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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1868-05-29
Political Movement Brewing.

We are disposed to think that there is
some foundation for the rumor which comes
to us, says the " Columbia Phpnix," Of
movement on foot to form third party in tho
country 1t is certain, that the moderate
Republicans, headed by Chief Justice Chase
and William Pitt Fesscnden, will have to
abandon the ranks of tho extreme radicals of
which the modest Wade, and the mild Logan,
and the chastc Butler are fit exponents, II
these moderate Republicans were not disposed
to give up the radical crew who have gono go
far ahead of them in their destructive meos.
urcs, the probability is, that they would bo,
driven forth. The "Tribune" has been AZ.
sailing these men, who voted to acquit tho
PRESIDENT on article eleventh, with ficrco.
ness of long-bottlcd wrath. The breach in
the radical ranks is complete, and foreshad-
ows the breaking up of the party. The fact
is, the time for tho radical party to die bas
como. Organized to abolish slavery, that
being an accomplished and admitted fact, the
party is now kept together only by tho cohe.
sive force of the public plundor. Hcnce.
disntcsration is easy to begin, and once be.
nun, it will go on rapidly. Plank after plank
will givo way. Rope after rope will break.
Spar after spar VII! fall Man after man will
leave the ship, until the pirate bark goes
down, and the waters close oyor q once pow,
crful vessel, which after long career of plum.
dor and iniquity, was doomed by Heaven to
sink beneath the weight of its own enormous,
corruption. u
But, need bfessrs. Chase, Tessondon, 5;
seek third party? We suggest mott 8, :
them enlist under tho National DemoSA.
and they will then be enabled to enjoyt
the advantages Of party already orga fE1s'
in pretty good diooipline, ardent, and cage,
for tho political fray.
FRANKLIN PIERCE ON THE SITUATIoN - 4
We observe letter from this pure Statesman
published. Ho Indicates his full identiflca.
ton with tho Democratic or conservative /
party, and aludes in high terms to tho fitricsa
of either Mr.. Pondleton, Mr., seYHsup, ME-,
Hendrioks Of, Mr.. Doolittle for the Fpaaid
tial office The claims Of q on. Hancock ~
also fully recognized by Mr., Pieroo. a ia
hopes that everything possible may be dona.
to ssarrest the surge of Constitution. afs;hp3
radioalism, and to restore fraternity and, nSSoS 81
unity and prosperity to the republic, ,;3 MS
letter closes with q suggestion that minor, /. 81
sues pc discarded in tho forth. coming Cpnyens &
ton of tho Democratic party that harp,onv
prevaily and tho great work be to resoi,s tiiss
!: country IRON tho grasp of an insane
=, tI- y
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1868-05-29
n. A. n. g;bson.

by an advertisement to bo found in this
paper, it will DO seen that Mr. GIBSON has
established himself on Maine Street, near
BIEMANN's Hotol, aud is prepared to execute
all work in tho way of repairing Watches,
Clocks, Jcwolry, &C., in satisfactory man
ncr lio will also take Photographs aud Fer
rotypcs. Give him trial.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1868-05-29

GB Rev. 9. II. SPEARS declines the nom.
instion for School Commissioners of Oconce
County. See his card
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1868-05-29
Tax 9 O..

Mr.. HERNDoN, Tax Collector, notifies tax
payers that he will be at Pickcns G. IT, on
Monday and Tuesday, 22d and 23d, and at
Walhalla on Wednesday and Thursday, Gath
and 25th June next, for the purpose of re-
ceiving taxes due in June See his adver-
tisement
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1868-05-29
For the Presidency.

Gen. ULYSSES S. GRANT has received the
nomination for President of the United States,
by tho Radical Convention lately convened
in Chicago. CoLrAx receir ID the nomina-
tion for the Vice Presidency
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1868-05-29
!, ,WALHALLA, S. c.:
Friday Morning, May 20, 1868.

16- In Now York on the 25th instant Cot.
ton was quoted at 800 cents per pound
Southern Flour s14.75 per barrel. The Gold
market closed at 49,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1868-05-29
Exchanges.

