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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-06-15

the seaboard and tho Atlantic. They had
deemed it advisable to rc,orgonizc the Compa-
NY rid themselves as far as possible of the
eifeots of the war, and ascertain whore they
stood They had thought it proper to submit
this matter to Council, to ask them if it should
be thought advisable to adopt the terms of the
resolution of tho General Assembly. The
State had said whatever the city chose to do
with their shares of stock we will consent to do
with ours. If these propositions were accept
cd, thcn they might be able to procure capt
ital, and with the proper assistance from the
State and city, they would be enabled to com.
plctc the road Mt an early day.
The Mayor said the memorial was of too
much Importance to be acted OH ut this meet
ing, and it would be referred to the Commit.
tee on Railroads. 1t WAS, therefore, SO re.
ferY,t.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-06-15
O r I Or T N - l. .
FOR TIE KEOWEE COURIER.
Erskine College.

Mr.. Efdor: Knowing that you feel an
interest in all that pertains to the welfare Of
tho State, and therefore in all her literary in.
stitutiuns, VIC beg permission to say word in
your columns about Erskinc, Zone Of the old
est Colleges in the Statc,) and her approach
inG Commencement
Suspended and greatly crippled during tie
war, Ersliine is alive again, and doing what
she can in the great work Of educating the
youth Of the State and country.
The numbcr Of students the past year has
been small, compared with former years but
the exercises have been regularly kept up, and
a number of excellent young men have been
receiving the benefit of The institutions
There is no senior class, and hence there
will be no regular Commencement, but still
at the usual time, tho second Wcdncs y
GOt!D in july, the College will celebrate h, I
Anniversary. There will bo an exhibition OF
the Sophomore Glass, by order Of the Board
of Trustees The Faculty will confer the
Degree OF \. i. OIL the Class Of 1861 most OF
whom left the College for The battle field, II
few prnths before the time nf graduation
| Diplomas will be given to such OF. the (l ass u,
may be present In addition to the above cx.
crciiscs, the annual address Of the Alumni As
socntion will be delivered by Cnl. Il. \ Fair
! of Abbcyillc.
| The undersigned have been arpo:ntcd d
Committee by the Board of Trustees to in.
Fvtc tho friends of the College. generally, the
members of the Glass of 1861, and ali IN,
Alumni Of Ershuc, to cone No to the ouuaa,
itna.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-06-15
More Corn.

Mr.. WESLEY PErcuroRp, Of Walhalla, has
received two hundred and fifty sacks corn, con
tributod 10y tho "Southcrn Famine Keller
Commission" of New York, to the suffering
poor of Pickcns district. ~ portion Of it has
been distributed, in this Re.imcnt, through
the agency of competent persons. The re-
n'ainder is held for distribution, in the 5th
Regiment, if SO ordered by Gen. Scorr
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-06-15
The CheraW Gazette.

This spirited journal comes to us greatly
enlarged and clothed in an entirely new dress.
Mr. II. Z. powEh. is the Proprietor and
hlessrs. ii &. PowELi and JAMES POWELL
Editors. Price, So year. 'Fhc " Gazcttc +"
is one Of the two papers in the State viii, h
runs Coy. PEnNY's schedule.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-06-15
Registrar in Bankruptcy.

WM. j. CLAwsoS. Esq, of Yorkvillc is
announced through the " Euqurcr," us the
appointcc Of Registrar in Bankruptcy for this
Congressional District.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-06-15

re-" Those Of our readers who are fond Of
choice miscellany will find, on the fourth page
of this paper, "'Ihc Broken Heart" a chus,c
story, by WASHINGTON IRVING.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-06-15

E:g- In New York, on the llth instant,
cotton was dull at 2G!. Geld, ss. F!onr,
50 to ll.50 per barrel. Corn, 05 to 81 10 pc,
bushcl. Prices rcceding generally.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-06-15

B.. Q Maximilan and his army have been cap
turcd. Himself and many of his officers cx
pect to be shot
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-06-15

AUGUSTA, June GA meeting of the citi-
zens of Fulton aud Dckalb Counties was held
in Atlanta, to forrl Conservative Union par
ty. A preamble and resolution were adopted,
denouncing the Sherman bill as infamous, and
preferring military rule to organizing under
its provisions. The press Of that city have
no sympathy with the movement, and pro-
nouncc it ILL., timed and injulicious. The feel
ing throughout Georgia is to submit and or
ganizc under the military bill. The people
are sick and tired of uncertainty aud agta-
tion, and will conform to the requirements of
Congress in good faith. The opposition will
be inconsiderable, and a great majority Of the
people are in favor OF voting for convention.
Hon. Joseph Henry Iumpkin, of the Su-
Porior Court Of Georgia, died at Atlanta, on
the 18th.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-06-15
PICKENS c. H., S. c.:
Saturday Morning, June Is, 1857.

