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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-06-11

NEGRO BoNDs.-Judgc Carpenter has rem
derod a decision in tho case of Elliott us
PRESCOTT and Whaley, which was argued be-
fore him some weeks ago, in which tho qucs.
ton of the validity of negro bonds was in.
volyod. The Judge sustained the validity Of
tho bonds on the ground that the law invalida.
ting them is in contravcntion to the clause Of
the Constitution prohibiting tho passage by
any State of laws impairing the obligation of
contracts. The decision of this case has an
important bearing upon many others, and it is
probable that it will go up before the highest
Courts of tho land.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-06-11

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
H'ickcns-Hn Equity.
Samuel Knox Bill for CONSTRUCTION az
rS. Will, Partitions %. r
.(cirs of A. p. Knox.
N obedience to the decree Of the Court of Ed
a uity, made in this cause at Juno Term, 1868.
totice is hereby given to the hcirs-at.law of
Andrew p. Knox, deceased, requiring and en-:
joining them and each and ovory of thcm, to be
ant appcar in the Court of Equity, for the Dis.
trio and State aforesaid, within a "year md .
day. from tho date hereof, to identify thom.
selves as hcirs at law Of the said Andrew p.
hnoz, deceased; and further, to claim the fund
bclolGiiug to them, arising from tho sale of Real
Est'Eoi in this cause, on pain Of being "barrod
and brewer excluded Of and from all benefit Of
any hrthor decree to DO made in this causo.n
ROBT. A. THOMPSON, c.E.p.p.
Cons oGico, July II, 1868.
PlcAcrs !. H.. 1Y&1D
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-06-11

AoENTLEMAN in Hornellsville, Now York,
recently bought a vclocipcdc, for which he
paid ono hundred dollars broke o plato glass
window, for which he paid forty dollars; cut
his face and neck, for which he paid tho doc.
tor five dollars; ruined one pair Of pantaloons,
for which he paid eleven dollars; frightened
q horse so that tho animal ran, away and broke
a buggy, for which he paid damages amount.
ing to sixty dollors and to cap the climax,
he finally smashed his v%olooipodo by running
into q brick wall, leaving him two hundred
and sixteen dollars out of pocket, and a court
plastcrcd faoo to show for it.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-06-11

You want noth:ng, do you 2" said Pat.
"Bodad, an if it's nothing you stanit, you'll
flud it in the jug where The wIiskcy was"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-06-11

Paddy says a joker, 'why don't you get
your cars croppcd-thcy arc entirely too long
for a man.
TAnd yours : replied Pat, fought to be
cngthcncd-thcy arc entirely too short 70,
an ass
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-06-11

ED- Chicago claims to havo tho most val.
liable horse in America, "Bashaw," Jr., for
which $4,000 has lately been refused.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-06-11
TIE WAY IT WoRKs.--Thc New York

TIE WAY IT WoRKs.--Thc New York
" journal of Commerce in giving particu-
lars of the normous imports of the last four
months at that port, shows that of tho Sll0,-
SIT, 750 to which they amount, only $39,121,-
941 wore of dry goods constitute, only about
ono,third of all the foreign products for
which VIC have to pay. Our Legislators have
tho world; consequently we sell little and buy
much. That proposition is SO plain that the
most i~llitcratc reader can understand it. Tho
theory of the productionist is, that by making
the home market dear, we encourage homo
production. Tho result, as sh n by expert.
onco, is that. whom our markets are made dear
VIC lessen our sales to othor countries, our pro-
duco costing 80 much they can buy cheaper
elsewhere; while everything is high. But
as long as We can pay in bonds, only close OBJ.
servers SEQ any danger ahead.
--
TYING A KNor.-A young fellow was ia
king q sleigh ride with o pretty girl, when he
met o Methodist minister, who was
what celebrated for tying matrimonial knots
on short notice. lie stopped him and asked
hurricdly:
"Can you tic a knot for mo u
"Yes," said Brother B, "Igucss SO; when
do you want it done p
"Woll, right away" was tho reply; "is it
lawful, though, here in tho highway?
"Oh, yes, this is as good a place as any
safe M in thc cburch itsolfD
~Woll then, I want a knot tied in my
horsc's tail to keep it out of tho snow p
shouted tho wicked wag as he drove rapidly
away, fearing lest tic minister in his wrath
should fall from grace. souloquizcd thus !.
That @'I am a minister Of the Gospel, of
ourscI don't %"cuss," butif 1 were a cussin,
man, aud had that ID rascal by the throat,
I'd teach him that l know how to do other
things beside tic knots.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-06-11

