Keowee courier. (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, September 29, 1849, Image 3
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money, and guarantees the notes of the
State for their declared value, and imposes
tines and imprisonment on all who refuse
to take them.
A military commission has been established
for re-organising the llomati
troops. All promotions sinco Novem
uer an! annulled until 11 Commission shall
have reported on the conduct of each
man. The Triumvirates and Cardinals
have substituted a commission for the
purpose of prosecuting the authors of the
outrages committed against religion during
the revolution.
Ureal Brilaiv.?No news of importance.
Queen Victoria and family still in
Scotland. The cholera was raging in
I-omlon, Dublin, Berlin, Vienna and Paris.
COMMKRf7I AT.NRwa
Cotton.?The market remains unchanged,
except tlie middling and lower grades
which are a shade casior. The sales of
the week amounted to 30,280 bales of
which speculators .ook 810 American,
and exporters 5,070 bales. To-day the
sales amounted to 7,000 bales of all
kinds. Upland range 4 1-2 a 5 7-3; New
Orleans 4 3-4 for middling and lower
classes; Alabama 5 a 5 3 4u. The imports
of the week were 0,093 bales. The
demand was brisk on the day the steam
cr saucu, nna tuc market closed firm.
{[Correspondence of the Baltimore Sut]
Washington, Sept. 20.
In politics reports are as "tliick as the
leaves in Valambroslla '*
Among others, that the President is
dissatisfied with the Secretary of &tate,
who is accused of not "rencferinc unto
Caesar the things that are Cajsar's.'
That the mission to Russia is kept back
for one of the cabinet, who may find it
more agreeable than "Washington after
the meeting of Congress.
uy uic way, this Kussian mission is
considered a sort of Siberia. Sending a
minister to St. Petersburg is looked on as
an honorable disgrace?a method of getting
rid of a troublesome poli ician.
I only re-echo the opinion of others
capable of judging, when I say the Cabinet
can't hold together long after the
meeting of Congress. It represents only
cliques, has done Gen. Taylor incalculable
harm, and inclines too much to tho
ihirtl imrtu nrinrinl??
. J v I" ?t't"" '
The Republic is the organ of this party,
in contradiction to the old whig party
journal, the National Intclligcncer.
, The census printing is the jx>ns as ino?
rum which will blow up everything next
winter.
This matter of printing is going to got
the administration in some difficulty?an
impeachment of the Secreciary of tho
Interior is threatened.
A. B.
OUR jtflLITIA SYSTEM.
A Military Board, composed of the
ft?ld officers of the Third Division of S.
M. whioh was convened by order of
Maj. Gen. Buchanan, in pursuance of instructions
from the 6'ommandcr-in- Chief
lias been in session at this place for the
last two days.
The duty assigned the Board of officers
Iv as to examine and report on our Militia
system generally, and suggest such alterations
and amendments as seemed desi
rable?a plan certainly calculated to lead
to the greatest possible improvement, and
the perfection of our military organization.
The following officers constitute the
Board, whose proceedings wc presume
will be published after being reported to
the proper officer:
Brigadier General Means,
Brigadier General Owens,
Brigadier General Chandler.
Major Wallace,
Captain Adams.
Col. Telegraph.
Tub Contest in Missouri,?-Colonel
Benton was hissed at a meeting in Howard
county Mo., a short time since, but
he persisted until the people heard him
with patience. He was first threatened
with a coat of tar and feathers, aud afterwards
with lynching. Delegations from
several other counties were present to
protect him from personal injury. In
Cole county, resolutions calling upon him
trk rouitn and tfimnlv MnrAlin(in? l*to on.
iy i MibM) ?uo ??V"
tion relative to the instructions of the
Legislature, were adopted. At anothei
meeting, nearly every sua* wentarraad.
so bitter and violent is the contour
What Dona it Mb ah??The New
York Express, a whig paper, alluding to
M\r. Pou??lr.*o rccall says
"We few there are Cabinet wci'vl dlfficultiea
deeper than any of thef?j thing*
which hive led to, or stimulated thii
quarrel. We hear of scenes somewhal
similar to this which occurred in the early
part of Gox Jac'< son's adminbtraHayti
an Empire.?*^otthuquc, pr?
