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KEOWEE COURIER. Saturday, Aug. tl, 1849. With :i view of accommodating our Subscribers who live at a distance, the following ircntlcmeu are nutlxiriKMl anil - ^ ?M*V* 1 VkJUVOWU IU act as agonist in receiving an?l forwarding SubHcriptiuivs to the Kfowee Cocbier, viz: M.u. W. 8. Grisiiam, at West Union. Edward IIlohls, Es<j., " IlorsoSlioe. E. I*. V sine a, Esq., " Bachelor's Itetrc.itM. F. Mitchell, Esq.. " Pickcnsville. J. E. Hauood, " Twelve Mile. T. J. Webb, for Anderson District. GEN. TAYLOR'S ADMINISTRATION. '1 am a whig, but not an ultra wliig. If electcd I will not bo the mere President of a party." No doubt can now remain as to what Bort of Administration we have at Washington. This "no party" has fully shown that ho is solely influenced by paity principles, prejudices, and schemes. His DiedE*eH beforo nlpiWinn n.-.,i and at his inauguration, have been shamefully violated and broken, and he hos given uncon. trovertible evidence of his entire subserviency to hia Cabinet. When asked as to hia reasons for any action, he answers, they (the Cabinet) outvoted me. Never before have wo heard oj ?uch down right subjection to the will of oth. er.?; and he, who i9 ia name the head of the American Republic, is in feet a blank. The proscription for opiniou's sake during hi i nho**t Administration has been larger by far than ever was known since the establishment of our government; fivt hundred being turned out ol a single department in one week; nnd the press being so strong, letters of dismissal could not be written but had to be printed. Can it bo supposed that nil, who have received their "walking papers," hrtvcbecu dishonest,unCoitli ful and incompetent? No one, not even the strongest supporter of Gen. Taylor'a Adminiation, would dare make the assertion. "The democratic party is in good health" now, and "those walkings outs," will conduce groatly to improve it, and t?U fearfully for t'no whig rule nnd proscription in the next canvass. We complain not as to "no pnrty" proscription, being nothing more than we expected, and uhall l>e greatly deceived if removals are not made wherever a democrat holds nn office. Tl.o policy of the Administration lias Buffiricntlv uhnvn !* !? ??: ?> *i? ??*L * ?J .. W ..... V V *o I1IU OUUU1. A majority of tho Cabinet of Gen. Taylor ie formed of men -vlio are the bitter enemies ol the South?of men whose only merit in then uncompromising hatred to Southorn Institutions ?of men who have aided an J voted with Gid dings and Ilale?of men who advocated the passage of QottV resolutions to allow the nogroea of the District of Columbia to vote to abolish slavery''in that District. And when wo recollect that the President decides his measures by the vote of the Cabinet, what can wo expect from his Administration ? Un leas he do^a tuko tlio Wilmot Pnwim own hands and act with tho South, he is eppoaod "in loto" to Southern policy. What has tSe South gained by his election? Nothing but lost everything. We may cxpect tho full quota of xvlxig principles to be fastened upon *1 L it- - " * ud?m:tv me i arm 01 '42 and a general nyotem of Internal Improvements will be advocated and carried out Nothing can save us from these measures except the Presidential "veto," and Gen. Taylor has expreasly declared that upon theso subjecta, "the will of the people ai expressed through their RopreKentatives in Congress ?hould be respected and carried out by the Executive;" bo that our only hope 10 ue snveu irom tlu? ruinous cyatem has been sundered, and we are opening our cyeu whou it n too lato. TJie leader* of the whig party at the North eay that the election of Gen. Taylor by the voted from the South WA9 a virtual acknowledgement of tho Wilniot Proviso, for that Gen. Taylor had pledged himself not to veto it ii paued by CJongreaa. Tim whig triumph has IV*V*v* *V. A? " * * * ? m,. i>vui iimu trance, nil tno bitter enemies of the South, nnd they now strut along the political arena with an air of arrogance and mastery. They give the Smith plain talk, and throw off the mask; for our part we prefer this to that hidden, mysterious, manner in which all thesi; object# and principles were whrouded until recently. As a fair