Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1866-01-20

The plaintiffs counsel urged the enforce
ment of the penalty. Judge Sherswood in
structcd the jury that the law was still il
force; that no one could join in marriage
minor, without consent of the parents ant
publication Of the bans and he instructed th'
jury that if they found such consent had no
been obtained and such publication made, th'
plaintiff was entitled to recover The jury
could notagrcc. On the opening of the Cour
on Saturday morning, the melancholy fact wa
announced by the Judge, in discharging tht
jury, that Mr.. Barnes had died few hours
after leaving the court house. The cause O
his death was the excitement consequent OF
the trial of the case. With the penalty of
broken law pending, death entered stronger
plea, and the vcnable divine was called to the
bar Of God who makes the cause of his ser
wants His own The tears and prayers of tho
whole Methodist Church followed the agec
veteran of the cross to his eternal rest
SIGNS OF RELIEF From all We can gath
cr from our Northern exchanges, says the Co
lumba +" Phoenix" we believe that the ad
the Southern States, will probably be effected
very shortly after the assembling of that
body. There arc 80 many reports and rumors
all tending to this conclusion of affairs, that
we are constrained to place confidence in them
With the Union restored, our Senators and
Representatives in their seats in the United
States Congress, we have little to apprehend
from the ultra radicals. The Union recon
structcd as it will bc-with slavery abolished
and the right of State secession crushed by
the power Of the Federal Government-wil
be stronger than it was ever before a com
mon destiny is appointed for the people Of
both sections, and that destiny, we trust, is
the building up and pcrpctuaton of republi
can principles and liberty.
A NATIONAL BANK CANNOT FAIL TO PAY
IT'S IssuE.-It is said by Henry G. Storm
Agent of the First National Bank of Phila
delphia, that National Bank cannot fail tc
pay its issue, because it is based upon de-
post of government bonds in the Treasury OF
the United States that for every one hun.
dred dollars deposited with the Treasury in
the five-twenty 1920 bonds, bearing pei
cent. interest per annum in gold, payable semi
annually-the government issues to the bank
ing associations 800 in national bank bills
holding in reserve 10 per cent. to secure the
note or bill holder-in case of the ba,k fail
ing to redeem. This Agent further says that
the government holds the plate from which
the bills are printed, and in no case can there
be al over issue; that there is no foundation
in the report that certain banks had failed.
All this may be true-wc don't pretend tc
doubt it-but it makes no difference as to the
fact-if you have bill which is reported
broke, the effect is the same-the bill is not
current, and you cannot pass it. We give
Mir. Storml's statement for what it is worth.
AJJcuiUe Banner
A TERRIBLE OUTRAGE We learn that or
Thursday last, party Of negro soldiers visited
the house of Mrs. Freeman, about one mile
distant from the arsenal in our ncighborine
city of Augusta, and insuIted her grossly
They were warned off by the appearance oil
her son with arms in his hands, but returning
early in the evening with reinforcements, as
saulted the premises and endcavored to de-
stroy her furniture and fire the house. The,
were only compelled to dcsist after four OF
their number had been killed and three wound
ed by the inmates of the house. The "Chron
ice and Sentinel" in commenting upon the
above, gives graphic account Of the reign Of
crime in that city, and adds that Augusta
once one of the most law-abiding cities in tho
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