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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-11-21
An RisDortant Decision.

A suit was brought at Middlotown, in
this State, in 1876, against the landlord
and tenant of liquor saloon, for damages
caused by tho loss of horse which was
driven to death by tho plaintiffs son while
intoxicated by liquors supplied to him at /,
tho saloon The plaintiff obtained verdict
in his favor, which was confirmed at thee
General Torn, and the landlord carried the8
case so fas rs he was, concerned, to TIM
Court Of Appeals. Tho action was brought
under the Law Of 1878, known as tho Civil
Damage law, which makes tho owner orr
lessee Of premises on which intoxicating
liquors are sold jointly liable with tho ten
ant for any damage done by an intoxicated i
porson who has beon. supplied with liquor
on suoh promises. The Court Of Appeale.s 4
now afirms the judgement Of the lover
courts thus establishing tho liability of
owners or landlords of any promises 10 the
State used in the liquor business for DANA
ges dono by any drunken person who may
procure liquor nt such plaoes. If man
should got intoxicated in Now York 4
saloon aad commit murder, iufiiot a
wound or do any injury to person or prop
crty while in that condition, tho landlord
or owner Of the promises would under this 4
dooision, bo liable not only for damages
actually sustained by the parties ia interest,
but for exemplary damages as woll.
". Y Herald.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-11-21

Milk is an antidoto to whito load poison.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-11-21
" 'E(3I /; I)|;;'D'IlNlE, !"

Says a Boston physioiani "hos no equal os
blood purifier. Henring Of its many
wonderful cures after all other romodios had
sfaileds I visited tho Laboratory, and con
yipesd ,hyeelf Of its genuine merit. It. is
prepared from barks, roots, md herbs, caoh
I Of which .is highly, effective, and they arc
compounded in such u manner as to produce
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-11-21

WAsRly3$roN,9 November 12-The
nul&i', oNblicaa, of this oity will to-
morrow p'> ,h The following US Che views
of tho Pa .,nt III regard to the situotion 10
the South, IN answer to question as to
whether til S,uthcrn policy had beer dis
ousscd in thc Cabinet tho President is
reported to hayo said; "That is mistake;
the time for discussion has passed. 1t is
now too lato for anything but the most
determined and vigorous action. The
determination was reached several daya ago,
and the deliberations of the Cabinet on this
subject since then have been comparatively
brief aud confined mainly to tho considera--
tion of the duty of tho Attorney General
in the premises" The Prcsidcnf has
always thought his policy would win back
tho South
He was asked how he accounted for the
result in tho face Of the fair promises Of the
South. "That question:" said ho, "leads
directly to discussion of what has been
lattcrIy termed tho Southern policy of the
administration. When that policy was
first ioaugurated it was with an earnest
desire to conciliatc the Southern leaders to
round of the shatp angles of sectional dil}e.
renee and to soften tho asperities of politi.
cal strife. No one will deny that tho
attempt to cnfc,ce this policy was most
earnestly made, nor that it was carried out
with conscientious desire to accomplish
tho rasult for which it had been iDaugurated.
Of tho personal and partisan sacrifices !
made in this effort, and of tho consequent
interruption of certao relations which had
previously existed between myself aud somo
Of my supporters, havo nothing to soy just
now But it appears that tho leaders who
made those pledges either did not exert
themselves TO keep thcm or were unable TO
do so In fact, am reluctantly forced tc
admit that the experiment was failure.
The first election of Importance had sinoo it
was attempted has proved that fair elections,
with FREQ suffrage for every voter in the
South, are an impossibilty under tho exist
ing condition of things"
"It il not booausc tho Republican party
appears as the sufferer in these results that
! complain" continued tho President, It
is because free suffrage and freedom Of
political rights have boon intorfcred with
that ] am called upon to take oognizanco Of
disturbances. If tho facts were exactly
reversed, and il tho Republicans had com-
mittcd the outragcs upon the Democrats,
my duty would be tho samo. 1t will not do
for mo, or for any official before whom these
questions may como, to treat them otherwise
than in non partisan way. The partisan
press will naturally take partisan view of
the case, and / will be hold to account for
aiding tho Republicans stalwarts, l
mean lin Aauuting tho bloody shirt, as It
is called"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-11-21

CHARLESTON, November 10.--Tho
report of tho Charleston Cotton exchange,
based on fifty-four replies, covering twenty.
oight counties, says: "Tho yield, as com--
pared with last year, is reported by ten
counties as increased from fvo to fifty to
por cent, and soven about tho samo. An
average based on said data givos tho yield
Of tho State about equal to that of last
yoar"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-11-21

