Keowee courier. (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, February 15, 1868, Image 2
fjfc'qj?n tho t?at ional.tv
fe hia ?Y???' i?MME,S, Editor.
Toll mo not his ?TvV .==^--. .
rs a tro'Vitm??'s SOSQ. . proprietor.
Toll im mt his birth' ,
Is ho Inmost in his notion-. . " ,
m, , . i. i , . advance; for ?tx
ih.il 14 nil I want t<> ^
ts his vvor l^/8"inserted at $1 jjcr ?onor? o/
Ila^gywr ^r4i irisertion, and GO caiti
^r?'?'?4tiyM?ni insertion.
Obituary Notices exceeding five lines, 7W?
des of Hespect, Communicaliofis of a personal
character, and Announcements of Candidates, will
be charged for as adue-rlisemcnts,
B&?"</o& Printing neatly and cheaplg executed.
... Sf&~. Payment can bc made in currency, orin prc
vision al tho market rates.
.. K?f^Jffece^itg]compels'^s to adhere strictly to
tho requirement'of cash payment.
PIOKENS C HM S. c7:
Saturday Morning, February l?, 1868.
jCS?r lu New York, on the 11th instant,
in?olfon was quoted at 20i to 20? coots per
ponnd. dold, 42|.
Wo. rotui;u thanks to Mr. J. 0. MER
; Wrru, Superintendant of Groohyillo and Co
lumbia ltaihoad, toi *< compltnientarios " for
1808. "
? Change,
' N?t radical,' but' on? consummated after
lUll investigation aud maturo deliberation.
Tho closing weok terminates the timo-honorcd
oxistoneeof tho COURIER at this place. Honoo
fprth tho paper will bo issued at the flourish
ing town of Walhalla. Situate ou tho rail
road, tho head of trude, and with a daily mail,
.our facilities for getting news, local and for
eign, will bo oonsidorably promoted.
To our roaders on tho oastorn sido of tho
Distriot, who30 liboral p.itrouago wo havo
^hitherto oxporionood, wo would say, that they
aro by no moans forgotten, and that this shall
be their representative still. Arrangements
'Viii bo mad? by which th?y can got thoir pa
pers as oarly as heretofore, with tho pleasant
addition of tho " latest."
Tho ehango, although long premeditated, is
?Oaro?ly realized by us-whether from a re
luctance to aooept it, or a desire to oling to
old attaohmouts, wo carnot sty. .?But we
know kind romombranoo
# # * ?? With tho retrospection lovos to dwoll,
"And aootho thensorrowi of hor last farewell."
Tho fig'rooaoie and hallowed associations of thc
last fow y^oars havo inseparably iutcrwoven
thom^olvos: into our oxisvonco, and will ever
.be ohorished with feelings of pleasure and re
gret. A sense of sadness SO0013 to porvado
Fine Plantation for Sale.
Attoutiou is culled to tho advertisement of
Mr. ty. li, SMITH, offering for salo his valu
able Plantation, situato in Cheobeo Valley.
Its location-in tho most quiet part of tho
Stato at this time-and tho comforts and con
vonionocs attaohed, mako it most desirable
Now ip tho thoo for our low country frionds
who wish to " ?leo from tho wrath to como,"
to retire-not to tho mountains of Hopsidam,
but to tho pleasant and poaoeful vulloy just
this sido.
Johnson versos Grast.
Wo havo boforo us, though too lato for
press, tho important corrospQudoq.ofi.between
tho President and GRANT. In tho suit be
tween these distinguished individuals, there
seems to bo a direct conflict of testimony.- ,
Mr. STANTON;" who doubtless would like to j
bo, and is almost o party, yet by no moans a
witness, on account of interest, and various
other littlo inoompotencics, is reduced to the
humiliating confession that he has resumed
his duties " without any personal or written
communication with tho President," Ou tho
ono hand tho President alleges a-proupso made
?hunby QUANT, in oaso. Mr. STANT^V WAS re
stored* and on t?ieothcr, Git ANT strenuously
donics any suoh promise. Miscrnbilc a ic tu !
Whioh aro wo to believe ? Suffico it to say,
tho Executive is sustained by pretty good
proof, and tho corroborating circumstances afc
strongly iu his favor.
