Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1866-06-16

Let the prisoner be discharged.
Southern Baptist Convention.
RussELvrLLE, Ky, May rs, 1SG6.-In
the Convention today, DR.. Tcehcnor, of Ala
bama, submitted report and address upon the
subject q aGorl;ng religious instruction to the
colorcd population of the South, the cncour
agemcnt of day schools among them, and the
education of colored prcachcrssby the Baptist
pastors. This report elected some discussion,
but it was the unanimous sentiment of the
Convention that the former masters of the
slaves were their proper instructors, and that
Baptists, above all others, should actively and
cnergetically exert themselves anythc matter.
Nlcssrs. Mcintosh, of Alabnma, and Poiu-
dexter, of Virginia, alluded ,to the absurd
prejudice existing against teaching the blacks
They could see no dcgradationinit.
DIR. Crawford, of GcorgctowntG College, spoke
of the laws formerly existing insGeorgia, pro-
hibitng even owners to teachstheir slaves
lIc and his children had violated that law, for
it was law against God. The report was
adopted without opposition.
n preamble and resolutiopt defining the
opinion of the canon upon the subject of re-
liglous liberty, was introduced by A. p Will
liams, of Missouri. 1t re-asserts the great
cardinal and fundamental principles of Bap-
| tist faith which have ever been in antagonisn
| to persecution for conscience sake
The declaration of opinion gave rise to a
discussion OF very general interest The Mis-
souri, delegates were opposed to any personal
allusions to themselves or the persecution they
have undergone and are now suffering. But
the Convention preferred to express ts SYM
pathy with its Missouri brethren and it's de-
tcstation of tho dcspotism that prevails
there.
Speeches were made by DR.. Fuller, of Bal
tmore, aud DR.. Burrows, of Richmond. Dr.
Fuller gave his personal experience in the
midst of civil war, and how he had obeyed
the laws of tho United States, not for patriot
ism, but for religion, having stated this to the
authorities at Washington when he was threat
encd with Imprisonment.
DR.. Burrows, of Richmond, stated that he
lIadFnothing to repent of in what he had said
or thought, or done, during the past five years,
and that to no man living would he ever make
acknowledgements, or ask pardon of any but
the Lord of all.
Professor Boycc, of South Carolina, who
was, for months after his State seeded, a
warm Unionist, but afterward staff officer,
spoke upon the subject Of soul liberty. 1t
was, he said, Bible doctrine, as we'll as Bap-
tist doctrine, and should be reasscrted and re-
instatcd by the Convention This discussion
gave occasion to the most spirited debates of
the session, and there was evidently much feel
ing on the important question of military and
civil interference with religious affairs.
The General Association Of the Kentucky
l'aptists met this morning in the Methodist
Church. n large delegation is present from
every section of the State. j. S. Colcmon, of
Ohio county; was elected Moderator, and w.
Pope Yeaman, of Covington, Clerk. The re-.
port of the Corresponding Secretary exhibits
the receipts of Kentucky at $S 900, during
the past year, for benevolent purposes.
a vote was taken upon the place for hold.
ing the next annual Meeting Henderson,
Nllcrsburg, New Liberty, Owcnsboro, and
Louisville were the contending localities The
vote stood Henderson, ID Louisville, 41
DIR. Crawford, of Georgetown, was chosen
to preach the next Introductory sermon, and
II. Mcdonald alternate. Rev. G. G. Iorimer
was appointed Chairman of the Committee on
Relations with the colored people, and Rov.
II. NJ. Dudley Chairman of the Committee on
Revision of the Constitution.
Tonight Rev. G. G. Lorimer preached the
Introductory sermon before crowded audi
cnce.- Cincinnati Commercial.
New York, May 3O,--The steam ship Pc
ruvian, from Liverpool, arrived at Sandy
Hook to-day. She has seven hundred and
fifty passengers. Has lost thirty-fve from
| cholera during the passage, aud has twenty
eight now sick on board, who will be trans
ferred to the hospital ship.