Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-12-07

" VIC ,'''tlon, even though he had been en-
uoWa" ny nature with tho very highest of or
g,'h'@lnS faculties, was obviously untitled b.
unr very nature of his Office. IF Mr.. Lin
1oi'' hao survived, 1t is not to be doubted fro,,
ms habitual deleroncc to the public will, tha
although citizen of a loyal State and rn;ns ;',,,
Ing the public u sgta rne higesf pos rSs
G;hl. > ,1---,hI9 syoMld have felt it to be hi
duty to convok0ftho Representatives of tb,
people to lay down~ bis sword in tba;,
presence and TO refer it TO thcir oplirht.na,l
and patriotic Judgment to decide what vsa :.
Do done with tho territories and people that
had been brought{undcr tho authority Of th.
government byIour arms.
'lho bloody Hands of treason unGortpnntol, !,
moved him awsyin tho very hour of tho M:
''"n's triumph But if these were reasons
winch could lEe made this duty an impcr,.
i've ono with iAm, how powerfully were thew
reinforced by tfe double effect Of the tragedy
that not only dtprlved the nation of its truS.
'co hcau' Dut cast tho rcins of government
uPo" successor. The new President was
"s'"Sc't IN the}uoubttul and delicate position
c't'zcn q one OF the revolving States
~nlo1, were 70 Pc summoned for Judgment be-
iofG tue par oil the American people. It was
perhaps h"tptf that he should sympathizc
win INC comhuntles from which he had
NANNY d'ficrefpnly on prudential reasons or
III othcr wor5f,as to the wisdom Of the revolt
at That partlpAlar juncturc of affairs
IT other atShidentts had not suiliccd TO con.
vince him oflthI necessity of roferrin, al,
these great qJestpns to tho only tribunal on
earth that had tic power to decide them. #
onght to hayesbfn sufficient that he owed
a''kc his hono|ur|nd his accidental powers to
tho u, generous conf Ncnce Of tho loyal Statcs.-
u @ expected, OF course, that they would in.
sSl,.as =. they {hia right to do--upon such
conditions MS Yhid secure to them, if not
Momnlty tor thepast, ut least the anlpicst So.
curit'es Tor the tturc. Instead, therefore, Of
convoking tho gngress of the United States
to deliberate S42th the coffdition Of the coun-
Try, he seems sdh,ayc made up his mind to i'm.
dertako that NIFTY task himself to forcstal
the fundamentally the wishes of tho oyal nco.
p!e Z anq 4, t9 llellkulize The ,nnynr 70 nnI h;s
any an9It. IT, f'%
set1!3plct M 3Splct this object he issues his imperial
anatons, beginning with that of the.
Eth Of May, in virtue. as he says, of his
double authority as President of tho United
States and commanders chief of the armies,
declaring the government Of these States to
have pcrishcd, creating, under the dcnomina-
ton of provisional governors, civil Offices un-
Known W thc ia", api"liI'iS W licSG ollcGH
.ncn who were notoriously disqualified, by
from holding any Office under this govern
ment and yet allowed to hold the same and
cxcroiae the duties thereof ut salaries iixcl by
himself aud paid out Of the contingent fund
of ono of tho departments in clear violation
of the acts of July ID, 1862, aud 9Th of
February, 1863 Declaring moreover, at the
same time, that the government Of these States
had been destroyed, he assumes it to be his
individual right, as being himself the State,
rather the United States, to execute the guar
anty Of the constitution by providing them
with new ones, and accordingly directed his
pretended governors to order conventions OF
such of the people as it was his pleasure to in
dicate, to make constitutions for them, on
such terms aud with such provisions ss wore
agreeable to himsolf Uuprovided, however,
of course, in the absence Of Congress, with
the necessary resources to meet the expenses
of thesa organizations, not only directs the
payment of portion of them out of tho con
tingent fund of the War Department, but
with boldncss uncquaslcd even by Charles
L., when he, too, undertook to rciSu without
a, parliament, provides for a deficit by author
zing the seizure of property aud tho appro-
priaton of moneys belonging to tho govern
mcnt, and directing his governors to levy tax
es for tho same purpose from the subject peo-
plo.
Eaos.--Fow persons undcrstaud the mag
nitudo Of tho egg trade in New York. Tho
receipts for nino months Of this year have av-
eragcd at enst 1000 barrels day. Each
barrel confirms about 80 dozen, or 9G0 eggs
The aggregation, therefore, would be in one
day nearly nllion. The bulk Of tho arri-
walls arc from Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. -
New Jersey and Long Island furnish about
equal quantities to this market and these sup
plies are considered frcsher, and command
better prices than those from the West. Like
cotton and corn they are considered a cash ar
ticlo, and can be sold immediately. New
England and New York State have large
demand in eycry ncighborhood at home, and
| ship very little to this city.
| Next to the consumption for family use,
bakers and confectioncrs arc large consumers
Of eggs An insignificant anonnt--six bar
rels days used for albumenizing or gloss
ing paper for Photographic purposes. For
this, the white Of tho egg, only, is appropria-
ted, and the yolk is sold or given away to the
live Points mission Book binders also use
the white of eggs for gliding covers andleaves,
and confcctonors for frostng. The yolks arc
(. employed to some, oxtent by. tanners Of kid
! leathor5 especially that manufactured into
II ,j,vno Nhnv con{,,;n p,noh oil of Eno nuol;