Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1868-01-04

IHE ENATURAEIzATIoa QUESTION. From
.oo sprit manifested by Congressin a recent
discussion upon tho standing of naturalizcd
citizens, itfis'ovident that the English denial
Of tho rigEto Of cx patriation, viii toresisted by
tins country It has been admitted chat this
SUBJECT of naturalization is matter for Exec-
"'lve action, nndldces not require my special
'es'Slation by Congress, and it is evident that
TINS pody will sustain the President in any
.luoio9loqs l1s9q action that has for it's object tile
yindlcatlon:of tho rights Of ,naturalzcd citi.
gems and their equality with natives, as fur as
foreign Governments arc concerned. There
IS both interest and political capital in this
question, and, although there is no likelihood
of any serious complication, it will certainly
DO pressed in such n way as to crafty the
feelings and secure the support of the Irish
Americans
CoLoRFD MEH LEAVING THE LOYAL
LEAauEs.- The. .Warrentop (Vigiuia) "In-
dex publishes ascarl from Beverly Thorn.
ton, colorcd, of4that place, to citizen, in which
he states that, having beena member Of the
Union League, with the understanding that
twas the best step to take to promote peace,
but now seeing that itsis peace breaker of
: tho community, and being lover of peace at
aH timos, has withdrawn thcrcfrom. Daniel
Brown, cnrpcntor, colorcd, also says that lie
has withdrawn, for the reason assigned by
Thornton. Wm. Webster blacksmith, wish
es tho public to know that lie has withdrawn.
Minor Gnyson, blacksmith, will have nothing
to do with the League, and promises to vote
the conservative white mans ticket
TEaRIDhE ARRAY most shocking and
hcart-rcnding ARRAY occurred in the usually
quict village of Yorkville, on Christmas eve
night, in which one young gentleman named
Smith. was iastantly killed, and another named
Snyder piorta1ly wounded, 10y a person named |
. 81. Jones. Itscems tl,atata ball given in. The
,yillage, and @liiclt was attended by the most
respectable and esteemed citizens of the place,
difficulty occurred bctwcon Jones and Smith |
and Snyder, in which Smith had his throat
cutfrom cay to ear dying Instantly, and Sny- |
der was hlortally wounded. We learn that
Jones hns given himself up and was lodged
i'll jail CAuriottc ,N'c,os:
Gy- In Englnid, tl,is ya,n, the supply of
American cotton his been twenty five per
cent. beyond that OF last year. willie the guam
tity from India has cxpcricnccd'n reduction
nf twenty nine per cent. America will Gre
be tic prime cotton field of the world
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Ess" In the centro Of II hill in Monitor
Valley, Nevada, is natural bowl seventy five
feet in diameter and almost us deep consta nt-
ssJy3full of boiling water ts
r. M Ga,r louisville vagrant, who had been
Sfnod regularly every week for drunkenness, re-
,Apcstcd the magistrate to fine him by the year
'at "a, reduced rate
Et- Up to tho 2l of D c,n,ber, 500
,'ocks of earthquake have been felt at St
"o'l~s, The man vino says that Secretary
= se"ntp's l"@'.s$purchaso is no great shakes is
Clearly mistaken
EcLlrsEy Es:E 81 There s::,; III Saswo eclipscs o.
the sun in 1868, On ,ltsrnary 23d ut It nine
O'clock, twclItysminntcsi in the Morning invis.
'bc In tho sU.pited States, visible in South
America, the q tlantic Ocean and Africa. -
The second is 9 total eclipse Of tho sun, vAu.
gust 18th, l2;o'clock, fifteen minutes in tho
morning So n = F.