Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-06-08

~ W o'"o'c tn"t nearly all accord to
MN sincerity, consistency and honestly of pur.
pose We think therefore, the Governor is
III error when he speaks of the "ab,sc he
has received, for We have observed lIttlc or
none of that commodity in the critiok Inns or
comments of the press Of this State on his
letters.
Win the writer, we wish to sec the white
people OF this State thoroughly united, for we
believe that, so united. by voting for q con-
vcnt'on, they will be enabled to control its mr.
sanzation. That being done, the fra,biuy Of
the new constitution, by the best available
ana qualified men we can select, will be tho
most important work. II chcy should fail to
frame one acceptable to the dominant party
1" Congress, the people of South Carolina viii
"s "i.s least have done their duty by eeny'hs
forms; and then. should they be san ,kclu-
ded, they would be in no worsc--indeed, in
not such bad condition ns if they were
pcrcmptorily to refuse the main rcquisition of
tho law-thc calling Of a convention
| While we dcplorc any movement that would
be likely to produce divisions in this State at
the coming ordeal through which her people
are called to pass, yet we chccrfully give place
to the views so ably presented by Gov. PERRY,
that the people may hear both sides, and act
as their Judgment after mature reflection,
may dictate
| DEMONSTRATIONS IN THIS SrArE-.Judge
A'drich, in letter to the f" Mercury" urges
t'at every man in the State who can register
his name should do So He says:
"Thcrc arc other matters to be passed IN.
on by the country, under the military bill, be-
sides who shall be members of the convention.
The constitution to be framed by that couvcn
ton is to be submitted to the people for their
approval and unless the privilege of voting is
secured hy registration, the power of the
country may be seized by designing and un-
scrupnous men My counsel, therefore. is,
that it Will be fatal blundcr not to secure
this high privilege. Ifa man registers, he is
not obliged to vote if lie fails to do 80, he
VII not be permitted to exercise this great
f;,nchisc"
JUDGE KELLY on FINA1IrY, CoNr1scA.
rloN.-ln his speech, at Salisbury, N. G., the
other day, Judge Kelly snid he lad been asked
whether the Sherman bill was final meas
nre. TO this he would answer that the South
itself should decide that lie then proceed.
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:" rs to conilscation-of which they seem
rd to be atrail-he protested that no matte,
for all Mr. Stevens said in his spccch thcre
was not n Republican in Congress who wanted
a conliscation bill but if the military hin
was rejected, as the constitutional amendment
was, he would not say that restricted fran
chisc might not follow, or that CONGRESS
might not go further. even to taking from
the men OF large wealth who oppressed the
masses portion of their vast estates. Tn
concusloh, lie asked them to believe that this
Is the language he would have spoken in Mo.
bile had the people listened to him, and to
assure them that all they read in the papers
about using cxaspcrating or offensive words
were merely creations of the imaaination."
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! iS'" The London "Spcctator" reports
rumor that Mr.. Seward is negotiating for
the purchase Of all British America from tho
Pole 10 f'ry degrees North latitude, and from
the Pacific to the Canadas; )" and Lord Stan.
ley is sal | not to he avcrsc to such transfer
The Spectator thcrcupon remarks: off
Mr. Seward has made any such offer, we trust
Lord Stanley will remember that the owner of
the American Pacific scaboard will always be
the most formidable enemy India could have"
G:S" Abiding to the failure of Fraser
Trenholm 4 Co.. tho New York Indcpen-
dent says that @ from the known large assets
OF the firm in this country, it is very general
ly expected that the suspension will be only
temporary. The firm bought immense amount
of property in Charleston, and large tracts of
Ian IN So1th Carolina, during the war, pay
ing Tor then in Confederate currency and In
this way acquired vast wealth for merely
nominal consideration IT. ia nssnrtnl .kat
from one half to wothirtls of Charleston is
owned by the firm. Reports also state that,
last year, :hcy paid taxes upon $4,000, 900
property in South Carolina"
! E:V' Collector Crane, of the Grth North
Carolina District, reports that during the past
week he has seized twenty distilleries engaged
in the illicit manufacture Of whiskcy and an.
pic brandy.
Ey" The New York Frccman's Jour.
nal of last week, says I" Let us prepare to
rcpiidiatc the Lincoln war debt Whom mo