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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-10-05
REPLY or GENtRAL SiCKLEs.

WAsUI%nroN. Septcntrr2l 1867.-Sir /:
Yorr Excrl"ncy's letter Of the It'll iust:nt
~ wrs foryard,ii t., ,ne ut New York, md re-.
8 oeiyrd ,on the l4th. The cordial terms in
which y'u nrn pleased to roier to "ur oflici i
and pcrsnnal relations during my service N
thaCyralia"s' arc gr.tefi.l'y appreciated |"
III N6h will meet an pfiicer whose ample expo
yisnce and distinguished acrviees hay" ju,fly
s7yied him to the confidence Of the gov.
~ 1874
~ Of the .sbno,.ncomnnt already made
Fs-by General Canby, ,ednptiGg and sconhrming
the orders heretofore sp force In the Second
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-10-05


PEN AND INK SKxrcn OF Gex CANnY
The = Columbia Chrnice' publishes the
following lively editorial sketch OF ,hc General
commanl ling this district:
In person General Canhy is large and com
manding-six feet three in height, proportion
atry well dcvelnpcd--of dgniiird mrin, and
with no more stiffness than IL necessary to re-
lind you that he il an old sndicr. There is
not cnnieirr shape tn be found anywhere
The brow is broad aud high. and sI,n.lnwrl
nnlv by the brown hair, which is brushed
r'relcssly; the eye grey. hut fn'l nf int iii
s"ncr and sh,rp less. aud, arcnrlin. I" th
interest Of tho conversation 4 .sl,rS sn,ncwha
,f the thought abnnt tn i" uttered. Th.
',cr. clean sIavrn. il marked ly strong lines
If charArt.r. tn which large nose and mnnth
lend no little expression. In dress, ho is l'k"
my other citizen. I'd his officers. scnsihlv
'nIl"w his example. I.nsc s"ht nf the fac,
that he is General Canhy and yon would takr
hin TOR well tn-do gigantic Quaker Lenevo
lent, kind and solemn.
In short. there il no nonsense about him.
If he W ,nts nnyt',in. ho touches bell the
ttcnh'nt tiptocS in. takes his order in the
ost economical mann r. and tipt""s ont again
Quiet reigns supreme md every one about
The place appears to have c'nght the style.
General Candy is not convcrsntonnlist.
hut t'c hest Of lstcpcra Like Grant, his
rctccncc is perplexinv; hut in the present
,se. yo, feel assured that it is because tho
nan don't want to promise moro than hc viii
p rforn,. There is but one draw b,ck tn his
ncrfect usefulness IN the work of rerol,strmc.
ton Unfamiliar with the laws of tho Stotr
t'r rcrl. nncxaegcrn,cd sentiment of th" pro
pie. tho op"r'ton Of orders prep'rod by his
predecessor mud left for hin to execute, he IS
likely to commit sonno grave public error
which will dSlnag" the welfare If the Stnte
mt a,little; hut we cann"t blieye, tl,pt his
'iead liz not proper'y lowell. bla8hesTt in the
right place, aud lily Judgment, ,nhle 10 con,'
fairly with I'LL the domestic problons Of his
command.
ANcditor whose name was Fry, took unto
himself n I" fifth rib" Ills neiehbor of the
j. qaill, being very kindly ahposed toward him
and his better halE wished '"success to Mr.
aud Mrs, Fry and all tho small Fry"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-10-05

DunINa the VIZ, q lady passing from cot to
cot through the wards Of hospitsl, WAS
shncked. to hear notallow.lpuRllat her. She
| stopped to repr.so tho wretched patient. -
|t.Whys nm ann, saysshe /" you l,avo given
me tsact on the,sin of dancing, whSnsI have
! both legs shot Off"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-10-05
Remarkable Discoveries -Rest arches Among
the Bones Of Dead Centuries.

