Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-07-18

coh'c irohl tue PucBets W INC TAX payers OF the
State"
RErUnLlcAE PARTY FALLING to PIEcEs.-
The Republican party Ind no leaders. Wade.
Chnse and Giddings. Stevens and Cameron
Seward aud Greeley, Lincoln. Sumner, Stan>
ton. Andrew, Wilson, Halo and Fessendcn,
Palfrey and Adams were equals, no one
claimed the precedenco The cement of the
party was principle; not any idolatry, like
that which mnde the Whg cling to and eoho
Webster aud Clay. The men who oron,ed The
Republican party were men nf convictions.
They sought, moro or lcss directly. but in
deal earnest, to limit and Kill slavery. Tho
men whom tEe Republican party has created
are not me, OF convictions. They seek only
to use tor party or personal ends tho power
hoy have inherited.
Lacking its old ccment---a great purpose
The party is falling to pieces, like bouldcrs
from II wall without mortar. Its managers
have been so dull and timid in nsing their
great victory, they have so wasted their op-
por,unitics, that they have suffered the
Southern questiop-thoir whole capital to
fall prematurely into abeyance. On their
own theory they stand to-day with no raison
d'ctrc. no excuse for their existence. Their
strens,h h lay in public opinion we'll in
formed ~ to Southern purpose and tho
nature Of Southern civilization, and watchful
of tho possible reaction from its sore defeat
The events Of the ten Years boforo the war
were what taught and trained that opinion.
But q generation has come upcn the stuge
since. The active young men, tho van Of
party movement, we're then in their cMalos
They knew nothing Of those oyonts as they
took place and tho history Of them is aot yet
written. We have heard more than one man
Twenty-Five years old, ask, with natural igno
rance, WAS thcre evera mob in Boston, and
what was it aboat?'-, lFen2e5 Phillips.
CyrEus.--Cynlr,s, tho island which Turkey
has just ecdcd to Great Britain, IT, return for
q guarantee of protection of Turkish domin-
ions in Asia OH the part Of the latter, and to
which British force has already sailed, is
tho most eastern of tho Mediterranean islands,
lying midway between Asia Minor and Syria.
Its longth is about l48 miles, and width,
except in the northeast extremity, whero it
narrows to fifteen milcs. about forty miles.
its area is about $500 square mlos, and
present population 10000, the majority Of
whom arc Greeks. though there is u large
number of'Furks. It has been under the ruls
of tho Turks for more than th,co hundred
years, having been taken by them from the
Venctians. Under the Vcnctians the island
Mt ono had time population of 900 900, and
nttnne1 grent spendur aud prosperity, but
has greatly deulinel under tho Turks, though
OF late years !ts prosperity has somewhat in
creased. IL has groat natural resources, and
if these wore developed by an cnterprising
people, it might regain much of its oldstimo
fame. British rulo will undoubtedly have q
beneficeut effoot, though the probability that
the British interest in it will DO confined TO
military occupation and nominal possession
will limit the brncfts. The island is very
1,,n, >k,ox f.. Al.
which it has been turned over to the British
Ito serve as II base Of supplies in tho event
Of Great Britain being callad upon to main
tain the defensive treaty formed with Turkey.
AS such it serves for q present solution of
tho problem of what shall be done with the
Indian troops which wore brought to Malta.
They will be available for garrison.
GERMANS IN TExAs.-Tho Germans aro
settling in such great numbers in Texas that
they will ultimately become ono of tho lead
ing elements of the population of that State.
They prefer to found colonies of their own,
that they may keep up the customs Of tho
Fatherland. Industry, good order and an
unwontcd degree of prosperity prevail in tho
German districts. The vine is extensively
cultivated, and the farms aro rs notable for
their prodnctiveness and thrifty appearance
as those of Berks and Lancaster. A German
colony has recently enclosed 10000 aores in
Taylor County, Texas, in the midsl of which
thoy have laid out town. The residents of
the lattor aro doctors. merchants. blaoksmiths
and u sprinkling Of oil trades and professions.
In tho vicinity of Charleston and somo of tho
other Southern cities tho Germnns have since
the war bought up great deal of land at
cheap rates, and arc making money in tho
raising of vegetables and fruits for the North
orn market.
A Hartford man won't home to dinner, and
saw part of the washing still left in tho tubs.
Hnrrying to the yard he saw his wife braccd
against tho fence holding to tho end of a
brokon clothes limo to keep tho newly washed
garments from the ground "IIero, I've been
holding this line for over an hour, sir," she
snapped. "But why didn't you cal some
one" he inquired, there's that now family
next door-tho woman would have come over
in ono minute" But the wife said, "Woman
next door, you big idiot, you! IIasn't she
bcen peoking around for two weeks to see my
wash, and dye think I'd give her chance to
find out whether tho sleeves of my night gown
wore pieecd down with unbleaohed cotton7
You don't know anything, sir, and you make
tracks for piece Of rope, air."