Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1866-07-07
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The French in Mexico.

The Washington correspondent of the
" Baltimore Sun " writes
AS Europe is undoubtedly on the cvo Of
general war, the end Of which no one can fore
see, Congress is bee, ming very warlkc. The
war spirit is SO high that the party leader of
the House has now taken upon himself it's di-
rection. 1t would be folly for Congress to as
scrt the Monroe doctrine, without giving it u
practical definition and application. 1t is pro
posed to begin by sending Juarcz the modest
sum OF twenty mllicNs, whcrcwith to fight
| the forces Of MaXimiIian, but if the G~ht
lags, and Max will not bulge at the order Of
the Committee on Reconstruction, we must
furnish $4,000 volunteers to rcconoucr Mex.
leo from the hands of the Mcxicans, who pcr.
sist in maintaining the Government of Maxi
milan as the only one under which they have.
since the time of Iturbdc enjoyed ii partial
tranquility. That the movement by Mr.. Ste.
vcns IS popular, there eau be no doubt TO give
| Louis Napoleon slight rcbuke in this form,
! for his interference in Mcxico-which We re-
serve for ourown field OF operations - will also
be hailed with popular applause if we Judge
by the expression of some Of the radical Sen
ators, in the late dcbate on the subject Of tho
French Exposition
The French troops will not be embarked
upon their return until November and the
timely movements proposed will cause rcvo-
cation of the order for the withdrawal, so that
the Stevens Wade influence will involve us in
war with Mexico, aud with France also, be-
fore the end of the next session Of Congress-
Senator Wade alleges that, if the French
troops be withdrawn, Frcnch officers will re-
main in command of the army of Maximil-
ian. This is probably true. The army of
the Imperial Govcrnn mt consists of 0,0O0
Mexican soldiers, who are drilled and com
mauded by skiliul French and German Off
GERS. and now form sufficient force, without
further aid from France or Austria, for the
maintenance of the Government.
| DEATH OF a PRINTER-We are paincd
to record the deccasc of Mr. Dennis Lyons,
tormcIy one of the compositors on our Char-
cson issue. Broken, down by hard labor at
his craft, consumption found him an easy prey,
and suddenly, almost without warning to his
friends, he went down into that great Silence
| we're ali fnd rest
But who cares for the printer? Who re,
mcn'bcrs that it is to his long vigi(s at the
case working while others sleep; to his
ccasclcss, tirelcss activity; to his eye and
hand and brain, the tens Of thousands who
read the morning prprr are indebted for the
privileges they enjoy? How few think of
that endless " click -click-click" of the types
morning, noon and night, which tells of hu-
man arms moving backwards and forwards,
restless MS the piston rod of an engine, while
they sweep into place the uncountcd mil.
lions of letters which write the history of an
age.
The books VIC pursue, the papers we scan,
the Bible we enjoy. the knwlcGgc we clcau,
the influence we exert, the progress we mako
what arc they all but the work of the prin-
ter. Neglected, hc stands in the back ground
OF the great worlds ", ,rkshop. But every
time he lifts one of those slender letters before
him, he stirs the civilized world somehow.
putting forth power as limitlcss, aud un-
traccablc yet certain as the motion of wan
derirg wave. All honor then to the printer
Let us honor his labor while living, aud re.
we're his memory when death clocks up his
Form. = South Caroliaiun.
In THE WRoNd PEw.-An old gentleman
from kcntuckey left his hotel to attend tho
meeting Of the Old School Presbyterian Gen
eral Assembly. at the corner Of Fifth and
Walnut streets BY mistake he found him
self in the Olympic Theatre, few doors be-.
low the church. Taking seat III enc Of the
very elegantly cushioned "pcws." he inquired
0 y old gentleman sitting near, if" Old Bob"
W. not expected to speak. ooh, yes, was
the reply, he will be out in minute" In
short time Aymor, the clown, made his ap
p aranec, and commenced a political speech.
That's the man you are looking for said
the stranger to the Kcntuckian "Who, is
that old Bob? Well, he's little more ring
streaked and striped than supposed he had
got to be, but his speech reminded nc Of old
times in Kcntuck." Mad. Brigg next came
out on horseback, and the Kcntuckian seized
his hat and made rapidstridcs for the Southern
Hotel, where he locked himself up for tho
night--&. Louis Rcpu6tican.
GooD LUCK is nothing moro than nnyicla
ing will, inccssant labor, contempt for al,