'[From the Nashville Ercnn) Press and Times ]
1t may not be generally known that the
GROUND on which the City Of Nashville now
stands was once the site Of an aucieut aud
pnpulous town. yet. sueh is supposed to be the
fact Some of the most interesting unti0ui-
ties Of our State are found aloug the lower
cnnrs" nf Stone River, but II few miles from
Nashville. Il wide area of country there is
covered thickly with thousands Of graves OF
now fnrg"tt"n people.
But i few 1,ys ago several gentlemen n,ntlr
some researches in this region and found their
lsbors richly rewarded by snuc striking. ',lis.
cnvcrics At II place kn"wn as Sthclls y
Spring they found mound nf considerable
height aud perhaps forty fe.t il. diameter.
which proved upon examination to hc nu,in.
less than vast mnuSnlcum Of the dead. The
graves were found to br made of fat rocks.
symmrtrcaly jninrd together. and three tiers
deep from the hlsa of the mn,lnd to it's apex
Bones were found in remarkable state Of
preservation. t"- thcr with pntt-ry aud shells
Very l,r.n ornaments have been dn. out in
this 10 .lity. made from shells found only il
the Gulf nf'Mrxiro.
a gcntlrnnn Of acknowledged skill and
uthorlty IN Antiquarian unttelH who conduc-
'ea the researches made Il few days ago. csti
"'"'e,' ina. t'e r"'"''"S wn'rh they ""parthci
cnn'l Ent have less aye than six ur seven hnu.
area years what Il renlarkatl". no wallks
implements are t"und in this !"ca,Y. from
w'''ch u Is '"''rrrd that they were a p''c'a
hlr race. aud were rr,bntly cXtcrninat"d ar
hh'"h away hy the indians In ono OF the
Graves was i"und "",ut'fui l'Vle vase" which
wflch had been placed ~ the hand of the i"-
""'t OF me 'o'no ut th' time o. enrlal Up
%" ms ''fi" o't OF earther""are was the
""ar' "1 d'n!nuti'e nn'n'nl. The care
whicn thPs" people took "t their dead shows
h'Sn degree "f hh.hsn'ty We learn that
t"er '"Vest'.a''"IS ID thi@ s'ct'"n are to tr
''oe ere '"h". ihe hrld Is certainly rich
one '"r the "ht'Iu't"n'
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-10-05

AN editor whose name was Fry, took unto
himself u fifth rib" His neahbor of the
qaill, being very kindly asposed toward him
and his better halE wished ssuccess to Mr..
aud Mrs. Fry and all tho small cry"
The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-11-30
For the standard.

% - For the Standard.
The following is an extract from private
letter received by a gentleman OF this State
from prominent NOrth-Carolinla gentle
man temporarily resident at New York. The
writer's experience in political life commend
his opinions to a careful consideration
Speaking of the late Northern elections he
says:
"In the first place. the overwhelming ma
iorities of last year produced its natural eff
feet of indifference, especially where, as was
the case in nearly every State, there was not
a rousing canvass. In this State particular
ly the Republicans hardly canvassed at all.
The vote is nearly 100000 short OF what 1t
was last year, three-fourths of the Delinquent
cy being Republican. In the next place the
prohibitory and Sunday laws, which though
no part of the Republican creed, had been
mainly passed by Republican Legislatures,
had the most powerful influence in rallying
the Democracy and dispiriting the Republi-
cans, thousands of whom wanted to see the
party defeated on that issue. In the third
place. many of the candidates gave great
dissatisfaction The mass of the RepuDll-
can party is far more free-thinking and indie
pendent and less drilled than the Democra-
CIV. They demand, therefore, higher range
in candidates, and if they don't get it, they
stay from the polls. These briefly are the
canvass I am confident they will! be re-
moved in large part for the campaign OF
next year; and, whether under Grant or
Chase, the Republican party will be success
full. And all the more certainly successful
for the defeat of this year. They have come
in good time for us to put our house in or
der. do not deny that the most capital
was made out of the negro supremacy cry,
and it is fair to give it some weight-per-
haps good deal of weight have not,
however, found Republicans generally either
before or since the election, dissatisfied with
the Congressional plan. They are determin-
ed to give it full trial and see its fruits,
whether they be good or evil, and believe
that most men here of all parties think it
best, speediest and safest to reconstruct I'M
der that plan-better, safer and speedier
than to 60 out to sea again upon some other
craft. Two things Will aid the Radicals
amazingly. list. Let the Southern Republi-
cans put into the Conventions, &c, their
best men of either color. The idea too prev
alent here is, (Which the Copperhead press
keep up in every way) that the whole Radi-
cal movement with us is pushed on by ne
groes controlled by ignorant and vicious
white men, If the character of our COnycn-
tions and selections for Office shall give the
lie to this SANDER, the Northern people will
find it out before the next elections, which
they could not do before the last.
I'd. 1t is all Important in my opinion that
the Convention should not go one inch be-
You'd the Reconstruction bill. Let them con-
form our Constitutions to those measures
and stop.
1 hope you will elect - (Radical) y
The County does we'll to have such dele
gate. Yours, &c. -"
- Has been elected by a humping ma
jority.
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=. Thy sins are for.