specimen we would refer our readers to the letter from Gov. Seward, now a Senator from New York, wmcn wc puDlisJied Inst week. He tells ua that (lie whig pariy is "well prepared to repress faction," and tint it *'U tho only party that has adopted the ihamexablk rights of man," and i* "well qualified to divorce the Federal Government from slave"?"all enlightened, sagacious, and candid mei? can sec that tho period has ariived when slave, y ought not and cannot be protected by the power or infinonni* af ^ ?..v * tvicitti uuverumcni. lie nays: 'I rejoioo that tbo firat permanent Administration which the whig party lias called into power, has fully and completely indiciit'id ftS principlce, its wisdom, and ita patriotism." Here we have a fair intimation that if it is neccssary, that this party will reeort to force to repress the Southern faction, and that this is the policy of a Southern President, elevated to office by Southern votes. Waa it for thi? hot TOUIA. ?-? !?- - - nM|niwou in power f Does this forreopond with the pledges made before hi? election? Will the South sustain the Administration when *ucb arc ite avowed principle* and objeetst No. Let 113 shew these aggressor* upon our righU?these men who would degrade and dishonour our iecti6n?theso men that would turn our piorioua little Stato and the entire liootb into * slaughter pen, that wc 1 can and will maintain our rights nod honor, I and that if force be their desire, that thoy have but to appoint "the battlo-field and vre will be j there." T1IE POST OFFICE AND ABOLITION ! DOCUMENTS. i Under the charge of Jacob Collamer, the Po3t Office Department has been specialty the j instrument in the hands of tlic Abolitionists to 1 circulate their inccndinry publications. Our mails literally groan with their weight, and generally each mail contains inore or less of the "Brutus" or "True Carolinian^' It is of no use to tell u> that Mi'. Colhunc f 1 not responsible, lor he alouo is responsible to the people of the United State?. It is his duty to see tluit ' none but "honest, faithful, and comuetent" nor I * X j Hons fill those office*. This bo does not do, but winks at tlicir misdeed, yea. more, ho knows J that some one is constantly violating the oath ' which ho liaa taken as Post Ma3tcr, and yet makes no attempt to detect nnd expose the culprit and remove him from office, lie is cognizant that constantly packages of papers are transmitted through the mail without a post* I i lark in direct violation of the law. Can he ' remedy it? We think that he can. and therefore charge him with nil tho responsibility.? He could order all Postmasters to destroy all p~".Jtnges which arc not post-marked, and our ! r~- :* <l-? -r **-s * - ivi i?, nun. ii mis was none, too transmis- 1 Bion by mail of theso papers would cease.? For if they were post-marked, detection would neccsaarily follow, and no one would like to ' expose himiclf as cither the author or di^tribu- I tor of such publications. But 110, the princi- j pics of Mr. Collamor anJ his compeers, in tho cau?e of Free Soil, are better advanced without , any risk of detection by the present unlawful | \ transmission. Ouc would naturally suppose ; I that a man who boast of his enmity to Southern institutions, would willingly 6tiflc consciencc : to do or cause to be done anything to Southern disadvantage. If he was a patriot, ho would I r.ii-? ** ? - ? ' luiivw in me Biops ot Amoa Kendall, and not ! , only order the destruction of all unmarked packI ages, but nil that were of an incendiary char- ! acter. UnJcr Mr. Kendall's order an exlraor: dinary quantity of these infernal publications ' cations were burned in Charleaton and very few every reached the interior of the States. | Bui here we have a Southern President with ; an Abolition Postmaster, and that Postmaster I having full control of his Department, and that , | Department daily and hourly circulating publif I catioiw to excite our slaves to insurrection and . to place anarchy and misrule at tho South , completely in the ascendancy. Yet we aro told that Mr. Collaraer and no one else can be j , made responsible for nil this. We would then euggest that the. Postmasters in our own State , be made responsible tc. the State authorities"; i and that laws be cnactcd inflicting a heavy ! I penalty on any. Postmaster who should deliver [ 1 one o? the.