Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1866-03-17
The Condition of the Country.

The Condition OF the Country.
Judge Advocate WIZARD, in his speech
in the Showers case, at Charleston, said
cit is well known that the condition of An
derson District, the scene of this crimc is
disturbed to an alarming degree by violence
and outrage. The country is traverscd by
armed bands; and murders, thcfts and crimes
Of every name are frequent. Assassinatons Of
officers and soldiers of the United Ssates, as
well as Of unarincd aud unoifending citzcns,
arc Of frequent occurrence. The poorer and
weaker class are overawcd and silenced, not
daring to bring the perpetrators of these crimes
to justice. The civil authority is paralyzed
by the failure Of the citizens at large to lend
their assistance in the detection Of criminals
lence holds the minds and conscienccs Of it's
victims in bondage.
1T is admitted, in personal intercourse, by
all intelligent South Caroliniahs that's senti-
mcnt of dislike to the government of the coun-
try is universal throughout the State, and that
social nonsintercourse with those pYesenting
the Government is tile result Of FaelibeSatc
policy, as we'll as feeling fN~ e.
This is severe language, and,is not altogetl-
er true True, We cannot yet love our con
qucrors. We also deny that there are combi-
uatons to paralyzc the arm Of civil authority
On the contrary, our people, if left to the civil
authorities, would dcmean themselves as well
! or even better than before the war.
Every good citizen has regretted the muir
der of Federal soldiers, as we'll ss The occasion
al harm which has befallcn a fcw Of the freed
people Thieves likewise have no friends
here. But these cases have not been sufficient
ly numerous to authorize any one to call slown
universal condemnation on us as a people"
We feel authorized in saying for Pickens
District: That there has been very little dis
turbancc within her limits and that, out Of
population of 10000 souls, less than fifty
persons have been engaged in acts of lawless-
ness. BY far the sevcrcst loss Of life has fallen
on our own people and the thieving has been
indiscrimnatc. Where the Federal authori-
ties have lost one horse, the citizens have lost
two and so on, throughout the whole cata-
loguc Of complaints, the people have I.eou tho
greatest sufferers.
We are glad to sec that the Fcdcralauthor-
tiles have determined to 90 to work, in earnest
to arrest all persons guilty Of the grave charg.
cs preferred. Citizens do not expect to assist
in the work, but they will be rejoiced to hear
that VIC arc, once more, to have peace and
quiet
1ey- Dispatches from Washington state
that the Committee of Fifteen are assitluously
at work investigating the condition of the
Southern States with reference to their being
accorded representation. There appears to BE
disposition to have this matter decided at an
early day. Tennessee will doubtless be the first
State to represented. 1heice thus broken,
it will not M many weeks before the barrier
will be removed from before other States
GY- BIGGUs MoBLEY, a citizen of Chester
/ Dstrict-whtc man-has been tried by
Military Commission for assault and battery
with intent to kill" Lizzie Mobley, citizen
black lie was found guilty, and sentenced
to :" hard labor for the period of three years
at the Albany (N. Y.) pcnitentiary, and pay
a tiuc Of 81 900.