Southern Cultivator.
Tho February uumbor of this most excel
lent Agricultural monthly, is on our table.
It may bo aptly styled the farmer's guido, so
full is it of practical experience, and useful
information to the descendants of Cain. It
tells us how wo may sow and reap to nu nd
vautago, how we may preserve and enrich our
lands, and best of all, how to save labor. Wo
will publish in our next, a lottor taken from
this periodical, by DAVID DICKSON, of Mid
dle Georgia, on thc planting of? Corn. This
well-known farmer isa contributor; his farm
and full granaries well attest his knowledge
in tho business. Tho Cultivator " is pub
lished at 82.00 per annum, and is worth it all.
Address ty?i. & W. L. JONES, Athens, Ga.
The Proposed Constitution
Tho Convention, whoso motto, since thc
establishment of their per.diem,, is "festina
lente," arc now engaged upon tho " Declara
tion of Rights and Form of Government as
tho Constitution of tho Commonwealth of
South Carolina," as reported by tho Judiciary
Committee, lt i? T> " 1
I.'M .
years, ninny positions of trust and honor may
bo filled by individuals unidentified with tim
interests of tho State, whoso only claim upon
tho suffrages of tho people is a moro legalized
residence
Tho ovil influonoo of bribery, tumult and
impropor conduot in eleotious is guarded
ngaiust; and no office is to boorcatcd, tho ap
pointment to which shall bo for a lunger
time than during good bohavior. All naviga
blo streams aro to bo public highways, free to'
tho citizens of tho Unitod States, without any
imposition of tax or toll, nud no owner of a
wharf, erected on tho Stores of a nivigablo
stream, is ponnittod to chargo for thc use of
tho said wharf, unless expressly authorized to
do so by tho logislaturo.
' It is but truth to say that tho document
froui which wo havo quoted boars upou its
foc? tho ovidonco of oaroful compilation, and
after porusiug it, no ono will gainsay the re
mark that its sovoral propositions aro clearly
and sucoinotly stated.
TIIK JU?IO? AL DEI* A KT M li N T.
This article of tho constitution, if.adopted
nocoording to tho text published below, will
affect grave changos in tho judiciary of tho
State. The judicial powor is vested in a Su
premo Courtj in two Circuit Courts-to wij^rj
a Court af Common Pleas having oivil jurist
diction, aud Court.of Gcu?rul Sessions. .haJrV
iii g criminal jurisdiction only-filia in Distrlod"
and Probate Courts and Justices of the Pcaeo.?
Tho Supremo Court is to consist of throe
judges, who are to bc elected by the General
for tho term of six years, and so classified that
ono of the judges shall go out of offioo every
two years, the judge holding thc shortest term
of office undor this classification to be tho
Chief Justioo during his ?erm of ellice.
Tho article provides in a very clear niannor
for filling all vacancies that may occur, thc
circuits which each judgo shall occupy, and
tho jurisdiction which each judgo shall exor
cise. Tho circuit judgo is to be elected by
tho pooplo of his circuit, and shall hold office,
for tho torin of four ycar3. Tho Courts of
Common Picas are to sit in each judicial dis
trict nt least twioo a year, and to have full ju
risdiction in all matters of equity. But tho'
courts now established for that purpose shall
continue as nt prcsont organized until Janua
ry 1, 1809, for the disposition of causos pen
ding therein. Thc Court of General Sessions
shall sit at least three times a year for the trial
of eriminal cau308. A very important change
is embodied in section 21, which provides for
the election by tho people of each judicial
district of three persons who shall constitute
a district court, whioh shall have full juris
diction over raids, highways, ferries, bridges,
and all mattera, relating to taxs, and tho lo
cil concerns of tho district. A Court of Prd
bato is also to bc established in each district?, .
and tho people aro to elect justices of thc
"0 and constables, who may hold offioo for
" *wo years. No pot-son who liai
* ?oventy oan bo elected
."e. and no judge
'tors of
(Prom (ho Columbia Daily Plioon'iV]
Proooo dinga of tho Convention.
CHAUXESTON, S. G., February 7-Tho
Couvontiou has boon oooupiod during tho
past two diys in discussing tho Bill of Rights
-sovontoon seotions of which were adopted.
