Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1866-05-12


humiliation and charity Which they should
suggest. Heis a forger of thunder-bolts, aud
if money could be made by the operation, hs
would take contract to furnish the Internal
realms with fuel Shylock never mourned
his lost ducats and jewels as he mourned his
losses by a Confederate raid, and never cravcd
Che forfeit pound Of flesh as he Graves the con-
fscation Of Southern property and the whole
sale hanging of Southern citizens Such men
are morally and politically mad. Insane asy-
Mms should receive them.
All this bitterness of spirit is alike wicked
and iplpolitic In one section ii "wrings into,
the raw and in anosher acts as an annoying
irritant to the body politio. If the whole.
country is to remain one and indivisibe, we
might as we'll settle ourselves down at once
into harmony and good fellowship, and en-
deavor to bring about ga more perfect Union"
A house divided against itself cannot stand.
The House of the American Union is too ga
cred to be imperiled by extremists, no matter
in what guise they may present themselves.
That it shall be preserved" CLEANS out in
characters Of living light over the whole face
of the sky. "The stars have said it," and the
oracular and prophetic spirits of the fathers OF
the republic confirm the shining sbyls
In this connection, we may state that the
deluge of extreme communications which are
forced on our attention has become exceeding
ly annoying. The Times is Independent.
but tin, consistent i'll it's independence, and
conscfgatiSs in it's tendency. While striving
TO doSlltbat it can towards the restoration Of
harmony and good fellowship; itScabnot con-
sent to be made the mouth. piece of extremists
who are anxious rather to SOW the seeds Of BIT
! terness than TO bring about an era Of peace
NlTRo- o-GLlcERINE.-Th newspapers are
full, just now, of discussion on a new explo-
.sive su bstance, known as nitro glyccrine. 1t
has already occasioncd great destruction Of
life and property in the United States, to
which it has been bat recently introduced.
Three notable examples are given of it's dan
scrous power-one occurring in New York,
one in San Francisco, and another (the last>
in Aspinwal. This last accident caused tho
death Of seventy persons, and wounded twen-
ty others, besides injuring and demolshing
property to large amount This glycerine is a
kind of oil, used chiefly fer the purposes Of
blasting. and is said to possess the most tremen-
dous energy Of any explosive yet discovered
Besides it's vast power seems to be most cas-
ly ignitcd-a little friction or slight jar
arousing it to terrible exercise of its latent
vigor It becomes all who have care of the
public safety to institute such precaution as
shall insure that this substance shall not be.
carried among the inspecting, and that in all
cases it shall be packed and marked so that par
ties who have to deal with il may know to
what risks a little oarelcssness may expose
them.-R RichmoW Eraminct.
TIE European papers have translated Presi-
dent Johnson messages to Congress in all the
different languages, and cxtol them in the
highest terrus. They think that he exhibits
the greatest political virtue in declining to
avail himself Of the immcnce power and pat
rcnage III his control, by retaining military
power over the South. lie exhibits one OF
the rare instances upon historical record, Of
an almost absolute commander declining the
power offered him Of ruling an immense coun-
try. U
! They may well admire his virtue, and pa
triotsm, for since the days of Washington,
no such man has ever graced the Presiden-
tial Chair
! WE find this inan exchange: 81 once met
man who made nervc-and -bone-all- healing
salve; he was an enterprisins kind Of a fellow,
so he thought he would experiment with it.
He first cut off his dogs tail, and applied
some to the stump--a new tail, grew out inn
mediatc!y. Tie thon applied some to the piece
of fail ,y;oh 10 o,,t oT on1 n ,o,u, Jo.~ r..onr