hear the gracious words" Thy sins are for
given thee" =.
In the summer of 1858 visited Munich.
While driving about that fine capital, which,
from the aspect of newness, seems more like
an American than European city, the beau
tiful residence allotted by the late King to
Madame Lola Montez was pointed out to us
by our oGzet de place.
Was she very unpopular in Munich?" l
asked
Eyes, Madame with our most respectable
citizens, and latterly with the students; but
she was good to the poor; they missed her"
In the art gallery of the new palace, King
Ludwig, who was a great connolsseur OF
beauty, had set apart hall for the portraits
of living European beauties, and at the head
of all these we found a portrait OF Lola
Montez, decidedly the loveliest picture there
Even the reigning Queen, a young and pref
ty woman, was given a less honorable posi-
ton in the gallery. We are told that the
King exacted of his successor promise that
this picture should remain in its place. at
least while he lived. In the rose-embower-
ed studio of Kaulbach we found another
portrait of as the painter named her" the
Countess of Lansfeldt." Itwas full length
in an antique Spanish dress, a superb and
stately picture, after the style of Vandyke.
One bright afternoon in the winter OF
1866, was wandering through Greenwood
Cemetery, and suddenly came upon an hum
bic grave, in small hree-cornered lot, quite
unadorned and only marked by plain
white stone, bearing simply this inscprip-
ton -
The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-11-30

ABOUT THE OYsTER.-The oyster when
spawning does not cast its eggs like other
fish, but dissolves, as it were, part of its
own body, which passes off in long slender
threads as fine rs spiders web, upon which
are congregated millions of little eggs, not
visible to the naked eye, but which, when
put under powerful magnifying glass, as
tonish the bcholder by their numbers 1t is
estimated that about seventy per cent. of
this spawn is destroyed by fish, and about
ten per cent. from other causes. leaving
twenty per cent to find its way into market.
These little seed" clingipg to whatever
they touch, generally to old oysters, and the
many little shells one often sees clinging to
large oysters are but the growth of these
seed. Where oysters have spawned in clear
place, and free from their fish enemies. their
growth is very rapid until they attain the
size of a quarter of dollar, and it is at
this period of their existence that the oys-
termen take them for transplanting. The
shells are very thin and the inside meat
scarce larger than shirt button, one having
the rest of the shell filled with Il milky fluid
which in time forms the body of the fish,
Oysters, after they are transplanted, are With
few exceptions, not fit to eat under three
years. 1t might be supposed that the oyster,
with his hard shell, was free from all dam
ger, but such is not the case. He has two
deadly enemies. The star fish and the borer.
The former will fasten on the mouth of an
oyster, and in a short time suck the life out
of him. The latter, with his little saw and
gimblet bill, bores through his shell, and
once gets through is soon destroyed.
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The Constitutional Convention.

Several friends have written us making in
quiry as to when, in our opinion, the Con-
stitutional Convention will assemble. We
know no more in relation to it than Others.
We should think it would require at least
twenty days from the election for the COM
handing General to receive and exanine the
returns. By the 10th of December, there
fore, he will have it in his power to announce
the result; and he may direct the Conven-
ton to assemble ON the Goth, or he may
postpone it till the first day of January
We think it certain it will not assemble la
ter than the first of January. The Conven-
ton ought to be able to frame Constitu-
ton by the first of February. The Consti-
tuition thus framed could be submitted to the
people by the 10th of March ensuing; and
if the Convention should decide that in the
first election under this Constitution the
same voters that vote to ratify and reject
NAV vote for State oficers-it being, of
course, understood that if the Constitution
is ratified said elections of State officers to
be valid, otherwise to be null and Yoid,-
we say, if this course should be adopted, as it
may, then the elections for Governor. Lieu
tenant Governor, members of the Legislature,
State officers generally, and members of Con-
gress, could be held on the same day on
which the Constitution is submitted to the
people. These officers elected, and the Con-
stitution ratified, the latter could be laid be-
fore Congress, and by the Goth of April the
Legislature could assemble and choose two
Senators. If the machinery should work
thus well, by the first day of May, 1868, our
Senators and Representatives in Congress
can be in their seats, and the new State gov
ernment can be inaugurated.
We throw out these suggestions for con-
sideration, and with no purpose to forestall
the opinions of any. We have full conf
dence IN the Convention, and feel sure it will
do what is just and right.
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Mrs. ELIZA GILBERT,
Died February II, 1861, aged ~.

