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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-02-09
Walhalla Chapter, No. 20.

The following Companions have been elect
cd and duly installed as officers of Walhalla
Chapter, No. %, II. A. NJ, for the present
year:
G. G. LANGSTON, NJ 1G. II. p.
w. e. IOLCOMBE, X.
W. S. GRESHAM, S.
G. H. SPEARS, G. II.
w. NJ. WOODIN, p. S.
r. A. THOMPSON, r. A. G.
J. w. Il. THOMPSON, G. NJ 3D V.
Rev. Z. b. MAULDIN, G. NJ. 2D V.
Nj. Il. MITCHELL, G. M. 1sT V.
=. ~. z'fBPER, Secretary.
w. b. WHITE, Sentinel
+. FHyi II. 4. ADhiH' I: PENNY Stewards.
REV. FLETCHER SMITH; Chaplain.
saD" Mr.. w. A. McCoNsELn, rcspcota-
bic business man Of Grcenvllo G. H., com
mttcd suicide on board the train of the Green.
vile and Columbia Railroad, near Honea
Path, on the Both ult., by cutting his throat
from ear to ear. Pecuniary embarrassment
is the supposed cause of this fatal act.
GYr The Jacksonville (Fla.,) Union"
States that 1000 freedmen have Just arrived
there from this State, hired for planting pur
poses, and presenting a general sad picture
of rags and filth, indicative of their passing
through severe trials
X--
DsS~ The deaths of seventeen infants, all
" accidentally suifocatcd in bed" were regis.
tered in London, in one week, recently.
Ras> Plants of Chinese tea grown in North
Carolina are now five feet in height, and in
full bloom. Five pounds of "Bohea," made
in 1865, from the leaves, were considered
equal to tho best imported.
GH- The ladies of the Memorial Associa-
ton of Spottsylvania Court House, have com
menccd the work of reintcring the Confed.
crate dead in their beautiful cemetery
grounds.
aeS~A happy couple, who are both deaf and
dumb, were married at Bryan's Pond, in
Maine, recently, theclereyman using the sign
""S""So Quiet VIII reign IN that family.
naS- The number of boats totally or par.
'ia]Iy destroyed on the Western waters during
;hc year 1866 was 119. Of those totally de.
'troyed 80 were lost by sinking, 81 by fire,
md by explosion. Partially destroyed by
linking 2l; by explosion 4. Estimated losses
n boats, s2,96S, 500 in cargoes, IS, $50 900
total sf,44s,500: Many of tho disasters
gcre accompanied with heavy loss of life.
SAVANNAH, JAM S0:-FurtRer troubles
re reported on Chccyes plantation, South Car
lima. Lieut.. Lemon, Of the frcedmen's Bu-
eau on ,repain,iing to the scencof disturbance,
'as fred upod' by the negroes and seriously
rounded in the arm, whereupon the Lieuten.
nts party returned the fire, killing one negro.
is reported that tho negroes have Captain
'randt prisoner. Col Sibley with seventy
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-02-09
a.r<Iialal'y's Sale.

DY virtue Of hn order directed to me by w.
NJ l.. IIplc",nbc, Gs'l,. Ordinary. of P.ckcns
District. will sell to the highest bidder at
Pickens Court House, or Sale Day in March
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-02-09
'E'SEEi Esyi!aa. ESTATE

OF Wm. 9. Black. dcceaSed, c"Msisting Of
ONE TRACT OF LAND. situate in Pickcn,
District State Of South Carolina, on Long Nuso
Creek waters Of Tugaln River. adjoining lands
of j. j. Merton, Jphn Il. Black. and others,
co,,taining One iIundred and Forty Eight acres
more or less. Sold for Partition.
TERMS OF SALE.--On II credit Of
twelve months, with interest; the purchaser to
give bond and approved security to the Ortin-
ary, wthn mortgage of the promises, if deemed
nccc~s,ry by him to secure tic payment of tho
purchase m"ncy, except tho cost, which must
I've pnid in cash, und to pay extra for titles and
stamps.
L. THOMAS, SID.
SbhrfT's Office Frb 6 1857 =.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-02-09

