Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1866-10-20

Sl0ns anu oountes for services in suppressino
the insurrection or rebellion shall not be uues.
toned but neither the United States nor uny
State shall essume or pay any debt or oblisa-
tion incurred in aid Of insurrection or rebel
hon against the United States, or any c!nin
tor o, the loss or emancipation of any slave; bnt
all such debts, obligations and claims shall be
held illegal and void
SEC. S. That Congress shall have power to
enforce by appropriate legislation the provs-
ions of this Article
Not A LEGAL TENDER In the Court Of
Common Pleas for York District, Judge AL.
drlch presiding, an important case was tried,
as We learn from the +" Enquirer" of Thurs.
day. 1t was briefly this The Sheriff, in
certain case, refused to accept United States
legal tender notes in discharge of nn cxecu.
ton against the defendants, and rule was is.
sued against him.
The case was ably argued by counsel on
each SIDE, and Judge Aldrch decided, unhcs-
itatlngly, that the United States Treasury
notes purporting to be legal tender are moi
hyot tender for leJts oj' any description,
"r'sl"g "pon contracts made either rrerious
to or stncc The passage of tie cn,rcncy Act Jv
Congress. lie conceived that the Constitu.
tlon OF the United States, as we'll as the laws
OF this State, forbade any such conclusion.
This is an important decision to the people
OF TINS State, and as notice of appeal has been
given, the action Of the higher court will be
looked forward to with interest
OuR ONLY SOURCE or SAFETY. We take
pleasure in copying and endorsing the fol-
lowing language, which We find in that we'll
known Republican journal, the "New York
Evening POST
"The strictcst observance of constitutional
SSEHf HS1ngg f Wo n}S Tie people 6 s parties s5aa
so pcrtinaciously insist on; nothing which
all lovers of liberty should so jcnlously de-
mand. If those of one side tolerate, for their
own purposes, violation of the Constitution
and the laws, they will have to see them vio-
lated in the interests of their opponents. We
shall presently come to that pass where, as in
Mexico, the party " power will claim the
right to do what it pleases, regardless Of Con
stitutior and laws and where our liberties
will fall prize to the first ambitious aud un-
scrupulous leader who chooses to snatch them
and to offer wearicd nation peace and order
in exchange for freedom"
INCREASE OF USrERrrITISd-Th Bal
timorc "Sun," of Wednesday, says:
From all accounts, it would seem that
countcrfciting was never carried on more ex-
| tcnsivcly, or with greater success, than at
present The {" Bank Review" snys that
many Of the most skllful workmcn are en-
gagged in the business on their own account,
and many more under pay of the most notori
Gus and successful dealers in counterfeit cur
rency. The uniformity of the national bank
notes aids the counterfeitcr very much in his
work, aud justifca very large outlay for the
getting up of the best machinery The faci-
ity with which plate can be altered from one
bank to another is such as to require constant
watchfulness to guard against being victimized.
There is in the employ of the Government a
| large corps of the most expert detectives,
whose sole business is to ferret out these vio-
ators of tho laws; and although they are very
successful in their efforts to arrest and punish,
the business seems to be on the increase, for
there is not week passes but the announce
ment is made of another new counterfeit eli.
! ther Of the Government or national bank is.
sues.
DEATH OF TIE OLDEST INHAnITANT OF
SoUTn CARoLINA.-On Sunday, the 10Th OF
September, Bob Wheeler, a negro, who had
reached the age of 107 years, departed this
life. During the Revolution, Bob was a boy
between sixteen and eighteen years of age
and us his memory and mind remained unim-
paired, he delighted to tell of his rccolections
of the old Revolution, when the rcd coats
were the terror Of every ncighborhood. He
was foi some time waiting boy for General
Wade Hampton, and considered him tho next
greatest man to Gen. Washington, and during
his whole life had great vencration and re-
spcct for the Hampton family. When, he
heard of the promotion aud success of our
worthy and beloved Gen Wade Hampton, the
old mans eye would kindle, and he would
stand almost on tip toe, rejoicing at his achieve
ments, saying that the 81 true old blood would
show itself" When his old master (Nhccl.
err died, some forty.fve or fifty years ago,
Bob was then an elderly man, and was left by
his masters will to help to support his three