Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1866-08-11
Multiply and Increase.

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ocss;on of population. Prior to tho late war,
the population Of South Carolina was, in
round numbers, seven hundred thousand, near
" equally divided between white and black.
This gave us but twenty three persons to tho
square mile. The territory of the State, un-
der thrifty cultivation, nnd with general in
troluction of all kinds Of manufactures, can
he made to sustain four millions with casc
The great policy, nay, for the work of regen-
Grafton, the paramount necessity, before us is
to secure, as rapidly as We can, this increase
of population TO this all the aims Of State
and towns aud cities shonld be addrssed. 1t
should bn the object equally Of mcrchsnta,
planters and mechanics. Legislators should
mediate tho subject with the most earnest aud
profound study; and lshnuldappropriate, when
eyer this is possible, the funds Of the State
! and chief cities to the encouragement Of i'm
migration from foreign parts. It would be
far better to increase our population by con-
ccmtrating MI our funds ON this object, cvep
though we deny, ourselves the use Of most of
the pnpnla, institutions to which we have hith.
crto dedicated this money With the increase
Of population VIC slal be supplied with funds
enough for MI purposes of art, science, cdu-
cation, etc. Without this population, all our
institutions must be Of fc.hlc structure and
sickly gyowth Very few of them, for many
years prst. have been Of any real value to the
State. We might dispense with sundy Of
them now, yet suffer no disparagcmont of in-
tollcct or moral, and no loss Of pc6nniary ben
eft.
1t is very certain that the negro population
cnnnot be made source Of profit to any
State MS freedmen As slarcs--anl they were
only indirectly Of value 10 the State, and this
Through their owners-it would be very
long time before they coul,l accumulate prop
crty, and those Of them who might possess
this faculty Of accumulation, will always CON
stitntc very small proportion of thS rice
They can pay no t,xes. They can contribute
in very small degree to the support or
the security Of the State. They can only as
freedman be producers ih very small degree.
The support Of State must depend n|s,n it's
producers, its consumers, and its accumula-
tors. Thcsc last named arc, in fact. the best
supporters of State. lS>afh Carolinian.
NEw YonK, August 6.--Thc steamer Ger.
mania with dvtos to the 25th has arrived
| Austria has accepted the prclimiparics OF.
peace offered by tho Prnssian pcnpotentia-
] ries assembind ut the prnssian headquarters
to negotiate an armisticc. She has already
admitted in principle the peace 'prciminari.s
The Prnssian propositions, which arc APPROX
ed by France, are TINT Austria is to recoc-
nizc the dissolution of the former German
Bind, mud tho organization Of IL new uonfcd.
Grafton from which Austria is to be excluded.
Austria agrees to- this North Germany is to
form a Union with Prussia excepting the
Danish States of Schleswig. Part payment
| ny Austria Of w'r eSpcnces for tho n,ninte-
nance Of Austra's integrity is ,}cmanlc,l.-
/ Excepting Fcnetin, Prussia inte,ids annnxins
territory containing three millions of people
General AIauteuifc persist in the Immediate
payment Of twenty-five millions tlorins, aud
threatens to deliver Frankfort up to pillneo
in the event of non. payment. Warehouses;
arc closed. The Frankfort Chamber refuse
t" pay tho twenty five million and it prefers
submitting to pilagc. Tho city has solicit
ted an intervention with Napoleon and Eng
lish Cabinet
In the House of Comninns on tho 23rl
Lord Stanley acknowledged to the fullest cx-
tent the friendly and honorable conduct Of
| the United States during the Fenian raids
bat declined giving an opinion regarding sub
mitting the Alabama claims to arbitration as
the discussion of these claims Ind been closed
some time ago and Ind not been rc.opcncd
since the present government! calio into offc,.
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SAN FnANcIsco, August 4-,The Impe,
rinl Consul Of Mexico here has been officially
Informed that tho Liberals assaulted tho for,i-
fed town of Acapulco on the third line Of do
fence on the morning of July 22l, but were
repulsed and pursued some distance, leaving
the body Of their commander in the hands Of
the impcraist.
NEW, ORLEANS, August 2--The armed
sentinels have been withdrawn from the NUM-
cipnl Hall, and martiallnw has boon withdrnwn.
Many arrests Of armed negroes have boon {.
made since the riot. A street car was fred
into by the negroes last night and one passon. &
gor killed.