Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-11-24
Texas Again.

Auo SNpu'IhOu Va III tcAuS surely
demands some remedy. We have repeatedly
called attention to it. The Texas papers come
to Cs full Of accounts of the unauthorized and
oppressive acts Of tho military forces of u
tyrannical Governor But it is hard for poo
pie enjoying a moderate degree Of peace aud
quiet to believe that, in another portion Of
the country aud under the same General Gov.
ernment, such state of continued persecu.
tion aud shameful outrage exists The pco
plo at distance are prone to believe that the
complaints which come from Texas arc the
outcroprings of partisan hate aud political
nnimositics resulting from tho approach or
pendancy of an election; yet it must be re.
membcrod that the election is over in Texas,
and the people and press have had good
feeling, md still the complaints continue to
como, growing louder and louder every day,
until they have become tho cries of pain aud
anguish. BE sure of 1t that the Texan pco
pie are suffering as no people in this country
ever suffered before. Bound down by taxa.
ton and goaded by the bayonet, they are be-
ing driven to desperation fast, and something
must bo done or We shall have serious trouble
anon.
But simple complaints have failed, it seems,
to convince the public that wrong is being
practiccd there. We propose to give dubita.
BILE proof The outrage upon the people of
Groesbeck upon the day of the last election
will be remembered. 1t should be- We
published the particulars at the time. 1t
will be remembered also that General Rey-
nolds, the United States military commander
and political friend of Governor Davis, pro-
nounced the action of that official, in declar-
ing martial law in Groesbeck, wholly unwar-
ranted by the facts in the case. But, not
withstanding this, the Governor continued to
aggrayate the wrong he had committed by ar
rests, and fines and imprisonment Of the pco.
pie. Now his last act in this shameful tragc-
dy is What we desire to introduce as proof Of
the general truthfnlness of tho assertions of
the press and people Of tho State. We take
It as an example Of dozen or 80 Of the out
RACES complained of. 1t explains itself (:
NoTICE-sPEcIAL MILITARY TAX.
OFFICE SPECIAL AGENT, STATE OF TEXAS,
GRoEsBEoK, LIMESTONE Co., TEXAS.
Pursuant to orders received from Major
General A. G. N1aloy, commanding State
forces in Limestone county, am ordered to
assess and levy special military tax of forty
thousand dollars (s40,000,) to be paid by the
citizens Of Limestone county, to dcfray the
expenses of military commission and State
troops now on duty in said county
l therefore levy tax Of three per cent on
the hundred dollars of all taxable property
situated in said county, as per assessment
rolls Of 1871.
All persons owning property in Limestone
county are notified to appear at my office, in
the city of Groesbeck, immediately, and pay
the same. All persons refusing or failing to
pay said tax within three (3) days from above
date, ten Q0) per cent will DO added, and
their property levied upon and sold to satisfy
said tax. GEO. w. FARROW,
Special Agent for the State of Texas for
Limestone county.
That is beautiful document The least
enterprising of our historians would not fail
to have it 10 his book
Suppose this man Davis had the right to
levy such tax; the very unreasonableness
and injustice of tho exactions of the order
prove him to be q prosecutor and tyrant.
The people arc required to come up and pay
the assessment within three days, with a
penalty Of ten per cent added in case of fail
ure. The county of Limestone Is large one,
as are all tho counties in Texas 1t extends.
in some directions, hundred and more miles
from Groesbcck, tho place where the tax is
required to be paid in. Travel is donc in the
old style-on horseback and in wagons over
rough roads. It will take this order, going at
the fastest rate possible, over two days to reach
the people living in the farther portions of
tho county. The result is that some will have
o chance to- be in a hurry and get to Grocs
book in time to pay the tax, while others will
not receive the order in time to get there,
aud still more will not receive it for days af
ter the allotted time has passed.
This, we repeat, is but an example Of the
manner in which the unlawful as we'll as tho
lawful acts Of this Texas Governor are exccu-
ted Without show Of occasion, he quar-
tcrs his troops upon the people of peaceful
community, levics military tax of SIC, ,000
makes its payment without incurring the pen.
atty an impossibility, inaugurates reign of
terror, arrests fines, and imprisons the citi.
zens, robs the ballot box, misreprcsents the
people, blights tho prosperity and develop
ment of tho State, despoils it's honor, and
disgraces its name and still we, away off
here in the North and West, hardly know
whether it is policy to touch this Texas mat.
ter or not.-Courier Journal.
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, November 13.-
The fire which broke ont in this city this
morning continues tonight without abatc.
ment. The Rue Rhoue, on which the flames
originated, is scene of ruin, large number
of The buildings thereon having fallen victims
to the devourng olemcnt.
The subjoinod sketch of the city Of Geneva
will DO interesting, in view Of this fearful Wis.
itation
2. - Al g A.