Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-01-20

sanders was the regularly appointed treasurer,
that one Alex. Bryce, Jr., prominent Rad
ical Of Wa'halla, manipulated the funds. 1t
is rather hard to have the county taxed to
make up deficiency of this kind.
NIGHT SESSION.
The House met at p. NJ, to take into
consideration thes condition Of affairs in tho
up country.
Mr.. Frost was placed in the chair, and Mr..
Jamison stated, 10 brief terms, the object uf
the meeting.
Mr.. Nuckles, Of Union, then rose, claim.
ing the right to be heard, from the fact that
he was representative Of that portion of the
State where gross outrages had been recently
pcrpctratcd. He himself, he stated, had
been frightened from visiting his home dur
ing the Christmas holidays, and he knew of
several men who had been murdered in lis
neighborhood They were told they had
chosen to vote for Scott, and must look to
him for protection. In consequence of this,
the colorcd people had "gonc back on Gov
ernor Scott, who was either unwilling or un.
| able to protect them.
Mr. Boston next followed, stating that he
had began to grow suspicious of the present
State authorities from the fact that of all the
murderers from the time of the assassination
of Randolph to the present, not one had been
brought to justice. They have been arrested
and allowed to escape, unwbipped of justice,
and the poor colored people have been made
mere instruments to foist ambitious men into
office and then are left to be mcrciessly mur.
dercd He opposed the calling upon Gen
Grant for officers, for while waiting upon the
arrival OF these officers countless numbers of
citizens would be laid low in the dust He
thought the militia adequate to suppress all
disturbances, if the Governor had but suffi
cent sympathy with TIE poor colored men,
who had elected him, to organize and direct
them He wc;:M urge the Governor to
prompt action in the muttcr, for soon things
would begin to draw closer home, and ere
long his Excelency himself might hear the
voice of the midnight assassin at his own
door Voice Of a member aside-"If he
does, there will be some of the d-st run.
ming on record
Mr.. Whpper rose next, favoring the pros
ccution of vigorous measures on the part of
the Legislature and the Executive in quelng
the disturbances in the up.country. He
wanted no aid from the General Government,
but wished to see the militia thoroughly or
sanizcd and put into operation, and then peace
and quiet might be expected lie had been
told that the people of the up country would
not endure the presence of the militia but
as for him he cared not for these statements,
which were being daily howled into the ears
of the Executive, and probably accounted for
his timidity. They should do their duty,
and leave the consequences to God.
Mr.. Smith, of Spartanburg, (Democrat)
next took the floor. He had thought, he
said, that he was citizen of the up country
but if these dark and murderous pictures,
portrayed by preceding speakers, were true,
he must surely be mistaken, for he had no
knowledge Of these things. 1t was true that
the laws hud not been enforced in certain in
stances as they should have been, but this
was attributable not to the general lawlcssness
OF the community, but to the incompetency
and incficicncy of the officers Of tile law in
some cases, and in others to the fact that no
application to the civil authorities had been
made by parties who now claim to have been
horribly maltreatcd.
Mr.. Smith was followed by Messrs Jones'
Moses and others, in vehement appeals to the
Legislature to take immediate action in the
suppression Of the alleged disorders.
MIR. Corbin introduced resolution, that
the Land Commissioners be requested to in
form the Senate what lands had been purchas-
cd by him and his predecessor, and, if posi-.
BILE, to state further what price had been paid
for the same.
Mr.. Nash introduced concurrent rcsolu.
ton, that whereas the Committee appointed
toinvcstigate to tho electoral affairs in the Third
Congressional District, in 1860, had draw
from the State Treasury the sum Of SIT ,5S3,.
10 ; special committee Of two from tho Sen.
ate and -- from the House be appointed to
investigate the matter
Mr.. Wilson introduced bill to authorize
the formation of and to incorporate the Sava
nah Valley Railroad Company.
The chair announced Messrs. Swails and
llnyne committees on the part of the Senate
m ipyoct,r,oto tho ,>,.,,o.