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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-10-15

taiuing the same officers. Col. Norton Of
fered the following Resolution, which was
unanimously adopted' 49,, - !,
Reso,ued, That the Legislature De, raaue4g
ted to authofize the Township Of Wpgoncr ID
subscribe $50, 900 to the, ,capital stock Of .tlie
| Air Line Railroad. a1u
3D. That the Senator and members offthe
House of Rsa rcscntatives from Oconec Coun.
ty be furuishodssby the@Seeretary of this'
meeting with copies Of this resolution.
~ After the adoption of various unimportant
motions, the meeting adjourned @
: j. II. WHTTNER, Chairman
~ RoD'r A. THOMPSON, Sccretaryea,l >A l
RICHMOND, October = Bnl. Houses of
the Lcgislat ire to day ntfi d this l4'h"nd,
10Th Amendments. In the House there
w,ro Only six votes ag,n>t them. aud in the
Senate only. four against the ,l4th- and two.
ag,inst tho 18th, one Of the latter being
o,ored Republican Senator who declined yo-
try hccausc the Legislature is, Illegal, The
Les sisloturc, by joint resolution, then adjourn
cd till October rs. ,a.i.,,,, "a .,Iata
In the H usc an amendment to the li!l
passing the Fifteenth AmYndnsnt, .nlkiN.
j take effect on an,l utter, sths ,aauisi~huF
tie State to the Unpp,, only j RECEIVED 4Gso
votes, In the, sane, ,bpdy ~ rcsplution wis
offered, that in view Of doubts, exPres,ol
about the leg ity ofthis legislature, it viii "f-
to tic admission to the Union rcrract q @
Al.
reSolutionswas rcicr.ed. Y at'h1Rgm'I
WAsHlNuroN, Oct ,bnrM = FranNlit l',trc;.
died at Concord this morning leaving cI
President directly elected by tue pc PIC aiv :.
The President proclaims tie Both Of NJ
vember next os ii day,of untio nj th.nk$m!y
ing. inara3
WASHINGTON, Oct S-!.Y distinguished
Tennessee lady arrived, direct irota rcnncs
see, to ahom Mr.. johnson expressed cor
tainty of his election The Governors ibcs :
sage will be withheld till Mohday
nas-, Attorney General Hour is to giva IN Of!
cial opinion as to tho poa ~ Of tho'nc@ Vi'.'
giDi, Legislature t, elect Uritcl sitatcs Scnn''
''iS a' us sesS'on "oou' " oc "e'o'' o"e must
knowvery little about the Constitution NOT TO-
know that the Legislature has the right TO
elect United States Schat,rs and very little
about the Attorney General not 60 kno%'that
a. :, 49,. 1I,;.,l g., IN
~.,-,0,"~r 0,nI,.i.
EW Knocking down the j"lar is the stand
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III III : ..I 'aH
Es- Senator Spraeuc tells n New York
"lIcrld" correspondent that he is going to
Enrore to investigate the subject of labor and
finance This, wo suppose, is the end of tlc
Columbia canal project
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Reg-, Attorney General Hour is to givd an Of
oial opinion as tot,o puanr Of thoHne@ ViE'
gipi, Legislature t. cleo, Ufitcd Statcs Scna'
t>rs ut its session about TO be held. One must
know very little about the Constitution not 10
know that the Legislature has the right TO
elect United States Senators and very little
about the Attorney General not 60 kr6%'that
he willidecdc that the Legislature has not
the power to elect United State Senator's q
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w. OK KEITH, Editor.
WHITNER SYMMES, Associate.
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PR6ssHItET9ns. & ii

TERMS -T0r Sss58crlptio'{S q " o D Vx-
LARs psss e aT,'a@ st'NAY IN s's4a"ee; fo' e
Isl oesy- y-Advsrsisementsimss at '$fpsr sqadYs
ca lines or Tess for ko first Insertion, and go cents
for each subsequent Insertion
,,G0- Obituary Notices exceeding fire haes, a'i6.
atss Of Respect, Communications Of a personal
character, aud Announcements Of Candidates, oiN
% charged for as aaVe,tiseaetas % sslas. - NNs
Bsg. ZOO Printing neatly aud cheaply sreenfe,
Dey- Payment can be mat'tin currency, or ~ pro.
,sioa. at kA,S4larketErutess
gsS~ Necessity compels ,ss to adhere strictly to
i Ms rtqxirDaeJt qdtaSh payment.
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Rg Knocking down the jaiari is the stand
ind order among the criminals in Barnwell
jill. Our correspondent says that when u
prisoner isatried Of confinement, he whacks.
'old Toby,"sth negro jnilor over tAc head.
and coolly makes lis escape. u
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ED- Senator Spraguc tells n New York
''iIcrald' correspondent that he is going to
Europe to investigate the subject Of labor and
finance. This, wo suppose, is the end of tic
Columbia canal project.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-10-15