Iidcnt of Hayti, has proclaimc<OK|?
Emperor, and has gone through tho cere
mony of a coronation In imitation of Ha
Ijoleon. So much for tm Black Jtejmb
The ceremony U represented aa having
been ludicioua in the extreme, thougT
carried out with great gravity.? Colutn
bia TclfffrapJi.
I
-V?V"1;*?. 1 i'L !
! ''FIGURES NEVER LIE."
1 If tho h!)Ovc bo true, (ho present Ad
ministration must fcei its forco in a ver
disagreeable way. The jyeoplc in tin
country pronounce their annrovnl w die
r . t II w
' approval of their officers through the bai
lot box; and if the elections which hav?
1 recently taken place, cast tho shadows o
coming events, then is the Admlnlstra
' tlon of Gen. Taylor destined to b<
! one of the most unpopular the country
! has ever had. Tho judgment of tho peo
pie is written against It in the following
result since the Pre?idential election las
year. Democratic gains in the follow in j
fifties:
Rhode Island 014.
Connecticut 3,017.
Virginia 3,873.
North Carolina 4,713.
Tcnnessc - - - 7,803.
Indiana 4,940.
Iowa 1,217.
Kentucky 8,609.
Alabama 5,077.
Total Whig loss 40,003.
In Virginia, North Carolina. K?nt.urkv
owl Alabama only tho cotcstcd districts
arc embraced in the above.
Current m the Out of Gibraltar.?A
late English paper stale? ihut some curious
investigations have been for some
time carried on in the Out of Gibraltar,
by M. Coupvent-des-Bow. He has discovered
a superficial current, flowing
from the Atlantic Into the Jlfeditenranean;
and of a dnnn nnH?r.?ii?vi>n? fl,?:?
? ?VUKVIIVy UUtllllg
from the Mediterranean into the ocean.
He has also ascertained that between
these two currents there exists a bed of
?vater in perfect repose,
HAMBURG MARKETS.
(REPORTED FOR THE KEOWEE COUIlIKtt )
7
Hamburg, Sept 27, 1849.
Cotton has improved tliip week.?now sells
from 10 to 10 1-8; not nurh striving.
Corn, 66 per bushel.
Salt, 50
Oats, 33 3-4
Beeswax, 16 per pound.
Sugar, 9 to 10
Coffeo, 9 to 10
Tallow, 10 "
Bacon, 6 1-2 "
Butter, 16 to 20 "
Flour, 0 76 to $7 per bbl.
Yours, ?fcc., II.
m AlRRIED,
On Thursday evening last, by Rev. Win. M.
Morton, Mr, i'luleiuon Ansel Crano to Miss
Ocorgiana Amanda Melvina, daughter of John
I KllOX Mil .ill nf tlliu Oiatrint
RAIL ROAD.
A Rail Road Meeting will be held at
Oolcnoy Meeting House, on Saturday Oth
of Octobor, to take into consideration the
advantages of the Greenville and Columbia
Rail Road, and the completion of the
a. rt in
xwjttu u) vxrcuuvuie.
Several addresses will be delivered, the
Public are invited to attend.
Pickins dist., Sept. 29, 1849.
~NKW'GOODS.
Just received from Nev York a splendid
assortment of Fancy lllil Plain
Catiim'rs, Satinets, Tweeds,
Cloth CapN, "(Sola Hunter
Hats" of" all colors, Over*
Coats, Fine and Course
Boots', 8cc.
ALSO.
A lftrgc lot of Fa 1 nnd Winter Goods for
Ladies' wear.
Colli mmediatcly and examine for yourselves,
at the store of
BENSON & TAYLOlt.
Pickens C. H., Sept. 29, 1849. 21tf.