To day, tho ropo"' p tho Committee on Rules
?and R?gulations was taken up, and, aftor
uiuoh discussion, it was finally adopted
Thc nssomblago went into Committee of
tho'Whole on tho ninth section of tho Bill of
.Rights, Rutland in the Chair, when tho Pres
ident made a spcooh, offering, ns an amend
mcnt, that tho words "havo thc right to doter
minc the law and tho faot3, under tho direc
tion of tho judge," bo stricken out, and
tho words " bc judges of tho law and tho
f.ct?," bo inserted^ and moved that tho Cqihj
luttco rise and report thc utnortdinont to tho
house; which was done.
CIIAUM?STON, February 10.-Yesterday,
tho Convention was occupied in discussing
several sections of tho Bill of Rights. To
day J. M. Rutland, of Fairfield, made a report
of the Legislative Committee on an ordiuauco
j allowing a ho ncstcud of ono hundred acres of
land to oach hoad of a family. Tho Com
mittee report that they havo agreed to incor
porate thc substance in a section of tho legis-,
dative part pf tho Constitution. Also, are
port on a resolution requiring that tho seve
ral Districts of tho State hereafter shall bo
lyiown and denominated as "Counties." The
Committee report that they have incorporated
the sult?nico in n section of tho legislativo
part of thc Constitution. They also report
a.-> impracticable tho scheme proposed author
izing tho State to issuo bonds to thc amount
of-titillions, to bo endorsed by Congress,
for the purposo of purchasing lands forced in
to tho market; which was adopted.
W. IS. Roso, from the Cominitteo on Peti
tions' reported unfavorably ou a resolution for
i tho appointment of a Committee to report
the names of poisons from whom political dis
abilities should bo removed. They aro of
opinion that person's desiring their disabilities
removed should make individual application
for such purpose, and it would then bc time
enough to decide upon their respective mer
its.
B. F. Randolph made a report of thc Com
mittee on Miscellaneous matters ou a resolu
tion to make a penal olfonoo thc uso of thc
epithets negro, nigger and Yankee, recom
mending that it be laid ot) thc table. Adop
ted. Also, a report of thc santo Cominitteo
on certain resolutions in relation to the organ
ization of ti militia, recommending the follow
ing article, which was road the first timo, or
dered to bo printed and be inserted In the
Constitution : The militia of tho State of
South Carolina shall consist of all able bod
ied malo residents ol' thc State between the
ages of eighteen and forty-fivo years, except
such persons as now or may bo hereafter ex
empted by thc laws of tho United States, or
by the laws of this Static :, shall hun ???!?^
armed, equipped and disciplined as tho Gen
eral Assembly may, by law, provide ; which
was read the first timo.
q'ho/oport of tho Committee on thc Logis
. Department of tho Constitution was
'" '.si time and passed to a second read
on! and twenty-third scc
hts were adopted.
n) UK PAID.
1er to carry
he Recon
C.J'ti
. to
From Washington..
WASHINGTON, February 8.-Tho Sonato
was not iii cession to-duy.
tn tho Uouso, tho catiro day was devoted
to spocohos.
Tho reconstruction Oommittco had a stor
my session, but did nothing pointed.
This evening's" E cpr ess says tho feeling
among tho majority of tho Oommittco is uni
doubtoJly in favor of impeachment, and there
is reason to believo that a resolution to this
effect will shortly be reported to tho Uouso.
Before adjournment to day, tho Committee
agreed to report a bill to re novo the politioal
disabilities imposed by the Reconstruction
Acts upon Gov. Holden, of North Carolina..
G?W Ocr, of Smith* C ir?lln V, and Gen. Long
street, of tho lato (Confederate nrmy. It is
reported that Mr. Bro ?k:i moved to add the
name of Gen. B inurogard, but tho Oommittco
refused to inoludodiim.
S. M. McKoon, for fifty years disbursing
clerk of tho Troasury I) jp irtmont is dead.
WASHINGTON, Fubu.irnry ll.-Judye
Bl ?ck filed a bill yesterday-the State of j
Georgia vs. Grant, Meade, Buger ct ul, Black |
endeavors to avoid tlio grounds, which lead to i
tho dismissal of tho former caso. Expartc
McCardle still bojd thc court. Tho majority
bf tho bar inclino to the opinion that it will |
also b.; dismissed.