eess- The degrees OF cruc are thus defined /:
He who steals million is only fnancier !;
who steals half million is only defauller.
who steals hundred thouspnd is IA rogue :
who steals fifty thousand is knavc. But he
who steals pair of boots or loaf of bread is
scoundrcl Of the deepest dye, and deserves
to be hanged.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-10-15

out labor? answer, no /; but they have gone
to the far West where capital and labor acts il
the; ago. In o word they have loft you because
yop girdle the majestic oak, the stately pine.
the pride Of tho forest, destroy natures wealth
and bring upon yourselves the labor Of destroy
ingione of the greatest resources Of wealth B..
any country. They left you because of the Ia
Dor To clear up, the land; Because there was
oipri9e far the !!pnnbsri that. could be made
up other places; toijoin with tho enterprises of
the day, You needed Railroads. -ahlontlet to a
market; and the hand Of industry with capital
sustained with commercial center This they
did not find; they have soughtit. This is what
you must have---Railroads md cheap transpori
tation, if you would cease girdling your trees
make homes for your children and invite
industry and capital to your midst.
Transportation is regulated by facts and fig.
ures; and in the system Of RAILROADS it becomes
science; and no ooantry can prosper and in.
crease in wealth without scouting edua advan
tages in tho markets of the world. With this
view 1t certainly is not only the duty Of ind.
viduals, but Of the County to act in the matter
of aid to the enterprise. In the development,
road is interested on account of the local
freights; adding this to the great development
of the County, and the connection wo would
have with the markets and commerce Of the
world, makes tho value 9tour interest.
This is. what ,creat,s the necessity, for the
road, and ask You in all candor If tits not
enough to arouse thea Counties to d united
acti9pt This, will build the road through our
STATE Wshons aesy xSa Seysr Y bad ths
permit ourselves toabs behind 10 our interests
at q tine whom we should not, and be q part Of
the company to create and build this great
thoroughfareand reap'its benefits to our 6oun-
tas. oWa shsll boz false 10 ourselves 30 tho his.
tory end generation fpE which I'VE must speak
Hha deG doubt whether any County ip the
State has ihad shiF Fbppo ftanfty afforded them
equal 70 that now offered thereopletbf OcoRoS,,
psksaps arsSayi,ls and of being
tun No more fdlink III QUIZ Salua bioo IN
,bssr, fHp31pratidl ssomashsonr yisgin.ssil; 10
mSas is.s inss,spsn newaa
can abll.iDl bsk ktpfasda rs Soattiblto Is liz, thh,,
ssflih (! shs Ssans sg @ s4 . ~ .ls
points ofthe All Eis fshi f9ad Is ,its direct
adyaptag gesGaa ffaths tlarsSoe
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probably two or three months, for set
tiers 10 go upon those sections and oc-
eupy them, 10 prove up when the sale
is ordered, and to raise scrop before
the first payment of ssixty-two and o
half cents per acre is due.
These lands comprise the finest end
most fertile in the State. Enterprise
and capital will flow in npon us, and
before one year from this time Labette
county will number ten thousand in
habitants.
We learn directly from Col. Goss,
Commissioner of the Neosho Valley
railroad. that The railroad sections not
claimed under the provisions of the bill,
viii without doubt be appraised early
In the summer. at reasonable rates, and
offered TO the settlers Oh, easy terms.
We desired and labored for the same
terms on odd and even sections up. 10
the present time, but Congress took the
ground that the railroad had secured
vested rights which could not be sci
aside. Though we have not got all we
desired, we have secured so much more
than we had hoped for that We cannot
feel too grateful )ward those who have
been mainly instrumeutalin securing it.
One clause In the bill provides that
all disputes and contests as to the rights
of the settler shall be decided by the
Register of Lands, at the Land Office
In the district where the land is sitnat.
ed. and the person entitled to such pur.
chase by. such decision shall receive
from the Register certificate to thai
effect.
We advertise for five thousand set
TIERS CRetOpa Adraace.
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INTERESTING INnIAN NEHs..