THE OCONEE STATION
FOR SJ1LE.
mu:_ _i_ i ir?:_i nuu.i
1UW IHUUC, mtUUl^U 111 JL IURUIISI
on the Oconec Creek, 12 miles North oj
Pickens C. H., or.d immediately on thi
road leading from the latter place to Clayton,
Ga., contains 1000 Acres of fertile
Land, which will be disposed of on terms
the most advantageous to the purchaser,
As a grain and stock farm, tho Oconec
1 possesses many peculiar advantages; its
1 fields producing ubuntant crops of Corn,
WheaL Rye, Oats, and Potatoes, while
the hills for miles around are covered
during 9 months of the year with coat'
' of the richest grasses.
1 On the premises there are all the neces
sary buildings for a well regulated Jt'arm
including a two-*tory Brick Dwelling.
I Tlia nuriwlivA nf fnia Rfnflrtn fitrminc
> as it does, an important chapter in th<
' early history of our State, in well knowi
' to every Carolinian, and it is equally eel
ebrated for the purity of its atmosphere
K the exuberance of Ha soil, and for th<
beauty and romantic wildness of it
* Scenery.
Persons wishing further particulars wil
' please communicate with
i, A, DOYLJ5.
IJr Ptckun* C, H., 8, C,
jgrThe South Carolinian, Pendjetoi
J Messenger, a^d Laurensvillo Herald wS
please ?ve the above three insertions an<
forward their accounts to this office,
t'l'.W'M.LI1 . LI' i.1 -1". 1 -J-W
AT PUBLIC SALE,
' \t Pickcn* Court IVoiitw.
S BY OHDKIt OF TilX COURT OF EQUITY,
On the first Tuesday aftpr the fifth
- i- ^ ' -
mununy in wcioottr next, sever jJ tracts
J of valuable Land, appertaining to the
^ Estate of the late J. E. Colhoun, lying
' on the Twelve Mile and Keowee Rivers,
J in tho nieghborhood of Ppndletop Village,
to wit;
Tract No. 2, containing 524 acres, on
> the Western sido of Twmve Mile River,
" on the road leadincr fr<?m PniMllotnn v;i
? Inge to Pickens Court House, adjoining
the lands of J. and K. Laurence, F. N.
Garvin and others.
Tract No. 4, 432 acres, on the Eastern
side of Twelve Mile iflver, (called the
Saw Mill tract,) adjoining lands of John
T. Sloan.
Tract No. 6, 134 acres, adjoining the
same, Z. Powers and others, and also on
the public road.
XT-. d%
jxhkv aiu. u, 0*0 acres, the central
tract.
Tract No. 7, 42G acres, adjoining lands
of J. W. Crawford, J. C. Calhoun and
others.
Tract No. 8, 201 acres, within 2 1-2
miles of Pendleton Village, adjoining
lands of Afrt. J. P. Lewis, S. Maverick
and others.
Tract No. 9, (Waugli Branch tract)
220 aores, lying on the Eastern side of
TVelvo Mile, containing some of tho
Hiunt THiuaoic low grounds, both on the
Hivor and Waugli Branch, to be found in
the upper country.
The above Lands arc well known to
be valuable and advantageously situated,
and particularly adapted to t he culturo
of cotton.
Terms of sale will be a credit of One,
Two, and Three years, to be secured by
bonds and mortgages on the places, with
interest from date.
In the mean time applications for private
sale will be received by the Admin
istrntiix and Guardian.
M. M. COLHOUN.
Sept. 22, 1849. 10-5w
Administrator'* Sale.
Will be sold at the late residence of J.
P. Archer, deceased, near Pickensville,
on Tuesday 13th November next, all the
personal property of said deceased; consisting
of Four Negroes, Cattle, Hogs,
Com and Fodder, Oats, Wheat, Cart
and Oxen, Carryall and Harness, House
now Furniture and Kitchen Utensils:
and other articles t^x> tedious to mention;
on a credit of twelve months for all sums
of and over three dollars, with interest
from date, with note and approved security?under
three dollars, cash.
