Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-09-07
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Majority for the whites, G3I
Removal of Gen. Sickles.

Removal of Gen. Sickles
Ateegraphc dispatch received from Wash
ington, says tho "Charcston Mercury" an
nounccs that the President has assigned Gen
SicKLEs to other duty, and has ordered Gen
Il. r. Il. CANBY to the command of this Mill
tary District
In view Of the recent action of Gen SICK
LES in relation to the Presidential order re-.
quiring him to abstain from any interference
with the United States Courts, it is probable
that he has been relieved at his own request
1t has already been noticed that, at his in
stance, the order of tho Executive in relation
to General Orders No 10 was Suspended, and
that, after Gen. SIcKLEs had given his rea.
sons for its suspension, the order was reitera-
ted. The Commander Of this District has
held that he had supreme authority in the
Carolnas, and if, as doubtless was the casc, he
was sincere in his opinion, it iustifon s..
90 '''"i'v -re'"~'-nJ oy',vurnod, even those or
dors of which most complain. has been made.
Entertaining tho belief that tho acts of Con
gress gave him plenary powers, and that he
had not gone beyond the line of his duty, it is
but reasonable that Gen. SICKIEs would rath.
er be relieved Of his command than accept a
diminished authority, which would also in
vol'c Withdrawal Of some of his published
regulations for the government of our affairs.
G2~ The entcrprising proprietors Of the
Z" Abhevillc Press" Mcssrs LEE e. WILSON
have enlarged that sterling district journal.
1t is now in size, spirit and ability, amongst
the foremost of the newspaper press of the
State. We wish these gentlemen much sue
cess. Especially do we desire that friend LEE
may always be able to give "a gracious mes
sage host Of tongues" and live to soc that
"great popular reaction which is to restore lib
erty, peace and prosperity to the land"
EDr The political meeting at Bolton on the
30th ut. was largely attended. From the re-
port Of the 1ntelligcnccr," we make the
following extract
3" Hon. j. l.. Orr was then introduced, and
addressing the whites advised them to regis.
ter and vote for Convention, as it was follv
and madness to attempt to defeat that object.
There were-60, 900 negro voters against 30
600 white, and as the Convention would look
to the iptorest Of the black man, it could not
be expected that one of them would vote
against it. He then admonished the freed
mon that they must be Industrious and sayo
their money and reminded them that if they
attompt oppression Of the whites now while
in the majority, it might be visited upon them
IN the future, when tho balance of power
would be different, rs no more negroes were
to be brought to this country. He disabased
their minds of their idea that they would 3D.
tain lands from the Government, and showed
that this was not even desirable upon thoir
part. The Governor presented every phase
OF the issues before the people. with great
force and ability, and to the satisfaction Of his
hearers. We regret that fuller notes Of his
speech arc not at our command"
WASHINGTON, September "a dispatch
from Fort Hayes says the savages 10 that SEQ
ton do not wish peace and will kllthe Com
missioners if they can. They are driving all
the buffaloes towards their villages on the Re-
publican River They attacked train near
Fort Smith but were repulsed. Twenty In.
dians and ono officer and four soldiers were
killed. ~
General Grant has ordereJ mo discharge
OF seventyono out of one hundred and forty
clerks in the Pay Department j
Nine regular Army Surgeons have died
within tho past throo weeks Il ~ @sI,s
]. simon Cameron fayors the impeaohmeat Of
the President.
DEATH OF Hon. JonN MCQUEEN Hon.
John Mcqueen, for many years d ,nen1ber, Of
Congress from, the First Congressional, Dis.
trict Of South Carolina, died at Society Fill,
in this State, Friday last, in the sixty-tbird
year of his age. s., u. 9f..@