Keowee courier. (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, September 29, 1849, Image 2

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TFIE IMMEDIATE ADMISSION OF NEW j MEXICO AND CALIFORNIA. We nre glad to see our old nlly, tlie ; Palmetto Manner, denouncing the insidious movement and purpose of the Whigs I to admit New Mexico and California at ' once into the Union as States. The object I of this extraordinary proposition is, as we i Have mtherto mam tame a, to enable tue Administration to dodge the Wilmot Proviso question, and to pf?ve the Whig party from splitting. Th?;ir plan h to bring New Mexico and California into the Un- : ion, with Constitutions made by Mexicans, j Indians, Foreigners and Northern Abo- I litionists, excluding slaveholders from ' carrying their property into that country, without waiting the usual period and the usual course of events. All other territories have first had Territorial Governments established by Congress, at?d after the lapse of sufficient time for ihe aecumutation of a respectable white popula- ' tior. from the old States, outnumbering the Indians and Foreigners, then, and not till then, have they been admitted as j States. This was the ease with the Territories formed out of the Louisiana Territory, with Florida, (Texas was gov erned, when admitted, by .wlute men , from the old States,) in fact with all Llie ; seventeen States, which have been added to the original thirteen. The sole object of the Whigs in proposing the extraordinary plan of admitting New Mexico and California, with constitutions formed bv a Domilation I'.concrru ? J I I p , our in its materials, foreign in its origin, and a majority of it actually hostile to the old States, and especially to the Southern States, is to enable Southern Whig politicians to continue their fellowship nnd association with Northern TPilmot Provi- , so men and Abolitionists, as well as to . save Gen. Taylor from being put to the test of vetoing.or approving the Proviso. Either course, on his part, <it js seen, would be fatal -to Whiggery. If /south ern men 01 any party, wusgsor JUemo- j crnts, approve the immediate admission of , New Afcxico and California as States, we cannot but regard it as a cowardly, if not a most corrupt surrender of Southern rights and interests to Northern influence. T\\e Whig politicians have always, on every question, as tfar as thov dared, or could cheat the people of the South into approving-?9urrendered to the North. Excopt in the case of Benton, among the Democrats, we hope better tilings. It is very reasonable to calculate that California, if let alone and &Ql hurried into a State before she is in a state fit to be admitted into the old partnership, may bccome a slaveholding country. The cot4^^ 1 1 J ? ? ' wn, uugar anu goia mining, would create | ft demand for negroes. This the Northern Abolitionists, doubtless think proba- , ble, and hence they want to make Cali- j fornia a State forthwith, with a constitution excluding slavery or to pass the Wil- i mot Proviso bv Congress to effect the i wmc purpose. Now the Southern Whigs can't vote for the latter, and Gen. Taylor would feel unpleasant to approve or veto, but the North can have her way with them and govern them, as usual, just as well, and secure all her purposes by ad mitting Wew jtfexico and California as a j State next session of Congress! If the ' mass of the people, whose interest are ' solely involved in the protection of their rights, honor and prosperity, and not in office seeking, are properly enlightened, they will not sustain any set of leaders whose object lis the spoils, in such a shameful surrender to Free ?oUism. The L-..13 n?i. :? ?J ? Muui/u anuuiu !uwk w 4t, ana every independent press rfhmild sonnd the ndarm.? OttenvilU Mountaineer. Death or T. J. Wriout, esq.?The Camden Journal of Wednesday last says : "It is with deep regret we record the death of 3/aj. Thomas J. Wright, one of the leading members of the Bar of Ijancaster, and a prominent member of the Legislature from that district. He died on Thursday morning, 13th inst., at 4 o*ciock, after a very short iliness. He was known as a good lawyer, in the enjoyment of a large practice, and the confidence of an extended circle of friends; a writer, a sound Democrat, and a sterling