Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1870-08-05
not only increased, but its interest must be


is not only increased, but its interest must be
paid in gold Whose interest is it? The
Rings. You have the money to pay for it,
and you have the privilege OF doing so.
The Judge then denounced the charge that
he had received 100000 for getting tho
Phosphate Bill through the Legislature as an
infamous lie He said he had ncyc. offered,
or attempted to bribe the Legislature to pass
this or any other Bill That, he answered
this to the people aud not to the vile Ring.
That whatever the Ring might say of him he
had the endowment of Chief Justice Dunkn
and the Charleston Bar as an honest man,
took his hand and eutered the field with him,
he felt no fears from tho ISLANDERS Of thieves
and liars Some one called out they saw this
charge in tho newspapers~ycs he sa;d, in
that lying, snndering Organ of the Ring, tho
Charleston Republican,, the Editor of which,
whom in his swadding clothes, had "robbcr'
stamped by God on his brow in ineffaceablo
characters.
MARSHALLING FORCES.
Now what are our chances? Against us
is the corrupt Ring who gil evory place; with
them is every carpet bagger with thin bag
who comes here to stay short while and fiji
his bag. All the thieves pardoned from the
penitentiary and all that arc present in there,
aud all that ought % be there are against us;
all the greedy wolves are against us. (Laugh.
ter.) Who arc for us All honest men, all
intelligent men. The hopes of widows and
orphans, and the prayer Of the upright and
plous cluster around the flag of Union Reform.
Lost but not least, Eternal Justice is with
US. Now power on earth-not the occan--
not Niagara-not the thunder itself has that
matchless power which Eternal Justice has
1t nerves our arms and that great day Of Oc.
tober it will be called upon to preside at the
victory over thieves and robbers. CAP
plause.)
The Judge said, if elected he would en-.
force the laws Of tho State at all huzards, and
without fear, favor or affection IIo would
make no distinction because of color He
would bestow the Offices on honest, qualified
men of South Carolina, without seuding to
Ohio for single appontce.
lie was frequently interrupted during his
remarks, and showed the true stumpcr by his
ready and cutting retorts
The Rural Carolinian for August.
The present number of this sterling agri.
cultural monthly contains two illustrated arti
cles, either one of which is worth the whole
years subscription. The first to which VIC
ulludc is sketch of the life of the late vii.
liam Gilmore S,mms, one of it's earliest aud
ablcst contributors, accompanied by the tru-
est likeness of that great Southern author
that has yet been given to the public. MIR.
Simms was a practical planter and devoted to
country life, and it is singuarly appropriate
that this tribute to his memory should appear
in TnE Rural CARoLlNIAN, whose pages
in thr last days Of his life, he had adorned
and enriched with the rpcst fruits of his va
ricd genius.
The second article alluded to is that on
the cotton catcrpiller. being an exhaustive
treatise on that subject from the pen of DR..
Phares, of Woodvilc, Miss. The thorough
practical as well as scientific knowledge of
his subject cyinccd by the writer, enti,lc his
opinions to the highest respect; and render
his exposure of popular Ellacic, and his sug-
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these insects, Invaluable to every cuIt,vator
of the great Southern staple. The article is
accompanied by several wood cuts; and also
by colored illustration of the catcrpillers at
work upon the plant in their various stages
of existence. This illustration is executed in
the highest style of the chromatic art and
enables the reader to recognize tho insects at
glance, and thus more fully comprehend the
ideas advanced by the writer
Besides these principal articles, there are
the usual number Of valuable contributions in
regard to all the various branches of nyricul.
ture and horticulture, well prepared diyests
OF reports of the crops from all parts of the
State, and careful editorial selections of all tho
agricultural news Of the day.
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