Gy- We learn from the " Anderson Intel.
ligenccr," that A. II. Stewart the famous arv
goods merchant of New York, has recently
presented tho Presbyterian Church of that
place with a handsome carpet
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-02-09

DeH~ The deaths of seventeen infants oll
" accidentally suifocatcd in bed" were regis.
tered in London, i'll one week, recently.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-02-09

Ras- Plants Of Chinese tea grown in North
Carolina are now five feet in height, and in
full bloom, Five pounds of "Bohea," made
in 1868, from the leaves, were considered
equal to tho best imported.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-02-09

GS- The jacksonville (Fla.,) Union"
States that 1000 freedmen have just arrived
there from this State, hired for planting pur
poses, and presenting general sad picture
of rags and filth, indicative of their passing
through severe trials
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-02-09

@-In New York, on the 5th instant
Cotton was 80 to 33. Gold, 81.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-02-09

WAsnrNaToN, Feb. 5.-Govcrnor Parsons
Is authorized to say that the features of the
ne" project, as published North and South
are garbled. Gentlemen prominent in the
project regret it's publication. The true text
OF the scheme will be presented in the North
Carolins Legislature in few days, and be
gwen to the public by that body. The scheme
originated with Southern men without formal
consultation &C. by either with political party.
II IL IS claimed BY its friends that it will meet
the demands Of the great conservative clemsnt
of the country and drive extremists into reas.
enable TERMS
a bill paying war claims, and amended 50
as TO exclude Southern State claims. lns noss
Cd the Senate The bankrupt bill was re.
sumed An amendment that persons unable
to take the test oath be excluded. from its hon.
chts, was lost--ayes 10, nays 30-and the bin
Itself Was defeated by vote Of 20 10 22.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-02-09

~ j. %. HAoooD, Esq, has Revenue
Stamps for sale.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-02-09

Bsg" Mr.. CHARLES II. HALL will issne
about the middle Of February, at Orange
nurg Y: H., new Literary paper, under the
'asif'' titie OF " Orangeburg News" SAMUEL Din.
BILE, Esq, will be the editor. The enter.
prise has our best wishes for success,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-02-09

EE- The ladies of the Memorial Assoc;..
ton of Spottsylvania Court House, have com
menccd the work of reintcring the Confcd-
crate dead in their beautiful cemetery
grounds.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-02-09

ae0~A happy couple, who are both deaf anc
dumb, were married at Bryan's Pond, il
Maine, recently, theclereyman using the sign
language. Quiet will reign in that family
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1867-01-24
Resurrection from the Dead.

The last Wytlivilie (Va.) Dispatch says :
We are informed that MIR. Peter But
ner :: former resident Of our town, who has
contended for a number of years that he
will never die. but will remain on this earth
alive, until Gabriel shall blow his trumpet,
WAS thrown into some sort Of trance, a
lew days since, by which life was, to all
appearances, entirely extinct. His belief
led him often to warn his friends not to
put h:m under terra f,Daa too soon, but to
keep his body MANY days, so as to con-
vince themselves of the fact that be would
never die. His warming was taken, and
on the fifth day of his transitory sleep. I'M
mistakable signs of life appeared i'll Peter
body and in few hours he was himself
again He has been a close reader Of the
Good Book and we have heard him preach
some good sermons.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1867-01-24
The Amendment

The Richmond IRhig Of the 22nd inst
says:-Sixteen States-Connecticut New
Hampshire, Tennessee. Rhode Island. New
Jersey, Oregon, Vermont, Ohio. New
York, Missouri, Kansas, Maine, West Vir-
gina, Illinois, Indiana, and Minnesota
have ratified the Constitutional Amend
mens-some of them by fair voting, others
es hook or by crook. Counting the South
ern States as out Of the Union. and the
Northern States as composing the Union,
only tour more are required to carry it.
When Nebraska and Colorado are admit.
ted, it will require five more. When these
four or five shall ratify It, we shall see
whether Congress viii declare the amend
msnt part of the Constitution and pass
the necessary measures to enforce it. And
1fCongress shall so declare and so act. we
Will then see what the Supreme Court have
to say about it.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1867-01-24