Tho thing which pooplo are willing toS
give us arc the things wo do not want.
When Lincoln was sick with smallpox he
said to his attendant: "Sendsup the ofIice 81
seekers. Atlast I have got something for
each Of thom.' ss
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-11-21

New ORLEANS, November Is Colonel
Zacherie who was sent by Gov. Nioholls
as special agent to ToDsas Parish to report
tho true condition of affairs there, has sub
mttod report saying that, Notwithstanding
exaggerated reports from Tonsas, he found
that only twelve negroes had been killed..
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-11-21

lay aside ovory wcok something fol the
Lord, that you may have To- giyc.ss SSS
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-06
FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT.

WASHINGTON, dec. s, 1878.
THE HOT SPRINGS COMMISSION CLAUSE IN THE
sUNDnY CIVIL SERVICE BnL-sENAToE con-
OVERS STATEMENT.
The Senate Committee 10 investigate the charge
that Senator Conover implicated i'll the work of
tampering with the Sundry Civil bill last summer.
from which the Hot Springs Commission clause was
left ont. will hardly be able TO get to work
until next week, OF the members
appointed by Mr.. Wheeler show Discrimination
to serve. Senator Conover. in his defence. says
he will show that the bill not fully compared by
the Enrolling Committee and that there is no evil
ence exsnt that the bill completed and perfected
when it left the House side Of the Capitol to go
to the President. II will be remembered that in the
excitement and dissipation of the closing hours of the
session Mr. Rainey, the colored member from South
Carolina, the only representative of the Enroll
ing Committee who stood at his post. Now
Senator Conover intends to show by the
evidence Of Mr.. Rainey and AR Kind his clerk. that
the chairman of the Appropriations Committee, Mr..
Atkins, came to him while he was engaged in COM
pairing the sundry Civil bill and when he within
twenty pages of completing it, and insisted that he
Mr. Raineyl should desst and give up the bill and
report it to the House, thai it all right it
and that it wouldn't do 10 prolong the session any
parison; that Mr.. Raincy, in obedience to
his sworn duty as a Congressman and
member Of the committee. protested against report
ing turning in the bill until it thoroughly
viscd by him. and that he responsible for its
proper preparation; that thereupon Mr.. Atkins re-
ncwed his cntreaty and gathered up and took away
tho bill in ITS unfinished state and that the Hot
Springs provision contained in the last twenty
pages. which. had Mr. Rainey been allowed to do his
duty. would have duly contained and expressed the
will Of Congress.
1t will be remembered that Mr.. Atkins asked the
Treasury Department to put secret service agent to-
work to detect the Of the flaw in the BILL and
that tho agent selected implicated Senator Conover
by suspicion and eircumstantal evidence The above
Is the rejoinder of Senator Conover to the action Of
Mr.. Atkins Tho report of this agent is still kept
secret from the Housc and the press, but will be
handed by Mr. Atkins to the Senate Investigat-
ing Committee whom the latter organizes for business
Its contents have been generally discounted through
the leaking gossiping Of the Treasury detectives
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-06
SOUTHERN GRATITUDE.