Longstrcct, replying to tho demands from
the War Department for sans claimed against
him at tho date Of his resignation, demands
vouchers, with original endorsements, conclu.
ding: Confusion, incident to the stirring
events of tho last ten years, has led to the loss
of a great many of my papers, leaving nc no
other resources than to your records.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-06-11

FEwsyoung girls are SO inconsolablo that
their heafts cannot be kept aloat by a boy
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-06-11

Aay@ The fare from Omaha to San Francis
GO on tho Railroad is fixed at 1925, or over
seven conts a mile. This is not SO exorbitant,
considering tho great expenses attending the
running of that road, and tho fact that there
will be very little way traffic compared with
that Of Eastern roads.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-06-11

a TR1BUTE TO WoMAN.-From tho piety,
gcntlcncss, and forbcarance Of women, spring
most Of tho noblcr virtues that adorrnl society,
and from thntenderncss and compassion stamp.
ped in thee hearts, arise the greatest number
OF those benevolent deeds that form the chief
blessings of lifo. From these divine virtues
spring thotender nurse in sickness, tho "min-
i~stering angel" in afaiction tho friend Of tho
suffering poor; tho protootress Of tho helpless
orphan. Oh! let the human heart expand
with gratitude to tho Supreme Givor Of oil
our good, that such balm to earthly sorrows
are given in tho ondcaring ties. of wife, moth
or, sister and-daughter.
You want noth:ng, do YOU 2" sud Pat.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-06-11

Envoy tho blessings of this day if God
sends thom; and tho evils bear patiently and
sweotly.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-06-11

New York VEGETABLE MARKET Tho
Shipping and Commercial List, Of Wodnes-
day, makes the following report "Ncw
Southern Potatoes bring s4.50@6.5 so 70 Dbl,
as to condition, and Bermuda, 11O.5O@11
Now Onions have been received from New
Orleans, but they were in poor order, and pri-
COS have not boon iScd-thcy would have
commanded $3.50 % Dbl. in primo order
Southern String Beans, $2@4 y crate"
LYNcH1Na IN TENNEssEE.--A band Of
disguised armed men rode up to the County
Jail at Manchester, Tennessee, a few nights
ago, called tho jailer out, presented their pis-
tolls at him, and demanded the keys. These
were quickly surrendered, tho Jail entered
and two negroes, awaiting trial on the charge
of an outrage upon white woman, we're soiz-
ed, taken out to a peighboring tree and han
ged. The band then rode away, and have not
! becn heard Of since.
NEW York May 81 in the Old School AS.
sembly, "a resolution VS. offered conveying Girls
tian salutations to the Presbyterian CHURCH
es of the Southern States, expressing the do.
sire that the day be not distant when all Pres.
byterians may be united in a great organiza.
ton, that shall cover our whole land.
MEMPHIS, May 31.--Tho Supreme Court
at Brownsville decides unanimously that the
| right to vote was secured to citizens under tho
Constitutional declaration and bill of rights /;
that the elective frapchiso stands equally high
with the right to hold proporty-which
once vested oanuot be withdrawn without due
process of law and that the power CO.. ~
y = Tho regulation was illegal, and the
Governors action in the matter was null.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-30
TINE TALoRs' Stake.

Owing to the refusal the part Of thirteen Of tho
principal clothing firms In the city to acceds TO tho
demand for increase Of tnirtynve per cent whloh
was determined upon on Wednesday, those houses
have been declared on strike. The following " q
lst Of the prms where the on strike BY order
of the union:-Devlin Co., James Wiel, Brokaw
Bros, Longstreet, Peet 4 Co.; Rindsko6 Heusting
a Hastings; Meyer Co., Somehow, Straus &
Sehlin; FeeRemer Il Gutkind, Hirschknd 4 Adler
and Enfield 4 Levy A number Of mon have
been deputed to watch these houses, and prevent
the men from engaging or taking out work A large
number Of the men met yesterday at their hail, -
avenue A, and constituting themselves committee
Of the WHOLE started TO present their list Of prioes 70
the following hrms:--hamerslaugh, 4tS Broadway /:
schafer Brothers, Al and a. Warren street; Wav EN-
stien, II Warren street; A. Bernheimer, Ia An d Is
Worth street, Baum 4 Schreier. a Murray ~ rect,
HaffInann Griesman. 30 Worth street. and ~ adler.
corner OF Worth and Church streets. TN men
|, expect that several Of these firms Will follow
the example OF Carhart whitford, and as ept the
new scale OF prices. However this ma be, the
strikers, who at present number 1880 mep sup
ported by the general union, which mug ibeTs o. 900
men, and sure Of obtaining assistance required
from most OF the labor organizations IN me city. So
far everythi hos been carried out - en- orderly
manner, and no complaint OF viely ace has been
made II must be understood that " lis strike pre-
walls only among the German joup ieymen tailors.
The result of the application to the last named 1rms
will probably be made known tO-dey.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-30