troduced into Baltimore Pianos by the
Messrs. Steiff and now copied b. other
makers,
At their wareroom may be found instru-
ments- Of all ST les and prices. Their grand
Piano, particularly attracted my attention,
Con which they. have a patent,) it being
constructed differently from all others
They contain powerful. tone, produced
by double sounding board, on which they
have also patent. It is highly spoken of
in Baltimore, and it wilt 10 doubt Gas it
richly deserves) take high rank in the mus
zeal world.
We would advise all who are in want of
irst rate instrument, to supply themselves
from this manufactory, which can be easily
done, through their agents located at every
prominent point IN the Valley"
EgWe learn from the Richmond papers,
that the NIessrs Stieff have lately presen-
ted to the Hollywood Memorial Associa-
ton of that city, one of their fine instru-
ments, valued at 5000, which will be
placed in their Bazaar for sale in February
next.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1867-01-24
FOE TIE HERALD.


Ar' Editor In the last issue of your paper,
speaking OF the action of our Legislature On the
Constitutional amendment, you say, ''Ifthe people
OF Virginia, and the Legislature could have had
stored to the Union and her chosen
admitted to seats in Congress immediately upon
the adoption OF the proposed amendment the tenn
sation to yield the principle Cor the sake OF peace
and final settlement Of the questiops involved.
would have been very strong, and the change
OF which Mr.. Sexar speaks might indeed have tax
en- p'As.. not only in thc feeling and action o. the
Legislature, but amongst the people,
Permit nc to ask yoH, "a The name of those for
whom you have spoken, do sea really believe,
q ,oul language would imply, that the Legisla-
ture, or people of Virginia, are ready to ,icld
their principles and their honor, for the sake of
being re-adnittcd into Union that for four wears
they fought 50 herocalIy to escape from I? If this
be true-so true that we may as well pabiish it to
the world-thea, whilst pay all honor 10 the
gallant dead, may we not address to the living
Virginians the indignant language of CoIibanus ?
81 would they were bal D a ions (as they are,
Though in Rome bitter'd, not Romans, as they
are not,
Though calv'd in the porch of Capital.)"
gg~ In consequence of other engagements we
must defer remarks in reply to the above I'M
til next week.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1867-01-24
c I''Ut lHIIltt' IV TUT IUg NVIH I5aHF'
Gh CnIriianlt Street. NnM 4 or
DR.. Schench.s ie,sssn0nic Syrun.

HIS great medicine cured d.. j. H. SCiiENcK,
the Proprietor of Pulmonary Consumption;
when it had assumed its most formidable aspect
and when speedy death appeared to be inevitable.
His PHYSICIANS pronounced his case incurabla
when he commenced the use Of this single but
powerful remedy. His health was restored in a
very short time and return the disease has
been appreh ended, for all thu symptoms quickly
disappeared, aud his present weight is more than
two hundred pounds.
Since his recovery, he has devotad his attention.
exclusively to the OF Consumption and the
diseases which ar. usually complicated with Il;
and the effected BY h;s medicines nave been
very Numerous and truly Wond + nj. D:. Schenck
makes professional visits to several OF the larger
cities weekly, where he has large conc0ur5e ut
patients and it is truly astonishing to poor con
sunptives that have to1be lated out oF their car
riages and in % ew months healthy robust persons
DIR. SCHHNCK'S PULMONIC SYRUP. SEA
generally all require I'd in curng Consumption.
Full directions accompany each, so that any one
take them without seeing Dr.. Schenck, bat
when ii is convenient it is best to see nim. lie
gives advice free bat for a thorough examination
with his Il spirometer his t., Is three doliars.
Please observe, when pulsshaeing, that the two
ikcnesses OF the Doctor-one aen in the last stage
Of Consumption. and tle other as he aoW is, in
perfect heaith-are on the Government 3tamP.
Sold BY all Druggists and Dealers. Price 81. so
per bottle, or $50 tiie half dozen. Letters Tor
advice should always b. directed 10 DR. SChenck>3
Principal Oiiica, Is North 6th ST.. Philadelphia,
Pa. General Wholesale Agents Delaas Barnes
( Co.. Y. York S. S. Iancc, Baltlmore, Md. ;
john d. Park, Cincinnati, Chic; Walker & Ta!
Tor, Chicago I'LL. Collins Bros, St. Louis, Mo.
Oct. 25--3d W Ell. mo. ly--sinp { co.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1867-01-24
Stay Law, &c.

