wpmn i m ill The Expedition ag?iii*t CdtM. The following extract is from a New York letter to the Washington Union, wad has obtained some credence. If true, the information will be regarded as important as showing a deliberate and set tleu design on the part of the Cubans to throw off the Spanish yoke. We must be content to await with patience further developments : "Under these circumstances, and under tho holiof that, tlw? Enrrlish. French, nnd American population of the island will glad y exchange the antiquated rule of old Spain for laws, institutions, privileges, and influences in the State more in accordance with the spirit of the age, a large number of wealthy Creolo families and individuals are preparing to assert the independence of the island on the first favorable opportunity. They have bought urms, military stores, Ac., to a large ex- I tent in this country and England, almost all of which have long since passed beyond the jurisdiction of the United States and Great Britain, having been landed and stored (not in Cuba but olsewhere) at points most convenient for the purposes of the native Cubans "For two years past they have been buying such merchandise liberally among us, as in England ; and there are now a large number of wealthy and patriotic Creoles cf the island in the United States, ostensibly travelling for pleasure, but really picking out men from among those distinguishing themselves in the Mexican war, whose names and experience would, it identified in tlio first movement, be likely at once to create a deeper sympathy in their cause in the breast of the American people, while it could not fail to inspire confidence in their ultimate success on the part of all residents of their island. "Thus, it is understood that had Gen. Worth lived, he would ?r? this have resigned his commission in the American army, and commenced planting in Cuba, to be ready to head the movement whenever essayed. The leaders in the proposed enterprise those who furnish the in&ifls ? undoubtedly considered him pledged to this purpose, and have lately been sadly put to it to supply the want of an American commander-in-chief of gallant daring, great experience, and reputation?equal, in moral effect, to half an array." Fatiibr, Hadn't tou ubtteutakk a Shkbi', too ??A valuable friend and an able farmer, al?out the time the temperance reform was beginning to exert a healthful infliianr.o haW liic ? ' V hired man, "Jonathan, I did not think to mention when I hired you, that I think of trying to do my work this year without rum : how much more mt c! I give you to do without V* "Oh," said Jonathan, "I dont care much about it, you may give me what you please." "Agreed," said Jonathan. The oldest son then said, "Father, will juu ftivu iuo h sjioep ti 1 ao witnout rumY" "Yes, Marshall you shall have a sheep if you do without. The youngest son, a stripling, then said, "Father, will you give me a sheep if I do without ?" "Yes, Chandler, you shall have a sheep also, if you do without rum." Presently Chandler speaks again? iiV.tl? t? ' j. ciwivi, iiuu m< you. ueuer uuce a snecn too?" This was a poser?he hardly thought that he could gwe up the "good creature," yet. But the appeal was from a source not to be easily disregarded ; the result was, the demon, rum, was thenceforth banished from the premises, to the great joy and ultimate happiness of all concern SHORT. Our editorial (fortunately for our readcre) ia short this week. We have no apology to make, only that we are an editor, a Squire, county register, house and sign painter, tavern keeper, singing mas ter, fiddler, "daddy" of two children, and a first rate boot black and xohite washer. Havi' qj our professional engagements sometimes pretty well divided, it is out of our power to "do equal and exact justice" to all, without cracking a brain or splitting our cabbage head.?AshcvilU (N. C.) Messenger. Yankuk Reasoning.?A schoolmaster, who had an inveterate habit of talking to 1.! ?/ _l 1? < > 7 ' uiuistm wntju ftjuiie, wjw Hmtcn oy a neighbor what motive lie could have for doing so. Jonathan replied that he had two good nnd substantial reasons: in the first place, he liked to talk to a sensible mnn; in ths next place, ho liked to hear a man of sense talk. Marriage.?Nature and nature's ; ; ulation, I-"1 ' . Ml... J.,.? nnd cheated into misery by fertile hopes ?the mad victim of untamed passions and the disappointed pursuer of fruitless joys. I5ut with her lie awakens to a new life. 1 Ie follows a path?wider and nobler than the. road to sclf-nggrandizomcnt?that is scattered with more fragrant llowers, and illuminated by clearer light. The United States and Hungary?A Washington letter of the 31st ult., to the New York Tribune, says : ? a /x.1.a, :i i.