Carolinian, aa unostentatious in his manners on he was kind hearted and devoted in his attachments. He had been a member of the Legislature for about three years; and his liberal views, sound judgment, and close attention to his duties induced his friends to believe that a wide fMld'tff future usefullness was opening before him. He had secured the confidence of His District, and there nre but few in it whose death would have proved a severer lees." HEALTH OF CHARLESTON. It wilt be seen by the weekly biM-of mortality, that six deaths occurred last VVB VI UVUIII^I O ItiTVI i \/tlll/l l^WT^O have occurred this week, but the Board of Health do not treat it as epidemic, and aii our information lead* to tne same conclusion. It ha# never been known to prevail generally, commencing so late in the season. All the cases, we believo, without exception, have been of Foreignrn ltA??A MdAMtlw IM 4 llt.? 9| WUU U?fO CHIIVCU 111 1)1119 country, whose occupations specially exposed them to the very unfavorable weather which has characterized this month, and whose irregular habits and mode of living, in crowdcd ill-ventilated, * 1 1111 in imfm t "?i - - - "i" and unclean rooms, were calculated to I give a malignant character to any sickness I tbat might arise, and in a few instances ] "f nnwinnu u'lmcn /vnnniiil r.nnriit inn of 1 health made them especially susceptible * to febrile influences. 1 While we have every reason to believe that the disease will be limited in its influence, we would suggest that caution and attention to health are never misplaced, and at this unwholesome season of the year all unnecessary exposure to the nightair, especially in sleeping apartments, should be carefully avoided. Our latest inforeaation from those best informed on Jin oii'KWi. 5a An?Vt Ait/14 tr rnnfirmntnrv of I tfie opinion that there will be no general prevalence of the disease..?Char. Mer. cury, KEOWEE COURIER. Saturday, Sept. SO, I 8'19. Witt * yicw of accommodating our Subscribers who live at a diatancc, the following gentlemen arc authorized and requested to ilpt an nirontn in rPi<i>iyiDi7 sml ftiru nrilinc Snli" ftcriptioBs to tite Ksowrz Courier, vit: Maj. W. fs>. Ghiwiam, at West Union. EtovrABD Ifucsxs, Ekj., u Horse Shoo. E. P. Ve*?kr, Eikj., :: J5*c!iclor's Retreats M. F. Mitchell. 8<?nn.. " *%*ckon?villc! J. J5. Haooqd, " Twelve Mile. T. J. Webb, for Anders>.a District. TO CORRESPONDENTS. W. D. W. lias been received, but his communication is too lenghthj for our coliunus and is therefore declined. Wo learn from a communication in the Temperance Advocate of tho "JOth inst>, from Judge O'Neall, that tho editor intends to makoa tour uirougn some 01 mc nortnem uiHiricm, lor uiu purpose of increasing the circulation of that paper; and that he desires to viait all the Divisions of the Sons of Temperance, and to form new ones when he can. lie commences at Union on the 3d of the next month, through Spartanburg to tho village of Greenville, nliioli nL?n rnonKnn ?V, , nil. 11 ~ ...Ml ? mvii |/mvv u? r?u ivmvuvu U1U Jill. liU Will be at thin place on Friday the 13tb, and purposes to hold a meeting vrith the Son? of Temperance on that night, and on tho next day if it is desired. On Saturday night he will be at West Union, we suppose meeting with the Division which is to be opened there ou next Saturday the 6th of October. Judge O'Ncall closos hia communication with uiu tuuunui^. Friends of Temperancc, the Tcmpcranco Ad" yocate needs now your aid. Can it bo that you will Buffer it to fall! What is $2 annually to a Temperance man! Ho saves five times that sum by Total Abetinenco. R is hoped evory .friend of Temperance in the State, especially the Presidents of Temperanco Societies, the Grand Worthy Patriarch, and the othor officers of the Grand Division, the officerH of Divisions of Sons of Temperance, aud the Tents of Rechabites, will take up immediately subscriptions for the Tomperance Advocate, and forward them to tho E<htor and Publisher, John U. Bowman, Columbia. The Georgia Tompcranco Bnnnor has, 1 guess, near five thounand subscriber*. You can, and I hope will make Mr. Bowman's listfully equal to that, far South Carolina it not to b* beat in tetnpcrance. HE DID COME. The Telegraph, in oxtracting from our paper the la?t of Rev. D. Humphries' speech at the colebrntion of