Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-09-26
CanApaiSsa ian tIRe State.

COLUMBIA, september 2V.--G0venor Uump-
| ton returned to CSc.'nmbin this afternoon much
improved in health. In company with Scna-
tor Butler and other distinguished speakers,
he goes to Sumter toonight to .nttsnd the
meeting there Tomorrow.
The National executive committee has ap"
pointed Senator Mcdonald of Pennsylvania,
and Messrs Banning Of Ohio. RandoIp pi: Tue
ker and Eppa Iunton of Virginia, as speak
ers in this State during the campaign.
They arc looked for hero carly in October.
SUMTER September 2l.-Tho meeting
here to-day was very largely attended By the
Red"shirt Democracy and colorod people,
and riyaied tho grand gathering two years
ago. Over eleven hundred woarers of rcd,
whito and colored shirts woro in the process.
ion, and between three thousand and thirty
five hundred people gathered about the stand
Governor Hampton was welcomed with every
manifestation Of enthusiastic affection, his
pathway beng strewn with flowers and the
cheering being almost continuous from his
| arrival TO the beginning of the speaking, Tho
Governor, Senator Butler, Attorney General
Ioumans, j. E. Bacon, Esq, and j. G.
Gibbcs spoke, and were listened to with
great attention. Sam Lee, Radical leader,
proposed asking the Governor questions after
the combustion of his speech. Lee is All cspc
| clnlly obnoxious man, and his aim was so
evidently to interrupt the meeting and annoy
the speakers that only tho persistent efforts Of
the Governor and Senator Butler saved him
from being very roughly handled by tho nfu.
riutcd crowd. Tho excitement was calmed
however, and Lee was taken on the stand
and protected until tho conclusion of the
meeting. Al passed off we'll, and tho Game
Cock county is growing loudly. The review
Of tho military by Gen. Kennedy aud staff
look place in tho evening.
DUE NEST, Scptembcr l0.-A rousing
| meeting of tho Democracy of Abbcvilc
county was hold at Due West to-day. between
| two and three thousand pooplo wcro present
and along string Of Red shirt cavalry. Souls
stirring addresses wcro delivered by Messrs.
Orvill Calhoun, II. Il. uemphill, W. X. Brad
ley, Judge Cooke and Col. D. Wyatt Aiken.
a magnificent barbecue consisting of sixty
carcascs ct cctera, was furnished gratis to ali
white and colored Democrats of both sexes.
Tho Greenwood and Duo West Brass Band
furnished music for tho occasion. Prof, Hood
presided gracefully over tho meeting. It
was grand success oil round. Carolina
Democrats, follow suit.
Tue STEPPING Stone TO IIEALrm.--Tho
acquisition of vital onergy is the stopping stone
to hoalth. Whom the system lacks vitality,
the various organs flag in their duty, become
chronically irregular, and disease is eventually
instituted. TO provont this unhappy state Of
things, tho debilitatod system should bo built
up by tho uso Of that inimitablo tonic, IIostct
ter's Stomach Bittcrs, which invgoratcs tho
| digestive organs, and insures tho thorough
| conversion Of food into blood Of q nonrshine e
quality, from whence overy muscle, nerve and
tbro acquire nnwontcd supplies of yigor, and
tho whole systom experiences the beneficial
effect. Appetite returns, tho system is re-.
freshed by healthful slumber, tho nerves grow
| strong and calm, tho dependency bcgotton of
chronic indigestion and an uncertain state Of
health disappears, and that sallow appearance
Of tho skin, peculiar to habitual invaids and
persons deficient in vital energy, is replaced
by Il moro becoming tingo.
A private letter from j. M. Heating, tho
editor of tho Memphis 1ppeal, says: "Our
fair city is literally oharnol-.ho1so. Tho
| sights are awful and the soenes aro sad to
degree blood curdling. can add nothing to
what has been given you by telegraph daily.
would have to go into details that would fiji
| volumes. Every day we put away hundreds,
| and wonder whore they oil como from, the oity
is 80 dosorted." Mr.. Heating has passed.
through three yellow fover vsitations in Nom.
phis OF the large staff of his papor ho is tho
only one loft on duty.
The Marlboro Planter says: Twelve hundred
and sixty.f five pounds of5cotton Is reported to
have been picked by three laborers on Mr. J
J III Brecdeh' farm ono day last week 4,