B. F. MAULDIN, Adm'r.
/Sept. 14, 1849.
AW persons having demands against tho
Estato are requested to hand them in,
legally proven; all indebted arc requested
to mako immediate payment.
r> P "if
JL?. X' 1U.
18-2m
[h. h. JEFKKHH, | [w. S. COTlinAN,]
[E. J. DUCKMABTER.]
WAREHOUSE
AND
ComitiiNsioii Merchant*.
Market-Street, Hamdvrq, S. C.?Waterproof.
Mclntoeli-Streot, Auoubta, Qa.?Fireproof.
Take this method of informing their
friends and the public generally, that
tney still continue the Warehouse nn<l
CoMMistivV business in this place and
Augusta Qa? whore they offer their services
to Receive, Store or sell Cotton,
Floj?;?, Bacon, &o., Receive and Forward
Merchandise, Buy Goods, for
Planters or Merchants.
Their Warehouse in Augusta is on
Mcintosh-street, in the centre of the CotA.
X ? -
iajii iruuc.
Thoir Warehouse in this place is safe
froia water and isolated, therefore not
exposed to fire.
As they will be constantly at their
post, promoting the interest of thoir
friends (which tney are aware will add to
| their own.) Thoy solicit and hope to
merit and receive a full share of that lib*
( eral patronage heretofore bestowed, and,
fnr tlmir haw
?v vi* w??\yj uvn it'vuui tuaunn.
Liberal cash advances will be made,
when required, cn any produce in store.
JEFFERS, COTHRAN <fc Co.
Hamburg, Sept. 1st, 18-iO. 18
I takewarmng!
I AU persons indebted to the Subscriber
1 previous to the 1st day of January last,
either by Note or Account, are required
" to make payment by the 1st of October
? next. Those who do not will find their
M.i I A l- -*V t I - r trt
flutw tutu incxjuiiia in me nanus 01 om>
cere for collection.
5 Also, nil persons indebted to Col. B.
I Hagood are required to make payment
' by the same time, under the same pen'?
afty.
0 t. E. HAGOOD.
* Pickens, Aug. 22, 1849. 15~6t
II w ~m i #
juusi /Mrrivui:
JUST RECEIVED FROM PHILA
DBLPMIA K FIKB ASSORTMENT OF
* UMBRELLAS,
H which we will sell low for Caah,
d P, k E. E. ALEXANDER.
June 30, 1840. Y- tf
j\nr,s <a:oKiiE,
Merchant Tailor,
Would respectfully inform his friends
mid the public generally, that he l)a.s pn
nnnq a i' ine variety of
BROAD CLOTHS, CASIMERES,
{">AT1NETB, TwEEPH, KENTUCKY JeANR, ac
AL80
An Assortment of Reaot-made
CLOTHING,
which he will sell cheap for Cash.
The public are invited to call and examine
his Stock, before purchasing cjscr
where.
Pickens C. H May 25, | j840.
til K AP?OOD?:
Cheap as the ClieapcM I
The su'>scriber respectfully informs
hie frSnn.lo ?wl ?1 ? >: " ** '
emu uu; |Hiiiiu' gvuunuiy, Mini
he is receiving at short intervals a
1IANDBOME SELECTION OF
Dry Goods.
GROCERIES,
Hardware & Cutlery,
rii)nni/unv A \TTA ^-* ? * -?
vivvviviiH 1 AW U ItljASiS WA11E,
Drugs and Medicines,
fee. <tc. <fcc.
All selected expressly for this market and
will be sold positively a- cheap as the
cheapest for cash.
3. 11. McFALL.
Pickens C. H., S. C. )
May 18, 1849. J 1 tf
NOTICE.
A li. persons Indebted to P. ?fe E. E.
Alexander prior to the 1st January last,
milfit nnit nn a?? I\nfa?a a-i.t
r%mj v" uwiuiu iuu iuiii uciuuur
ncvt.
Due attention to tlie above will save
costs, as no longer indulgence can be
given.