-a documents, or knowingly to allow | it to pass through the mail. If tho Federal j t uovernment will not protect un against theac I . incendiarici, we muat tako the matter into our , : own hands and provide safety for ouraelve9, our families and our institutions. ANOTHER EMISSARY. W<> clip the following from the Yorkville Miscellany: Wc would caution the South to he i ware 01 ueorge w. oteplienson, of New ! York, a travelling neent for the sale of ! Brandreth's Pills, who was called upon J by the Committee of safety of this Disj tiict, which stated to him that the dangers which at present threaten thv pecu1 j liar domestic institutions of the /S'outh, made it necessary that all strangers, es pecinlly those from the North, should be exnmined, and his besiness Ac. ascertained, he immediately arose and denounced the proceeding ns oppre:>sive and ungentlemanly, and declared himself an uncompromising opponent of slavery from ! this time forwara. On examining his r>a 1 pcrs, a letter to him was discovered in I which mention wasmndeof a new Rich-1 mond corps being organized for the 1 South, consisting of some live or six per11 sons, giving only the initials of the nnmes, 1! and alluding to the difficulties and dan'' gers they hnd to encounter, and putting up a prayer for their success, he attempted to explain this as having relation to establishing agencies for the sale of Pills, , i Vvhluu ii?y or mav not have been true, i j He was warned to leave our Village on 1 the next morning. We understand that | the agency for the sale of these Pills in ! this plfloe was given up and they were re| turned to him. I This man, who in traversing the State m fin I agent for Brandrrfh'a Pills, is an "uncompromis ing opponent of slavery," to uso his own word*. We would say to Mr. Stephenson, that unless he desires to peep through a prison windows, tf lat he had better net give this section a call. MEDITERRANEAN WHEAT. Mediterranean Wheat, we find on all hand9 reported by the farmers to be the best variety for a yield, especially under I adverse circumstance. Not only in 4/kryland, ?nd in th' f cectiori, but in the ? a rn-:- ?v. * ti en, mm in v/niu, wnere mere nau been, in some sectio 8, such devastation of the wheat, we find it reported aa resisting drought, the worm, Arc. yielding a good j crop, with full heavy grain, while the : other was thin and shriveled, and will i pcihabs he about half the weight of the first kind. Tho sbovo wo clip from on# of our orolwngoH yfor the benefit of our farmer.), and for the pur* J. poijj o! ukcctiog tfceir #.ttcn<iou woro pwrticu- - larly to this subject, we subjoin ? fact which comes within our own knowledge. We were fhown, by n gentleman of Anderson District, a specimen of tlie Mediterranean Wheat; whfrh we unhesitatingly pronuouce the largest, fullest, aud heaviest grained wheat we have seen for several venrs. ITiwmi fnwl... luirjr he informed us that he had sowed only 1 1-'2 bushels, on rather thin land, mid had reaped and cleaned from that sowing twentymx and a half bushels of excellent wheat, which is evidently an abundant yield, and we infer that this wheat must have nrosnftrndlMi. - < 1 "w* tcr "under adverse circumstances" than any other kind grown in this section of country.? Would it not be well for the farmers of our District to enquire into the causes of the superior growth, yield, <fcc. of this over ether kinds of wheat! Perhaps the Mediterranean may be bfitter ndnnloil ?? ?? ' * ** j ? u.u duii, cuiiime, CSC. UKin Eorao other species of wheats we have been in the habit of sowing. The experiment would at least bo worth makiug. Give it a trial, farmers and then let us hear from you. Wo nro told it is a bearded wheat, and tha' it makes a coarser flour than the ordinary wheat; but suppose the flour is coarse, would it be the less wholesome on that account} and the more abundant yield from the same quantity of ground, would surely justify ita production at le-\st for home consumption. Freshet and Destruction of crora. ?We arc told that the rain?, which fell on Sunday last, raised the wateis of Oolenoy. 