Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-02-10


CT to our laws and institutions, and mould
the fortunes Of the nation If the people
thirty years ago thought the United States
Bunk too dangerous to DC tolc rated, had thcy
not better scrntiniyc closely the railway sys-
TEN of 1870 2"
AS GooD AS SUFFRAGE. : WOMAN's $ In
rAUENcE IN PoLIrIcs AND BUSINESS -Wo
men cannot vote; but their influence in po
l;t'cal matters is almost as great rs if they
could. Some people attribute the present
war in Europe to a womans ambition, aud
others to difficulties regarding few consp-.
cuous ones Of the gentle sex. During Andy
JohnSons administration the influence of
women ut the n,tonal c,pi,nl was tcry con :
siderable; aud for years back the operations
OF women ~ the tnirl house have had moro
or less t, do with ;laiiunal lcgislation or
late we have been 'ol much rcga ding the
| eXcrt'ons of the wife Of Gen. Logan to Sc
; cure the nomination of United States Senator
f'F her husband I've rccolIcct," says an
exchange, cnlarging upon the subject, 'that
Mrs Stephen y. Dou.hlass was the life
OF her husband, keeping him FROM dissipation
and restraining his impctuosity. Senator
ftnton owes much to the fact and energy
OF his daughter Josephine; Mrs John G.
Fremont has always tecn of great service to
her husband, aud Senator SIidcll, of Louisi-
ana, Was aided in his fortunes and populuri,y
nj ,l -, n
| Washington. One of the most remarkable
| Instances Of female clcc;ioncering however,
occurred III California, when Gwin ahd Brod.
/ crick were cortcnding for the Scnatorship :;
aud III this instance 6rodcrick confessed to IA
dee ut the hands Of beauty. Mr. Gwin
opened parors at the principal hotel ut Sa.
cr'mcnto, aud Mrs. Gwin presided The
beauty ana talent Of the State were conccn
tratad at the receptions, twenty seven Young
| ladies' lending their attractions to influence
the representatives. The Legislature was
invited to partakc OF the hoSpitailLics Of the
Gwin reception, and as he was then United
States Senator, and was still expected to be,
1t may well DC supposed that the Jrilia, t
court established by Mrs Gwin was not neg
l1ctcd. And the wife and family Of DR..
Gwin know how to keep open house They
I've wit, good sense, refinement, bcauty
wta!tl, namc and position. They embarked
all these qualities in the contest, and used
their el"qncncc to snca advantage that Brod.
erluk had to retire. Aud yet the sex arc
not satisfied. Aud they never will BE-
a WIr&'s D&vorlox.- Sheriff pri,h,ra
tells US thnt the wife Of George lIycr (scn.
tencei to the pcnitcniiary for five yeas for
horse stcaing) followed her husband to The
walls of the prison. They attempted to get
away from Lcwistown without letting her
know about 1t, but the poor woman vas ever
nIorc on watc!, ut the depot. and SO she was
on hand when the officers aud prisoners st,rt.
cd away last week, and following on the cars,
hung about the neck of her hu ,b.nl to the
end Of the journey. Mrs. IIycr had two
children. These she hid deliberately given
away to her people, determined to remain in
Joiict, near her husband, so she could sec
him IS often rs possible, and be ready at tile
end OF the five years, to welcome him again
to freedom. She hoped she would be per.
mittcd to see him often, but this bond hope
was rudcly torn from her ty the stern prison
rules. She San see him but once in two
months, and then but for two or three min.
utcs IN the presence of a guard. She can
write to him as often as she pleascs. BAT he