CHICAGO, May 3.-The following mil-
itaFy dispatch was reeeiyed at Lieut.
Gen. Sherzdanss headquarters to-day :.
Cen tiersoH writing from Camp Wieh-.
ita Wichita Mountains, April 10th, re-.
ports the unconditional surrender at that
place of loo lodges OF Arappahoes, and
the only part of tribe stiIl out is
under Feathered Bear, or Spotted
Wolf. He proceeds to say, March
3lst: / reported the arrival sof these
Cheyennes on the 29til. and their state
Inentt that the whole tribe was coming
in, the leading baud under Little Robe.
expecting TO arrive here in six or eight
days from that time. On the 7th inst.
Red Moon, one of the principal men OF
Little Robes band, arrived here with
eighteen other Cheyennes, stating that
those men who left here on the 3lst.
had reached their band, and the latter
had moved this. way and eneamped on
Striking Greek. They remained over
quest the chief and head men of the
band to come and see me. They came
yesterday. a party of %. Little Robe
Bald Eagle. Red Moon, Grey Eyes and
Dead White Log, being the best
known. They expressed u desire TO
cease all hostilities and go upon their
reservations, their Willingness to come
in and join the Arappahoes. and with
their consent move with them to their
reservation and remain there until the
terms of their surrender shall be made
known to them by the department
commander. l granted them protec-
ton in the meanwhile. This band
numbers CT lodges, aud their camp is at
| the head of Coche Creek
The Goth inst. is the time now set for
the Arappahoes to start for Camp Sup
ply. A band of Cheyennes, number
| ing 400, will start soon. Food is
! scarce with the Indians, and these
bands viii have TO be supplied tempo
| rarily with subsistence.
Writing under date of Mar Goth,
from Fort Sully, Gen. y. 5. Stanley,
| after recounting the murder of a soldier
at Fort Randall, says that what has
| been done TO make peace with the
| Sioux as Il nation is an entire failure.
| Tie Indians are just as far from peace
today as they were two years ago.
| They boosted while at this place OF
| having killed white men this winter
over on the Platte and stealing horses.
| believe there are war parties out now
/ TO depredate on the line of the Pacific
| Railroad. Their hostility may run on
/ in the same way, without showing
itself only by an occasional murder,
though fear it may develop in a
| worse form, in the way OF heavy
! attacks on the frontier. Unfortunately
| for the ideas of our peace advocates,
these Indians say thee do not want
peace; that the whites are afraid OF
| them, which is the reason that we send
SO much for them to eat; that they will
make us leave this country, and stop
the boats on the Missouri river. The
| portion of the Sioux that were friendi.
| two years ago have continued so. and
are friendly to-day. They have gained
none i'll numbers, and all reports to the
/ contrary that have been circulated
| through the country sind asserted al
] Washington are false.
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OUR AMRRICUs LRTTER

AaIERICUs, May 1850.
The Americas district school COM
menced on Monday for three months
term, with Mr.. S. c. James, recently
from New York, as teacher. The school
room is to be immediately FURNISHED with
new iron-framed seats and desks. In
the meantime the new school building
is to be pushed forward as rapidly as
possible, with the expectation of hav-
ing it ready for occupancy next winter.
John D. Gibson will Immediately
commence building an addition to the
back of his store house, 20x40 feet, TO
make. rUon1 for his steadily increasing
business.
Mrs. G. Klepfer has LET the contract
for building specfable-sized resi-
dence on Main street, opposite the one
she built last summer.
I. &. Hill is putting in fine cellar
under his house, and has just completed
a we'll at his barn. He is also putting
down cross. walks leading from his corr
ner. Don't know what next he will
find to do about his premises. but it is
certain he will keep OH until he has the
most complete and best arranged resi-
dence in town, as he always does.
DN tIIc Way. lOOhtGs8 TINS WGll Ctli ;
to our mind the importance of the SUI
periority of Americas over many other
towns in the West in the matter of OBJ
tanning good water. The purest and
best of water is found in any part OF
town at depth of from twenty to
tweniy-eight feet, and that in mex
haustible quantities. 1t is always found
in coarse gravel.
| The railroad surveyors have finished
their work in this vicinity for the pres
! ent, and moved their quarters farther
down the line. They are genial sci
of gentlemen, and their company is
missed by many of our citizens.
| Town lots are still in demand in this
place, the railroad prospects causing
| something of fiutter among those
who have been holding back for de.
preston. T. c. Hill sold lots to eight
different parties on Tuesday.
| We have the pleasure of seeing some
! splendid gardens in and about town
/ L. Goddard has the most extensive one
have yet seen, conspicuous in which
is his magnificent straw berry bed
which promises a bountifu yield OF
fruit. Mother 10y, Mrs. Grinnel and
number of others are but little be
hind. The season, though backward
| is very favorable at present for garden
/ ing. r.
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CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY.
To Expire on the 2sth day of February, 4. d.
\
AUDITOR OF STATES OFFICE,

