Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-02-04

tic necessity for something ikea code OF well
understood rules to protect the weak from
such oppression, just as laws are required in
national and social communities for similar
purpose.
| I.O. D. E--Atthe annual communication
Of the Grand Lodge of tho State Of South
Carolina the following brothers were Installed
into their respective Offices
| p. G.. Nj. Richard Caldwell NJ. w G.. NJ.
=. G.. r. III. Mcdowell II. w. ID. G.. NJ.
j. G. j. Il. Speck, Nj. d., r.. w. G. w.
p. G. Rev. l.. 9. Loyal, Il. w. G. Chap.
lain.
p G. NJ. John II. Honour, Jr., NJ. d., II.
W. G. Secretary.
p. G. B. Bross, r. w. G. Treasurer.
p. G.. NJ. William Thaycr, II W. G. Rep
resentative.
p. G.. NJ. John Mckenzie, r. W. G. Rep
resentativo.
Pc. John r. Milligan, w. G. Marshal.
=. G. II. L. Diver, W. G. Conductor.
AT the annual session of the r. w. Grand
Encampmcnt of South Carolina, |. o. o. r.,
held in Charleston on the 18th inst, the fol.
lowing officers were elected:
Patriarch John Mckenzie of Eutaw Eu-
equipment, No 2, Grand Patriarch
Patriarch L.. G. loyal, of Ashley Encamp-
mcnt, No 8, High Priest
PatIarch j, Christopher, Of Ashley En-
canpment, No B, Grand Senior Warden.
Patriarch F. g. jacobs. of Eutaw Encanp-
ment No. 2, Grand Scribe.
Patriarch l.. "A. Duyal, Palmetto Encamp.
ment, No /, Grand Treasurer.
Patriarch John IT, NIilliyan of Ashley EN-
campmcnt, No 3, Grand Junior Warden.
Patriarch John McCammon, of Eutaw En-
campment, No. 9, Grand Sentinel.
NEW ORLEANS. Janrory 2I.-Gov Wells.
in his annual message t, the Legislature Of
this State, favors the adoption of the consti.
tutional amendment. lie assumes that Con
gcess will demand impartial suffrage from the
South, and dcnounces the police and Auti-
Conventionists for their participation in the
riots Of July last. He urges increased taxa
ton to sustain the credit of the State, prop.
cr appropriation of the school fund for the cd
ucation,of the blacks. and the extension of
proper Inducements Tor foreign immigration.
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MONTGOMERY, January 2l.-Chcf s.
tce Walker, of the Supreme Court of this
State, delivered an opinion to-day, sustaining
the decision heretofore made in the Circuit
Court, that Alabama was tic /0cto Govern
mcnt under the late Confederate States
The effect of this decision is to relieve from
responsibility all guardians and administrators
who invested the funds under their control in
Confederate securities, and to make valid all
transactions which took place in Confederate
money.
NASHVILLE, January 24-Thc House of
Representatives has passed n Bill providing
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nation of cavalry regiment in each Congress
sional District, to he composed of white and
black troops, and to be subject to the call of
| the Governor
1t has also passed Bill crasing the word
"whitc" from the suffrage laws of the State.
TnE Augusta (GaD Con&tiiutionalisf, of
the 18th inst, advocates the formation of a
land company, for the purpose of furnishing
means to the planters of Georgia, and for in.
lucing laborcrs and farmers from Europe to
remove to central Georgia. 1t fears that, in
consequence of the large migration of blacks
from that portion Of the State, that much of
it will become q temporary wilderness, unless
some effective means are Immediately used to
draw large amount Of white labor in that di
rcction.
A BToonY AND UNRELENTING FEUD.-
The 6 Louisville Journal, of the 18th inst,
contained substantially tho following:
Two families of Carter County, East Ten
ncssee, named Roberts and Johnson, have
been wagins bloody war between each other
for twenty years. During this time fourteen
men belonging to the two families have lost
their lives, and On the evening of the 5th
inst, in Elizabeth, Tennessee, the sole survi
wing males of the two families engaged in an
alteration which resulted fatally to both.
| This domestic war originated about dozen
| fence rails
LONDON, january 10 Forty-six persons
arc reported lost by the breaking of the ice in
Regents Park. Others known to be on the
| lake at the time arc still MISSING