12 Mile and Eastatoo rivers higher by 4 feet than they have boen in ten years before, doing great damage to farms on cach of these streams 'Die forco of the current at one time lifting a string of fence from its place and whirling it along over the adjacent field of luxuriant com,<5: bowing it to the earth: at another time, sweeping over a field of standing oat and wheat shocks, burying them in the channel of the river Some few individual losses were very Bevcre ?one man lost 300 dor., oats, another 200 dor. j oats and some wheat,?tho corn on the low grounds stood in water up to the ear, and the cVi/v^l-e ?A:-* nviv ciuifuiy suumerged. resides carrying away numberless fences aud levelling the corn as by a roller, Eevcral bridges have been destroyed. BRUTUS AGAIN. A new edition of this paper has come to hand, and wc take great pleasuro to inform the author that his progeny jr. met with the same fate of the senior. Both were consigned to an .untimely grave by being burned. Loat he should by mistake send some stray "little ones" tills way again, wo would say to him that we have every thing in roadincas and will surely measure out the lik? in ?11 ^ ? ?... V* VUV CM11U WilW actor, with as much pleasure as ever we tat down to a good dinner. NEW COTTON. A bale of new Cotton from Tejuw was sold in New Urlenn-i on the -1th July last. The stt. pie is said to bo very good. Thin is earlier, by two weeks, than is usual for new cotton to be offered for salo in our markets. Fca tue "Kf.owke Couriss." SKETCHES OF SCENERY IN PICKENS DISTRICT.?No. 2. OCONEE STATION. This place, famous in the early settlement of the country for its importance as a trading point with the Indians, and in liter times, for the generous fertility of its cultivated fields, and for the beauty and romantic ? J:? ?j? we ouuuuuuing country, is situated on the Oconee creek, 12 miles North of Pickens Court House, and dircctly on the road leading from the j latter place to Clayton Oa. Of the ear- j ly history of this settlement little is known, | and much of that little, we are compelled to glean from legends that are often doubtful and always unsatisfactory. Except a few shapeless ruins, little remains of the daring adventurers who penetrated to this wild and mountanious region, and settled here in the midst of the savage Cherokees; while the half-filled excavations in the neighboring hills tell mournfully of that passion for gold, which in those early timet), led many a bold heart from bis home, to fall a victim to savage Ciue'tv. nr mnr# J m ? ? . 9VIII} W I aw ay and die of disappointment in the lonely wilderness, there to bleach unburied in the wintry winds. And yet, neglected and forgotten as it is now, this place was once of no little importance to the country. Here in peace, the trader cwne to exchange his strings of beads and barrels of rum, with the Indians for furs, and hither, when thej^l^crji^cry of the Cherokee? startled < -thejpuiet life of t)lA frAnli?ni AaA iV?i? dren for security from the horrors of Indian war. Aid many a time and oft, hath the cliffs and caverns of these mountains echoed ajjd re-echoed the warrior* shoot, while idJWer it stout hearts have sunk, for th? war-cry of the Cheroktc comc m the voice of desolation on<3 death. At the foot of a neighboring mountain, the Toi&ofcseo, occurred ouc of the most obetia&te of Pickens* engagements with ft the Indians, for whilst encamped with a small forcc near an Indian town, then entirely dcseited, that intrepid officer was surprised nnd'MirmiiiKt^^ i<? n .JJ %rady of savages, who had lain conccaVed mi the dense fields of enne on either bank of the Tomossee River, nn I who now began to. po<w upoa his unprotected ranks u continued and destructive fire ; secure in thfil* lurLinrr nln?no -~"1- 1 L -- j/tuwc) v?ui jr i utn, uu^u and tree sent forth its messenger, carrying death to the palp face; while the mountains resounded with the roar of musketry and the wild war-hoop of the furious foe. The noise of the conflict 1 --1 * - ytm? m-uru ns mr as the Oconee, where the garrison eagerly demanded to be Jed to the assistance of their countrymen : but the ofliccr in command there, unable to believe that Indians were in the neighborhood and attributing the renorts to w 1 the firing of cane, refused- to march his men out to participate in what he supposed to be nothing more serious than the accidental burning of a cane-brake. However, some 8 or 8 of his command cn * */> ??1 -- 1 ? .. w. w vw^vi vv/ irtVi\c purL m WOQt were convinced was an engagement with the enemy ; that, contrary to orders, they stole out of the Fort and hurried toward the scene of action, which, when they had reached and discovered the perilous j situation of their friends, with that quick perception and ready daring, for which the men of the revolution were so much distinguished, tlu.