Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1866-10-13
A Confederate Generals Charge to q Grand
0'eH jury

Judge II. ID. Clayton, in his charge to the
Grand Jury of Pike County, on tho 10Th of
September, used tho following language:
Among the terms which tho Confederate
States terminated their heroic struggle for
separate and independent nationality, was one
which guaranteed freedom to this race AL
though we deplore the result, as alike iniuri-
Gus to the country and fatal to the neo roes
tho law has been placed upon our statute books
in solemn form by us, through our delegates.
The laws for their government have been re.
pcaed, and others instituted adapted to their
new condition. For myself, do not hesitate
to say, IN public and in private, officially and
unofhclally, that, after having done all that
could to avert it, when took of my sword in
surrender, determined to observe the terms
of that surrender with the same earncstness
and fidelity with which first shouldcrcd nv
musket. True manhood requires no deccp
tion, but that, as ne say with our lips, ue shall
feel in our heart, and do uitl, our hands
There is nothing in the history of the past
OF which we need be ashamed. Whilst NC
| cherish its glorious memories, and that of our
nnrtJred dead, we pause here and there to
drop tear over their consccrated ashes, but
remember there is still work for the living,
and set ourselves about the task of re estab.
fishing society and rebuilding our ruined
condition of things, may seek their homes
abroad; You and arc bound to this soil for
life, for better or for worse, and it must, at
last, cover our remains. What, then, is our
dutyl 10 pine at our lot? TO ait down,
night and day, cursing and gnawing our
chains? That is not the part Of manlincss
but to rise up and go forward, performing our
high mission as men He that docs the
best his circumstances allow, does we'll, acts
nobly-angels could do no more Is it not
enough that the blood of the best and bravcst
has been shed i'll every valley throughout the
land /! Is it not enough that The bones of our
fathers and brothers aud sons lie whitnnin,, on
every hilltopY Is it not enough that ,hc
voice of lamcntation has been heard ut cyerv
hrcsldc! Is it not enough that the wailinrs
OF the widow and orphan still sound in our
earsl Have we not suffered enough? Have
we not done all that was in the power of hu
man nature! In our own bosoms, let us wear
TINS consciousness as jewel above price!
CONDITION OF THE PRESIDENT fol.
lowing paragraphs are from radical sheet
the Baltimore American" Not much con
tidcncc is to be placed in its uttcranccs. 1t is
from Its Washincton correspondent:
There Is painful feeling abroad irrcsisti,
bic by reason Of many corroboratvc circuu,-
stanocn, that tho Presidents mind is more or
less elected by the cares of office that he
has been in a morbid condition for months
past, is the belief Of many. This is realized
more particularly by those who arc in almost
daily intercourse with him, and it is thus hi,
best friends account for his many vagaries and
Inconsistencies. A close observer could not
have failed to notice, when the President re-
turned from his recent trip West, that his
countcnance indicated great mental tribula
tlon his smile was forced and unnatural, and
1t evidently required an effort to, appear at
ease The fear of impeachment, lingering
doubt as to the success of his policy, and hence
failure to be re.clectcd-an event upon
which his heart is unqucstionably sct--and,
above all, the dread of assassination, are con
stantly before his minds eye
No surprise is manifested at the remarks
eulogistic of Booth, reported to have been
made recently at Bedford Pennsylvania, in
this city, where such things as cheering fer
Booth and Davis and offers of money to erect
monument to the memory of the former are
daily occurrences. Since the Presidents omen
sympathy with the enemies of the Union, ex
rebels and rebel sympathisers in this city have
carried their heads high aud are beginning to
talk boldly.
LOST BY NOT TAKING a COUNTY PAPER.
-denerally speaking but little Importance is
attached to the taking of county ncwspapcr
This neglect and indifference had it's practical
reward the other day
Some time ago gentleman in this town
was appointed an auditor to distribute tho
funds in the hands of an administrators amongst
the creditors. Notice of the auditor was pub
iished in two of tho county papers.
1t 80 happened that a few creditors residno
ina certain portion Of the county who had
collectively claims to the amount of seven or
eight hundred dollars, from the neglect of tn
king county paper never hoard of ~ o..1:.