THE u. S. MUSICAL REv1Ew.--Wc arc
indebted to the publisher, J. L. PETERS, 200
Broadway, Now York, for tue " u S. Music
al Review" and other musical periodicals,
which afford good supply of now and enter
tanning music, of the very best character, at
small expense; besides offering much enter
tanning matter on musical subjects,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1868-05-29

ET SEQ changes in the advertisements of
=. E. HAaooD, Secretary aud Treasurer of
tho Board of Commissioners of Pickens
County.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1868-05-29

THE CHAMpIoN.-This is the title Of new
weekly published at Springfield, Ohio, by
Messrs. WHrTELEY, FAssLEY & KELLY, and
edited by by O. A. PErrs. The "Champ-
on" is neat quarto, devoted to Agriculture,
horticulture, Invention and tho Mechanical
Arts, especially to Machinery. Subscription
prico per annum, $500.
The CHRONICLE Il SENTINEL-Wc have
not on our exchange list moro interesting
paper than the " Chronicle & Sentinel, pub
lishcd at Augusta, Ga, and ably edited by
Mcssrs HENRY NoonE and A. II. WRIGHT.
1t contains thirty-sx columns, and is printed
in tho best style. Subscription prico Daily,
per annum, $40; Weekly, So.
THE BANNER or L1nErry.-yve have re.
ccivcd several copies of paper published in
New York, bearing tho above titlo, which is
thoroughly Democratic. 1t is devoted to the
advocacy of civil and religious freedom the
strict construction Of the Federal and State
Constitutions; the restoration of the Union MS
it was, and tho petpctuity of it's primitive re-
publican institutions, for tho protection of
individual and State rights, as understood and
established by tho founders of our govern
ment; and opposed to every form Of Church
and State or School and State union. Sub
soription, $500 per year. Address GILBERT
j. BEEBE, New York City.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1868-05-29

lie WEEKLY BANKRUPT REGISTER.
This work is peculiarly valuable to lawyers
and business men generally, as record of
Law Reports and proceedings in Bankruptcy
in all of the States.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-02-07

previous payment by the absence of an I'M
portsnt witness. Dupong having nothing
to satisfy an execution, the burden of the
responsi bility fell on Paddison, and the
goods belonging to the firm of Paddlson d.
Newberry were seized in order that Paddi~
sons interest might be sold, Animated
with desire to pay those to whom they
were indebted for III. II stock, and to liqni-
date those debts which were hon st, New
berry applied to Judge Meares for writ
of Injunction and sequestration, under the
latter of which Col. Roger Moore was APP
pointed Receiver for the benefit of those
creditors. The petition was granted and
the Receiver appointed, but the writ was,
by some unfortunate delay, not handed to
the Sheriff until the morning following the
confiagration.
It will thus be seen that every action
concerning this affair on the part of the
parties most interested was as fair and hon
orable as could be desired.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-02-07