the Sons of Temporance at this place as reported ly the correspondent, asks: "Why don't ho :rol" Wo would say to our *l. m.i ? ? * ' iiii-uuui me luiegrapn inai.no aid come: and if ho has any misapprehensions jib to the truth of the (insertions he has but to give Pickens a viait-, and lie -will exclaim that "the half has not b?en told me." The Reverend speaker could not 'ha re "bean mistaken for it is conceded that "experience in the best of teachors." nntl tlm speaker told the audience that he spoke expo.rimrvntally upon th' subject PICKENS. the last Keowee Courier, we notice tiiat a correspondent gives an account of a celebration of the Sons of Temperance iinllhat siftage, which came oft on the 12tb iast. Among those who addressed the meetinor we also observe thn namn nf the Rev. Jas. Donnelly, of this District. According to the'correspondent, Pickens must be a great country, possessing ns she does, all the essentials of greatness, lofty mountains, pure streams, fertile lands, sagacious statesmen, and Deautififl women, "flowreU of Ed?n yo still inherit. "But (he trail of the serpent w over them all." Many of the 'inhabitants of Pickens manufacture large quantities of whiskey, which like a pestileniiril stream flow in upon us here, exerting a baneful influence upon society. Let the <e sinks be removed, and the Standard of Temperance wave over each place where the smoke of the distillery hangs its funeral pall, then will Piokensbea desirable land indeed. 'The above we t*ko from the Abbeville BanMr, and would say to our friend that, though it may bo true that many of our inhabitant* make liquor, fla&t it is never curried excopt i+here there is a good market for it. Our mountain b'hoys think perhaps that & 'lootle of the good cretur* may to necessary to keep off tb? Chills, and as it is well known that there ia a goodly quantity of-this in that District, our citizens very kindly carry them down some liquid fire, supposing that it is never used by the Abbevillians save as a'medicine. Dut seriously, our citizens live so far from marke?'&at th*y think this is the oilly mothod of rn? 11 1^? ting money, autl resort to it not from choice, jut from what they regard ad slieor nocesnity. j But now the Anderson Jlail Jtoad wjil booq 1 be in operation, and our citizens ran Fend fcheir i corn olT,aud in this way realize the QMth. Wo I liavc no doubt that an soon as tJiis road gocB in* iA?nAMt:nn ?.1? >.un til, will find it. to thoir in tere-tt to export th^ir coru in place of distilling it: and us man is always maved by that which touches his pocket, wo may ipfer that tlic ?fc_ king of whiskey will cease as soon as H becomes unprofitable. A LETTER. Wo are informed by the Post Master .at this place, that there is in the office a letter directted to 'The Chairman of the Committer of Vigilance and Safety for Pickens District.' W? would say that 111 ?uch Committee fcae ovmc been formed in this District, the citizens not .1 : .... r.._ (ih.{ ucuiiiiiig it tui uui Dmuijr. jliuu^p have gone well with us without such a Cora inittee; wc make this statement for the purpose of informing our friends throughout the State that if there is might they wish attended to hero in relation to the questions) coming under the control of Buch a Co:aiii.;t?>.<* that they must direct their letters to private iudi viduals.? Though we have Uk?n no public action on the matter, wc will state that no far as our District is concemcd, every pulsation of the heart is true to tho interests of tho South. As evidence of this is thattue Tost Masters in the District have generally hunted w destroyed ?U the abolition papers And dosumeuts that have come to hand; and, whero they have been tanded out, the peroonsto whom directed, so far as wo arc informed, have consigned them .to the uamea. Our District has fcooo Jor a few years past the focus of considerable immigration, particularly from the middle portions of the State; many persona from that section, whose families have been, senium after season, shaking with agu s, until, in their estimation, to shake with patience has ceased to be a virtue, aro settling amongst us, and assuming the jeans jacket and troweers of our sturdy farmers, find themselves much happier in their frugal homes iluui they could hope to have been in tho planterls mansion, whore