~i.i i?..i ii i/iiuuiut v/uuiivii u.i> uuivi hi?i uu;ning, and it is quite probable that tbc ac- j credited Minister from the Republic of Hungary will be received, its independence recognised, and tieatvi, Arc., entered into. The President and bis Cabinet have closely watched the progress of the struggle with a view to this object, as soon us it could bo accomplished consistently with the principles essential to our policy." Deaths.?-We notice in the Mercury the demise of Mr. Samuel McCartney and Alexander Black. The first was a native of Scotland, and the latter of Ireland. J3oth were old residents of Charleston. KEOWEE COllUIEU. Saturday, Sept. 13, 1849. With a view of accommodating our Sub. scribers who live at n distance, the following gentlemen arc authorized and requested to act as iigcnts in receiving and forwarding Subscriptions to tho Keowke Covrier, viz: Maj. W. S. Grisiiam, at West Union. Edward Hughes, Epq., " Horse Shoo. R 1*. Verner, Esq., " Bachelor's Iletrent_ M. F. Mitchell, Esq.. " Pickensville. T f \J // 1 *r-l u. x>. ii.iuuun, " I WCIVO T. J. Wtnn, for AuJvrson District, THE CUBAN EXPEDITION. We linvu stated before that the Administration has exercised great vigilance and cmition over the rumored Cuban Expedition, and we are not sure that the President's great anxiety to promote the interest ami welfare of this government, has not led him into the opposite error of being over-vigilant. Several Government vessels were despatched, after the Procla nation, to Hound Island near New Orleans, to enquire into the movements of certain individuals assembled there, wh'ithe supposed intention of invading Cuba, and to disperse them. Commanders Totten and Randolph, of the Water Witch and Albany, have gouo into the nighborhood of Round Island, and finding there between three and four hundred men unarmed and without any apparent evidence of aggressive movements, have issued a nroelamatimi containing sevuro throatc, commanding the men to disperse forthwith, and in the event oj refusal, they must abide the consequences of "the certain infliction of the penalty of the law" by Uncle Sam's vigilant committcc. Mr. 11asiens, the President of the. Round Island rendezvous, has answered the Government officers in excellent good temper, disclaiming any intention whatever of invading OnW or of doing aught that would compromise their citiznvmViin or IiHaWv?'J .u.i I - -I- ? J ?v "? and unarmed.' The fact thut they hay,- no arms, uud deny all participation in the schemes of which they have been shrewdly suspected, Bhould have satisfied any Government officer, lens Hood-Uiirsty than the aforesaid Lieu tor ant, that thoy were a body of citizens peaceably assembled, and with whom ho one had the right to interfere, And President Taylor vnillrl hflVA fllllo nrul a.1 t-!~ ~ V* v.OtM *J VUOVIiW I ? UU 111!) duty when this much lmd been done. But nil further supplies of provisions Jiuvo been cut off, and all communication prohibited?martir.l law proclaimed, and a fleet of vessels ordered thera to keep watch over them, and to prerent them from landing on a foreign (-oil for hostilo purposes. We gather from our exchange's that the people arc dissatisfied with the proceedings of these officors, and their conduct is condemned and pronounced illegal by the principal newspapers. The officers of Hound Island "have applied to the legal authorities of Pascagoula to arrest these officers for cutting off their pro vieuMii) and otherwise molesting them;" ami the goneral opinion is that thoy have abused their authority by exceeding their instructions. And aa it would be more creditable to the President, we hope the blame doen lie at the door of those "clothed in a little brief authority." In the absence of a special treaty with Spain, we consider it plain, that our Government would have fully discharged her duty, by having made the proclamation and seeing that no nr . ed force left our shores with the avowed pu> we of invading Cuba, but (ho President tseeim to take upon himtelf the responsibility, that they fihnll not go to Cuba under any circuinHlauc.es, armed or unarmed, collect! v?4y or in dividually. NKSV ItO AIX We are pleased to hoc in the Pendleton Messenger, a notice that "nnnliention uritl hf ? ' *41 ?