-y concealed themselves in the thick copse woods, and for the purpose of deceiving the Indians with the j notion that a large force was attacking , them in their rear, and thus make a di\ version ?n favor of their countrymen, comj menccd Bring upon them, shouting and screaming the while, and making the noise of a legion. Most admirably too did their ruse succced, for the Indians supposing themselves attacked by a large reinforcement, fled in great precipitation, . leaving Pickens, whose ammunition was | now nearly exhausted, master of the field. But independent of the interest which this plncc received from its connection with Indian history, the beauty and vanity its scenery is alone sufficient to attract attention and to consecrate it as classic ground. The highlands, covercd with a dense forest of oak, walnut, and pine, rise abruptly from the valley and stretching away in an unbroken line to tha N V. sink at times into gentle lulls, and then an piring; to the height of mountains, present their bold nnd rugged peaks to heaven, crowned with many a stormriven rockf until at length they arc lost in the great range of the Blue Ridge. In the dark caverns and imponetrabjo fastnesses of these mountains, the bear, wolf, and panther still prowl in savage security, and often in tho dusk of evcuing then- 1 nv dismal bowlings may be heard, rendering loneliness more lonely; but here too, is many a silvery stream and glassy pool, many a shady reccss and dew dripping grot, where the spirits of Poesy and Beauty diffused and commingling in the blooming nature, seemed to live and love in blissful hymen. And while the silver fish, sport i streams as elear and pellucid as the waters of Eden, whose banfcs summer clothes in her green and gold, and shadows with the blue canopy of heaven, the rising slopes are covered with wreathing vines and blooming plants, so that the balmy breezes that lift gently the leaves of drooping trees, are filled with their rich perfume. mi , /% - - xne uconee in making its way down the mountain, on the top of which it finds its source, rushes madly along over broken rocks, foaming ?nd screaming as if the genius of wildnc&j lived in its waves. Some of the cascades of this mountain torrent, strike the beholder with peculiar force. You stand among the clouds and gaze down, and down through a dark vista of trees into an almost bottomless ravine, and there, where the stars twinkle at noonday, you see the glimmerings of sparkling waters mingling with the nucs of a thousand flowers, the faint tints of the passing rainbows; and softly too, and indistinct, like the music of a dream, you hear the waitings of cataracts and the gush of 4ying winds. It Is as If nature, jealous of her beauties, had sought to hide them hore from the profanations of sight, and secure in this lonely retreat : .asm bu cycc, t)ut tne stars, to dwell in eternal adoration, with the flowers to bieathe and the breeds to be&r her incense to heaven. From a point leading over Mount Oedtee, you have an extensive Southern view; teen from this poht the whole country fcotnded by the horizon appear* to he covered with an unbroken to:eit; wi*h mo?w i i) i in ? the single exception of the valley at your t foct, not a field nor a cleared spot can ' . be scon, while the regular rising of hill after hill with the depression of the valea wiwecn, gives 10 ii me appearance of a sea undulating with the gentle lidc. The writer begs to be allowed to conclude his description of this wonderful scene with a quotation from the pen of a distinguished American author, who in alluding to the Oconee mountains has said : "When the