YOKOHAMA, Japan, June &c, 1909.
The flagship Piscataqua, the IrOquOis aud Mono
cacy are AZ Yokohama. The Oneida Is OF HakOdadi.
the Ashuelot at HlOgo, the Idaho ana Aroost0oK ~
Nagasaki, the Maumee on the northern coast Of
China and the Unadta at Hong Kong and vicinity.
Commander Richard L. Law has been detached from
the Ashuelot to command the Iroquols; Lieutenant
Commander A. T. Mahan. detached from the Ir0qu0ls
to command the Aroostook; Lieutenant Commander
Bradford detached from the ArOOstOOk to command
Oneida and ordered to the AshuelOt; Commander b.
b. Taylor has reported t0the Admiral for command
OF the Idaho; Fleet Paymaster Gutter has been
nagshp Piscataqua. detached from same and or
dered to report az washington for duty "a chief OF
bureau Of provisions and clothing. Paymaster Gill;
court martial convened on the "a inst on board
The Idaho, to try Second Assistant Engineer s. H.
Magee upon charges preferred BY Lieutenant Com
mander cushing, or the Maumee The accused eh-
tered plea OF bar to the trial proceeding az ne had
been punished by Gushing already for the faults
with which he was charged. The court was in ses-
Admiral who then dissolved the court restored Ma
gee to duty. detached him from the Maumee aud Or
dered HIM to take passage per Pacific Mail steamship
The following acting engineers are ali ordered
h0me:-First Assistant w. n. ROdes OF the Maui
NEE; Second Assistant {; N: Blrchard, Of the lro-
sstant J. H. Bleakie, OF the Unadiila; Second As
sstant J. n. Hutton and Third Assistant II. O. bar
rows. Of the Aroostook; Third Assistant T. G. Allen.
cliffe, Of the Ashuel0t Lieutenant Commander A.
II. Yates, commanded Unadilla, has also been Or
S me
and ordered to the Pscataqua. Lieutenant Com
mander Ed G. Hooker, detached from the Idaho. to
command the UDadilla. Acting Past Assistant sur,
ordered to the Ashuelot to relieve rast Assistant
surgeon G. II. White who IL ordered home
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-30
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

1t seems II the programme Of the projected visit
OF The Empress Eugene to the United states nexs
summer includes brief stay ct Saratoga. gentle
man who Is connected ofncally with the Emperor's
household was in Saratoga on Sunday last, a. We
learn from the Daily Sasatooian, and engaged two
cottages situated In the Union grounds for members
Of the imperial family early next season. Happy
Saratoga What nutter Mrs George Washington
Jones will he In next year Can We imagine the
state Of mind Jenkins will be thrown intos
Count Colobano, Charge d'AfYares Of Italy, and
Count de Turenne Secretary Of the French Legation
arrived In Saratoga on Tuesday, and occupy oae Of
the now cottages at the Union Hotel.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-30