1t, perhaps, is greatly to be regretted
If it is not grave mistake of our legisla-
tors, that the questions which involve the
salvation of the country should be regard
ed too strictly in their legal relation, when
owing to the very peculiar situation of the
country, and taking into consideration the
means by which it was so reduced, would
it not be be better to take them in more
practical light? They ought to become
questions of policy, based upon vital issues
of right and wrong-justice and injustice.
If the provision guarding against impair
ing ME obligation Of contracts should be so
persistently insisted upon, the other guar
enteeang the right Of property should not
be entirely ign0ted-for the one holds SO
intimate a relation to the other that you
cannot disturbe the one without material
~ affecting the other; in other words, if
the public veal demanded the destruction
and deprivation of both public and private
property, guaranteed by constitutional pro-
visions, why not, by the same authority,
extend relief to contracts made upon the
faith of this property so destroyed, and in
fact having their obligation impaired by
the very act Of despoilalion and de-
struction2
Hitis peace that the country most wants,
it will certainly not obtain that ''consum-
nation by opening every avenue to the
most distressing character of litigation,
and giving full rein to the rapacious~ cred
itor to gather in his money, which is bear
ing him a legitimate interest, to send it
abroad to bring him asury, and in this
manner Cypress a people suffering the ad-
verse fortunes Of war, and, at the same
time, destroy the hope Of their ever being
able to retrieve their fortunes and that of
their country. II these people have been
rendered INDECENT by acts Which ignored
these legal principles, in the name of JUS
tices let Us not render them hopelessly
bankrupt, and at the same time offer pre-
miums to vice and dishonesty, by compell-
ing the oppressed to secure themselves as
best they may, in such way and manner
as is only taken as a dernier resort. HUI
mainly should devise some mode of ESCAPE
from SO iminent bankruptcy Of the coun-
try.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1867-01-24
RetaIiato Legisla ton.

We clip the following from the proceed
ings of the Legislature of''West Virginia, .
last Thursday:
MIR. Ferguson, from the Judiciary
Committee, reported a bill to protect the
people Of the counties bordering Oh Vir-
ginia, in which State there is a stay law.
1t provides, in brief, that the people OF
Virginia shall not collect debts from c.ti-
zens i'll West Virginia so long as tn, latter
are prevented by the Virginia stay law from
collecting debts due from citizens Of Vir-
ginia. Read the first time"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1867-01-24
seasonabie Suggestions.

Winter in this climate, is trying Season. It's
unsteady temperature greatly aggrayates dyspcp-
sia and acts very unfayorably upon that sensitive
oroan. the liver The alienation offros and thaw
keens the pores of the body continually opening
and contracting, and the result fsa condition efl
thcsvstem favorable to the action of the atmosflZ
IL virns which produces intermitten feyers: Hence
a PROTECTIVE MEDICINE like Fl o EFT Err s.
! STOMACH BITTERS is especially needed in the
I winter months. The effect of this great CoNsr1--
rurfoNAL INvIGosANT, in rendering even the.
feeblest frame impervous to all malarious infu-
ences is a grand fact demonstrated by the uniform
experience Of a quarter of century. As ston-
achc, an ambitious medicine, and preventive
and cure of Fever and Ague, it is the one thing
needful which meme who value the preservation
of health can afford to do without.
THE SICK. WHEN AT DEATHS DOOR,
regret that they did not take the right antidote at
the right time. Thousands who are now suffering
| from the early twnges of liver complaint and dys-
| pepsia. will be PROSTATE on sck-beds month
| hence, if they do not arrest the mischief at once.
Nothing is more easy A course of the parest. and
best vegetable toric and Alternative known in mod
| ern NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. S STOMACH BIT
| TERS-will restore the digestive organs to their
| fall vigor, and bring the disordered liver into
condition Of perfect health, as certainly as sun
shine dissipates the morning vapors Fever and
/ Ague, too is at once broken up by this powerful
antidote to all miasmatic diseases Strengthen the
system with the BITTERS, ard YOU NAV defy alb
the complaints which prevail at this Indictment
! season.
| Jen. 10, lS61--4w.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1867-01-24
Dreadful, Steamboat Accident.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, January 1S.-The
steamer Platte Valley yesterday struck the
sunken wreck Of the gunboat jeff Thomp-
son, and sunk in forty feet Of water. Six
ty lives were lost, Including thirteen Of a
family named Roberts Most Of the cab
in passengers were saved.
Colonel Gus. Henry, formerly Adjutant
General of the Army Of Tennessee, with
his wife, was saved
The Platte Valley was a packet. be-
tween Memphis and Vicksbnrg, and was
valued at $4,000. She was loaded to the
guards.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1867-01-24