The Judiciary Committee stand four to
three agaist Edmunds' bill regulating im
peachment.
Mo.NTiiOMI'.nY, February ll.-In thirty
four Counties, thc vote for tho Constitution
stands 51,Toil ; registration in same Counties
111,209-this includes all the negro Coun
ties but Halo and Marengo. Thc twenty-six
remaining Counties have a wotto majority,
and will licit vote nt all. To carry tho Con
stitution, 8G,000 will have to bc polled.
Tho Murder iu Beaufort "District
Yesterday, news reached this city, that on
thc nittht of Sunday, the 2d instant, Mr.
Johh FVaser Mathewes, Jr., n grandson of
the late Hon. John Haven Mathewes, was
shot dead by negroes in Beaufort District.
Thc facts are, briefly, these :
Mr. Mathewes had been engaged foi seve
ral years in cultivating a plantation on (jilts
olin's Island, near ' Port Boyal Ferry, ns
agent of thc proprietors, the well known linn
of Brown, Brothers & Co., of Baltimore.'
Accompanied by bis neighbor, Captain Van
Ness, and attended by a posse bf four ne
groes, he started on Sunday, in pursuit of two
negro thieves who had stolen Momo mules from
thc inland, and tracked them to thc plantation
of J)r. L. M. DcSaussuro, about eight miles
off. Here, in serving a warrant of nrrcst
which had been issued by Magistrate Portc
ous, thc party met resistance from Scipio Sin
gleton, tho foreman, Peter Holmes, nnd oth
er negroes ; and, in the nttemnt *?? lita
.minority, Mr. Mathewes'was shot in tho bead
by Scipio and killed.
Tho victim of this murder was tho sort of
a widowed mother, a young man of character,
courage and energy. He entered tho war, a
youth of sixteen, as a volunteer in the Ar
tillery Company of Captain James ll. Math
owes ; und at thc guns of Battery Wagner,
his distinguished bravery and imperturbable
coolness brought bim moro than once into
honourable mention.
ito passed unharmed through thc perils of
?soldier's life, to fall by thc bands of a bru
.111 negro.
But it is not boro th^t Mr. Mathewes'
diameter shp.iijd.be discussed-our duty is
lot to tho dead but, to vhc living. Tho fi)to
'Ms young .gctit)en)on \A n tcxi which
of itself a very iuiprc.ssiyo(;|scrnmn.
oho perpetrators.-- of ?,cold-blooded
brought to swiftTHipjjCopdigiji pun
r'lftci?d. wi'ongw'l! bp .avenged
. proocss, flnd,,t.ho "Sputn,
.will ;yot reproduce on
s presented by . tho
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' Mere liri/. ,.)
Bottom
t.
Tiri' COTTON* F KV Kit.-Tho editor of tho*
" Washington (Go.) Gnzctio" gives hisoxpc
rienoo iii raising cotton os follows :
" Wo took tho Cotton fovor last Spring, in
oomtnon with tho rest of tho world. Anet
our experiment was thusly. "Wo planted two*
and tlirJ^c tenths uores, used $20 worth of ma
nures, ?nd 815 worth of Dickson's proliGc
eccl, got a good stand, kept it oloau, and an
ticipated large profits. Dy tho time tho orop?
was ready for market our total expense was"
$117 75, und tho quantity of cotton was two
bales weighing I JG7. The net salos of tho
crop wero S102 8 J. leaving us ?11 93 in debt
on tho operation. Tho Government however,
olaimed 5>'20 07} as its sh no, and wo paid thc
oxponso of oolleotion. . That was about 26 por
v-out on the net receipts and about 23 por qont
oi' thc capit if Uvested-moro profit? than : wo
oai^-uiako in any businoss yet discovered.^^ri*.*'"
Verily, a man who plants ccLton,f ^mortga
ges hi'.nsi-lf and his whole capilt??, and work?
