Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1866-11-03
Sensible,

A correspondent of tho "Cbarlcston Cou-
ricr," referring to the fact that the establish
mcnt of the "Distrct Courts with their
great expense, has been received with much
disfavor, further remarks
Another incident Of the times is incxpli.
cable: When it is said at the North that our
people arc still hostile to the Union and that
all our professions of allegiance are false and
that if we were re-admittcd it would only be
to renew the fight in Congress. The South
crn press becomes indignant and pronounccs
all such statements libcls upon the South
And yet, tho very papers which have declared
that South Carolina is us loyal as Massuchu.
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onghly reconstructed. And when our pru
dent ond far-sccing Executive has been held
up by Northern papers as model Governor,
man fully abreast of the times, we have not
been allowed to reap the benefit Of such an
Impression, but Southern papers have hast, n !.
ed to say that Governor Orr's views as explain
cd at home, arc quite different from what they
are represented at the North What docs all
this mean?
Is 1t true that with all our experience, We
have not yet learned wisdom? Is it true, that
while Governor Orr has been working like
statesman to replace us in the Union, that
some OF our papers and people are doing all
they can to baillc and defeat him. and keep us
where we are What are we to understand
when it is asserted that the North does us
great injustice in charging us with continued
d'soyaity, and is equally mistaken when it
airnss that We are loyal and ready to harmo
nlze? Governor Orr is to this State what A.
ii. Stephens is to Georgia, and perhaps it
would be well if all the people were with him
in full accord
sD- Girls in Egypt are often mothers at
thirteen, and grand-mothcrs at twenty-six !;
and in Persia they are said to be mothers at
eleven, and grand mothers at twenty-five.
ao! For AFRIoA.-The ship Golconda,
Captain Miskelly, cleared at Boston on the
18th instant, for Africa, vim Charleston This
VIII afford fine opportunity for those in our
community who arc anxious to emgrate to the
sunny shores of Old Africa.
EB- Advices from Buenos Ayres to the
18th ult. state that tie Brazilian iron clad
Rio Janeiro had been blown up by torpedo
during the bombardment and capture of fort
near Carupata by the Brazilans, who lost
300 in killed and wounded besides the Grew
of the iron clad, all Of whom pcrishcd. The
Brazians captured the fort aud 8 guns left
behind by the garrison.
TIE SLAVE TRADE.--The Freedmen's AS
ISOLATION has within short period forwarded
2;3O3 freedmen from Washington to employ.
ment at tho North Transportation was fur
nishcd by General Howard
EV The people of Clarksvile Tennessee
with praiscworthy liberaity, have purchased
farm and are providing buildings for desti
tutc orphans in Tennessee. The war has loft
many multitudes destitute.
GD" The weekly mortuary statistics Of New
YORK present the startling fact Of widespread
destitution in That city. Twelve persons died
in that city lastMeek from starvation. If this
DO the rate for seven days at this season, what
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