Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-03-09
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shall seldom have cause to complain Of their
refusal to respect our wishes, or consult our
interest at the ballot box.
| As the questions which have discussed
are of vital Importance to the whole country
and as | do not wish to be misunderstood or
misrepresented, l respectfully request the cdi-
tor of each newspaper who comments upon
my letter, to give it entire to his readers. This
is due alike to me and to the public
Praying that the God who rules The uni.
vers may speedily bring order out of conru.
sion, and send his richest blessings upon our
whole country, am very respectfully, your
! obcdient servant,
JOSEPH T.. BROWN
Mcssrs. Foster, Alexander, Collier, and others.
SOUTHERN MATTERS. Gov. ORR.-The
New York Herald, of Thursday, in noticing
its Southern correspondence, says:
| Our Southern letters arc dated at Rich
mond, Charleston and Macon Some excite.
ment existed in West Virginia on account Of
the murder of two members Of the " Red
String Association" radical organization for
electionccrng purposes In South Carolins,
the great destituton among the people is be-
leved to be mainly due to the disorganiza-
tion Of the labor system. A casc, testing tho
validity of powers Of attorney held during
the war, on which property was sold for Con-
fcdcratc money, is pending in the United
States Court at Charleston Mrs Caroline
Carson, daughter Of the late James j.. Petit
grew, and now residing in New York, being
the plaintiff. Governor Orr has been severe.
ly denounced for the sentiments he expressed
| at the Chamber of Commerce banquet and in
his address to the freedmen recently He
said that $40 100000 of property had been
1,o,, 4 l,o,lf 1.
the people to associate with Northern mcr-
chants. He also announced that he was in
favor of giving the negro, who could read, tho
right of suffrage. In Macon, high hope of
successful business this year are entertained
by the merchants. The action of New York
IN reference TO the relief of Southern dcst'tu-
ton Is looked to with lfvely emotion
EFFEcrs OF MILITARY RECONSTRUCTION.
The paralyxng influence of the schemes Of
reconstruction now agitatcd in Congress is
already felt throughout the South, and event
ually must react upon Northern industry. A
single fact shows how powerful is the infu-
ence thus exe,ted in dscour ging the invest
mcnt of capital in that part OF the country
We are reliably informed that to day several
English gentleman who visited the country
with the full expectation of purchasing cotton
lands to the extent of sc2,00O 900, have aban-
doncd their purpose, in view of the unccr
taintics Of the future since the designs Of
certain radical politicians have become more
fully disclosed. Planters arc ready to mako
favorable terms for the sale of real estate,
but at present find few who are willing to
buy. They are apparently doomed to still
more hopeless poverty, and there is general
among all classes of pcoplc.-INew York.
Journal Of Commerce, FEB. 90
MASONIC CoUnTEslEs.-T Masonic fra.
ternity Of Columbia have lately received, as
tokens of good will from brethren Of the craft
in Washington City and Baltimore, a hand
somc set of jewels and rcgalia. Three broth
ers of the Order in Philadelphia have, in tho
same friendly spirit, presented a costly Bible
to them, accompanied by letter which cx-
presses the hope that brothcrly love may con-
tinuc. The delegates from Washington and
Baltimore in charge Of these gifts, after do.
| lveriDg them to the Lodges in Columbia,
made brief visit to Charleston. There they
we're met at the cas- by a committee Of breth-
rcn from the Charleston Lodges, who cscor.
ted them to the Mills House, where prcpara.
tions had been made to give them hearty
fratcrnal welcome. They were officially in
troduced to the Grand Secretary by Nj. w.
Grand Master Orr, and, in the evening were
invited to a Masonic banquet, at which p. G.
NJ. Henry Buist, presided in the East. Af-
ter the uxurics of the table had been discuss.
ed, the evening was dedicated to intellectual
| pleasures, of which speeches and toasts form
ed the chief attraction of the hour, inter
sperscd with song and jest concise account
of which is given in the Charleston papers,,
Doubtless the occasion was one of great inter
est to the participators therein and it will
crafty members Of the order throughout tho
land, to learn that the bonds of n common
brotherhood arc still held sacred between tho
sections, whose other uniting ties have been
| loos,noA ~ hrolo, bu t|o noossono - niyj1