on government account. Ail tho samo rato
ns above, we arc very thankful our crop was
so small. Ono hundred boires of cotton would
have swamped us uttterly^l Wo shall contin
ue to edit our paper this! year but shall not
postOi' cotton at all. 1
_ ? ?tTr*Jfi ?t
Jt?r Tho "Charleston Nows" fcjfcvk'; J p
the>nogro.dolegatos. in rho Convi?Igood, Tbs*
nt fii^t ovinoed some.numeration ^'"f* *" *
they are all powerful in that body sf
ing more violent and unooiitrolubr?jM80?8or? '
leaders. Such will bo thc caso ur?
when they think they aro strong cimCKS
go alone. ^STEU
C^y* A New Orleans correspondent snyb :,>
tho times thcie aro awfully hnrd. Tho pcoplo
arc very poor, empty houses and stores aro
almost numberless, money scarce, social cir
cles nearly brok on up. theatres losing money,
und the weather " dirty, rainy and sticky."
lilj>"~ Tho Ohio Legislature has adopted
resolutions requesting the repeal of the Rc
cotistruc'lion Acts and denunciatory qf^tlie
pending supplcuicntary and Supremo Court
bills.
.L. ....U. ?1S
A MF.KTlNl? of I he eiti/ens of tho Wost side of
A Pioiuma District will bo held, in Walhalla, on
Tuesday next, tho ?Sili instant, lit I- o'clock, .M.,
at UiKMANx's Motel, to take into consideration tho
location ol' tho OoiU't House tor Ocotibo District.
All are cordially invite I to attend.
ll. 8. VAN DIVIKIIE,
Ch'rm'ti (,'ointniileo.
Walhalla. Feb. 1.2, 1808 ?20 1
~"'-. VALUABLE 7
LANDS FOR SALE.
1)i:ixo DESIROUS ot' CHANGING MY
> BUSINKSS 1 ?ir.pose tu sell my I'M RAI
known as thu
" Lay Place,"
Lviiig on the N irth Fork of ij't.tlo Uiver, in
L'hoiihui:. Valley. I'ieU'enu D?.M I ?OI. S. V, II ml dis*
ant from Walhalla 13 milos. This placo eon.
tains . .-.< S
rairtoon Hundred & Sovonty-ftvo
Acres,
Pw > Hundred and Fifty oT which i-t tho fit-oat
10TT?.M LAN'I) in th- .State, all now nuilor
iitltivathln. Tho ho?.t>>m is n it subject m over
low, and prodne.es fr.?.n forty t<? fifty bushels of
J?rn ti tile arno, but willi proper * cn I ti va ti >n
md manuring, w luid produce double limb
inion ut;
There is, upo i tho place, a ?nod Drolling
Luise, cunta i n incsix rooina, with all nocesPa
y outbuilding-including a Blacksmith Shop,
luivcniuntly located. Thoro aro, also, faur
Iber settlements near tho placo, now occupied
ntl being improved hy tomiuts ; als.? n good
I R I ST AML?j, in cx^clloutiorilor, with altino
ustyoi, ' , .
This tarin; 'lying nt tho fo it of tho M am
mos, oon'igumts ti a ran^c extending fur mile.^
Ifora-raro inducements to stick grow ors. lt is
.?thin .two milpa ol' K'ihtmann's Gild Mino,
nd has lr ci oxain ncl um] tested by f.mr ox
orioticcd miners, all of whom pronounced tho
pool mons-found in sovoral nimios - as rioh as
vcji; fiin.mj anywhero. Tho "GOLD is hore to
liow for itself, and minors are united'to como
nd see. '
-ALSO
will'ftlso S?ll ' ' ;
AFINE!LOT OF M ULKS;
3,000 HUS UK LS COJIN;
mW! HAY, FODDISR, sirucK?;1"
WAGONS. F?RBUNG IMI?L1^1ENT&:
STOCK OF CATTLI* M? i?oWi'1
HOUSEHOLD AND KITCHEN fMl
NITURE, &0., &C, 1
bc Land, if desired. "
,i ,-t t?ut?\\? Ait i 'ti
wishing tb purchaso such property
"->r#itnl ('Terms shall'bo li bot*
I eas h, balance; on t i mo , to,
^ns dosirmq to seo th*
days notice, will bo
1 ont ko tho placet
given, thom.,ty
SMITH.', f
bar?es
Wish,
OA*,
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