P. <fe E. E. ALEXANDER,
Pickens C. H., Sept. 10, 1849. 18
DR. A. M. COX,
Of the Firm of Folger Cox, has removed
to Pickensville, S. C., and mr?y
bo found, except when professionnlly engaged,
at Lho residence of M. F. Mitchel,
Esq,
oept, 5, 1849. 18-3t
JAMES V. TRIMMIER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
SPARTANBURG, C. H, S. 0.
Will practice in the Courts of Union,
Spartanburg and Greenville.
All buuincBB committed to liiti care will receive
prompt and faithful attention,
HBPiazNcrs:
Hon. D. Wallace, Union, S. 0.
T. O. P, Vkrnon, o. e. h. d., Spnrtanburg, S. C
May 18, 1849 1-tf
' NOTICE.
Application will be made at the next
session of the Legislature for a Charter
for Jenkin's Ferry, on Tugalo River, 8
miles below Jarrott's Hridf*n on fbo mnrl
0
leading from Pickens C. II. to Carnsville,
Georgia.
Sept. 3, 1849. 173m
ORDINARY'S SAIiE.
n J _ if ur rv /v
r_>v oruur 01 w. u. meeie, jwj., ur?
d:.nary tor Pickens District, will be sold
jn Sale-diW in October next, before tho
Sheriff's Office, within the legal hours,
one half of an undivided Lot situate in
the Village of Pickens, known as Lot
No. 44 in the Plat of the Village.
Ono Tract of Land lying on Cornhouse
Creek waters of Little River, containing
One Hundred and Twenty Acres
more or Jess, adjoining E. E. Alexander
find niViftrs
Also one other Tract, known as part of
the Gregory Tract, lying on Gregory's
Creek, containing 280 Acres n>ore or less,
bounded by lands of Col. B. Hagood and
others, belonging to the Estate of John
Clayton, deceased: So\A for division
amongst the Legatees of the deceased.
TFRMS OF SALE.
Twelve months credit except cost
which will be required in advance. Purchasers
giving bond with approved security,
and a mortgage on the premises
if required by the Ordinary to secure payment
the of purchase money.
J A. DOYLE, s. r. d.
Sept 3. 1840-.
SELLING OFF AT COST f
The undersigned, finding themselves
under the necessity of re-covering and
otherwise repairing their Store, have determined
to sell off a'.* cost the large
Stock of Goods which they have on hand,
consisting of every description of
DRY GOODS:
Hardware, Cutlery, Crockery,
Glassware?Drugs <k Medicines,
Boots, Shoes, Saddles, Bridles
and Martingales.
And a full supply of Groceries.
W. 8. <fc T. r. WILLIAMS,
Salubrity, So, Ca? Aug. 25,1849.
15 tf
" , T - ' / " ' 1 ' " ' '
NOTI ?.
I? hereby given that application will
I fee made to the next Legislature for an
Act Incorporating the Village of PickonRvilfe.
' August 11, 1819. 12-3m.
Notice.
Application jvill be made at them*
oVssiun of tin* LugUla<ure, for a Ohartet
for n rum-pike Uqad from Pickens C. II.
through Jocasseo Vnl'.oy to the Tf Jiit?3
Ifater Falls.
(September 1, 1849.
[Conkad Zinck.J [li. He tin
i\ JL<; W FIRM.
The subscribers have entered into Cnpartnership
in thp Cabinet Makiku lii
inkss; and >vijl keep constantly on l.i iul
a variety of Bureau*,
boni'(|x, Ladien' Toilet t cm,
T||l>Se?, fancy or phiin.
Together with a general assortn:ent * i
plain Furniture, which they will sell low
for cash.
1" si I'II it II re of any dqsciiptioi)
made to order with neatness anfj jJispatclj,
with r*?ii?ne i*\ t?.U * I ?
.. ---- i' tvv?j w autv IIIU lllllt'Si
Repairing done at sl?qrt notice.
ZINCK <fc flllpriKS.
Pickens O. H., July 21, 1841>. JO
woTicip;.
