Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-07-06
Gold Minea


The long dormant mineral resources of tb;s
section of South Carolina seem to be attrac-
ting. at this tine, considerable share of at.
'entlon from abroad. Within the past few
weeks' several good prospects have been soldw
TO Northern ~ companies, atfgures which would
indicate that said prospeotsiare Of decided e
~ captivating nature. pbs. Northern, and
Western Sections Of tiissIFstrict offer rare
!nduGfemcnts, We are infofifbd, for Investment
In gold mining, adventvfea The Broad Riy-
CT boundaries are. pronou0 ceas osbe richSi1s
hne specimens Of the yellow orc. Thcfowu. .I
ess OF this property cordially in, itc thoss rlis
l.2 h2pycthe 'neaas, to come and dig it out I and
pqy q reasonable toll ~ ,Porhyille Engpiros.
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| SMUGGLING AND, OTHER FRAUDS UPON
TIE: GovERNMENT.- Hardly day has pass
ca lately without some news having been pub
llshed in our columns about slnuee)ino dis-
tillcry frauds OF. robbery of the Troasnrv in
one way or another, There is scmathina rad.
'ically defective either in the revenue svstem
itself or in the management of it.. Perhans
Iii both There is, too, deplorable laxityef
morality IN GoverRmcnt,oficials, and in those
having transaction with the Government
we seem to.be fast running into state Of
fearfal demorallzation, which, unless checked.
VIII inevitably bring US to. bankruptcy and
revolution: It's not surprising that the rev.
eHni enne OF the Goycrnment has fallen off great
~ |hen there are 80 many leaks and cvasions
OF t'ie law. One Of the first things Congress.
should attend to, when it meets is thorourh
investigation and over hauling OF the reyenuo
laws, and of the causes .of fraud. ITn]ess
these frauds be stopped, the revenue better
collected, and the Government funds be made
more secure from robbers, wo shall soon find
an empty Treasury, and the people unwilling
to DC taxed heavily for the benefit Of plunder.
ing rasoals, official and unofficial. Let us
have an Investigation, apd such laws as can
be carried est without evasion --Ne,o porh
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TIrE ~ ]PnEsIDENr's,T TRIp STo BosuoN.-
WASHINGTON, June. 25. 5.-IDafripg the Presi.
dent'sspecch at Boston, which sWss: :oontined
TO an expression of thanks to, the publio$fpr
tne courtcsics shown to him rs citizen.and as
Chief Magistrate, three cheers for Congress
were called for fohithc outskirts Of tho crowd
1 The cheers were not given.
During Mr Stewards remarks, tltec cheers
were given for North. Carolina. Mr.. Seward
said: You may well give three cheers for
the State Of North Carolina. Sho was the
first State To put forth the Declaiation of Tnls
depence in tho resolution against Great Bit.
am You may wch give three cheers for
North Carolina4-she was tho State of the
eleven who seeded, who went last and most
reluctantly out of the Union. You may wol
give three cheers for North Carolina--sHo was
tho. first of all the eleven who secetscd, to come
back again to the family froside of tho Union.
And to-day nothing is wanting for her to re-.
sumo her ancient, honorable and most patri-
otto position in the family of the Republic,
but the consent of tho people oflIassachdsattas
Now, know thataall that is coming about Z. -; /;
is coming about very SOON. l have seen thu
earth and tho skies full'of the elements of fers,
tihtyy of health and, ,of vigor and / saw in
North Carolina tho cotton spring up. which IL:
to supply next year the mills ofS Aiassachu.
sets. / have seen in New York the whoat
growing that is to supply tho West Indies
and tho Southern States. Iknow thai nature
designs that the whole conkiucnt-- not merely
i these yhirtysix States, A6S ibis whole cont
nent--shoald be sooner on later within, the
magic cirole Of. the American Union.
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