the pale phantom disease is ever gliding from chambcr to chamber, and in spite of tlio late rise in cotton and nttgroes pafaiti mockingly to nn open grave. From tin 1 cauac, combined with the prodigious natural multiplication of tho species here, the population of our District is rapidly increasing. New farms are being opened and on every hand tho woodman's axe, awakening tho sleeping Bilcncc of years, u constantly ringing in the depths of our forests; and tlio ye'llow corn is waving in rich luxuriance thia morning over hundreds of acres, upon which, twelve months ago the wild deer browsed undisturbed. Flocks of shoep and herds of cattle, Whose fatness, when the Orccnvillo Railroad is completed, will astonish the markets of Charleston, find rich pasturage on our thousand hills. No condor then, that eomc reasonable pco. pic, anxioun to escape from tho fOTera ortho middle Districts, come hero and find feenlfh and a competence. From the South Carolinian. DISMISSAL OF THE FRENCH MINISTER. The Washington Republic of Thursday gives us oiftcially, so much of the information as is deemed nccessary to satisfy ?i.? ?ui: :~.i i:? tliu IIIIIIU 111 IClrtUUII tU I/IIC UCOSUllUU of diplomatic intercourse with France. The Republic says: "The relations thus terminated between the Minister of France andtthe American Government, do not imply or necessarily lead to a cold or hostile intercommunication between the two governments. In the case of Mr. Jackson, Minister of Great Britain, whose relations with this Government were terminated by Mr. 3/adison in 1809 in a'more peremptory manner, and for less pointed insult, no difficulty arose between th?s country and i England. At another time we mav refer to that misunderstanding at more length; but suffice it to say for the present, that, unless France is emulous oi a difficulty with this country?of which we have no evidence in any thing that has hitherto transpired?no disturbance of the friendly relations between this and that country can possibly occur. In putting an end to the official rela tions of Mr. Poussin with the United .States, the Executive has informed both the government of France and the late ^/inister of France, that any communication through any other channel will be respectfully received and considered." Tho f*i3t of the whole matter was embraced in our telegraphic dispatch of Saturday. We willmako an abstract of the particulars. Tf oAAmo jlv ovvuia vu??V 4U ? JL v/UOOlll I Irtll UV-C11 charged hy the French Government to prosecute ft claim brought by a Frenchman, fonidoninlficftiion for damages sustained in ftfexioo by the aetoef American officers. He communicated this fact to the late Secretary of State, who took no notice of it, the claim having already been disposed of honorably and justly by a military court at Puebla. The matter wns hrnnvht /? thft ntlMtfion of ?f^o nr?s. cnt /Secretary of State, who aftor investigating it, aleo concurred in the award?f the military court, and informed the French J/inUter of this dccwion. M. Poussin thon addressed a better to Mr. Clayton, in which was the following ?on! tcncc: "The Government of the United A'tates must be convinced that it is more honorable to acquit, fairly, a debt contracted du ring war, under the pressure ot necessity, than to evade its payment by endeavoring to brand the character of an honest man?" This note being very offensive, and insinuating that the State Department had become the organ of a criminal accusation against tho avaricious claimant, our ^Secretary had an interview with the French Minister. With extraordinary nuifftwuiixnit!/, Mr. Clayton allowed Mr. jrowsam to wu/iaraxo rms noie. it is a very doubtful matter whether Mr. Clayton is entitled to any commendation for this, The result, showed that such liberal conduct was lost upon the French Afinister. In A/ay Mr. Poussin, in a diplomatic note, represented to the State Department that "Mr. Carpender, the commander of the American war steamer Iris, nfter hastening to the assistance -of the 1' rench ship Eugenie of Havre, which had struck on the bank of Riso, near the anchorage of Auto Lizardo, advanced cat&ns, -wholly inadn*8s4ble, on account of remuneration for Ms services, a^d to secure their acquittal, detained the Eugenic fur two or three days. In consequence of the