Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-03-10
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An Act

GRANTING PENSIONS TO CERTAIN SOLDIERS
AND SAILORS OF THE WAR or EIGlIrEIN
HUNDRED AND TWELVE, AND THE WIDOWS
OF DECEASED SOLDIERS.
Be Il enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives Of the United States Of
America in Congress assembled, That the
Secretary Of the Interior be- and he is here
by, authorized and directed to plncc on the
pension roll the names Of the surviving officers
and enlisted and drafted men, including mi
ltia aud volunteers, of tho military and naval
service of the United States, who served sixty
days in the war Of Great Britain Of eighteen
hundred and twelve, and were honornbly dis.
charged, and to such othc. officers aud sol
dicrs as may have been personally named in
any resolution Of Congress for any specific
service in said war; although their term of
service may have been less than sixty days,
and who at no time, during tho late rebellion
against the authority of the United States,
adhered to the oacsc OF the encnies Of the
Government, giving them aid and comfort, or
exercised the functions of amy Office whatever
under any authority or pretended authority
IN hostility to the United States and who
shall take and subscribe an oath to support
the Constitution Of the United States and
the surviving widows of such officers and
enlisted and drafted men P,ugiicd, That
such widows shall haze bccu married, prior
to the treaty of peace which terminated said
war, to an officer or enlisted or drafted man,
who served as aforesaid in said war, and Shall
not have re married
SEC. 2. And be II .rurNcr caocte1, That
this Act shall not apply to any person who is
receiving pension ut the rate of eight dol.
lars or more per mouth nor to any person
receiving pension less than eight dollars per
month, except for the difference between the
pension now received and eight dollars per
mouth. Pensions under this Act Shall be at
the rate Of eight dollars per month, except
as herein provided whom person is rccciy
ing pension Of less than eight dollars per
month, and shall be paid to the persons emit
tlcd thereto from and after the passage Of
this Act for and during the term of their
natural lives.
SEC. 3. Ana be Il fu,rhcr caacica, That
before the name of any person Shall be plac.
ed upon the pension roll under this Act,
proof shall be made, under such rules and rcg.
ulations as the Secretary of the interior may
prescribe, that the applicant is entitled to /;
pension under the provisions of this Act and
any person who shall falsely take any oath
required to be taken under the provisions Of
this Act shall be guilty OF perjury; and the
Secretary Of tho Interior Shall cause to be
stricken from the pension roll the uamc OF
any person whenever it shall appear, by proof
satisfactory to him, that such names was nut
upon such roll through false or fraudulent
representation as to the right of such person
to a pension under the provisions of this
Act The loss of a certificate of discharge
shall not deprive the applicant of the bcpc
fits of this Act, but other proof OF the servic
es performed and Of an honorable discharge,
if satisfactory, shall be deemed sufficient
SEQ. 4. Im be Il Iuyhiter cnucietl, That
the provisions of sections twelve and thirteen
Of All tct entitled "An Act suppomentar,
to an Act to grant pensions" approved july
. four, eighteen hundycd and sixty four, and OF
sections two, three and four Of m Act cnti
tied can Act supplementary to several Acts
relating to pensions" approved June six
eighteen hundred and sixty six, shall be ap.
piicablc to the pensions granted by this Act.
Approved February 4, 1871.
KU KLUX AGAIN. Reliable Information
has reached here of more violations Of law
and order, ard the committing Of furthc,
outrages in Yorl: county
From reports brought to this city last ri: :,ht
it is learned that large party Of Disguised
men rode into YprkyiIc SUNDAY ,,.ight, evi.
IDENTIFY having fixed upon their victims before
hand, but they failed to reach them on,y i.on,
the fact that tho marked rcn had received
on intimation of the intended raid, and pro
tected themselves by going into tho woods
The raiders, however, after visiting sever
al places in search Of the parties, reached th,
county offices, whore it is stated they broke
open the doors, rumagcd tho inside Of tht
building, burncd the greater portion Of th'
records, and fired several shots after the Coun
ty Treasurer, who bsrely escaped with hi
I. life, as did tho other parties; for whom thu
outlaws made search. 1t is also stated tha
e.tho rails Of tho Kings Mountain Railroa,
were torn up, to prevent the train from goin;
down the road after United States troops OF
Sunday last. The raiders promised to max
another visit at no distant day ColumJa
+ Union, D
,an-. Tho Columbia correspondent of tn
q Charleston Nc,os, treating of the Grcenvill
I. and Columbia Railroad swndlo in tho Legis
aturo, says:
"Only Boscmon, Lovy, and Andoll, of tn
Charleston delegation, oppose the bill"
If this be true, then let u.s. Republican
of Charleston County, SEQ to it that not on
2 single member Of our delegation beside thcs
three ever be given any place of honor an
gtr,lst,i,s IT ,ot us show them that If thew 90