Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-09-08
Accidents.


have occurred during The past year. Not
wilhs,andng the destruction Of life ndprop.
er,y by the late storms on the ocean has
been great, yet tho recklessncss Of man has
ever executed the elements in The work Of
death. In the last MONTH, several hundred
lives have been sacrificed to ignorance and
oarelcssnoss 1t is an old saying, that il nev-
or rains but it pours. SO one disaster follows
another in rapid succession. What is strange,
too, is that these calan,ities seem for a time
to proceed from similar sources, then chang.
ing, another list proceeds from different
source. No ono can have forgotten the hor-
rible accounts Of the loss Of lives in tie mines
at Pitston and other places in the North,
and how these calamilies succeeded each 9TH
er in rapid succession. The consequence
was lha, public opinion was awakened TO the
inadequate provisions for the security Of life
in the working Of mines, Which resulted in
the uaking and enforcement of such regula,
tions, as lave, prevented their recurrence
The world is now being regalcd with u list Of
horrors in steamboat and railroad travel
Tie investigation OF the Weslfiod disaster,
| with lis hundred victims. was not completed
when We hear uI a terrible railroad collision
| one persons were killed, and forty to fifty
wounded. several Of whom have since died
The engine struck The train NJ full speed, de-
| ,nolishng The last car. and setting on fire the
] l,r..tt tn,ilp # tnr md
| scalding Il grpa, many On the the 2S;h, on
The E'ie soaI. via Wcs,rort, Pa, mail and
freight lrain colliled six ncD killed anl a
large number wounded. On the ullimo,
near Mobile, another casually occurred, reSul
ting in heavy loss of life. Thc steamer,
Ocean Wave, with u large excursion pa' y
on board, burst her boiler, killing 20 an,
wounding 26 persons. Others who are be-
icvcd TO have been on board tho vessel, have
not been found. Great cx, ilemrn, is said to
prevail in Boston and New York, aud the
public demand u full investigation, and The
punishment Of all parties who may be culpa-
Die, either from ignorance, negligence or -
selfish Disregard Tor The safety Of their pas
sengcrs. ,.assi.la4a M.
The HrraM the great regulator Of public
| opinior, is on the war path |. demands, on
the part Of the people, rigid examination,
aud the holding 81 the owners OF, L,ills and
engines responsible "for the condition Of their
machinery and The Intelligence and care Of:
seven hundred boiler, in The city, and many
| = Al, a,
plica'inn Of steam. Till ,hr people speak
boldly and Enthusiastically, VrSnvirs will be a
place of safety, comrs,rs,t with New York"
alone remedy these evils. They are of late
s"'"h. and, especially, j" our own State.
Important from Washington. l
WAsIlINoroN, August 3l.--Scnator Scott,
Chairman OF the Ku KIux Committee, had
an interview with the President, aud submit
ted Il communication, which was tiuIy discuss
cd III the interview, setting forth b,ieAy the
lumber OF acts of umIawfnl violence Which
have been prrpctratcd within the past fow
months in various Counses in South Carroll
IA, and nptabIy in Spartanburg and York
Tor which no one had Dccn punished by the
civil authorities. as disclosed by the invest,
gations Of the sub committee III their ruceut
visit to these localities also, tho fact that
Senator Scott had there notified prominent
citizens that if these acts of violence by dis
CURSED men continued, and especially if Wit
nesses examined by the ttee were sub
scqucntls Outraged, he would call the Presi
dents atteption to the facts, and recommend
that he exercise the powers conferred by the
l<u Klux Act. lie submitted to the Presi,
| dcnt various communications, aAiI Wits, &c.
showing that since the return of the commit
tee. and in spite of the Efforts of lcading citi
zens, who, upon his suggestion, had made
| strong efforts by speeches aud otherwise to
| crnr,ol and check hwlessness. the outrares
had continued to 20 on undiiDinished, while
the perpetrators are unpunisbcd He sug
gested to the President tho propriesy OF is
suing proclamation under the * " Kiux Act.
preliminary to a proclamation of murtinl law
IN York and Spnrsanhurg Counties, aud that,
under the .E;rd section Of tho Act, instrnc
tions be issued to mlitary commanders in tho
ndjsiDing Counties to arrest parties without
process aud hand them over to the civil uu
thorities for prosecution The President
agreed to the suggestion. aud proclamation
preliminary toa declaration Of maYtial law
nay soou he expected. 1
Hhe Cabinet meeting was attended to dny
BY all the Ministers except the Postmaster
General and Secretary OF the Treasury, both
of whom are absent. The President early
called tha nttnntion nf tho ,,,o -, kor,