TOPEKA. Kansas, Feb. Ist 1869.
WHEREAS, The Hartford Fire Insurance
Company, of Hartford, in the State Of Conn,
has filed in this flee sworn statement Of its
condition. as required by the fiFstscction of the
act To regulate insurance Companies not in
corporated by the >tate of Kansas" passed
February 20tiI, 1868; and amendment thereto,
approved February 18th, 1864, and
WHEREAS, Said Company has furnished the
undersign ned satisfactory evidence that it Is
possessed Of at least one hundred thousand
dollars of actual capital infested in Stocks, or
III bonds, or III mortgages of real estate. worth
double the amount for which the same is mort
gagged: and,
WHEREAS, Said Company has fled in his
Office written instrument. under its corpor-
ate seal, signed by the President and Secretary
thereof, authorizing any agent or agents of said
Company in this State, to acknowledge serv-
ice Of process, for aud in behalf of said Compa-
ny, consenting that such service OF process
shall be taken and held to be valid a. Ii
served upon the Company. according to the
laws Of this or any other State, and waiying all
claims or right Of error by reason of such ac-
acknowledgement Of service,
Now, THEREFORE,. In pursuance of the first
section of the aforesaid act /, A Tloman, Aud
itor Of State for the State Of Kansas. do hereby
certify tn It said Hartford Fire insurance Com
Fire Insurance in this State until the 18th day
OF February. in the year one thousand eight
hundred and seventy.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, / have hereunto
subscribed my maine, and caused the seal OF
my office to be affixed the day and year above
written. a. TH0MAN,
Auditor Of State.
To MOVES SHaHCEEK. Agent,
IS Emporia, Kansas.
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the USAGE LANDS.


At last we are out of the woods.
Congress has nobly come to our relic.
by the passage OF a joint resolution di-
recting the Secretary of the Interior to
allow presumption rights upon all lands
in Neosho and I.abette counties settled
upon prior to the filing of the railroad
plats, and the withdrawal of the odd
sections for railroad purposes This
privilege extends to both odd and even
sections.
Payment for the same is TO be made
in two equal annual instruments; the
first payment TO be nIade in one year
from date of sale. aud interest to be
pail on the deferred payment At the
rate Of i've per cent per annnia, II is
tOSbe sold in iegaL subdivisions, not tc
exceed l60 acres, at the rate of S1.25
per acre, The even sections amounting
in IAbefte cOnnty TO LAS quarters, are
20 be sold to persons " hO are actual set
tiers al The date Of sale, at the same
rates. This allows a the Intervening
time between now aud the dslte Of sale,
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STATE ITEMS.