1t was the grave of Lola Montez. [ could
hardly realize that after such such free,
wild swing at life, from continent to CONT
nent, she had been limited to such IL narrow
domain. How that little, triangular hedge
seemed to imprison that willful, untameable
creature, that rebel against society, that Sim
gura of the world How heavily the earth
seemed to rest on that strange, wild heart,
passionate as fire, inconstant as water. How
still she lay, who had seemed like some glea-
ming, tropical bird, gay, fierce and restless.
Kind people provided this place of repose
for her poor weary, faded body, but it is
hardly likely that they often visit the spot.
There are no floral tokens of loving remem-
brance Doubtless many an unavailable
grave in the Potter's Field on the hillside is
more frequently visited. But as 1 stood over
the mound felt womanly pity and regret,
and gladly have laid thereon an offering of
flowers, to fade on the brown turf as her
beauty had faded from the world; not
sumptuous roses, typical of her in her love-
ly prime when the great German painted
her-not lilies, which might seem to re-
proach her memory-but bunch of purple
hearts ease, breathing reconciliation and
peace.
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SPEECH OF BLACK FOOT.

Then Black Foot took the floor, gent.
with braided hair hanging down to his
knees and without any particular seat to his
nantaloons-shook hands, and flung his
robe over the broad shoulders of Commits
sioner Taylor
SPEECH OF BLACK FOOT.
He said that when he and his people were
young they had no pots, no iron to make
arrow heads of. They went out on the pra-
rie and picked up old shovels to make ar
row heads. They struck f1ints to make lire
and make flint knives. Thus was he raised.
They had then no white man. His grand
mother boiled meat in skin kettles time be-
fore. They spoke about putting him on a re-
serve to the farm. He was not reared for it.
He could not do it. 1t did not please him.
He could not drive a wagon. What he
wanted were horses and guns. The Great
Spirit made man and woman to live togeth-
er, the man to fight and the woman to work.
He did not want to change. He had he
said, been friendly to the whites and want
ed to stay So He had been raised wild, but
he had not done wrong. He, too, spoke OF
the Crows who went East in 1851, and
wanted to know what had become OF the
goods which were to be given them for fifty
years for ceding the California road. When he
was young he was good looking young
man, and then they cOuld get from the lIa-
ders, an abundance of everything. Now
they were poor and had no traders. He be-
lieved the Great Spirit had forgotten him.
Other nations surrounded him, and his land
grew small. The soldiers had made roads
into the country he loved best-his best
game country; he was fond of life as his
grandfather, and like him he loved his chill
dren. Would not the Commissioners love
him as he did them We did not kill the
sheep of the whites: why did they kill his
game2 He could go nowhere without see
ing the white people; he wanted the sol
diers out of the Powder river road the
whites made nothing by going that way
The Sioux were trying to get him away from
the whites but he held to them. The whites
in the mountain gold hunting, were the ones
who troubled his people most. When he
asked the soldiers for food, they hit
him over the head with a club. They
also wanted an agent that did not lie. If a
treaty was to be made, he wanted copy OF
it, and he also Mantcd bill of lading of the
goods sent him white fathers had fooled
him too often. He wanted Gen. Harvey for
parent, and wanted some horses given
them to go back with he wanted good
things. They had been given damaged
bread, which was like raw hide, und some
of them died from eating threof.
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From the Washington Chronicle.
HUZZA FOR NORTH CAROLINA!
Eloquent Letter of Ex-Governor Holden.

