Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-05-18
[voL. 2-No. a.
Who will Control the South,


effort to control the elections of the South,
by arraying the white against the black vote,
scnsibly says (:
We do not see any great chance of their
succeeding. Missionaries from outside
tracts, speeches, cxhortations, and Kindred in
fuenccs however Jealous and strong, will
always be weak and impotcnt, as against the
daily contact, the mutual dependence, and the
constant pressure of business and OF suc; Il ac.
tivity. This always has Jecn the case and it,
always will be. ltis so in the N0rth, spite
Of the intelligence and indepemd mdeHaa E.sls
characterize people. The laborers in tf1S Ii s.
! mines of Pennsylvania vote in the main with
their employers. The mass of the worker,
IN Lowell aud in Lawrence, and every
where else, vote with those who give them
work-not from compulSon or from fear, but
from conviction, or at least, from preference.
They naturally act with those on whose capi-
tai they live. Their first and strongest feel
ing is that their interest are the same that
they must stand or fall, prosper or pine togeth-
or. And no amount of political propagandism
ob.crtro succeeds i'll putting them apart.
There is every reason to suppose that the
same thing will prove true in the Southern
States. The blacks and whites, in the main,
will go together. There may be temporary and
in the long run, the whites will plan the cam
paign, markout the programme, nominate the
candidates, and the blacks will help elect them.
And probably one of the most important of
the results achieved by Congress, in the en-
iranchisemcnt of the negroes, will be the in
crease of political power which is thus confer
red on the Southern States.
RICHMOND, May 0.-A serious riot occur.
red here this evening, with large crowd of
negroes GATHERED on Carey street, and the
engines Of the Richmond and Wilmington,
Delaware, fire companies. a fight took place
and negro was arrested The mob of ne.
groes rescued him, but he was again captured
UPON arriving at the upper station house, tho
mob again rescued him, throwing paving
stones at the police. Capt jenkins, of tho
police two sergcants and one private were in
inrcd; two of them seriously. by this time
the mob 1 lad lad swelled to nearly aasa99
Gen. SchoGcld sent up company of the lITh
Regiment, and came himself lie spoke to
the mob, commanding them to dispcrse, but
the order was not obeyed The soldiers then
charged hayonets, and drove them away.
More soldiers were sent to the station house
after night, and no riot is likely to occurr.-
Daring the riot, the negroes surrounded
house in which a white boy had taken refuge,
and clamorcd for him until he came out, and
was taken in charge by the police.
TnAn. STEVENS CoNrIscAT1oN Doc
TRlNE.-A despatch from Washington says /:
Leading Republicans are tclcgraphing
here, from different sections of the North
their reputation of Thad Stevens confisca-
ton doctrine"
We do not see why I" leading Republicans"
should put themselves to that trouble. Able
and eminent as Mr.. Stevens is, his confisca-
ton speech aw. Ike no single echo in Congress.
Aud his recent letter serves only to render
more palpable the truth, that Henry Wilson,
in his speeches at the South uttcrs the scnti-
monts Of at least nine -tcnths Of tho Rcpnbli
can party.
In single contingency, only, do Mr.. stc-
vcns' peculiar views threaten to assume i'm
portancc Should the Democratic minority
in the present Congress serve his ends as thor
oughly as they did in the last, he may be able
somewhat to impede the admission of mem
bcrs from the States soon to be reconstructed.
thus the conditions of restoration were rem
dcrcd far more onerous to the ex-rebcls than
majority of the Republicans desired and
prescribed. We have strong hope that this
" little game" of the two extremes will not
be repeated. d.-Ncw York Tribune.
ARREST OF Mr.. STEPHEN CALHOUN SMITH.
We regret to announce that, on yesterday,
Mr.. Stephen Calhoun Smith, resident Of
this city, was arrested for cutting the United
States flag on Saturday last. We have no
sympathy for the act, which we consider with
out excuse, but we are sorry for the man,
whom we knew as soldier Of Company X,
I'd South Carolina Cavalry, Hamptons Bri.
gade, who distinguished himself by his gal
liant conduct at the battle of Gettysburg.
Charleston Mercury.
MEMPHIS, May 10-A negro was shot
through the heart, to-day, while attempting
to force an entrance into tho house Of j. B.
Synnot by Mrs. Synnot, who was alone
The Southern Baptist Convention has COM
mcnccd its session. Rev. p. III. Nell, Of !
Georgia, is President. Thirteen States ara
represented BY zoo delegates. The Foreign
Board Of Missions reported its expenditures
at 322. 900; tho Damestin Hnarfl al edd3 3Iif Z.