Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1868-02-28
EDITORIAL MELANGE.

h gradual reduction OF the army and fol
aelishing useless grades thcrciu. aas
Senator Wilson telegraphs from Washing
Nj that Congress will not loan 81, 100000 te
aath Carolina to purchase homes for Til,
tdess darkies. aasdE, ..4a "a,
Democratic clubs aro being organized
foughout Georgia Keep the ball moving,
Tho Senate Military Committee have re-
&ncd Sherman's brcvet nomination with their
kapRgyeoy'alll Rgyeo 'll Of the proposed grade.
Some imaginative member Of tho South
sroliua Convention ESQ oallod) recently ven.
an enthusiastic panogyrio on Butler Of
HHassachusetts. Wehope he fools bottcr af.
his verbal 1iaryAea. In the ardor Of the
Rmcnt no actually termed "spoons" great
Prof. Delissior, of Kingston, Jamaioa
ycdicts that tho present year will be exceed
gly " fruitful" in physical connections of a
eous nature. lie looks for earthquakes,
1rriGo storms and other elementary distur.
Rhces. Lie bases his opinion on certain as.
Illogical !" confgurations.
IS Metallic badges bearing profile likeness
# Washington and surrounded with the in
}fption. This is 4 white mans Govern,
Aeat" are extensively worm in che North.-
!. SDaws show which way the wind blows The
afaival of Cuffec will soon be over Cheer
Ip, friends
Tho voting population of New Hampshire,
Sabout GS 900. A change of 140O votes
bill secure tho State for the Democrats. The
bdcatious are for complete overthrow of
pc Radicals in the march election, /" Horse,
foot and Dragons" God speed the Rcvo.
ltion
The sect Of spirituaists claim for their per-
iuasion II ,000,0 900 of adhcrcnts in the Uni
led States. They arc termed in this quarter
g John Barley-corntcs."
STTcxas is in lawlcss condition. One hun
hundred homicides were committed last wear
within its confines. Since the settlement of
iWaco, on tho Brazos, it is asserted that 100
.plurders had occurred i'll or near it, and in no
base has justice overtaken the murdes or.-
This seems incredible.
/ Philadelphia makes less fuss for its impor-
lance commercially, than any place in the
s8Vorld, The gravity and modcsty of its foun-
13ler, Wm. Penn, appears to attach to it STILL
low many of us know that it has 1,2GG
6!Aills, and manufactures, many of them of a
gigantic character ,a
( The worthy Post Master, at Walllalla, Dr.
Norman, was kept busy on Valentines day.
4 The Bennottsville Is. CO. Herald Chroni-
Aclcs much stealing and Burglary in that ne.
|gro cursed section.
/ A man ought to ,bc like "C;osars wife"
aboOc suspicion, before venturing on politics
ss9Aesc days. Such a mcrcilcss combing and
fraking upof antecedents wo never before saw.
And tho worst of it is, the 1,roof is ready
Truth n q novel and, unexpected feature III.
political .wa.fare. ,H
| We remember an amusing Joke about an
irate individual, who went homc much upset
8ata report which had gotten abroad affecting
Ylis credit for verecity nfact he had been
publicly proclaimed a liar by. some person. -
While raging and fuming in The bosom of
his family over his disgraccful expose, his
wife vcntured to interposc the soothing remark
that "if his accuser did call him liar he
| could not psoove It," "You fool, amiably
retorted the husband, he did prove it
that's why hate it, So with tho polti.
cians under the new regime. Doses of Aier-
cmy are working them badly, and the way
the filth comes to light IS credit 10 tIthctt's
,cpthaftio pill for cleansing the body polite"
In Edgoombe County, North Carolina,
P'hules were lately sold at public auction, at
prices varying from 8 to $50. Go up, friend
Alfred 7. and bring over a drove. Our peo
pic can beat that pile yet awhile.
q Gen. Canby's late order, or Stay Lnw,'
provides against the wanton sacrifice of prop
erty, either personal or real, whom sold on'ex-
ccution., If it brings less than two third
valuation, tho ;isalc to bo postponed three
r months; q In cases Of personal property, as
SCISSORS appointed by the interested parties
J shall fix tho value; in real estate fnir valu
\ Gioa to be determined by consulting tho last
Preceding assessment for State taxes. But
tho provisions Of this. order do not apply to
executions isslcd for oyer due taxes, nor to
PROCESS issued to enforce liens for labor done.
Tho NOW Constitution provides that the