country which is overlooked from these mountains is cultivated and adorned with villages and other em belnhments, it will afford such briViant prospects as may give full employment to the pencils of American artists." At the foot of this mountain, and through which the Oconee meanders with many a graceful curve, lies the valley,1*a fertile tract containing, perhaps, a thousand acres, part of which is in a high state of cultivation, rewarding the easy industry of the laborer with abundant harv ests. The writer was phown a spot on the banks of the stream in this valley, called the Riders Leap, connected with which is an interesting legend, which, however, with the permission of the reader, he will reserve for another communication. ANGUS. n* i. ^ ? ? I ricKcns u. li., B. U. [From the Spartan.] MountZiow, 8. C., Aug. I, 184& Mr. Editor?You arc no doubt right * in supposing that William Henry Brisbane ib the author of the Barrett letters, and the prim* mover of those dark pud wicked abolition schemes, whioh of late have so much, disquieted the public mipd.' W. H. B rib banc commenced the nubli cation or a liuptis paper in Charleston in I the year l&ttor '34, was considered by the Baptist denomination as sound on the subject of slavery, a man of talents, and x well calculated to edit the denominational, -'L papci of this State. His paper was gen- < crally patronized by the Baptists in I South Carolina. u ?* ?.. wv>) iv nw> iIO(. ' * long before his Abolition sentiments began to be developed, and the paper was turned over, I believe, to Dr. Braotly, in whose hands it died. Brisbane, after selling some 30 slaves, made his est ape to tho State of Ohio, whei e he has been, I suppose, plotting his fiendish designs against tho peace of his native State ever I since. I well remember Mr. B's attenI dance at Nr.w Hnn<> AftOOWiailUlIi JL I21& r is the only time I ever saw him, though I am familiar with .his. history, and my . deliberate opinion is, that a mono infamous. . <? L, Ecoundrcl scarcely livefe on the earths Yours, John G. Landrum.. Arrival of tup West Ihma Steamer.?The Royal i/ail 8t< amer TVent, Cat>t?in OlarllP j?rriv?rl in t*? ' ? **? ..... vu MIC H'WVf D8JT on ^Tuesday, within three days from Havana. She brought but one passenger for Mobile, with some twenty-five in transit for Mexico. Wc arc indebted to Capt. Dower, the pilot, for files of the Diano de la .Marina to the 26th ult. and what information wo otherwise have. Scnor Rey, about whose abduction - there is so much unnecessary commotion in New-Orleans, was in Quarantine at Havana. The American consul had offered to send Hm back to New-Orlcani* but he declined, and asserted that it was by his free will that he had gone back to Cuba. It was unusually sickly at Havana, but no mention is made of any manifestation of cholcra in the Island.?Mobile Herald and Tribune. [Telegraphed to the Baltimore Sun,] PROGRESS OF THE CHOLERA NORTH AND WEST, Nkw York. *-1l) * . ? ? - ?? ? ? viuv M A M M* The Sanitary Committee of this city report 150 ne* cases and 67 deaths of cholera, as having occurred duiincr the last 24 hours. Philadelphia, Aug. i. The cholera is rapidly decreasing. The Board of Health report only 19 ctmco and 4 deaths for the 24 hours ending &i nnnri tn.rinv > . . Alb/ xr, July 31? r. u. There have bee.i reported, lincc yesterday, 16 eaces of cholera, 7 of which proved fatal. Syracuse, July 81. One death from cholera is reported aa having occurred here yesterday. Rochmtxr, July 31. I TUo *?' Jl L IJU vnui^in in lusii ai&appsrtng from ihw city, but one death having occurred in the last forty-eight honrs. The Charleston Courier of .6th in?t,, eayv. During a heavy rainstorm on Friday morning last, a whirlwind paued over he Northwestern part of the city end Neck. It formed in the Norih-eeatera I part of the Neck, and in it* oourae u? turned wiveral carriages, and propelled a two horne barouehe some seventy yards. The tin roofing of the bouse of B. 8. Rbett, Esq.. ettuate in Pinekoey-ttreet; Cannonborougb, was partialis unroofed and most of the roctas of ihe dwelling deluged with wawr. At this paint the uody 6f wind took a wore Westerly course, prostrating several out bou4? attd fences. Fiecea of pi ark, sl>g!c?, M