Weare glad to see from the proceedings Of tho
Board Of Health on Wednesday that its mombers
are awaking to sense Of their duty and their
powers to abate and remove whatever may in-
,juriously affect thes public health, notwita-.
standing the opposing interests of nuisance
producing monopolies. The Board has at
length yielded to the pressure of public senli-
ment, as Indicated by the HERALD and has
decided that after the lst of October, 1869,
the unwholesoms anu offensive ''businoss OF
bone burning, shell burning, bone grinding,
bone boiling, fat boiling, gut cleaning, &C..
shall no longer be permitted or conducted at
any place in the city of New York south Of
One Hundred and Tenth street, nor ia the
built up portions of the city of Brooklyn" 1t
Is TO be hoped that tho Board of Health will
perscvere in the path Of reform on which it
has valiantly entered, and that we may have
to thank it In the fall for having preserved the
city from pestlence during the heats Of SUM-
mer. In this connection we may be allowed
to ask why the sum of FIVE hundred dollars
weekly devoted by the Board TO the cleansing
of our streets should not be deducted from the
pay Of the street contractors, whose failure to
do their work has rendered such c0ntribI-
ton necessary? Why should taxpayers 10
compelled to foot q double bill for street
cleaning?
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-30
KID, FRIDAY, yULY 30, 1862,
Wall street Bubbles.

During this heated term the managers Of
themselves at Saratoga, talking some horse,
but mainly bent on recupcration for the fall
campaign Meanwhile their trsty, tried depa-
ties are, under instructions, amusing the dear
public with q little game which, from its inno-
ccuce, reminds US of the famous hippodrome
gotten up some years since to extract few
dollars from the pocksts Of lovers Of fast time.
Many Of the readers of the HERALD will call
TO mind the noted trio--Flora Temple Ethan
Allen and Princess; also how these noted nags
were trotted around from Long Island to New
Orleans, also how the generous public were
treated to sight Of them at one dollar per
head-cheap enough, no doubt, many said, but
often very dear to the unlucky wight who
thought loud and bet he could pane the win
ner on any given day. The drivers went for
bet on reliable Information. Look out for the
hppodrOme, whether in stocks or horses.
While this neat little game is being so nicely
played smaller cliques on the street are con-
cocting schemes to attract those who have not
sufficient margins 10 embark in such inflated
enterprises as are ruled by these railroad
kings. These small men are not intent upon
dealing in Erie-that delectable commodity
they dare not touch, but look at II
as it lies, poor harmless thing, snoozing on
its pillow, with a species of awe, as it gives
no sign of life, save an occasional moan,
which seems to say, ''Twenty-nine bid, seller,
three days" Neither Michigan Southern,
Rock Island nor Reading, for they too are up in
the clouds Still a stray bear may now and
then growl out his sure prediction that dump
is near ut hand; but his listeners recsu the
fact that new flying machine is on the eve OF
starting from San Francisco, and will carry an
hourly mail from that village to this metropolis
and the said listeners button up their pockets
and at once withdraw from the dangerous
bear No, none of these pampered favOrites
are to be touched by this prudent clique. The
mining interest is to be disinterred and caul-
tiOusly paraded on the street during the bracing
airs of October. New mines have been
opened; old ones have developed fresh trea-
sures. Colorado and New Mexico are being
sampled to dazzle the eyes of confiding clerks
and of secretaries in whom companies place
confidence. Pamphlets are being printed with
glazing maps attached to entrap eager ones,
who in this age of rapid progress groan under
the inconvenience of small salaries and can
not resist the tempting voice of speculation.
To such we utter the warning, 'tLook out for
the hippodrome The drivers are going only
for the gate money, while you pay to see the
sight"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-30
HE'LL GATE.

Professor Maillefert Going to Work.
Yesterday was set apart BY Professor Mailleert 70
begin operations at He'll Gate, but owing to some
difdculty In getting uD the necessary noat and
powder boat from the city, nothing could DO accom-
plished before the tide had too far receded. The
Professors system Of blasting performed with tho
water high level above the rocks and is a. simple
as 1t Is inexpensive and effective. boat or noat,
keg Of powder, . tin can and q galvanic wire con-
stitute the whole apparatus with which he operates,
and which has already been successful IN
removing thirteen feet OF the surface Of Pot Rock.
The powder In tin canister ID lOwerde down on the
surface OF the rock, lgnited by galvanc wlre and
its explosive power driven dOwnwardS by reason Of
the heavy pressure Of water from above. Ths In
wolves no expense for instruments OF elaborate
Renuity, and as 1t has already been shown to
answer the object OF breaking the solid rock aud
rendering It capable OF removal the wonder Is that
It has not been patr0nzed BY the ocal authOritiea.
General NewtOn's preparations for removing 4e
reef at the He'll Gate entrance are still gong forward.
The timber to be used in constructing cOer dam
Yesterday Oated In at the Point. Carpenters ut
work putting up the framework OF o blacksmith
shop and dozen or so of laborers keep busy during
the ebb tide removing the loose stone from the
face OF the reef for the purpose Of making trench
10 receive the Golfer dam and the drilling machines.
Professor Mailefert, having the traditional abhOr-
renee Of beginning work of q serious character on
Friday will hardly start his operations before the
afternoon OF Saturday. The Shelburne drill Ia ex-
pected to be tried once more and ts real merits
nnally determined.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-30