-
RALEIGH, November %, 1867.
We have heard from enough counties to
render it certain that we have achieved
grand and glorious victory, We know we
have carried Wake, Granville, Warren,
Franklin, johnson, New Hanover, Bladen.
Wayne, Craven, Lenoir. Brunswick, Cumber-
land, Harnett, Davidson, Edgecombe, and
Duplin, giving us thirty-ive members L
think we are certain of forty five more, thus
giving us eighty to forty in the Convention
We have heard nothing yet from the great
West, but am sure we have swept every
thing there. 1t so happens, Fortunately, that
we got the East through the strength OF the
colored vote and the West through the cote
for the most part, Of the aehises whe haze
0Iaoays been U1aionists, and are nOw HepuOCe-
cans The contest has been fercest in the
middle part of the State, where ex-Governors
Graham and Vance reside
The result has completed the destruction
of the rebel influence, if we are only true to
ourselves and hold the helm with an iron
hand.
The nsaiority .ter Convention cannot be
less than $4,000. Our friends went for it
en- naasse, and the opposition were divided,
some voting for and some against it. The
undercurrent among the people was strongly
for Convention, though in many localities
their prejudices were played upon, and they
were induced to vote for candidates opposed
to Convention. 1t might be aoeU for PENN
syIosnia and Ohio to cote again.
We shall have the advantage, in framing
the constitution of our State, of seeing the
constitutions of other States. 1t would he
burning shame to US all, if, after having OBJ
tanned such victory in the interest OF the
Union and of our loyal people, we should do
anything or omit anything by which the
rebels should again get control, and divide
and Cypress rs as in the case of Maryland
and Kentucky.
Yours, very truly,
w. w. HOLDEN.
The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-11-30
ELECTION RETURNS.
New H.nover Comfy.

New Hanover county,
The full vote of New Hanover County is
as follows: Joseph G. Abbott, Rep. 2,926,
Samuel s. Ashley, Rep. 2,92O, Abram H. Gal
loway, Rep. 1913, O. G. Parsley, Cons. 1904
W. E. Freeman, Cons. 1908, S. S. satchwell,
1855. We are sorry to find DR.. Satchwell IN
such company. For a Convention 1928,
against 1851 This is good voting. Much
credit is due the Republican candidates for
their zeal and energy.
Mecklenburg County.
The vote of Mecklcnburg County is us fol-
lows: Edward Fullings, Rep. 1903, Sllas
N Stillwell, Rep. ,443, Gluyas, Cons. 92O'
Hunter Cons. OF. This is Il fine result in
old Mecklenburg.
Stokes County.
Riley F. Petree, Rep 527, Rev. R. W. Hill,
Cop. 112. For Convention 549, against So.
Stokes is all right. The Republican vote
would have been larger but for the order
consolidating some of the precincts.
che Mountain Country.
A friend writes us as follows from beyond
the mountains. He repeats, what is well
known, that the splendid Republican tri-
umph beyond the Blue Ridge is due to the
white, as there are but few colorcd voters in
that region:
ave have closed in triumph bitter cam
paign in the mountains. Every effort and
influence has been brought to bear to over
throw and thwart us this side the mountains,
but we have triumphed, and beyond the
colored vote, showing conclusively that the
o010 <lf 1DfE Il = nt,r ntaIr,
people are determined to go back to the
Union on the FERNS prescribed by Congress. y
Chowan County.
Extract from q letter from leading Re-
publican, dated Edenton, Nov. 90, 1867:
Il am pleased to inform you that the
Union Republican party of this County has
gained a glorious victory, and after desper-
ate conflict we have elected our regular Re-
publican candidate to the Convention, Hon.
John R. French, by the good majority of
one hundred and sirty. On the question of a
Convention the majority is 541. We had a
severe struggle, and while the colored men
have stood bravely to the work, many of the
white pretended Union men, frightened by
the Northern elections, formed disgraceful
alliance with the enemies of Reconstruction.
The Clerk of the Federal Court for Abe
marie District placed himself at the head of
this unholy alliance and openly peddled
votes headed against a Convention p
What shall be said of such Federal Office
holder? But Chowan, brave little County,
is strong for Convention and sends no
mongrel as Delegate.
Our friends are greatly elated at this suffi-
cient proof of the triumph of Liberty, JUS
tice and Equality, while all feel inspired with
great hone for the futuren
Craven County.
Hon. David Heaton, Rep. 1921, Capt W.
II. S. Sweet, Rep. 3,217, c. D. Pierson, Rep.
3,191, and an average OF 500 each for the
Rebel candidates. This is magnificent
result Craven is all right, and will remain so.