Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-06-26

The Course Of the President.


The Course of the President.
WAsmlNoroN, Juno 22.-The President
will Tomorrow announce to tho llouso of
Reprcs ontatiVos his approval Of tho army bill,
but will ut tho samo timo send in message
votoing tho judicial expenses bill. Tho voto
message will be brief, and tho objections to
tho approval of tho bill will bo directed solely
against that clause Of tho second section
which prohibits tho making of contracts or
tho incurmont of liabilities undor Iitlo &c of
tho Revised Statutes. Tho President will
take tho ground that it is his sworn duty to
see that all the laws on the Statute Book orc
faithfully executed until repealed or pro-
hounced invalid by competent tribunal;
Tint Tito 90 Of tho Revised Statutes requires
tho appointment Of deputy marshals for tho
forthcoming Congressional elections in Calie
fornia and tho Winchester district of Now
York, aud that although the observance Of
tho law in question in thcso cases may not
havo great practical importance. it involves
principle, and ho cannot sign tho bill which
intcrfcres in any case with the duty whicI,
that law prcscribcs.
TIE FIRST STEP TO CRIME.-Some
years ago two men were condemned to bo
hung in u small town in England for rob-.
berry and murder. A good minister ia the
ncighborhood interested himself in their
behalf, and tried to get a pardon for them.
But when he applied TO the authorities he
was told that no pardon could be granted.
Then he resolved to visit the prisoners as
often as he could, aud try and get them to
repent Of their crimes aud prepare for the
dreadful death which they were so soon to
meet. In talking with on Of them, he
asked him what was tho first thing which
led him into that downward path that was
SO soon to end on the gallows. Now mark
what that unhappy man said in answer to
this question.
"Oh, sir" said he, 81 remember very
well what it was. One summer afternoon,
when i came homo from school, my mother
had fallen asleep 10 the chair where she
was sitting. crcpt softly up to her sido,
put my hand gently into her pocket, and
stole penny. That wac my first step 10
the way that has brought me to prison and
to the gallows."
Tho following is tho text Of tho trade dol
lar bill MS it passed the House:
BE it enacted, etc., rhnt the Secretary of
tho Treasury shall cause to be exchanged at
the Treasury and MI snb-treasurcs of tho
Unitol States legal tender silver dollars for
trade dollars at par, provided tho weight Of
said trade dollars has not been reduced below
tho standard weight and tolerance provided
by law f,r tho single piece. aod shall recon
said trade dollars into lcgal>tcndcr dollars as
now provided by law, and shall stop the
further coinage Of trade dollars, provided
that the lrado dollars rcconod under this net
shall not be counted MS part of tho silver
coinage provided for by tho act of February
lst, 1873, and provided that the trade dollars
that havo been chopped or rcstomped for
circulation in foreign countries shnll bo cx-
cludcd from tho provisions Of this act.
CoRRECr DECIsroN.-A man named
Collier was recently elected Probate Judge
in one of the counties Of Missouri in con
sidcration of the fact that he pledged him
self to turn over certain portion of his
salary, if elected, to tho common school
fund. Ths Supreme Court Of that State
has Just decided thai vote given for a
candidate for public c!tico in considera-
ton of his promise in case he shall be
elected to donate n sum of money or other
valuable thing to third party, whether
such party be an individual, count; or
other corporation. is void" The Court
admits that the transaction may have been
entered into with Iaudablc motives, but
nevertheless insists that it was "dccidcdly
dcmoralizing in its tendency and utterly
subvcrsivo of the plaipest principles Of
public policy"
ADVERTISEMENT "A travelling agent Cor n
large grocery house says: IL can only work
about ten hours in the twenty four rs nv
system demands rest and recuperation, but Il
good newspaper advertisement is m untiring
servant. Like Tcnnyson's brook, sho goes on
forever! You scy him Mt work in every
office, household, street or steam car, boat,
hotel, restaurant. When others havo gone
to bed, you will sec him laboring with some
owl Of q man, or toiling with some sleeplcss
invalid, amusing. entertaining and instruct
ing every one with whom he comes in contact.
After no has worked with those within n
radius of 200 miles of whore he is published,
find him sent away by mail to inr-oif friends
to entertain and instruct them, and to pro.
claim to all points of tho compass tho merits
OF Smiths machinery or Jones' coffee.
TALLULAM FALLs.-In the State of Georgia,
fifteen miles from the Piedmont Air Line, at
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