SO utterly ignorant of the parliamentary
rules that the whole body, during the se:s
sion, was in inextricable confusion. viii
CASTOR was there-probably the same Blk,
Gaskins who was indicted for STEALING
hog, or q mule, and received thirty-nin"
for the mistake. John Branch was anon,
them--and David j.. Swain-whether ne
groes or not is somewhat uncertain. All
that is known of them is found in this
record. There was one John Owen, sun
posed to be the body servant of Gov. Owen
who took his name by way of making him.
self respectable. John NJ Morehead was
another. Who was he +? Echo answers
who ? J. j. Daniel figured among them and
made some very foolish remarks. Henry
Seawell was another, and hailed from the
county of Wake. He was q very inferior
man, though not negro. The name of
Weldon n. Edwards also appears. There
is rumor that he is still living in Warren.
though in great obscurity. Ali these mem
bers ostentatiously proclaimed their own
incompetency and folly, by frequently
mingling in the debates (so-called,) which
were scarcely superior in interest to the
wild jabberings of so many monkeys in
convention assembled The rank and file
of that memorable body were a stupid set
who did the voting as they were told, and
lived on their dollar and half a day, per
fectly satisfied, as they ought to have been
They boarded at cheap houses, and drank
but little whiskey, which was then only 40
cents per gallon. Many of them were in
homespun, and had not sense enough 10
be ashamed of it. Here are their names,
some of them evidently mis-spelt, as they
were too Ignorant to write them correctly.
None of them would seem to have made
their mark. Probably some better inform
ed friend did the chirography, and the
marksmen ratified the acts by bowling their
heads. These names, so far IS intelligi-
BILE, are as follows
David Outlaw, Frederick J. Hill, Bur
CESS s. Gather, Sam. p Carson Samuel
perhaps), Hugh Mcqueen, Alexander Troy,
Richard Dobbs Spaight, John d. Toomer,
Louis ID. Wilson, Robert B. Gillian, Josiah
Crudup, lessee Speight, Kenneth Rayner,
Alex. f. CASTOR, Bartlett Shipp, Asa Biggs,
John B. Kelly. Owen Holmes, William IS
Meares, j. s. Smith, J. L. Bailey, G. Fish
Ell, Meshack Franklin, d. NJ Barringer,
and good many others of about the same
speed. Some of them had the impudence
and etfrontery to assume the very names of
some of our Governors and Judges-and
careless persons might be misled by their
miserable device.
our glorious Convention is composed of
gentlemen--every mothers SON of them
and they are determined to act and look,
and feel and be paid, like gentlemen. -
Eight dollars per diem Glory and green
backs enough for one day Selah
X p. G.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-02-07
Slavery in Florida.

It sounds little queer, but is said to be
actually true, that slavery still exists in the
State of Florida. The little band of Sem
mole Indians yet living in the Everglades
of Southern Florida actually own slaves and
persist in keeping them in state of invol-
nntary servitude, not having the fear of
Congress before their eyes. When, under
a treaty with the Government, Billy Bow
legs and his warriors removed to the West,
they were the owners of number of slaves.
These slaves did not wish to remove with
their masters, and were sold to those of the
tribe who refused to migrate, and who still
remain in the southern portions of that
State. A number of the more prominent
and wealthy of the Indians actually own
these slaves to the present day and openly
defy any power to take them.
As the so-called Conventions now in ses-
sion in the Southern States have relieved
Congress somewhatin looking after the well
fare of the "nation's wards" we would
recommend to their attention this grave
matter. Memorials should be addressed to
Congress at once, and Gen. MEADE should
be called upon to enforce the Constitutions
amendment in regard to slavery.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-02-07
Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun.
FROM WASHIS GTON.


OH o Democratic Tro@hIes--New York
Revenue Roard-The Mission to China
Mr. Cox's Nomination 20 Austrta--Other
Nominations.
WASHINGTON, January 28-From infor-
nation received here it appears that there
is bitter quarrel going on quietly among
the Democrats in Ohio, growing out of the
opposition to Vallandigham which was
manifested III the recent contest for United
States Senator in that State. Mr.. Vallan-
digham, it is alleged, is making war within
the party upon all who opposed him, and
he not only declined to stump the eighth
district recently in favor of the Democratic
nominee for Congress, (Col Burns,) who
had refused to support Vallandigham, but
he did all he could to defeat Mr.. Burns.
Gen. Carey, member of Congress from
the second district of Ohio, is in re-
ceipt of numerous letters from Republi-
cans, complimenting him upon his four
queries to Mr.. Bingham upon the effect OF
the new reconstruction bill.
The Secretary of the Treasury has not
decided to abolish the metropolitan reve-
nue. board of New York, but has the sub
ject of dissolving the board under consid-
Grafton ia consultation with Commissioner
Rollins. 1t is probable that the board will
be continued, but it's functions will be very
much changed.
The nomination of Mr.. Browne as Minis
ter to China was not unexpected here to
those best acquainted with the movements
and purposes of the administration, but it
was quite surprise to others, who did not
suppose a nomination of successor to MI.
Burlingame would be made until the latter
either presented his resignation or actually
abandoned his post to accept the commits
sion from China to negotiate treaties with
European powers. The nomination of Mr..
Browne is favorably received, and it is said
that he will be confirmed.
The Senate Committee on Foreign At
fairs has, by vote of five to two, recon-
mended the confirmation of Hon. S. S.
Cox AS Minister to Austria. It appears to
be conceded that tho Senate will confirm
him.
Among the nominations made to-day,
besides Mr.. Browne, were General Francis
Price, of New Jersey, son of Ex-Governor
Price, of that State, to be Consul General
to Havana. General Price entered the
| military service during the war as ajprivate,
and was rapidly promoted until he reached
the grade of Brigadier General.
". d. Bishop, nominated to be Commits
sioner of Patents, was once the incumbent
of that office. He is decided Democrat,
and on this account some believe he will
be rejected. Henry G. Worthington,
nominated to be United States District
Judge for Nebraska, was formerly dele
gate to Congress from that Territory.
DATA
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-02-07
The Recent Fire at Point Casweu.