energetic remonstrances of M. Lavatiee, m& tho honorable. -intnrv^ntinn of tlio. (^nsiii /if the United States at Vera Cruz, Commander Carpender desisted from his pretensions/' Mr. Prussia insisted that reproof should be administered to Commander Carpender for detaining the Eugonie. After an investigation, Mr. Clayton decided that Com. Carpender was -entitled to remuneration for himself Hid men,'instead of blame. Mr. Poussin then addressed the Secretary of &tate the following note "Legation of Frakcb, Wakimngtov, May 30,184It "Sir: I received on tl?e 26th of May the note which you did roe the honor to address to me on the same doy., in answer to mine calling upon the Owernm&ntof the United States to disavow the conduct of Commander Carpender, of the American steamship Iua, towards the i? i. 1? _ r ti v-* %_ r icikii fiiiip jciugeim*, ui imvr?^ which had run upen the bank of Riso, near the anchorage of Anton Lizardo. "The explanations given by Commander Carpender are not -of a nature, Mr. Secretary of State, such as to dispel the discontent which his proceedings bame caused to my Government "He considered, as he say6, and he still considers, that the case was one of sal ?iuuv wis? n^aivo nv/V|\UM'U ujf mill tin the ftaver of the vessel saved, empowered him to keep possession of her until his extiAvngant pretensions were fully satisfied; but Ms opinions have littfo interest in our eyes When wo have occasion to condemn his conduct. "I willed on the Cabinet at "Washington, Mr. Secretary of State, in the nair.e of tho French Government, to address a severe reproof to that officer of the American navy .in order that the error he ha3 committed, on a pointlnvolving the dignity of your national marine, might not be repeated hereafter. "From your answer, Mr. Secretary of State, I am unfortunately induccd to believe that your Government subscribes to the doctrincs professed by commander n *1 * * uurpeuaur, 01 mc war Bieamer iris; ana I have only to protest, in the name of my Government, against these doctrines. "I have tho honor to be, with distiu* guished consideration, your most obedient servant, * ^Guillaume Tell Poussik." The President, on the receipt of this note, jnfennod the French Government of the matter, laying the whole correspondence before them. That Government, not redressing^ the wrong which their if inisicr inflicted, the President tcr1-2 _ iHiitiKu uu? ?u?i3iun aver course Willi tnis Government This, we believe, is a brief history of the whole affair. Neither the Intelligencer -nor Republic apprehends any difficulty growing out of it. Indeed, it is stated that the French Government had appointed a new Minister. With regard to the conduct of the Fpeach Government in the matter, a correspondent of the Baltimore Sun Rays, when the correspondence was laid before it: "M. de Toequevttle, the French Minis ter of Foreign Affairs, addressed a note to Mr. Rush, saying: 'The French Executive saw no occasion for it* ' oml that 'there had been unnecessary recrimination and marked faults on both stiles.' Thus seeking to divide the responsibility and directly inculpate our Government. <4 ln the rec4pt of this note the President immediately directed that no furtfter intercourse be hdld with M. Poussin, ant that his passpoi ts b&jpade out and places at his disposal. He also instructed the Secretary of State to infora M. de m Jh. ii ^ - x uutfuevjiio uuu-nis opinion on the conduct, tif the America? (Government had not been solicited?that action, and not criticism, had been expected, and that before this despatch rfhould reach him, M. dPouRniri'a passports would be placed at his disposal. "On Friday night fast, M. Pousstn's passports were prepared, and on Saturday they were transmitted to the legation J-!? 1 j i.ii in Washington. Hevra?inNow York at the time, but arrived hero this evening." DISTRESSING ACCIDENT. A most painful occurrence took place on Tuesday last in Brick Range, by which a life was lost. A little girl, a daughter of jWYs. A. Tarrar, about three years of age, playing on the back steps of the scconil story, fell and received so severe an injury th?t she expired from the effects ot it early on Wednesday (yesterday) morning. The accident was one winch no core can often suffice to guard against. Tho jjriet of the bereaved parent shold be mitigated by the recollection that her loved one was removed in her first fresh purity before pin or sorrow had bcconie known to her, and "of such is the kingdom of Heaven,"?Col. Telegraph, Sept. 20. From the South Carolinian. LATER FROM EUROPE. We received a long despatch with tho nntro Ktf nn .