Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-06-19

"A bill has been introduced in Congress
to limit interest to five per cont, and then
tux notes and mortgages, which would bo
as near prohibition to lending money "a
could we'll bo devised. We have always
favored usury law, and think sound
policy would dictate the passage of such q
law by Congress. It ought however, to
be confederate and framed on experience.
which would place the maximum rate at
seven per cent, and allow competition to
reduce it below the sum if it would do so.
No tax should be imposed upon notes and
mortgages, because the money lender
would always make the borrower pay thcso
taxes in addition to the rate of interest. A
usury law at seven per cent, with an in
como tax on oil over two thousand dollars
per annum, might DO wiso law for Con-
gross 20 enact, but it would hardly do to
pass the over Jealous bill now proposed
EAnderson lntcNyenccr.
The Immigrant arrivals at Castle Garden
New York, are large as at any time in our
history, if not larger. Each successive
woek they grow larger. Last week thew
exceeded eight thou&ihd, and tho prospects
are that the current week will foot up an
even larger total. The newcomers arc
chiefly Germans. The growing dcspotism
OF Germany, its financial and industrial dc.
preston and the Increasing absorption of
the vital forces of The nation into tho army
and tho Imperial Government arc having
their natural effects. The tide from En-.
gland and Scotland has not yet set ycry
strongly ih this direction. But the Indus
trial troubles in tho British Islands are
extremely severe, and hundreds of thou.
sands arc out of work. They have in somo
cases been discharged because the manu-.
faotufes Id which they have been employed
no longer pay; in others they have struck
against reduction Of wages below the living
point. This causes immigration, but a
considerable portion Of it goes to Canada
and to Australia and the South Seas. Still
the Immigration Of the English, Scotch and
Irish is largo and increasing. Let them
come. The majority of tho arrivals arc
comparatively young men, Of the mechanic,
agricultural and laborihg Glasses.
A CoLoRED MAN ON THE Outo TICKET
Among the delegates to the late Ohio
Democratic Convention was oolored
man named Andrew Jackson Dawson, o
full blooded black, and man Of fine pres
ence. In seconding the nomination of
Gen. Rico for Lieutenant Governor, Mr..
Dawson made the following speech, one of
the best talks made during the meeting:
Mr. President and Gentlemen of this
ConOentaon: l arise to. endorse the nomina.
tion of man whom regard as u bravo
and gallant gentlolhan-a man who had tho
patriotism md the bravery TO go to the
front to fight the battles of his country. L
endorse the nomination Of General Rice.
Nominate him, and the colorcd men from
Lake Erie to tho Ohio River, across our
whole broad State, will be with the Demoo.
raoy. General Rice went out and risked
his life and left his good right leg in battle,
while the nominee of tho other party
akulked in the rear, specuiating off his
country. The Republicans arc fond of
reminding the colored men thoy are free.
Yes, thanks to General Stedman, General
Nioe, General Ewing and scores OF
other brave soldiers, wo are froe-freo
to vote for whom we please; and T say to
this august assembly that tho colored men
prefer to vote for man who served his
country in the front to the man who served
his party in the rear.
TIE PRICE or CoRN-The following
from tho Burlington Ha,oheye, conveys d
sound moral in merry way, and after being
laughed at may well be soberly pondcrod
by farmers and others who nro slow to
SEQ that tho laws of trade "work both ways"
"No," the honest farmer remarked iu
tones of the deepest detection, uho big
crops don't do us bit of good. What's
the use? Corn only thirty cents. Every
body and cvcrything's dead set agin Il Q
farmer. Only thirty cents for corn. Why
by gum, it won't pay our taxes, let aonc
buy us clothes. 1t won't buy us enough,
salt to put UP barrel of pork. Corn only
thirty cents! BY jocks, it's liyin', cold
blooded swindlo on farmer, that's what it
is. 1t amt worth raisin' corn for such
price as that. It's mean, low robbery"