CITIZENS OF NEW ORLEANS THANKING THE PEo~
PIE OF THE WHOLE COUNTRY FOR THEIK
GENEROUS AID AND SYMPATHY IN THE Days
or THE YELLOW FEVER scoUEGE.
NEW ORLEANS. La Dec. s. 1878.
mass meeting held tonight at the Varieties
Theatre attended mainly by leading and influential
citizens and presided by General Frederick W.
Ogden. After prayer by Rev. DIR. Palmer and an adj
dress by Chief Justice Manning, the following pre-
ainblc and resolutions were adopted:
Whereas during tho summer just passed New Orleans IN
plague ses s closed ali
trade drained her and utterly dried up her
TT
and sEd fae mus nave cesn a
remedy sad !, not Sesn FOR .s
and ssoanains .heald make due &
'' ss. sS y tho sseps %.s.ns
sympathy show parsle 70 the active bencvoencc
s S Of S e a 81 s late cson Not merely
the naked clothed the starving FED and the sick aud dyia
ing spirits sustained by charity which descended ha
s. ~.so e ssHsi s
hardy fr nr N ss
expanss Of vast continent From North and south and
sss:ssS,a iass q:
Of s q rs. from " he gushing
human ss:soa Nexsr bsforo any people
son Of humanity he forgotten.
yed That testimony OF fellow
eountryuou that " are veal.
we recognize bengnant voice of great people, which,
should silence with rebukc the evil uerances o1
who for ignobe and selfish ends would arouse
once more the sectional dscord and declare
A. our sentiment with the unaffected sincerity
Of hearts that difference Of political creed cnA
weaken and evils designing politicians the tes
which bind tho most sacred and tender mcmcvies IN
the bonds national brotherhood and iudssoube-
Resolved That In tho heros and seifsacricc displayed
by physicians and who a the cost Of many 4i
nnt sprts faced tho deadly OF thOpsstencc In
their mission Of humanity and IN the uttcr sefabnsIatien
81 soldier tho late Lieutenant Bennsr Of tue
United States Army acknowledge with tears for their
for their devotion the surprising love Of:
whose dsp.h sincerity they this highest proof
that they laid down their lives for
Resolved That to those friends In foreign lands who
freely the roef Of people whether -
kindred or uationatcs most fsrvsn thanks arc
due and hereby tondcrcd
Resolved That 10 all societies, corporations and com.
psncs we'll communities and individuals sued
who In great distress aided by word act, the
people Of New Orleans with heart feel gratitude
.Istic
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-06
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.
sHNATE.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 5. 1877

WASHINGTON. Dec. s. 1879.
The vrcE PnHsDESr laid before tho Senate com
muncation from the Secretary Of the Interior in
dorsing lcttcr from the Commissioner of Patents
relative to an appropriation Of $aso0 for additional
examiners clerks and laborers in the Patent Office
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Also . communication from the Treasurer OF the
Unite States enclosing -opies OF his accounts. Re
ferred to the Committee on Printing ,r.st
Also Joint resolution Of the California Legisla-
ture requesting the government OF the United States
10 pay $24i 6c5 81 expended by that State in sup
pressing Indian hosttics. Referred to the Commit
tee on Appropriations.
Mr.. DORSEY. trap.l Of Ark. presented petitions OF
the city Council and citizens Of Hot Springs. Ark,
asking that the in regard to the Hot Springs
Reservation in the Sundry Civil DILL Of last year be
corrected. Laid the table.
Mr.. DORSEY gave notice that ho would call the
matter UP for consideration az an carly day.
Hills INTRODUCED.
Bills were introduced and referred IA fallows:-
By Mr. ANTHONY. (rcp Of II. L--fselatng to the
public printing and binding. deferred to the Com
Nv Mr.. BOOTH ,rsrJ OF cal-For the relief Of
Homestead settlers the public lands. Referred TO
the Committee ON Public lands.
Their appropriation 81 sS5o00 for continuing tho i'm
provement OF the Upper Columbia and Snake rivers.
Referred 10 the Committee on Commerce
Also bill appropriating sia0.0vo for continuing
tho Improvement ~ tho Lower Willamette and Coz
lumba rivers from Portland oregon. 10 tho SEA Re-
ferred 10 the same committee.
Also q bill making a further appropriation Of
$4,000 for continuing tho Improvement OF tho Upper
Willamette River, Oregon Referred TO the same COM
mittcc.
COMMITTEE on ErIDrMfcs.
The VICE PRESIDENT announced Ms the select COM
mittce to inquire and report Ia regard 10 tho best
means the prevention Of the Introduction of vel.
low fever and cholera into this country. authorized
by the resolution Of Mr. Harris agreed 10 yesterday.
Mcssrs Harris Matthews. Lamar Paddock Conoyer,
Garland and Eustis.
On motion If Mr.. GARLAND, ldem.l Of Ark, so much
OF the Presidents Message rs refers to the yellow
fever was referred 20 the above mentioned select
mittec.
MI THURMAN. tdein.) of Ohio, said the Senate
took up the calendar during the hrst week OF tho
session and rs there good deal of work for tho
committees he moved that when tho Senate adjourns
to-day 1t be to meet on Monday next.
Mr. Axruosy, OF Rhode Island opposed the motion,
and argued that q number OF unobJectcd eases on the
calendar might bc disposed OF to-day and tomorrow
The motion OF Mr.. Thurman was agreed TO by rls-
ing vgte--ycas %, nays -. 800.
sMrArfHoxY. Of Rhode Island. submitted rcsou-
ton that at one o'clock to-day tho SAnste would pro-
csed 70 the consideration OF hills on the calendar not.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-06
TRAIN wRECKER ON TRIAL.
[pY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD. !