^imrlnx' mrvt* ning last, and on the same duy received the accounts by mnil in the Baltimore Sun, The causes of these oft-repented delays on the Telegraphic line can only be explained at the Baltimore and Wash* ington oftlces, and they ought to receive the immediate attention of the President .of the line. From the Baltimore ?Sun we eive the following summary of the news: The Cambria~arrived at Halifax on Wednesday evening, bringing dates to the 8th inst. Hvngary.?Our despatch states that Kossuth himself ?8 a prisoner at Presburg together with his mother and children. The Sun's despatch says only the latter are prisoners, whfcb is probably correct. i? i n 1 V* .1 xt is ?utw;u vmn, \/vtHuru anu I'cierwarden still hold out. The Russian General, Berig, had a long interview with Kiel, on the 28d ult, which resulted in the Hungarian General going to Ilaynau to arrange terms for capitulation. The impregnable condition of Comorn induccs Klapka to 4eraond good conditions. A letter received from Vienna, of the 511 ttf tilf ctutna *l*n* VAtfV M?V.f uunvo vuuv o^ireiaj iUt,o)tU chiefs hud been execute au&ong them an ?)X'l?inister *4 Austria who hud proved recreant to hiis country, and that ono General hod h??n Jiuug and another shot. Kossuth's mother and his children, and the wives and children of several of the jVagyarchiefs had arrived as prisoners at Presburg. The greater portion of the Russian ar- t my was marclnng towards Oallicia, but uon. Kumcger's corps was tomuain near NichoR Grosswarden, Buda? and JPcsth, are to have each a garrisou oi a,000 incn. The Hungarian corps erf Perezel entered Cnova, but the Turkish authorities refused to reoeivc them until they hnd laid down their arms. <jrorgcy's surrender was known at Comnm /in t.Vift 1 -ftfit nnrl n cnmmo?D ..-r... ?..v - ?- r ? ?? uiiiiiiiivuo who seut to the garrison by the imperialists ci*; ft ther to follow the example of Gorgcy or offer terras of capitulation. lvlapka, atvd those members of the latii 1 Vnnrrflfinn rliof m?Kr\ UnJ Mcvi| a uv/ una uc^mcu that the House of Hapsburg had forfeited ull claim to the throne of Hungary, were conveyed to Pestb. A letter from Vienna states the Emperor of Austria had pardoned Gorgey, who had departed for Styria, -where lie intended to reside. The Imperialist forces entered Vienna on the 27fh. Prussia and Austria.?'fl|ie ^German kauest'iun qeerus about to be settled. There 1 to be n directory to ^ovc.rji the conlVderiititm, th? members <af which aro to be yrovidjii by the Vienna fcnd Munich cabinets, and will labor for tlie common interests of the whole of Germany. The presidency of the directory will be chosen alternately by Austria and Prussia. The Austrian <Gov?rnment is endcav* jjring to persuade tfcs Arch Duke John To resign his position as Vicar of the Empire. nn.~ xr a.r - ino * currcspouaeni 01 ft London paper writes on the 31st, that there is little doubt that ft Congress "will be held thero the emuing week for the purpose of finally arranging the German ques tion. The Committee of the Chamber of Old- % enburg have unanimously decided to reject the proposition to join the confederation proposed by Pruwa, Saxony and Hanover. Franc*.?Tho Paris Moniteur publishes a decree, reinstating seventy one Lieutenant Generals and fourteen Major Generals, who were placed on the retired list by the Provisional Government of the revolution of February. Tho French dt^emment continued to refuso paKsporteia the German refugees, who were passing through France en route for America. Gen. Oudinot is expected to arrive at Paris on the 20 th. The appointment of Lucien Murat, as Ambassador io Madrid, is considered an ftf\t ftf r/inritlintiAn 4a lli? ??At? i wj vug tvv IWW IO tlio Cabinet -:' -* :il Nearly all the C&ftdidatcHti France are conservative In their sentiments. JZom^.-^lavetti, the Pope's Minister of the Interior, haa arrived and installed him?m - *- ' " " neit neaa or the poH?Je nnd entirely under the control of the French authorities. His first dccrcc is conccrnin# the paper