-? ?? made to tho next Leginlature to have n Uvw road Inid out from AnchrBOh C. H. by I c ,dlcton to Piekcna C. IT.," for we know of no sccl on through which u good road is moro needed than that through which ibis notice contemplates running the now road. Thcro i* no donbt but tlio road from this pluco to Andcr noil 0. II. may l>c t?ry much improved by passing round sonio of (he lnrgor.t hilln instead of going over them n.s the road now run^. From the boil information we have upon thotuljcct, I n . ? Mill??? ??mrnmmrnmmm. a l oad may be laid out from here to Pendleton un mucli better ground and much nearer. And tlm Andereon Gazette f-nyn a hard, firm, and level road may be obtained from Pendleton to Anderson without diverging one half mile from the old one. Nothimr indicates more certuinly the state of civilizuhoi ?vl refinement of a country than tlte attention give.; to roads. While our neighboring Dintricte arc grading their dirt roads, building railroads, and plank roads, and otherwise providing for tho convenience and improvement of both country and tillage, will Pickens fold her arms and observe a "masterly inactivity," on this important subject? Surely not: Anderson will very soon bccomc a market for a large section ol' country North of her, and a good road through the centre of our District will attract the travel th's way and benefit every eluss of our community?the poor as well as the rich?tho laborer and waggoner as well as tho stranger and man of leisure: in a ie\v ^ ears iuousuihis ui noiiars win ne ich among us by our low country friends, who will come up to spend the summer and visit our natural curiosities. The farmer as well as the hotel-keeper will share the harvest, and every citizen should feel himself equally interested: See to it citizens. GOVERNORSEABROOK. His Excellency visited our quiet Village on Monday Inst, and appears to be in good health and fine spirits, lie lias been eojourninga few days in our pleasant mountains, quailing the pure water and enjoying the delightful broozes in the neighborhood of Ceasar's Hood and Table Rock; and contemplates in a few days making a trip to the beautiful Valley of Jocasseo uiiu v? inie v? aier rails, jn tins JLHstrict. Wo hope nothing may prevent his Excellency from visiting these last mentioned beauties of nature, for we arc sure lie will feel himself amply remunerated for tho fatigues of a short journey, by toasting his oyes on the most chaste of natural pc c*i or)*. His Excellency seems to bo devoted to the welfare of the State, and is certainly giving very special attention to the condition of the Mr. ?!? %? t-. - "Wi/Vi JL/IOUU.19. AH' UU(iiUlllllMll t'bt'U|JUS III* | attention; agriculture, commercial, mechanical" political, moral*, religion, ami education, all are scrutinized respectively as they pasa within l>in observation. During his short stay withus? he examined nil our public buildings and vi.-ited the prisoners in jail. Our Governor is literally a icorking man, for proof of which we shall await his Message to the next Legislature. ASI1VILLK, N. C. \lrn 1<.ir>. tl.n Arl...!11- Jl?? .. V IV...K mviii uiu iiriMiur UlVCOCU^Cl l|l?U the Town Commissioners h w * let out "the j grading or digging away of tho liill" ou which ! the Court IIouso stands, which is to holowcrcd about 10 feet. The job was let out in three contracts, amounting in the whole to ?598 for cleaning off the ground and fdling up the hoi iVWD II* IUU BUCVW. We make this statement chiefly for the purpose of directing the attention of o?r Commissioners to the situation of our own Court House, which is perchcil on a hill not larger than t.' ut on which Ashvillo C. II. stands, and needs cutting down just about the samo distance. Heretofore wo have hud the consolation to kuow that eura was not the only mount&in Villago wl?V>e inhabitants could not see their neighbor's house r.cross the street*, but we are about to bo loft in the back ground. "Wonder if our Commissioners could not 'raise the wind' and follow tlio example of our neighbor. ELECTION. Au Election was hold on the 10th inxt., for Ma. jor of tho Battalion,.5th Kegiiuont.jS. C. M., which resulted in the election of Copt. I. JHollingsworth,hy a majority of 6 votes over la;? opponent, A. B. Sargeant. TIIF. ANNUAL PAIR IN CHARLESTON. j?** ? .. , mS Lmou w :uvtiu tuu cnroiui aucn- j tion of our reader* to tho advcrtiscmont of the South Carolina Institute, which ban appeared in our columns for several-weeks past. 'Die deuigiid of tho Institution aro laudable in the highest degree; aiul we hope that Pickens District will 1?? represented there in more thau one branch of Mechanism. The Fair will commence on tlic ntli October, and we nve happy to state that the Railroad company have made very liberal arrangements for the l>encfit of those desiring to attend. We would call attention to the wlvertiseinent in thin week's paper of Messrs. II. I* Jeffers ?fc Co.; and ask our friends and ]>nfrons, if thoj have nuy business in their lino at Hamburg, to give them a trial. Mr. JofTers h&>? established a very enviable reputation as a Commission Merchant, and wo feci confident thai those who may give him u call, will And thai his business will rocoire prompt attention, and his interests fully regarded The Cholera a*d the Indians. Late advices from St Louis slate that the cholera is still raging among the Indians on the Plains. They were much exasperated, and had put to death sevoral >vluto persona for having introduced the epidemic among them. Tub Chester Observer.