WILMINGTON, Del, Dec s, 1878.
Harley G.. Brown. the Claymont train wrccker.
this afternoon placed trial at the New Castle Court
for the wilful murder of the engineer. his and
two passengers killed the 2Dth Of Juno last
through the prisoners fcndish act. the placing OF
huge log between the rails. Mr.. Ross engineer. ex-
planned. the plan Of the railroad by descriptive
wooden models, aud the accident was described by
Mr. Phillips, the conductor. The trial will be
tnucd Tomorrow. when IL Is expected that Attorney
General Pennington will close for the State and the
defence be entered on which will likely be plea OF
insanity. The prisoner is greatly shattered BY his
heightened incarceration, and bears unmistakable
traces OF having aufyered fearful mental AGONY
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-06
GRAVE ROBBERS ARRESTED.

CINCINNATI Ohio. Dec 5. 1878.
The police carly this morning arrested Henry God,
dsr and Rufus Heyms, who had just delivered the
body Of q negro CIR, to the Miami Medical College.
Hcyms. who appears to be new man in the business
was drunk and talked freely. As result the police
followed the up and exposed gang Of
tionists consisting of five persons--tnc two sbovg
uaucd two white women, one of whom IL the widow
of Cunningham OF former notcriety in grave robbing
and negro woinsn They talk ell freely Of their ex-
perience in the business The two arrestsd wer0I
Gent 10 the worthousc--Hcyms on charge Of drunkf
cnness and GoddAr on On old charge Of abustne H.
fnuilyx
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-06
MURDER IN THE SECOND DEGREE

[By TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.
WILMINGTON. Del. Dec. 8. 1873.
George Draper. colorcd. convicted Of murder in
the second degree for naicting mortal wound with
m axe on ono John Wilson, his landlord, whom he
attacked on the ed of September for demonstrating
with him in reference to the erection of fence.
Sentence was deferred. The laws Of Delaware nfict
IMPRISONMENT for life.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-06
ONE MONTHS GRACE.
TBY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD

PORTSMOUTH, Va, Dec. g. 1875.
John Byrd, who was sentenced TO be hanged at
Hampton tomorrow for killing his brother, William
Byrd, on the I'd Of August last on the Bates farm.
has been respited until the 3D. of January next The
citizens Of Elizabeth City county pctitoned for q
respite which tho Governor granted. They ailcge
that The condemned man ia of unsound mind.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-06
BOARDS OF INSPECTION APPOINTED.

WASHINGTON, Dec 8, 1878.
Chief Engineer D. L. Garvin has been appointed
senior member and Chief Engineers Edward ID. Robie
and John w. Moore members of board to inspect
boilers belonging TO and now on board the Iowa. with
y view to their utilization in another vessel.
Chief Engineer Hartman Newell has been appointed
senior member and Chief Engineers ID. ID. Macomb
and w. II. Ring members of board to test the
chnery Of the United States steamer Qunnebaue. at
Norfolk.
Passed Assistant Engineer T. j. w. Cooper has
been ordered to duty at League Island.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-06
HoNoRs TO A MEXICAN GENERAL.
GALVESTON. Texas. d,

GALVESTON, Texas, Dec. s. 1873.
A despatch to the Nars, from Eagle Pass, states
that General rrevno, the Mexican commander visited
Fort Duncan this afternoon. He received at tho
river by company Of cavalry and escorted to the
post, where he received with music and salvos
Of artillery ball in honor Of the General was given
this exeninGs
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-06
ARMY INTELLIGENCE.

WASHINGTON, Dec. s. 1873.
THE superintendent Of the mounted recruiting
vice has been ordered to fifty recruits to be
prepared and forwarded from the cavalry rendezvous
at New York to Fort Brown. Texas.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-06
CRUSHED IN A MINE.