ANOTHER RADICAL RoLTER Mr.. Bak-
er made a speech in the House of Repre-
sentatives on Thursday in which, inter alia,
he said
Gle saw difficulty also in the seventh
section Of the bill, which insists upon equal
political and civil privileges to all, and re-
garded the concluding portion of it. which
declares that if the section should ever be
altered or amended, the State should lose
its right in Congress, as a monstrous pro-
postum. He thought tue bill should De
by III means referred to the Joint Com
mittee on Reconstruction. In his judg-
mcnt, the States of tbs Union were, in the
long run, better nursing mothers of liber-
ty than this centralized Government could
be. He wanted to sec everything left to
the States that could be safely left to them.
He warned the House against the evil ten
dency Of degrading, diminishing, and dis
honoring the States Of the Union. The
gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Ste
vens) had denounced his own State as not
Republican, and had expressed the hope
that Congress would interfere anu make i.
SO and the gentleman from Massachusetts
(Nr. Banks) had spoken of cashiering the
representatives of States that were not re-
publican in form. lie warned the House
against the encouragement Of any such de-
structivc IDEAS
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1867-01-24
TO CONSERVATIVES.

The adverter, having been restored to health
n a few wecis by very simple remedy, after
having suffered for several years with severe
lung affection, and that dread disease. consgtn;.-
tion--is anxious make known to his fellow suffer
ers the means oil cure.
To all who desire it, lie will send n copy of the
prescription used free Of ehargel, with the dileo-
tons for preparing and uSing.tAe same, which they
will find a SURE CURE for CoNsUaPEIoN, ASTHMA,
BhoNcHIrAs, Coueus, Gntn8, ard ali raroat and
Lung Affections. The only object OF the adyerti-
in sending the Prescription is TO benefit the
lficteG, lild spread information which he concei-
yes to b. Invaluable, and he hopes every sufferer
will try his remedy, as 1t will cost nothing, and
may prove blessing.
Parties wishing the prescriptions, FREE, by re-
turn mail, will pielse address
ltEv. EDWARD A. WILSON
Williamsburg. King Co, New York.
mar Is, lS6G--iy.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1867-01-24
Important from Panama.

New York, January 21.-The Pana-
ma correspondent of the New York Her
aid says the United States Minister, Bur
son, had had serious difficulty with Pres
idtnt Mosquera, and had demanded his
passports. Mr. Burton broke off all COM
munication with the Columbian officials.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1867-01-24
Terrorism at Lexington. Mo.

LEXINGTON, Mo. Jaauary 21.-The
excitement here has been revived by the
arrival of troops The busiis hackers had
Disappeared Business is entirely suspen-
ded. owing to the presence Of the troops,
who ovorawe The people.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1867-01-24

A gentlen an in Orange county, Va. who
hof.s a!ty thousand dollars in State bonds.
proposes to surrender half of them to the
State if the Legislature will agree to pay
him the intereston the rema lder. He adj
vises other holders of bonds to make sim
liar proposition.