Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-05-18

THE CONGRESSIONAL APPROPRIATION I.
The Washington Chronicle" of Friday.
says The purchase and distribution of sun.
plies authorized by Congress IN its appropria-
ton of half million dollars to the starving
people of the South has been commenced by
Colonel Eaton, who has been selected by the
freedmen's Bureau for that duty. Cargoes
! OF provisions will be at once forwarded to the
points where tho suffering is the greatest, and
shipments will be continued from time to time
until the appropriation is exhausted.
REPUBLICAN CoNyENTIoN.-Thi BODY
assembled yesterday morning The following
committees were arpointcd State Central
Committee, Committee on Platform, Commit
tee to prepare an address to the people of
South Carolina, Committee of Ways aud
Means. n resolution was adopted, that when
the convention adjourn, it adjourn to meet at
Columbia, on the second Wednesday in July
ncxt- Charleston Courier, 0M.
A NOBLE Glrr.-The celebrated N. Y.
Publishing House, the Applctons, have pre-
scntcd one hundred thousand copies Of clio.
mcntary school books to the Peabody Trustees,
for gratuitous distribution in the South, viz /:
$4,000 copies of Wcbstcr's Elementary Spell
cr $4,000 copies of the Webster Elementa-
ry Reader; $4,000 copies of Cornell's First
Steps in Geography 10000 copies of Quack-
cubos' Primary Arithmetic; 5000 copies of
Quackenbos' First Book in Grammar
|
Among the private soldiers now on duty at
the Jackson Barracks, below the city of New
| Orleans is one by the name of Schultz. who
served during the late war as Colonel of an
| Illinois regiment and upon leaving the ser
vice was brcvctcd to tho grade of Briealcr.
| Finding, no doubt, charm in military life.
he re-cntcrcd the service and enlisted as hinh
private. But here's the rub By an Act Of
Congress all OK officers of the United States
arc permitted upon military occasions of impor.
tancc to wear the insignia of their brcvet rank
Therefore, upon the next parade, will be pre-.
sentrd the curious anomaly Of Brigadicr's
star carried on the same shoulder with mus.
ket. Will the inspected out,rank the inspec-
tor!
PRoGREss The English Government has
taken from the negroes of Jamaica the right
to vote, and abolished representative govern.
mcnt in that island. They have had so much
trouble with that sort of lcgsl,tion that it
was concluded best to abolish it, and appoint
officers directly hy the Grown.
| EEGIsTRATIOS OF COLORED VOTERS IN
New ORLEANs.-Thc New Orleans CORES.
pondcnt Of the Louisville Courier" gets of
the following:
The registering of voters under tho Militia
ry Bill is progressing rapidly, the negroes reg
lstering in great numbers, and far cxcccdinc
the whites. The scene of registering is rich
and funny. Two ranks are formed outside of
the Registers Office, principally of darkics of
every grade, intcrspcrscd here and there by n
few white men. The following is the process
of making voters or comforting the franchise
on the coorcd citizens of African descenth
Rcgister-W hat is your name?
Coorcd Citizcn-My name is Caesar, boss
Register What is your other name?
Colorcd Citizen-Wcl, bnss, dey didn't
glib me my oddcr namc but old massas name
was Grandson, and 'spose must hab his
| name now
Rcgistcr--Did you ever hold any Office un.
der the United States or under the State of
Louisiana?
Colored Citizen Yah. yah we'll yes, boss,
sweeps out an assurance Office an LAWYERS
Office
Registcr-Did you ever give aid or conf
| to the Confederate States
Co'ored Citizcn-I didn't glib muffin, case
didn't have muffin to glib.
Rcgistcr-Did you ever serve in the Fcdc-
raj or the rebel armyY
Colorcd Citizcn-We boss, didn't serve
ncidcr, but the Yankees want to take me to
make hrctworks for en-, and so went to cool,
for the rcbs.
Register-T'hcn you gave them aid and
comfort, didn't you
Coiored Citizen-Why no, boss; dey Glib
me all dc aid and comfort for if it was moi not
Tor dem Id been dead Niger long ago.
Registcr-Swcar him in
~ locomotive for common roads has lust
been tried with great success in France.
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