Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-07-06
PlCKENs COURT HOUSE, s c, SATURDAY, JULY 8 1867.
European Immigration.

received very hopeful letter from Mr.. Nj
Ferlow, one OF the agents sent by His Excol.
lency Governor Orr to Europe to advance the
purposes and aims Of tho Bureau. In it be
states shat, in complianco with the instruc-
tions Of Commissioner Wascner, he has had
the pamphlet, which was recently published
in this city and endorsed by a meeting of our
adopted citizens and foreign residents, trans
latod into the Swedish and Danish languages
and was busly engaged in it's distribution, as
well as in urging upon the clergy to place the
matter before the mcmbers of their several
congregations. lie was also visiting different
localities, and addressing the people in refer
cncc to tho advantages Of this State as homo
for such Of them as desired t., cmigrate to
America. In his efforts to discharge the OBJ
iccts of his mission, Nlr. Ferlow says that he
has largely been aided by the almost totul
failure Of the grain crops ID the Scandinavian
country and the cn hanced price Of the cere-
als resulting thercFrom, which, added to the
hnrdsh'ps' produced on the pcasantry, by their
ihnbl"ty to obtain adequate wages for their
labor. disposed many of them to seek opportu
mites of coming to the United States in search
ola livelihood
| Numbers were now ready TO rsmvo, ana we're
only deferred from so ling by the lack of
means for t'ertransportatiou. INIT fen of
the iron merchants of Sweden fave commune
Gated with him for the purpose Of aseertaining
the prospect Of opening direct trade;with.
this cltySiu that article, and Mr.. Ferlow IS of
opinion that our merchants and capitalists
would readily meet with assistance there in
any eslort there to accomplish shis end
The principal difficulties with which he has
hayo been published in tue city newspapers,
through the agency Of speculative parties from
New York and other States Of the North who
are interested in keeping the tide of imn,gra-
ton on its Westward flow, to the exclusion of
the South, but the influence Of these fulsifoa-
tlons.- whclf'in some cases extend even to the
assertion that emigrants settling here would
DC treated as slaves, he adds rarely reaches to
the farming class Of the population, So.
hia Eforow' has made arra nionss With
Liverpool firm, for the Transportation of i'm
migrants to Baltimore, at tile same price us
now obtains with the stcalncrs from tic for
mer city to New York, and confidently pro
diets the success of his mission, if his effo,ts
are aided by tic people of this State. Alto
gcthcr, his letter is cheering one, sud we
trust will give encouragement to those who
now fatcr when called upon to'co>epcrase with
Commissioner Wagencr in b;s enlightened
and energetic efforts tolsy what'w believe
will be the only enduring basis for the politi-
cal and materia> prosperity Of this Statc-thc
intmduotien of an intelligent, 70 Industrious and
thri!sy population to it's soil.
Charleston Courier.
TIE HIGnTS OF MINoRITIEs. - Among
other reforms advocated the British Parlia-
h'cnt by the philosopher Of that botiy, John
Stuart Mill, is the right Of .minorities to scp.
rescntation. 1t is astrange fact that. in coum.
tries where popular suffrage is Che recognized
basis ot government, the minority, however
largo. should be smothercd by tho majority,
however small 10 remedy this ANOMALY, Mr..
Mill proposes that tho Ilouse be composed on
She basis OF ono member for every B 900 votes
! east, and that every candidate who receives
that number be returned, in whatever part of
the country his voters may live. In this way
! the unropresented minonies Of several Dor.
| oughs or counties might combine and secure
me&,bcs of Parliament. The difficulties in
There would NATURALLY be a tendency feY the
most popular ri err:nunt candidates: to- ehsfoss
i;Rpariy ull the votes where local interests did
met interfere; BIZ, by counting no more than
/ 3, 4Do votes tpr ntcli candidate, and allowing
eacf Voter to ast npDn his paper second or
third dMana, w,ictiasiDnldS Sbc counted in et,se
! I.hisiffst chpceishoull have superauous num-
ber the proportion could DO maintained. In
this nsalnerS tbere. would lie represented, not
only organized bd dta io4iss easef-
taincd by yascersats b6f Of peopie ID com;
mon, which now ,havo to take their chances in
tho general scufile.
/ "A BAND OF RoBBEns IN BARNwELI DIs-
TRIcT, ST. C:-Thof" Augusta Chronicle" Of
yesterday says ::F2" An old and highly re.
spectacle citizen of South Carolina desires us
to- direct the attention of tho authorities, both
tc:giaand military, to THO fact that there is a
lawless band of rufians, consisting of three
| white men and some four or more nogrocs,
within tho bolt of country defined by Lower
Three Runs, Kaolin, Horse Greek SSwamps
and the Savannah River, crossing occasional
Fly into Screvon and Burke counties, Gepr.
gia. The leader Of this band is SUPPOSED to-
ba Bolin, for whose apprehension reward has
been offered by Governor Orr, of South Car
olina,, for having committed zap ut, ocious:
murder and robbery on the body Of James
fJohnson, at Station ITO, South Carolina Rail.
Eroad Tho second of this white trio Is said
! TO bo sasman1by tho name of Shepherd do
sortor from tho Federal army The third
Eseems to be, an unknown stranger. Tho ne.
/ 'groes seem to bosemploycd chicay,in gaining
4 information and in securing spois. These
laWlesS ruffiaps are the occason az alarm to tEo