-?Tho Chester Observer of last week announces n. salo of that Office to H. W. Murray, Esq., who will hereafter publish a larger paper than the Observer, at the Mine place, under (lie title of the "Palmetto Chester Standard.'' "We welcome Mr. Murray to the quill and scissors, and wish him great ' succcss in his enterprise. Tiie Pukmoent.?The President hav- 1 mg regained his strength to sonic extent, | lias been able to continue his journey as i far as the Niagara Falls, at which place ] 1 he contemplates remaining until his health 1 is entirely restored. Thence he will re- | turn to Washington, postponing bis an- ( ticipated visit to ^Massachusetts and the1. Fair at Syracuse. ?? , !1 Emigration.?'llic number of For* i eigners, who have emigrated, to this eoun- 1 try during the nine months of the present j"car, amount to 113,222, nearly tdL n..n r fi i t?..i i \ji 11 iiviu oii iiuiu uiv.ii Diiumi, nei.uui ; and Germany. For The Kkowke Couhiku. TRIBUTE OF RESPECT. The following Preamble and Resolu nuns were unanimously adopted by l'ickens Division No. 21, Sons of Temperance, on the 10th inst : Whereas, an All-wise Providence by one of His inscrutable decrees has re- 1 moved from us our much loved Brother, j Thomas M. Sloan, of Pendleton Division, [ !,?o l.:~ j- _i 1 '1 imo v>uu nun nunn (IIMIUM 1TJ II1U IUCriUiail j of life and in the midst of n career of usefulness, by which society has lost one of its brightest ornaments, and our Order one of its most efficient members, Act- < ittg through life from principle rather than ,1 Ka i ic .^ I-?- I iiwi/uioi-, ins iiuo iriL tur lis iu liniuuu ills example of christian devotion, his consistent advocacy of the cause of Temperance, and his uncompromising efforts to stay the progress of vice and immorality, I To sum up nil, he was emphatically n good man; and vrhilo wo lament his loss. it is a source oi consolation to know that; by the change lie is bettered, having, as ' we firmly believe, been removed to a hap- j pier and brighter sphere*. In consideration whereof, 3. lie it licsolci'd, That In the death of our much esteemed Brotlicr, Thomas M. Si.oak, of Pendleton Division, society has lost one of its best citizens, and our Order one of its most exemplary mem bcrs. 2 Resolved, That wo deeply sympathize with his nfiliated family niul friends in this sore dispensation, mid tender to them our condolence. 3. Resolved, That as n testimonial of our high respect for the memory of our departed Brother, Tjiomas M. Si.oan, we will wear tho usual badge of mourning of tho Order for thirty days. Jicsolved, That these proceedings be signed by the W. P. and It. S. and a l copy be forwarded to the family of our deceased Brother, and published in the Kcowee Courier. M. M. NORTON, W. P. W. H. Tkiumikr, R. S. For the Kkoavkk Courier. SONS OF TEMPERANCE. Messrs. Editors:?Although thcro was n multitude of people nt your Village on Wednesday to witness the proceedings of lite fions at their festivities, still there arc a largo number of good citizens, whom your cxceHcnt paper will visit this week, ...1.. I :1 - - ? * ? * who, uy instance, indisposition or inconvenience, were deprived of tho pleasure of being with you on the occasion, and would -gladlv- 1xsar from the celebration by letter ; hence I have been induced to pen thin brief sketch, which if you think worthy you can publish in your paper. Or. "Wednesday the 12th inst., accord ing to previous appointment, a large and respectable audience, numbering ?vcr 1500 Spuls, assembled in the Court House of Pickcns Village. At 11 o'clock the Bom came down stairs hi full regalia, looki ng like the remnants of peace, love, puj rity and fidelity united in ono fraternity, j Tlicn appeared the Hanner?\ good wife I would como to Pickens District." Rev, Donnelly then entertained the'auilicnce a short time with his learning and talent. All were evidently pleased, and the audience dispersed penceably and in good order?those favomblo to the order certainly had cause to be delighted with the eficct of the proceedings of the day find those disnflfoo.tnil went rnm!nnietween Georgy, Bom, andKossutn, when it was determined at once t? -put an