A colored man named Geo. Thomp-
son was SO badly wounded by mob
of his own race, in Leavenworth, on
Thursday, that he died the next day.
He had been arrested for the attempted
assassination of another colored man
named Bruce, and while ON the way to
Jail hand-cuffed and in custody of off,
GERS, was cowardly shot by a mob.
Six of them have been arrested, and
the Leavenworth bulletin thinks the
trial will develop a deep laid plot.
The Lawrence Republican Journals
correspondent from Franklin count
says: "A few miles south of us, in An
derson county, farmers wife recently
presented her husband with three fine
babies at one birth. They are all doing
we'll,
The editors of the Republican Jour
nal, at Lawrence are luxuriating in
new potatoes. 1t says that ..some new
potatoes, as large as hens eggs, grown
this year in the garden of Marshall
Beezly, were laid on our table yester-
day; April 10Th.
Row AT HAYS CITY.-Hays City is
one of the hardest towns on the "foot-
stool" The last disgracefuI row oc-
curred there on the Sd inst. The troub-
le was between the citizens aud some
negro soldiers belonging to the 3Sth In
fantry stationed at the Fort. The To-
peka Commonwealth thinks the affray
had its origin in the remembrance OF
some wrongs perpetrated by the citi-
zens on Che soldiers not long since.
The soldiers were the aggressors in this
row. We learn the following particu-
lars from special dispatch to the Com
mOnsce0lth:
at appears that the negroes came
over from the Fort for the express pur-
pose of burning the town, and openly
avowed tile same in different saloons in
town. The row commenced about 5.l5
and was kept up some thirty minutes.
Sharp firing on both sides; as many as
500 shots were fired. The first man
shot was a soldier of NJ troop, Seventh
Cavalry, who was shot through the
head and arm, and it is thought danger
ously wounded. James Curry, citizen,
SHOL tuTouSl tIIC CHCOA anu oiui' An
other citizen shot through the arm, and
two others slightly wounded. Adju-
tant General Moorhouse, who happened
to be here. applied to Gen. Miles, com
nlanding officer at Fort Hays, for q
guard to protect the town, which was
promptly Furnished. Joe. Weiss, Dep
uty United States Marshal, was shot IN
the thigh. Everything was quiet al
last accounts"
Mr.. Searle, of Topeka, has just re
ceived patent for base burning
stove.
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FROM COUNCIL GROVE.

DEAR News: The fatal shooting af-
fair chronicled in your last issue is II
most painful subject for letter; and
there is little to add to your account of
the occurrence. The young man, Will
liam Polk, who committed the murder
is hardly more than eighteen years old
and has long been considered Il reckless
and dissolute character, while his asso-
Citations were calculated to foster and
develop the worst traits and leave DOR
maui the better elements of kindliness
and self-respect which might have
made him a virtuous man, honored and
respected, instead of the wretched
criminal, flying from justice, that he is
to-day.
The victim was named Haas or Hess,
an orphan, and said to be a hardwork-
ing and respectable young man. 1t
seems that he had made II statement
derogatory to ..Billy" Folks character.
which he refused to retract; and that
while he was sitting in the store of
Huffaker & Mcmillan, chatting with
other young men, Billy came in, beck
oning to him and saying, "Come here,
Haas" when, following him into the
alley next the store, he was shot three
times. He ran into the, store and fell
at the very feet of one of the clerks,
followed by his relentless enemy, who
as he lay there helpless on the floor
but the cry from the unfortunate vic
tim "Don't shoot-you have killed me
now" arrested his hand, and coolly
putting up his revolver, he walked
away and effected his escape before any
one thought Of taking him into Gus
tody. t
1t is due, not only to the public dig
nifty, but to the welfare of our own
town and county that steps should be
taken to punish so cruel and cold
blooded a murder, and that the punish
ment should not only be adequate to
the offense but to prevent the reeur-
renee of similar crimes. / am no be.
lever in capital punishment, but
would have whatever penalty the law
provides strictly enforced in mercy to
| the offender as we'll as to the commu
nifty. For in our western liberality OF
opinion there is danger that the heaV'
emily attribute of Mercy may be con-
founded with carelessness in regard
to the observance of Law, and n reck.
less disregard of human life that is act
ually criminal.
! These remarks are not made at ran
dom, but in view of the special need
that exists that IA public sentiment
should be encouraged which shall
/ frown, not only upon crime, but upon
the vices that protect or mature it.
1 EAYLE VERNON.
| Counc;l C,ova NToy-2 1870
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Council Grove, Nay 5, 1853.


The Laics IF LIFE a paper devoted to
all sorts of notions, puts forth a new
one. 1t breaches against folks sleeping
together, and says:
More qaarrels arise between hus-
bands and wives, owing to electric
changes through which their nervous
systems go by lodging together night
after night under the same bed clothes
than by almost any other disturbing
cause. There is nothing that will so
derange the nervous system of a per-
son WHO is eliminative in nervous force
as to lie all night in bed with another
person who is absorbent IN nervous
force. No two persons, no matter who
they are, should habitualiy sleep to-
gether. One will thrive and the other
will lose. This is the law, aud in mar
ried life is defied almost universally.
We fear this new doctrine will not be
very popular. In the first place, it
would cost too much for extra bed
steads; in the second place, i would
cost too much for extra bed clothes; in
the third place, it would take too much
room. We are inclined to think ma
jority of folks will prefer the ld-fash-
toned, unhealthy way. They viii take
it eliminated and absorbent, = awhile
yet. They will recklessly say .let her
absorb elf e $50