Est" Several communications now on hand,
will receive attention next week
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-06-15
St. Johns Day.

The Masonic fraternity, at Walhalla, viii
celebrate the Festival of St. John, on Mon
day the 9th June, instant, by procession and
speeches Rev ds. FLETCHER SMITH and f..
NJ. MORGAN will deliver addresses in the l.u.
thcran Church. Brethren and the public are
respectfully invited to attend.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-06-15

Nor TO REGISTER AND NoTE Is TO FurE
AGAINST THE, SoUTn.-Undcr ordinary cir
cumstanccs, you might consult your sense Of
the fitness of men to vote with you, and de-
cline to vote with such as you deem unfit
But this is a moment Of peril to your wives,
children, your sisters, aud to those men who
are DISTINGUISHED by Congress; and if you
shrink from voting now, you commit their
futurc-which they cannot, but you might
control-to those who desire to trampe all
their feelings, aspirations, hopes, interests,
their everything, in short, into the dust. If
you wish to see those whom you profess to
love, to cherish, and to honor, bercft of all
hope, and the wretched and helpless object of
insult and oppression, refuse to register, de-
prive yourself Of a vote and let yonr State fall
iato olcn hands lie who will not now take
part in the Reorganization forced upon US By
a power we cannot resist, votes that those only
shall frnynr,> ~ S..~, =. .,,ido iu its gOurtS
and execute their devices, collect, appropriate
and disburse its revenues and prescribe it, as
all who DESIRE. like Brownlow, to drive out
every man of Southern heart and Southern
affections. that a new population may possess
the land. Not to register and not to vote is
to vote against the South.
NcW Orleans E'icoyunc.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-06-15

DssN A man in New York has got so "deep
in debt that no one OF his creditors has bee
able to see him for months.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-06-15

nsS~ The President has appointed tho usual
annual Board Of Visitors to West Point Acad-
omy. Hon, j. B Campbell has been appoint
cd from this State
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-06-15

G1y General Order No. 33, from District
Headquarters, appoints board to report il
code Of rules aud regulations upon tile sub
iect of registration, for the consideration aud
action of the Commanding General. The
board was to meet in Charleston ycstcrdny--
1t is composed as follows: Col. W. b. Royal,
President; II. II. Helper, Of Salisbury, N.
O.; Jefferson Fisher, colorcd, of Rrlei:h, n.
G.; i. H. Cardoza, colorcd Of Charcston S.
G.; Lcmucl I}oozcr, Of Lexington, s. G.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-06-15

CHARLESTON, May 30.-ln the United
States District Court today, bill of com
plant was filed BY District Attorney Corbin
against. Charles X. priolcau, Theodore D.
Wagner, James Il. Welsman, w. i. Trcn-
holm, George a. Trenholm and John b. Tia,
fitte, members of the firm of John Fraser Il
Co., charging them with violation of the laws
Of the United States in blockade running op.
erations, and claiming that in other respects
they are accountable to the Government
Judge Bryan, upon hearing the bill, granted
an injunction, restraining the aforesaid parties
from disposlng of any real estate now held by
them
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-06-15

pa" Wc learn from the 4" Raleigh Scnti-
mel" that Gen. Sicklcs has ordered the cvac.
uaton of the Executive mansion by the mill.
tary, and its delivery to the keeping of His
Exccllcnoy Governor Worth. The building
has been greatly abused and large portion Of
the furniture destroyed
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-06-15

EI'- 1t is stated that Schufci's rcsistra,
ton order meets Stanton's and Grants an
proval. Grant has forwarded copy to Ord,
for his dircction-not officially, however.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-06-15