[By TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD
WHEELING. W. Va, Dec. 8. 1873
John Yancey, proprietor OF coal mine II Bridge
port. Ohio, was in the mine to-day experimenting
some work when mass of soapstcne dropped from
the roof. portion Of il struck him on the loves
part Of the body. mapgling his limbs In tcrriblo
manner. Ho is still alive. but will not recover.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-06
THE GuAEp AT PORTSMOUTH, DISPOSITION OF

THE GUARD AT PORTSMOUTH OF
AN INsUBoRDINATE MARINE.
PORTSMOUTH. n. H.. Dec s, 1875
The United States supply ship Guard arrived in the
lower harbar last night.
Lingard, the marine, who some weeks ago while
drunk stabbed Captain Marden. OF the Navy Yard
ferry steamer Emerald. insuted Lieutenant Dickens
the Marine CORPS and has since been tried by court
martial In to DO taken to the Boston Navy Yard and
delivered to th0 conlmandant.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-06

THE NAVAL AND CONSULAR AND DIPLOMATIC APP
PRECIPITATION Bills.
The Naval bill reported to the House to-day con.
tains legislation except 20 provide FOR the ap
pointmcnt of visitors TO the Naval Academy rs mat
ter Of law instead OF custom and usage. as hereto
fore It's total is about $685. than that Of the
appropriations for the current fiscal year.
The Diplomatic and Consular Appropriation bill az
reported from the committee to-day is exact copy
of last sessions bill of that title first passed by the
House, which, however, became subject OF pro.
longed controversy with the Senate and was finally
modified in many particulars by the committee Of
conference before its enactment. The changes from
the existing law again proposed by tho committee
consist mainly Of reductions IN salaries of the higher
grades of foreign Ministers and the dscontnuancc OF
sundry small Ccnsulates- The total saving proposed
is about $4,000.
The committee propose to reduce the salaries Of
our Ministers to Great Britain, France Germany and
Russa, from s17.500 to $4,000 rer annum those OF
the Ministers 20 Spain, Austria. Italy, Brazil, Mexico.
Japan ana China, from $4,000 to $1,000, aud those
OF our Ministers to Chill ard PERI. from $4,000 10
5000 per annum. The bill omits any provision for
United States Ninis@s resident ct Belgium and the
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-06

cles concerning this matter. General Burnside says
the Commission is unit in its conclusions but does
not state the nature of them.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-06
NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

ARRIVAL OF AN INSANE NAVAL. SURGEON FROM
THE JOHN ADAMS, OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC
sQUADRoN-THE ALASKA AT VALPARAISO.
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD
PORTSMOUTH. Va Dec. ), 1873.
The Pacific Mail steamship Crescent City. Captain
Porter for New York from Aspinwall. with general
cargo and fortytwo passengers, put into Norfolk this
morning for coal. The steamer brought a pas
sengcr Lieutenant II. G. Fisher. of the Marine
Corps. who has in charge DIR. q. N. Yancey,
passed assistant surgeon of the United States Navy
who is insane. They were attached To tho United
States ship John Adams of the South Pacific squad
ron DIR. Yancey is native Of Culpepper county. in
this State, where his family now reside. Lieutenant
Fisher reports that he left the Adams at Valparaiso
on the I'd Of November: that she was to sail the
18th Callao. thence to San Francisco where she
will 90 out of commission.
Lieutenant Fisher also reports tho United States
ship Alaska At Valparaiso. with all well on board
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-06
SUIT AGAINST GENERAL GRANT.

CURIOUS CASE OF INSTRUMENTATION THE THEN
PRESIDENT WAS PURSUED AND THREATENED
BY GIGANTIC NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF
THE MAN IN LUYATIc ASYLUM AND HIS
CLAIM FOR DAMAGES
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-06

USE OF GOLD cEE1JFICNTtS DISCONTINUED.
The Treasury Department has discontinued the uso
Of gold certificates, y ,.,,*s
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-07-19
Horrible Death by Drowning.

Last Sunday about 2 o'clock p. NJ, the IN.
habitants of our little village received the
heart rending news Of the death of Mrs.
Tohias Bosser, mother Of Sheriff Henry's
wife. The particulars as near MS we can
CLEAN them are as follows: The family
all but Mrs Bossler and her daughter-in-
law started to Mill Grove TO church, ex
pecting on their return to find every one
as they had left them in the morning, but
alas what change can be wrought in a
few short hours. They were all there but
the good old mother. No particular un-
easiness was entertained for the first half
hour, more than the usual inquiry-wop.
der where mother is, &c.,-when at last the
family became alarmed, and search was at
once commenced, resulting finally in find
ing her standing erect in the cistem i'm
about seven feet of water. The supposi
tion is that she, in trying to disengage some
thing from the spouting, had stepped on
the covering of the cistern, it being loose.
the end tipped up, letting her into the wa
ter Mrs. Bosser was one OF the pioneer
women of Perry township, and was quiet
unassnming woman, beloved bv all who
knew her and her loss will be deeply felt
by the whole neighborhood ALF.
WEST MILL GRovE. July is, 1873.