In noticing the burning of the store OF
Messrs. Paddison s. Newberry at Point
Casweu few lays since, in our yesterday s
issue we stated the fact that the goods
we're under seizure at the time, having
been taken possession of by the Sheriff by
virtue of an execution in his hands for col.
lection. Some of the friends of these gen
tlemen have thought this statement sus-
ceptible of the construction that the store
was set on fire either by Messrs. Paddison
& Newberry, or at their instigation. We
truly regret that this opinion is entertain.
ed. The idea was far from us that it could
be so construed. The gentlemen in ques-
ton are persons of honesty and truth, ami
mated, with a just desire to pay their hon
est debts to the last dollar, as the follow.
ing facts will show
The execution in the Sheriffs hands was
founded upon judgment granted against
the firm of Paddison & Dupong, which
mas now ceased to exist, on claim which
| had been satisfied and the debt iquidated
,ome time since. This judgment was grant
cd at the December term of the County
court, owing to inability on the part OF
the defendants TO establish the fact Of its
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-02-07
HUirr of the Country.

The dangers of the present revolutionary
regime forms subject for anxious consid-
Grafton by thoughtful men of all parties
The United States Economist, strictly mer-
camille paper, whose views are not tinged
by political affnities, expresses itself decl-
dedly in the matter. The present distress,
it says, is no more than could be expected
under the existing legislation. We have
hardly yet seen the worst. 1t may be ward
ed off for q time, but the evil consequent
ces of bad legislation will only return again
to plague us still more. 1t does not seem
the object of our legislators to enact just
laws, but evidently to prostitute the laws
to their own selfish designs. Politically, as
well as financially, says the Economist, the
country is going to ruin. Mr.. Wilson only
makes himself ridiculous when he endeav-
ors to prove that the people of the North
and West are prospecting from statements
furnished by the Treasurer of New Jersey,
going to show that the taxable value of
property has increased, when every one
knows that our greenbacks and securities
are drug in the market. From the acts
of this set of politicians, jealous of power,
the mercantile community can expect no
good. All they can accomplish is to keep
the nation in turmoil and paralyze the
entire trade of the country. Such words
as these show upon which side are the
sympathies and interests of the business
men of the country.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-02-07
For the Journal
Sugar Cane.

Tohte President Of the Ns,O Hanouer County
AJriouL!,tra! SOclety:
SIR:-The first of last April I planted
one-sixteenth of an acre of land in Sugar
Cane of the red stalk variety, and from
this small piece of ground I made thirteen
gallons of very fine syrup, and put up
about one-third Of the crop for next years
planting.
The spot OF ground selected for the pur.
pose was Of stiff quality, with clay sub
soil. It had been manfred very we'll for
formar crops, and at the time of planting
the cane, put on it three cart load. OF
manure from compost heap, and applied
about fifteen pounds of guano. The crop
is as easily cultivated as corn, while the
manufacturing of the syrup is much easier
than picking ont cotton. An acre in cane,
we'll MANFRED, will yield two hundred and
fifty gallons of syrup, which will sell at 81
25 per gallon. The attention of your en-
terprizing farmers is respectfully called to
the cultivation OF this very profitable crop,
Seed cane may be had of Mr.. w. L. Fen
nell, near Harrell's Store, in your county.
Very respectfully,
W. NJ. KENNEDY.
Magnolia, n. c., Jan. 80, 1868.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-02-07
Sugar Cane,