:tnean$byidi your talk is, th,twe may get back
30 lfgoycrnment aud representation in Con-
..:sxress if We all become Republicans and vote
I the Rt aioal ticket" No Sir; do not mean
that. I5lieaitily wish you accre all Rcpubl
cans; for | believe the Republican party,
while IL has made some mistakes, and includes
$perhaps its fair share of tho fools aud rascals,
.Sdoesyet embody the nobler instincts and more
4 SeaSrous aspirations oftlle American People.
But.many of y~r are not Republicans; and
Il DO not seek the votes of these for my ticket,
4 'cxeeptin so far.as they shall be heartily CON
yertcd to my faith, I expect the rest to vote
,what they call the Conservative ticket ; and
/. i aslSsof them only l. That they ntcrpose
no obstacle to any mans votingtlic Repubii
:. can ticket who watts to; aud =, That they
S select from their own ranks men who can take
Z the oath prescribed by Congress, so that their
choice shall now;so embarnss nor impede
an early and complete reconstruction. Your
way to restoration lies through the gate Of
obedience, aud cntrcut you to take it prompt,
ly and heartily.
Men of Virginia cntrcat you to forget the
years Of Slavery, and Secession, aud Civil
War;, now happily past, in the hopeful con
temptation of the better days Of Freedom,
and Union, aud Peace, now opening before
you. Forget that some of you have been mas
ters, others slavcs--some for Disunion, 9TH
els against it--and remember only that you
are all Virginians, and all now and henceforth
freomen. Bear in mind that your State is
the heart Of a great Republic, not the from
tier of weaker Confcdcracy, and that your
unequaled combination of Soil, Timber, Min
erals, and Water Power, fairly entitle you to a
population of Five Millions before the close
of this century. Consider that the natural
highway of cmpire-thc shortest and easiest
route from tho Atlantic to.the heart of the
Great ValIcy-lics up the James River and
down the Kanawha, and that this city, with
its mll-power superior to any other in our
country but that of St, Anthony's Fall on the
Mississippi, ought to insure you speedy de-
yelopmcnt of Manufactures surprising any
Lowell or Lawrence, with population of at
least Half Million, before the close Of this
century: cxhort you, then, Republicans
and Conservatives, Whites and Blacks, to
bury the dead past in mutual and hearty good
will, and in general, united effort to promote
the prosperity and exalt the glory of our long
distracted and bleeding, but henccforth re
nited, magnificent country!
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-06-15

DsS- The following is an extract from an ar
ticle in the New York " Tribune" of this
morning: Let Sheridan or Sickles, for in.
stance, be renewed, and a summer session Of
Congress will be inevitable With summer
session. the Presidents functions will most as.
suredly be so limited that it vii not be in his
power ever after to remove any Gcncru com,
nlanding.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-06-15

. WASHINGTON, June 1.-THE President
1 advises Tennessee petit jurics to apply simul-
taneously to General Thomas and Gov. Brown
low for protection from outrages, thus giving
Browplow the opportunity and Gen. Thomas
the e.right to correct thom.
a, Alta Cabinet meeting, to-day, it is stated
chat only Stanton will sustain the district
Commanders il. alleged illegal assumptions Of
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-06-15

ETs~ The Sandwich Islanders are about To
erect monument in honor of Captain Cooke,
as silly INT atDncmcnt for the conduct Of their
foretatlcrs in eating him.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-06-15

NEW ORLEANS, juno 5.-Govcrnor Wells
publishes letter addressed to the President,
protesting against his removal. lie addressed
another very caustic letter to Sheridan, in
which he says there is not word Of sruth Il,
the charge that he was impeding the cxocs.
stion of the laws of Congress-
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-06-15

70 SovTH CARoLINlANs.--Wo have in
our possession ono Of the silver medals pre.
sented by South Carolina to members Of tho
Palmetto Rcgimont for gallant conduct in
Mexico. A merchant Of this city purchased
tho medal from negro. The name Of tho
soldier to whom it was presented is Shaarick
Brady. The merchant referred to has placed
it in our hands, in order that we may be instru.
mental in restoring the treasure to the owner.
if not to his heirs.
- [Angusta Constttgttona1ist
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-05-24
MASCULINE ETIQUETTE.

