Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-07-06

TIE NEoRo.--Du Chailu, says thu"'Ncw
York Express" in his lecture upon,tlie Afri-
can, IN conclusion, gave the following as his
best judgment of tho character of tho negro::
Whatever may be our sympathy primitive
man, or rather tho least gifted tribes of man
kind, must disappear before the higher intel
lect. This is not a theory, but a fact. There
are many causes to account for the decrease.
of the negro i think everything tcrids, to
show that the negro is of great antiquity, and
has remained stationary The working of
iron, considering the primitive way they work
it and how. easily they find it, must have been
known to them from the rcmotcst time, aud
have been unknown, AS to his future capa-
bilitics, i think extreme views have prevailed
among u.s. Some hold the opinion that the
negro will never rise higher than he is; eth
crs think thatsbo is capable of reaching the
lighcst state Of civilization, in fact that he
will become white man. Formy own part
| do not agree with either Of these opinions.
! believe tho negro may bcchmc more useful
member OF mankind than he is at prcsent;
that he can he raised to higher standard,
but that, if left to himself, he will soon fall
back into bnrbarism; wo have no example to
the contrary. Though n people may be
taught the arts and sciences known by moro
gifted nations, unless they have THO power of
progression in themselves, they must ncvita-
bly, relapse, in the course of time, into their
former state. Of all the uncivilized races of
man, the negro has been found the most do
cilc, and he possesses excellent qualities that
compensate a great deal for his bad ones-
We ought, therefore, to be kind to him and
try to elevate him That he will in the course
Eof time, follow the lower races of men and
disappear, have but little doubt.
ROME, Juno BOTH religious ccremo-
nics at Rome, in celebrating tho l,8OOth nm
nvorsary of. st. Peters marty,slom, and the
| canonization of the martN;s inz; y I.pnn, were
the most gorgeous witnessed in tho world since
1.-the days ofKing Solomon The obscrvanoos
tcolnmcrcc9 with general illumination of tho
city. st. Peters shone fike great church
on fire. At a. NJ, grand procession of
prclatcs, priests. monks and soldiers proceed
cd from the Va,ican to St. Peters. The
Pope was carried on his throne. ST. Po-
ter's was lnagnifcently decorated with orna-
mcnts of gold and s,lvcr, tapestries, paintings,
and 10000 yards of crimson silk The
building was brilliantly lighted with many
millions Of WAX candles.
l.
aid of the destitute and suffering Masons Of
the South came off in New York, on Thurs.
day evening, at the Academy Of Music, and
proved conf hlcte and gratifying SUCCESS.
The programme included musical rerfo+man.
ccs, both vocal and instrumcntul and an adj
dress by Hon. James i. Brady, who was fre-
qncntly applaudcd.
Ev'' \ correspondent of the "Nfobile
Times" writing from Camden, Wilcox Coun2
ty one of tho most pppnlous and wealthy re-
gions in Mississippi, says "I was p,rticu-
larly struck with the fruukness and Wilderness
of heart with which these pcoplc accept tho
tnrlps of to reconstruction bill .aixinus to
comply with every clause ii,sfull, ands utterly
ignoring themselves III tho desire for prefer
ncnt or nggrandizcmcnt.
Efs" Tn Kentucky, we Observe that the
Hon. Jessie d. Bright, formerly y. S. Scua-
tor from lndiana, is a candidate for the Leg.
islatnre Hon. Humphrey Marshal, and tho
Hon. Judge Ih;Ster, another man of mark
and intellect, are also candidates for the Ken.
tucky Lcgisaturc--all on the Democratic
ticket