we respectfully call the attention of our
farmers to the communication upon this
subject elsewhere. The success attending
the experiment. made by Mr.. Kennedy in
the cultivation of the Sugar Cane and the
making of Syrup, should not be lost sight
of by our enterprising agriculturists. Be-
yond question some great change must be
made in the productions as we'll as the sys-
tenn of our farming. The withdrawal of
the tax on Cotton connected with the abro-
cation of the duty on the imported article
amounts to nothing. Asking bread, Con-
gress has indeed given us g stone.
In view, therefore, of this bitter warfare
upon the agricultural interest of the South
and the fatal decentralization of our labor
system, our people cannot diversity their
crops too much. We must turn our atten-
ton in the first place to articles of prime
necessity. The South must raise its own
food, and after that is done, whatever of
surplus may be exported, will go to enrich
our section, and not in so great degree
be consumed to pay the salaries of North
ern tax collectors and Office holders, and
to support standing armies and Freedmen
Bureaux for our oppression and humilia-
ton. And by raising our own food and
to great extent manufacturing our
own clothing and articles of ordinary use,
we will make an appeal which Northern
manu- facturers and mill owners will be apt
to listen to.
But we are wandering from our subject.
We merely desired to call the attention of
our farmers to the successful exp eriment
of one of their neighbors in the cultivation
of new articles of produce, hoping that
others may be induced to follow his exam
pie.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-02-07
Railroad Matters.

We trust our local readers did not fail
to read the call for Railroad meetings in
Guilford and Forsythe counties in recent
number of the JOURNAL. AS the road, the
direction of which is sought to be located
by these efforts, is the Fayetteville and
Western Railroad, with the exception OF
Fayetteville, Wilmington is really more IN
terested than any other place in the final
adjustment of the question. This road
may be extended so as to become OF vast
Importance to Fayetteville and Whining
ton, or it's connections may be such that
the latter place may be seriously injured,
and the former derive no benefit, save an
expeditions route of travel to and from
that place.
We are not prepared to give definite
opinion of the available value of the aid
given by the State for the extension of the
Fayetteville and Western Railroad, but in
the event of the successful negotiation of
the Mortgage Bonds of the Wilmington,
Charlotte and Rutherford Railroad, it will
prove no insignificant assistance. But
evenif there is no immediate prospect of
the completion of the proposed extension,
we are satisfied that its completion, at no
very distant day, is certain. 1t would be
the height of folly for us, then, to remain
idle spectators when our future welfare is
SO directly concerned. Our indifference
may lose one of the most important and
valuable railroad connections possible for
our city, which will open to our port the
trade of section, the prospective wealth
OF which will otherwise enrich other com.
munities, which we could secure without q
rival.
The Chamber of Commerce should keep
this matter under consideration. If it is
impracticable to have representatives at
these various meetings, at least steps should
be to taken to be advised of their result,
so that at any time, when necessary, we'll
directed efforts could be made for the in
terest of our city. Since the scheme enter
tanned by the Chamber of extending this
road to Salisbury must be abandoned,
from the action of the Legislature at least,
if not from the very great probability of
connection with the Western North Caro-
lima Railroad by means of the Wilmington,
Charlotte and Rutherford Railroad, at a
point but short distance west of Sails
bury at no very remote day, this associa
ton Of men, representing the commercial
wealth and enterprise of the city, should
be prepared to render assistance to those
persons laboring to give it the direction
most advantageous to u.s. We have formerly
congratulated ourselves that in this qnes
ton the interests of Fayetteville and Viii
mington were identical, and there should
not only be harmony OF feeling but concert
of action This road can be of no benefit
to us unconnected with the prosperity of
Fayetteville. Wo think the matter is of
sufficient importance to be looked to, and
with this view we respectfully call it to the
attention OF the Chamber of Commerce.