An exchange contains the following from
4 forthcoming work on etiquette, soon to be
published by the ''Dobb's family. y We
insert the several rules, not because any one
of them would answer for this locality, but
because they are decidedlya slap at some
body someW ere else:
I. Gentlemen walking should keep their
hands in their pockets 1t shows their fig
uro to advantage, keeps their hands warm,
and out of other people, pockets.
, In the afternoon congregate in front of
the hotels, saloons and postofiee. Then,
upon ladies passing, set up an equine cachi-
nation translated, horse laugh. This will
give them an exalted opinion of your taste
and refinement.
3. Keep the center Of the sidewalk. BY
this means, others in meeting you, willknow
which side 10 pass; when they attempt it,
step in the same direction with them, This
affords an agreeable variety in apromenade.
[. you see a person on the opposite side
of the street, you wish to interrupt, cry as
loud as possible, "Ho Jones :" OF course,
Jones will 'Hol" and you will show pas
sepgers that you take great interest in the
state Of Jones health.
B. When turning a corner walk rapidly,
with your eyes in another direction. You
may meet somebody and give him oppor-
tunity to study 'astrono42g y daylight.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-05-24
CORRUPTING AMUSEMENTS In
THE EIIIR CH-

It cannot be denied that the social purity
Of the Evangelical Church in the United
States is seriously menaced by the fashiona-
bic corruptions Of the day, and yet thought
ful people among Us can see no more delicate
or difficult problem than the right treatment
Of this danger. Absolute denunciation will
not do; compromising, timid rebuke or en-
treaty will not do. The general moral i'm
proyement of religious society, and especial
Iy an increased spiritual earnestness in the
temper of the Church. would be the most
effective remedies; but unhappiy those
most needing to be recovered from fashiona-
ble perversions are the last to be reached by
such influences. Often a few isolated, but
influential families in church set the bad
example; their position renders them diff
cult to manage, while the license, which
may be evasively accorded them, draws in
its baleful wake all less prominent persons
predisposed to questionable fashionable hab-
its, but who otherwise might have resisted
their temptations; and thus some whole
city or village religious circles have become
infected with the evil. Indirect and purely
moral rather than disciplinary, counterac-
tinn, is, we bolieYe. generelly considered the
only desirable remedy. 1t may well be
doubted, however, whether the opinion is
correct. There can, at least, hardly be
doubt respecting its ineffectiveness against
the overwhelming tide of perverse influence
with which the American Evangelical
Churches are now invaded, Methodist
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-05-24
THE HOME PRESS.

We clip the following from the Chicago
Republican, andcommendi it to theconSidera-
ton Of every person:
W hat tells u. so readily the standard Of a
town or city as the appearance Of its paperl
And its youth and age can as we'll be defined
by the observing, by glancn at It's newspa-
per, as it personal observation had been
made. The enterprise Of its citizens are
depicted By its advertisements, their liber-
ality by the looks Of the paper Some pa
pers show good, solid, healthy foundation,
plethoric purses, anda we'll l-to-do appearance
generally; Others show a striving to contend
with the grasping thousands around them,
trying hard to wrench out an existence from
the closehsted community around them An
occasional metoric display in its columns of
telsgraphic, or local, or Of editorial, show
what it can DO lift had the means, but can
not continue in the expensive work until
support comes, which ought to be readily
granted. \ newspaper Is like Church; it
wants fostering at the commencement, and
for few years, then as a general thing, it
can walk q lone, and reflect credit upon its
location. Take your Home paper; it gives
you more news Of immediate interest than
the New York or other distant papers; il
talks for you when mother will speak in your
favor; when other localities belle you, it
stands up for your rights; you always have
q champion in your home paper; and those
who stand up for you should certainly be
well sustained Your interests are kindred
and equal and you must rise or fall togeth-
er Therefore, il isyour interest to support
your home paper, not grudgingly, but in a
liberal spirit, as pleasure, not as disa-
greeablc duty, but as an Investment that will
amply repay the expenditure.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-05-24

