Confederate officer then
pressed him and twenty others into service TO
guard = portion Of the baggage train Of Ex-
President Davis, in which service he was can.
,turcd seoond time. Found with violated
parole in his pocket, he was carried with his
comrades to Hilton Head, where they we're
tried for their lives The Military Court fail.
ing to agrco, they werc sent to New York.
tried second time, and FIVE of tho number
ordered to be shot, which sentence was carried
into execution. The remainder were conveyed
to prison in Springfield, Illinois, within
sight Of the home Of Mr.. Lincoln, and there
remained until the term Of their confinement
expired. He has had four wives, all of whom.
are dead, and by each wifea pair of twins,
whom he had not seen until his return, since
the beginning Of tile war. Such a man is an
embodiment of history civil, political, mill
tary and domestic, and certainly deserves
medal or monument.--C Caro1iatan.
JoHN RANDOLPH is said upon one occasion
to have visited race course near the city of
New York. A flashy- looking stranger offered
| to bet him five hunired dolior ~ . e.. 40 = IL