I, Nancy Cantrelj, wjflp j>f Jolin Cantrell,
a farmer residing in rickens District,
So. Co., do hereby give no!ice of
my intention to trade as a Sole-Trader,
and to cxerciso all the privileges of a
Free-Dealer after the expiration of onq
month from this notice.
Occupation, Weaver and ?9eamsttcfs.
August 26, 1849. 13-1 in
jtTst^receivev j
A Fresh Lot of Gent's Boots ai.J &/?*$,
Boys do., Ixulies and Misses Slippers
and Ties; Gent's and Ladies* Sad->
dies, Bridles, Whips, dr., tf-r.
Iron, Castings and Arails, eheapfor ca*ft,
Together with o full supply of I)r, IK
Jaynes' Family Medicines; Dr. Roger*'
Compound Syrup of Liverwort and Tarj
Jew David's Hebrew Plaster or Paltl
Killer, &c., ?fec.,
As an inducement to the buy or tho
subscriber will take in exchange fop
Goods, Beeswax, Tallow, Haw llidrs. Arc.
S. R. MeFAM*
Pickens C. H., July 14, 1819. 9
The ltloncy has Io CojhTJ
After the 10th October nil out-standing
Notes mul Accounts duo me, will bo
pven to E. M. Keith and W, J.
Esqrs., for collcction,
W. S. GRISHAM.
West Union, Sept. 7, 1849. 17-2is
DR. J. W. KAKLK,
TENr.rus his Professional Services to
t]w> c.5ti*nr?n nf Piflfono Vlll.w?n
V* A tvnvug * Ct I 111 U|''
District. He can always bo found at lih
Office, or at the residence of Maj. \V, L,
Kkith, unless professionally engaged,
He has received a fresh assortment *?f
Drugs and Medicines, which he will sell
low.
Pickens . II., July 28, 18-10. 11
OTtickT
Application will be made at the next
Session of the Legislature for a Charter
for a Turnpike. Road across iSassnfn;*
Mountain, beginning near the liougc of
1 l. T !- 1' ?- ' - *
tiu?;uu jjuwis, una terminating fit tin;
North Carolina Line.
August 22, 1849. 1 ? 3m
Bir. J7~N. Lawrence.
Wim. attend punctually to all calls in .
the line of his profession. Unless abluent
on professional business, he may bo found
at his Office, or his private residency in
the Village. lie also, has on hand u
general assortment of medicines >vhich
he will furnish to customers at reduoud
priccs.
Pickens C. II., S. C. )
May 18,1849. f 1. tjf
vfiiram a -mr
kj>"3 m m
John Lukeroy. two miles East uf
I Cherry's Bridge, tolls before me a Hay
| Mare, 10 or 17 hands high, and supposed
to be 10 or 20 years 'V*. dim r?tnr lr
foreheftd, no brands p^n 'arable, eollitr
marked, right eye out. Appraised i>f
fifteen dollars.
J. B. E. CARAPINE, m, p. n.
Pickens Dist., July 6th, 1640. K
SOUTH CAROLINA.
in tub commom pmbas
PICKENS DISTRICT.
Henry Whitmiro, ) Dec. in Attjichiv.cn4.
vs, \ E. M. Keith
John Bishop. ) Pl'ffs Att'y.
The Plaintiff having this day filed hU
declaration in my office, and the defendant
hpving neither wife nor attorney
known to be in this Btate,?On motion |
I It is ordered, that the dofendnnt do orpeer,
and plead or demur to the suid declaration,
within a year and ft day from
this date, or Judgment wfll b? entered by
default,
W. L. KEITH, o. o. v.
OUirk'ft Office, )
May 10,1849. ( I
KM. liltiTH,
Attorney nt Lnw.
Wii.l continue to practice in the Courts
of Law wul Equity for the Western Cii 1
cuit.
Business entrusted to his care will
meet with prompt attention.
OrpwK at Pickeiui Court House, S. O
May 25, 1840. 2-ft