Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-05-04

~ think this is the wrong time to talk poll
tics and call Conventions.
ABEL ROBINS.
April 2G 1867.
GB- I HIT careful old money maker, Ste
p.on Girard, who was never known To speud
Il dollar for less than dollars WORTH thorough.
ly understood the advantages of advertising.
lie often said ii, 1t he never spent money more
proftubly than when he invested in printers
lux during hard times. lIo considered it
| golden opportunity never to be neglected. -
! EsV- The work Of emancipation has been
| begun in Brazil by dccrccing the freedom Of
the slaves Oh the public d,a,ain, about J, 900
in number, OH condition that they enter tho
army. The wives Of those that are m.rrcd
are also freed. Non. have yet declined the
offer.
! kAsy" lh; assrs> Il value oj the res! c,t,;:
ou Drr.ts"., t;o,a the D-~,:mg .:r4ca 20
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/ pl .s q p"a'' "p'ai6g m:J VI; ~. IKEA
| PAS III. .Na!p j! a., ,.",>.a az, ~. .y..-
al 3ibU,uyv
NJ" \ RE. Specimen ui rurc SILVER from
Montana Territory, Weighing about ninety
pounds, and valued at $500. has been re-
ceved in Ncw York.
Gs An Albania paper says, "With the
light before us and bayoncts behind us we had
better knock under"
AUGUSTA, April 23--A fearful tragedy
occurred ut the race course near this city last
night. Jerry Reid had al. alteration with a
man named Mcister. Reid fired ut Mcistcr,
Lnl shot w Mcintzcr who intcrpuscd to pre-.
vent the difficulty The brother of Mcintxcr
shot Reid. Both parties died The affair is
much regretted by the community.
| PETERSBURG, VA, April 1S.--A Conscry-
ativc meeting was held tonight, and rcsnlu.
tions were passed afhrming the eoull rights Of
whites and blacks, and accepting the terms of
Congress. The meeting WIS large and cnthu-
siastic. MIR. John Lyon was the only speaker.
NOZZLE, April ls,A large meeting of
negroes was held last night. About thrcc
thousand were present. Inammatory Rudi-
cal speeches were made by black and white
| t'NSlS. IeCSplu'lONS Hcfc auOTIcU al1lIlil-
ing wiz, the Radical party, and demanding
the right t.. sit on jurics, hrf Office and rilo
III cars. Most nf the colorcd persons present
were armed, and great number of shots were
tired ~ the air nftcr te adjournment which
tnok place ut a late hour.
| PnovlaIoNS FOR THE PouK-'ric stram.
snip Falcon Captaip Reed, from. Baltimore
'n Monday niGht, brought, as n part of her
"arg" 303U bushels corn and 1880 n.s. ~
bacon contributed partly by The Statu al Ma.
rylnnd aud portion by j iIsun county, Nir.
ginia. These supplies are for the relief of the
destitute in this State, and they have beer,
generously brought here without charge the
agents and officers o! the ship DOM all n
tn ir power to tacilitlte their transpo. tion.
Charlcsfon -utrury, zoM uH.
RICHMOND, April 30.-Gcncral schofclt
served warming to-day on the editors of the
=" Richmond Times" in which he says tho
editorials of that journal arc likely to create
luminosity. and that its course cannot 1ony;
be tolerated.
New ORLEANS, April I3. The efFcc.s o.
the late trcshct arc beginning to be felt
From all quarters we hear Of dcstituton, AID.
pr"aclng in some instances starvntion. In
the Parish of Point Couprc tho people have
lost every thing, houses, barns, implements.
stock, cnttlo. Fleeing to the high lands fn,
safety, they are now not only without broad