Posi- OFFls CoNFEDRu X ROADS,
witch is in the State of Kentucky,)
APRIL %, 1867.
Times change, and men change jist ez
fast eZ times. | shOOd like to see the times
wich kin change faster than | kin; but this
last shift | heV bin forced to make, rutber
took my breth. 1t wuz sudden The Con-
necticut eleckshun didn't do US much good
after all. We felt well over It perhaps a
day, but as we begun TO get other indica-
shen from the North, we didn' t jist see how
that little spirit Wuz going to help US Gin
cinnati went Ablishen stronger than ever
Chicago ditto. and most everywhere the old
Dimocratic rooster wuz georiously flat
tened The Cabinet, when they heard Of
Dekin Pogram assault uppon the niger,
on the reject NV the intelligence W the
eleckshun news, notified me othshely that a
repetishen Nv sich loonacy wood be equiva
lent to a receet Nv my resignation, even tho
the post offise shood be discontinyood. The
niger vote must be capcherd. It's essen
shell Wade Hampton seZ 50, wrote Ran
dali te me, and l reprimanded the Deekin
for his recklessniss and borrowed four dol
lars Nv Bascom who is the only man in the
vicinity who has any ready money, to make
it all right with him.
We held meetin Nv the Drecktors and
Faculty Nv the Southern Military and Clas-
scle Institoot, last evenin, to decide wat
course that instooshn wuz to take in the
crate work Nv surrONndIn the Ethiopian
and attachin Nv him TO US. In sich time
ez this, cz / menshcnd to Captain McPel-
ter, it won do for our instooshns Nv learn
ing to stand back. These great levers, the
molders w public opinion, must be ez pro
gressiVe eZ the progressITeist, and must
change like other things to meet the re-
quiremcnts Nv the times. We hey com
menst our march into Afrika, and thus far
hev we gone into the bowels uY the land
without impediment, to speak uv--let US
persevere. Let us capcher the Ethiopian,
stink and all.
The meetin wuz held in the back room Nv
Bascom' s, owing to the fact that 1t wuz
rainin and the roof Of the Post Offs leaks.
| he'd an appTopriashin some time since
from the Department, fer repairs but bein
in doubt whether it wuz intended for re
pairs Of the Post Offs Or the Postmaster, l
gave the prisner the benefit Nv the doubt
and got new peir Nv boots. L Good better
endoor the slight Inconvenience Nv occasion
al rain than 20 go barefoot
| made statement NV the case, and Sc
tested a radicle change in the lnsutoot.
Captain McPelter agreed with me. lie
felt that there hedn't bin that complete,
hearty recognition Nv our Airikin brethren
which they ought 10 he. lie he'd on sever
al occasions allowed his nateral yiyacity to
cit the better uy his proodence, aud he'd wa
ded into them atarmin. The Old ice ug
Ham and Hager and Oncsimus had been so
drilled into hiu in his youth that he he'd to
wrassel with 1t to keep it in control, and IN
spite nv himselfit frequently got the better
NV him. lie sejested that the name Nv the
Institoot be changed from
'The Southern Military and Cl0ssicle In
stitoot,
10
The Ham and Japheth Free Academy,
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-05-24

A NOVEL PERFORMANCE. Near the
city of ST. Joseph, Missouri, few years
since, the rite Of baptism was performed on
several women by immersion in the river.
As it was winter, it was necessary TO cut
hole in the ice and the novelty of the scene
attracted large crowd, among whom were
several Indians, who looked on in wonder
ing silence They retired without under
standing the is:S.eure or object of the cere.
mony they had seen; but observing that all
the subjects of immersion were females aud
getting a vague idea that it was to make
them good, the Indians came back few
days afterward, bringing their squaws with
them. Cutting another hole in the ice, near
the same place, they immersed each and all
of them, in spite Of their remonstranees.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-05-24

An ENGLISH OPINION. The last inaugu-
raj of President Lincoln made strong i'm
preston in England. The British Stand
ard speaks Of it as the most remarkable
thing of the sort ever pronounced by any
President of the United States from the
FIRST dav until now. Its Alpha
and its Omega is Almighty God, the God of
Justice and the Father of Mercies, who is
working out the purposes of his love-
1t is invested with dignity and pathos
which lift it high above everything of the
kind, whether in the Old World or the
New : ; The whole thing puts US in
in mind of the best men of the English Com
monwealth; there is in fact much Of the old
prophet about it.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-05-24

Bay~Greeley says there are 100000 per.
sons in New York to day who, if they had
been placed in the garden of Eden when
Adam was, would have soon starved to
death there for want Of some one to pluck
the fruit and put it into their mouths. And
there arc 200 600 who would have stolen it
without any suggestion from the serpent
And yet this sort Of population elects the
city government, the members of the Legis,
lature, and Of Congress, and nearly controls
the whole State