Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-12-21


pensation shall be made and | dc not know
that I have tho authority to act at all in tho
matter.
am willing, however, to sanction the pay
ment of the Convention from funds now in
the State Treasury, under the following con
ditions.
1. That the Convention provide for the
levy and collection Of special tax, in accor-
dance with the requirements of the Recon
struction Acts, to cover the payment, which
amount shall be paid into the State Treasury
before the end of the fiscal year.
2. That the compensation Of the members
of the Convention shall be fixed at rcasona-
bic sum.
8. That the payments from the treasury be
not made until the Convention has completed
its work.
AS have said, do not know that have
the authority to order this payment, but will
do SO on the foregoing conditions.
In this connection, hope you will suggest
to the members of the Convention, that if the
newspaper accounts arc true, the amount OF
compensation they promise seems to Gas, in
deed it does to everybody have heard speak
of iD exccssie..; and, if adopted, very bad
effect will be produced upon the friends of
the Convention The Convention should fix
the lowest possible compensation for its mem
bcrs, bearly enough to pay actual expenses
cannot tell you what an unpleasant impress
sion has been created by the newspaper re-
ports on the subject
l hope on every account that tho Convcn-
tion will finish its work and adjourn at an
early day. If they knew how their proceed
ings arc watched, alike by friends and enemy,
and how much of their future depends upon
their prompt and reasonable action, it seems
to me that useless discussions should be avoi
ded, and a fair and satisfactory result reached
In the shortest possible time. Every day they
remain in session after the Goth of this month
will be used as rcproach against them, and
sstruction everywhere.
A hope you will do what you can to urge
+ ''-' ilc'u rr tire greatest Importance that
the constitution be made as soon os noss;}l,
speak not more for the interest of Alabama
than Ior the interest of the political party up.
on whose retention of power for several wears
to come the success of reconstruction demands
fuly your friend, JOHN Pope.
MEN AND WOMEN OUT OF Evp,ov>,rn
IN NEW YonK.-Tho "New York World
published carefully prepared statements
showing that fifty thousand men and women
IN that city are now out of work, and calls the
serious attention of Congress (Which dcvotcs
so much OF its attention to radical legislation
TO the startling fact. The World" saws
Fifty thousands persons in New York who
live by the labor Of their hands, ont of ON.
ploy, Is moro truthful statement Of orr f.
hanoial condition than columns of dcftly ar.
ranged figures relating to the national debt.
LOOK at some of the facts. OF the %, 600
artlzans employed in the jewcry business for
" per cent. are out Of employ; carpenters
wages have been reduced from Sc. so to 50 5O
day, and only half of the journcymcn can
hnd employment; of hattcrs, there arc fo,r
hundred who can work but one day in six of
the twenty thousand tailors in the city. one.
quarter are unemployed the quantity of work
1of tiem is thirty per cent. less than that os
signed them at this time last wear. and tho;,
wages have been reduced by thirty three and
third per cent; the iron workers saw that thcir
business has not been, in twenty years, SO dul
as it is now; at least one thousand shin.
wrlghts are out of employ, and from one end Of
tho East river to the other but five vessels ara
building, of which two are steamboats,. two aro
Terry boats, and one is a sailing esscl and.
to olosc.this sad list, it is estimated that throe
thousanu svfyants glrIs arc seeking nIocoa
but find mono. f'
Sss" In the lslands of st. Thomas nonu-
lar vote has been taken to ascertain tho scnti.
ments OF the people on the transfer of tho
Islands to tho United States. A dispotcb nv
the Cuba cable informs us that tho votc has
resulted in favor Of an nexaton In Cubo
as our correspondent, who is prominent en-
Dian, informs us the purchase of the Danish
Islands by the United States is creatino con.
siderable excitement. The whole Of tho NJ
tive; population begins to be tired of Snan;sb
rulo' and the idea of an Incorporation with
the United States is very popular.-Mc
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