Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-06-02
WALHALLA SOUTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, JUNE O. 1871
a Talk with Senator Robertson,

The correspondent of the Cincinnati Com.
merctut writes from Columbia
Senator Robertson, while he is q Rcpubl
can, cannot be called carpet. bagger. lie is
a South Carolinian "to the manor born" and
in proof of his being "idcntifcd with the
interests of the people," will mention that
he yesterday contributed into the State Treas
ury the sum of 81 800 for taxes
Being ftcr inf, {nation, of course, 1 ask ed
thctScnator how hs-sund matters herein CON.
parson with what they were a year ago.
ooh, very much improved, indeed" said
he; "thc change from bad to better is rcmar.
kablc. The public mind is more Tranquil.
There is far less bitterness. Why, when I
was making my canvass for the Senate, there
was hardly dozen white men here 10 Co.
lumbia who would speak to me. Most of my
old friends cut me. You see, l had been
raised right here among thc'peoplc, and they
denounced me worse than they would had l
been carpet baggcr, as they arc called But
L knew was right and went ahead. | bore
their abuse and unkind acts, feeling that it
would all come right after while. It has,
and now | find those who were my enemies
on account of my political course, are my
TRENDS, to all appearances. The old preju
dice is dying OUT
That may have something to do with it,
Senator; but perhaps your course in the Sen.
ate had more. You opposed tho Ku Klux
bill, did you not ?'
eyes, and voted for astraight ont amnesty.
More can be gained by concilation than by
| force. Look at England; the union of Eng.
land and Ireland has never been cordial.
The Irish people have always supposed them
selves hardly dealt with by the British Gov,
crnmcnt; and, after long experience of the
nctfcicncy of rcprcssvc policy in regard
to Ireland, the Government has become sat.
islicd of the necessity of policy of concli,
alton. The sooner the Republican party stop
passing l<u Klux bills, and pass a universal
amnesty bill, the better it will be for party
and country"
"Do you think the party can survive the
ku klux bill, carry Grant, and be successful
next year %
eyes. provided we can count MS much as
usual ON Democratic stupidity. If they nut
such atickct and :latform in the field as they
did last t;'no.. ~S m;'l boat tham Ae fnr
Grant he will be the nominee, because there
a no body else to nominate. The nearer the
time approaches, the more certain it becomes
that he will be the man. There is little
talk to the effect that the Democracy will take
up Trumbull, but they won't-at least /
hope they won't. Iio would run Grant
close race, if not beat him. regard him as
the ablcst, most clear. headed man in the Sen.
! ate"
| a TOUCHING AND ROMANTIC INCIDENT.
"A recent sketch Of the loves Of the greatest
lawyers contains this touching incident in
the life of William Writ i: In his younger
days lie was victim to that passion for in.
toxlcating drinks which has been the bane of
so many distinguished in the legal profession
| Afianccd to q beautiful and ACCOMPLISHED
young woman, he had made and broken repent.
ed pledges Of amendment, and she, after patti
emily kindly enduring his disgraceful habit,
had at length dismissed him, deeming him
lncorrIglbic. Ihclrbcxt meeting after his dis
mlssa, was in public street in the CITY of
| Richmo"d. William Writ lay drunk and
asleep on tho sidewalk, on hot summer day,
tho rays Of the sun pouring down on his un-
covered head, and the flies crawling over his
swollen features. AS the young lady ap.
| proachcd in her walk. her attention was at.
! tracted by this spectacle, strange to her eyes,
bn,. alas SO common to others who knew
tho victim, as to attract little remark She
did not at first recognize the sleeper, and was
about to hasten on, when she was led ono
of those impulses which form the turning
points i'll human lives, to scrutnize his fea-
lures. What was her emotion whom she rc
cognizcd in him her discarded lover She
drew forth her handkerchief and carefully
spread it over his face, and hurried away
| When Writ came to himself, he found the
handkerchief and in one corner the initials
of the beloved name. With heart almost
breaking with grief and remorsc, he made q
new VOW Of reformation. lie kept that VOW
and he married tho owner of the handker.
/ chief
A Bio FARM.-A man named Thompson,
living near the town Of Wells, Minnesota, is
doing Zig thing in the farming line this sea.
son. His farm has 1,400 acres of wheat,
| 1850 acres of flax, 500 ac' es of oats and 400
acres of corn. About 400 acres all told are
undor cultivation. He put out 80 900 cut.
tings cotton wood and white willow, and
built eighteen tons of fence, consuming 40
600 pounds of wire and 10000 posts. Hc
now owns twenty brick farm houses, twenty
stables, thirty three by sixty feet, and othcr
improvements. 1e wants to open twenty
more farms this summer, putting up the moo
cssary buildings, 60.
seg- Charleston county being eight months
in arrears to the Sherif's office for dieting
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