Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1868-01-11
y The Reign Of Terror in the South.
THREE MILLION WHITES AND nI.acks IN NJ
PolNT OF STARVATION.

gSft FOlHT OF STARVATION.
apne of the travelling correspondents of the
New York Herald" who has made an OK.
tcnsiyo stoutof Louisiana, Georgia, Mississip-
pr, Alnbsmaj North and South Carolina, rep
r0snts the condition Of the freedmen as heart,
renxing in the extremc. In al the cotton
districts of those States, tho groat mass of
thsa freedmen arc not only on the point of star
walton, but possese soaroely salficenoy of
| clothing to cover their nakcdness At most
Of tho railway stations maay oolorcd children
collect on the arrival Of the trains, and enter
| INTO competition with the famishcd swine ard
dogs for the possession of the bones thrown by
passengers from the trains, while scores of Ia
~ hegroea collect about the depots as spccta.
tors. In tho corn growing districts, the nros.
peots OF tslnine arc not 80 near, and whites
aud blacks are on friendly terms IIo de.
csares th'1 the negroes are much moro desti
fuss than under the OLD slavo regime Tn
many osunties Of these Statos, the for.
este arc filed vita armed negroes, who hunt
game Ia the day time, and make raids upon
planters stock at night. The reign of te. or
is general IN upper Louisiana, lower Mssis
| alppl and the coston di.ricts Of Georgia and
tse Caroinas. The dcstitution, hoSeyer, il
not confined to the blacks. Thousands Of the
white population have not a mouths proyis
ioae ahead, and no money with which to lay
lrrgg rgg supply Niany planters, who were far
ssssssing, provided years. supply tor their
isallies but tho starving negroes have very
generally pillaged their smoke. houses aud
gsanaries and stripped then, clean. His csti-
nsate of the number of persons, Compiled
/ hpm statistics collected BY the Executives Of
the Stated and otbors,) who will starvc, un-
/ lsaa Congress provides some relief, ia three
/ 3nilillons, two thirds OF whom are ncgroes--
Esghis estimate embraces l.ouia;ana, Mississippi,
\ ssset''nsa, Geolgia and tho, ,Garolaas lie
iR-s no estimate Of the other unresollstructed
States. Unless prompt action 10 taken to pro-
vide fef tho starving freel.aen and whites, the
pillaging Of the whites will become general
the latter will resist, and q bloody conAict,will
be the result Planters are generally alarm
ed, and would leave the country could they
rsise the means to remove their families. =
Hundreds are Offering tAer hoiaso for mere
song, but oan Gnd no purchasers Plaata-
| tions that before tho war commanded as high
as hftJ dollars per acre. can b. purchased for
| i've dollars per aors, 80 gensIl is tho terror
that reigns and the desire os tho owners to
save their fasnilies from the outrases that are
| threatened by the negsoes. unless aid comes
+! FROM the Government or the people OF the
North
Nsw Foaa, Dec. 3g---The steamship
Henry Chauncey, from Aspinwall, hiss ar,
rived, and bringing 81, LOG, ,000 in treasure
A gentleman connected with the military
| government Of South Carolina, says the suffer
ing thsre promises to bo greater than last year.
j. |. Black is preparing his argument ia
case pending in tho 3uprcme Court. II ex
peots to secure decision declaring old Viz
gina State in the Union, which is moon
patable With the oons.isusionality Of the Ae.
construction Acts
judge Clarke, Of the Supreme Court OF
Now York, deci'lca that gold aud silver are no
longer tho legal money of the United States,
but commcaity; aud that proaissory notes
made payable in gold must be paid in gold, or
its equivalent.
Dispatches report very heavy snow storms
in Virginia and States North.
MADISON, IrD., Dec. sl.-sheriff Shan.
non killed a prisoner named John hedman---
thus frustrating the escape OF number Of
prisoners who had assailed tho sheriff
WILMINGTON, Dco 81. Tho steamship
Francis, from Baltimore to this port, went
ashore at a. m, eight miles North Of Ncw
Inlet. All hands saved She lies broadsido
on the beach, and the sea is sweeping over
her. She will probably go to pieces.
MoNTaoMERY, Dec 3l.-Scycn white men
and three negroes have doolined the nomiaa
tions for county Offices rendered them by tho
County Republican Convention nominees for
the State Senate included
USEFUL INFORMATION. An excellent
housckceper was overheard lamcnting that
crack had been made in her cooking stove -
For tho benefit of all such, we publish the
following ready mode Of nendng cracks in
stoves and iron ovens, az practiccd in Ger,
many:
Whom crack is discovered in stove,
| through which tho fire or smoke pcnetratcs.