Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-09-28
Scenes at Antietam.

by three feet high, known, far and wide
throughout Washington county, as "Lces
Rock from the fact that it is said that Con
Ice stood thereon during the fcr.cst of the
tight at Antietam, directing the operations Of
the Confederate army. During the day.
party Of curiosity hunters were h,s;y onsaeed
in chipping pieces of the rock as relics Alc,
Cleian's position during the fight was pointed
out, near red farm house, in "A position lit
tie less commanding than that occupied by
Lee.
The following illustrates the harmony of the
ceremonies: The loud call for Gov. Gcary,
OF Pennsylvania, on the conclusion of the ad.
dress OF Ex.Gov. Bradford, showed that many
Pennsyvanians were present, and that there
was an under.current Of i'll feeling, on account
of some slight, real or fancicd, to their Gov
ernor, in his name not appearing in the pro.
gramme. The out.cry for Governor Geary.
for the time being, ovcrrowcred the calls for
the President, and prevented the reading Of
the poem from being heard The brass band
cssayed to perform piece with as little effect;
and finally, after a hurried consultation on the
stand, Gov Geary was induced to present
himself and ask that the programme should
tie gone through without interruption When
l'c subsequently spike. after the proceedings
were ended, he showed considerable feeling.
The President and the members of the Cabi-
net lett the stand while Gov Grary was speak.
M" IN order tn proceed to KccdySvic to take
the train, nnd this proceeding was taken hy
some nf the friends of the Governor as an in
tcni"nal slight. Gov. Gcnry opened hs
speech thus: {" Fellow citizens: After all
Won have herd today, / had supposed you
would want nothing more. The programme
opened and concluded with prayer, and those
who had waited must come in at the last
hour. But, my friends. we still have place
in the hearts of tho people. Applause. +
When YOU come to Pennsylvania. we let eve.
ryb"dy speak VIC want to hear Thanks to
Almi@hty God for his preservation and care
OF tn" country. we have no gag. GAppl,usc
We have M programmes for this purpose =
Renewed arplanse.I
SAMBo PRoGREssING.-I New Or.
leans Times 1" says :.
1t is undcniabie that str0ug tcclINr 81
caste Of cxru>ivcnc:s-is CROWN. up in thr
breasts of the coorcd people, and thu; ,hc
tendency to ignore white men as counscl,rs
aud lradcrs-evnn though they be of lhe
most radical type politically constantly
on the increase. Even at this carly div, lou.
before m election for new local governments
can he held there is scarcely IL Statc or mu-
nicipal office that can be named for witch p
ncgr" ce"did'te has not already hcen pnt ;n,-
ward. with strong and active supporters ut
his back. a coorcd nan now holding oAico
by appointment of Gen. Sheridan, bt astcd on
il leading thorou.htarc. in tones to be heard
by pnsscrs. that he would be the ncxt sheriff
elected, if it cost him $50, 900 lie is conf
dent of succeeding without any such liberal
! Il hnr -, a.
of being the next mayor. The member Of
Congress from the First District is decided
upon, aud so on to the end of the list
TIE REvELATIoN OF pRorHECy
1913 Henry Clay, who led the Whg hosts in
the great ca'upaign of 1914, made the follow
ing prophecy
The agitation Of slavery in the free States
will
lst Destroy all harmony;
ID Lead to division
3D. To poverty;
4th. TO war;
5th. TO determination of the black race;
9th. 70 ultimate military dcspotisih.
NASHVILLE, September 1S.--A delegation
from Jackson County has arrived here with
petition for the removal Of the miIiatia, who
are dcrrcl.,ing. The delegation Includes
Senator Muse, radical.
Three of the milatin Implicated in Mayor
llartman's murder have escaped.
New ORLEANS. Sept. 49, The deaths
from yellow fever up to six o'clock this morn.
ing amount to torty.six. The fever is spread.
ing among towns in the interior of this State
A colorcd Judge presided this morning for
the first time on the bench in the First Dis
trlct Recorders Court of this city.
THE GREAT AMERICAN DESERT. A wri-
ter from Nebraska explodes an cid gcographi-
cal fiction, and draws picture which those of
our readers who studied geography fifteen
years ago, will readily recognize. lie says:
In an atlas used to study, long ago---and
| am no chcken-therc was laid down just
west Of the Missouri river tract, broad and
expansive, called Tho Great American Des.
ert.' | rccollcct forlorn buffalo, with tail
erect, sprawled away outside of this tract to
show that he did not belong in it, and could
not afford to live in it on any terms; and even
an Indian with his popy's tail turned to the
Desert was chasing OFF at full speed for bet
ter locality. AS an infant 10 geography, / nj
ways took great amount of stock in this
Desert idea which now think, after all,
grew out of the conceit Of some lazy engineer
who got sick of the vast expanse of chain
DRAGGING, and Jumped the whole as region
not worth ton day'a work with chain and iev.