COMBINING BUSINESS WITH PLEAsuRg--The
summer travelling committees Of Congress.
The latest announced expedition Of this sort is
that Of the approaching tour Of inspection Of
the great lakes by the House Committee on
Naval Affairs. Not to be 0utdone In these
useful Congressional holiday Investigations,
the Committees on Foreign Affairs and on
Commerce of both houses should prepare for
the voyage In view of an official inspection of
the opening of the Suez Canal in November
next. Indeed, on that great occasion the
executive as well as the legislative depart
ments of the government Of the United States
should be represented. Why cannot General
Grant himself be among the heads Of the ma
tons that will assemble to assist in the inau-
guration Of that greatest work Of modern
times? We should like to know.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-30
Tao Ocean Bank RsbScry-sJshs from
England.

Our European news report Of yeste~day,
telcgraphed through the Atlantic cable, con
tains an item dated in Liverpool which
demands the earnest attention of the NUM-
cipai authorities and people at large A
despatch from Crewe, an important market
town, which is termed the RAILROAD depot" of
England, states that o man unknown at the
moment committed suicide by throwing him
self under the wheels Of a passing train, at a
distance Of about thirty-four miles from the
town, in Chester county. During the progress
Of the inquest quite number of money secu-
rites, of various descriptions, were found ON
the body, the papers forming part Of the pro-
ceeds Of the robbery lately perpetrated on the
Ocean Bank in New York. This melancholy
event. if treated in a skilful manner by our
detectives, may come to be regarded as more
than incidental-may, indeed, be accepted as
in some measure providcntial. Since the Home
Office authorities in London came to adopt the
''ticket- Of leave system as means Of tempo
rarity relieving the engagement Of cOnvicts in
their state prisons, crime, unusual in character
aud of the most bold aud daring execution, has
rapidly increased ia the cities of the United
States II has been more than suspected, and
il now very generally believed, that the British
officials connive at the emigration of these
''ticket tot. leave men" in large numbers. II
has been asserted, indeed, that they
secretly supply them with money to pay their
passages, and that hence the emigrant ships
are infested aud our shores literally flooded
with the most deprayed and dangerous Off
scourings of this foreign population, in the
shape of educated housebreakers, garrOters,
city ''thugs' and 'knucks," broken down
gamblers and forgers and others who
are permitted to exile themselves as
sort Of temporary security for life
and property at home. When Inspec
tor Tanner, of Scotland Yard, was here
for the arrest of the murderer Max Muller,
some years since, it was said that he was able
to recognize many members Of such classes at
different points Of the city, who, to say the
least, did not appear to care much for re-
newal of their acquaintance with that gentle
man, and our more veteran police officials can
corroborate the fact Of many like characters
having been arrested at different times for
crimes perpetrated here.
The subject is really serious, as = question
affecting public morals and international polity.
How did this unhappy wretch come in possess
sion Of American property stolen under such
audacious circumstances Did he come over
to plan, to direct and aid in the work, or was
he merely an English convict duancier despair
ing Of his inability to negotiate certain papers
consigned to him by oonfederates here9
Superintendent Kennedy must look to It, The
body Of the suicide should be Unidentified II
possible. Mayor Hall, no doubt will read up
the emigration laws
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-30

JAMES FISK, JR., IN A New ROLE The
prominent directors Of the Erie Railway, in
Guiding James Fisk, Jr., William M. Tweed
and Peter B. Sweeny, are said to have pur-
chased the Tenth National Bank, with the pur-
pose Of making It the depository of the Erie
Railway funds on the one hand, and Of the
City Chamberlains moneys on the other.
Certainly the career Of Mr.. Fisk has been Z
remarkable one. From grave to gay, from
lively to severe he now discards his ballet
troupes and opera boufs for the dignity and
gold specs Of bank president. However,
he did well in all that he put his hand to.
He startled the old-fsshioned managers by his
way of conducting the show business. PEP
haps be will prove as brilliant in bis latea
undertaking.