Keowee courier. (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, May 10, 1850, Image 2
A ffairs in Washington?A Ft to? j i
Probable Recall of Mr. lluhocr, <Cv,?A j
Washington correspondent of the Express I
writes, ylpril 24, as follows:
U nplensant rumors are beginning to 1
find circulation again, Ono is that President
Taylor has staled to a prominent M.
C. (who, in turn, has r -pealed it in public)
that in case the California bill is dovetnilcd
to the Territories, he trill not sign it, i
l..i 1 *- ' ^
uuv wnu u oacK to Uotv_rress.
Beoton has had a conference with Gen.
Taylor. This id looked upon as suspicious.
There is mischief brewing, and there may
he an explosion of some kind on board
soon. i
However, the Compromise Committee
in the meanwhile in working industriously.
There are many difFe enccs of opinion, it
is true, but 1 can nssuro you the very
Knct oninf ni'Ai'olla ? 1
..w. |j|v<nim, j^uui tl'CllOll Will I
labor on, until this important enterpiise I
is executed.
The Oalpin business will all end in
smoke. A/ark that.
The probabilities of any immediate
changes in the Cabinet are perceptibly
diminishing.
Important despatches from France, T
hear, were received by the last steamer?
indicative of seiious trouble there before
long.
It is reported in circles, best qualified
to know something of the matter, that
Sir Henry Bulwer will shortly be recalled.
Why, it is not stated. English politics
ore as torturous and sometimes as inexplicable
as our own.
From Bkownsvim.k.? TPc have rc
ccived from Brownsville papers of the
18th inst. Tlie Indians continue to commit
great depredations in the vicinity of
Laredo. On.i person writes from that
place, under date of the 4th inst., as follows:
The Indians have got this country?
they took the San Antonio mail on the
last trip, and hut few of the letters were
recovered. We aie actually confined to
the limits of the town.
A man was killed *'t Roma on the tth
inst., and two others are missing, pup- j
po>eu to have been killed. The Corpus
Christi mail was taken on the 4 th, sixteen
miles from Laredo, the rider being allowed
to depart almost in a state of nudity,
having stripped him to his pantoloons
and shirt. Lieut, Hudson, with eighteen
men, went in pursuit of the party who
took the San ylntonio mail, and came up
with them on the Nueces river, and captured
their camp, horses, &c. On his return
from tho Nueces, when near the
Twenty-Four Mile Water Hole, l.e fell in
lvnn me party wno toon the Uorpus
Christi mail, numbering about sixteen
savnges. and an engagement ensued, in
which Lieut. Hudson received three
wounds from arrows?one in bis right
side, one under bis left arm, and another
in bis thigh. In this skirmish one soldier
was killed, a sergeant desperately,
and three men severely woo.uled. Four
horses were also lost. The extent of the
loss by the Indians is not stated, but it is
said none u ere found on the field of ac
tion. Lieut. Yiudson is hardly expected
to survive.
[N. O. Picayune.
Shocking Affair'?Loss of Life.?On
Wednesday last, llio residents at llnzclymph
estate, wero suddenly alarmed hy
the report of what at first appeared to
have originated from the discharge of a
1. - r i .? 1
very nenvy piece oi orunance, me sounu
of which was heard two miles distant,
nnd on their rushing to the plicc from
whence it issued, tlu-y wero by a heartrending
scene which bnfiles all description.
A sea of liquid fire met their affrighted
viev, emerging from which in a
mass of flames, were seen four human
beings wrapped in spirits in a state of ignition,
nnd screaming in all the agony
which the tori mis natural to so horrible
n Munition wrtiitH produce?on they ran,
until they readied the river, into which
they madly plunged, in the hope of extinguishing
the flames, and affording them
some relief of their pain.
The water certainly did at once quench
the fire that was outwardly consuming
them, but only to leave them in the consciousness
that no hope was left them.
and to show to the alarmed spectators
tho certainty of their fate. While one
party of those who hastened t<v tho spot
was busily endeavoring to prevent tho
ignited spirits from consuming the build
ings of tho property, ano'her was engaged
in alleviating by alf possible means
the torments of the sufferers.
Mr. Groves, with prompt lmnianitv.
immediately despatched exp-esses to Dr.
John F. Chambers, but that gentleman
arrived too hite to be of any sen ice, Mr.
Clarke, the book keeper, MoLennan, the
head stillermnn, and one Coolie bv name
Juggernaut* having expired ero ho reached
the scene of t\ie accident. The other
unfortunate individual, a Coolie, is still
lingering but witlioutthe slightest chnnce
of recovery.-?[Afow/<^0 Bay (Jam.) Un
A J Jm
v/* tft* irisl*
A New Dance.?All Poka-doni will be
del-tfhtcd to learn that a new dance was ,
produced at ti e bn!l of the Turkish ambassadors,
recently given in puns. It i^ '
?n enblamatic dance called the 'jJ/onths,' j
performed b/ twelve ladies and gentle- 1
men, and n correspondent of the New- w
York Express gives nn account of it as tli
r.n
IUIIOWK .Q
"Jnnunrv was dressed as a prince pal- x..
nline, and wrapped in a sable. April J
wore a lilace crape dress with two skirts,
the upper one looped up at short spaces in
by bunches of lilacs; on her head ahe
wore a wreath of violets. February wore g,
a bhick velvet doublet, slashed with cc
flame-colored gauze, cut in such a way aj:
:is to represent flames, and on his b- east p,
the arms of the city of Havre, the Sala- ij,
mander which lives in the fire. His lady v{
was Mav, a lovely young woman with a I _
4 - ? i *? ?' ' 1
uiws nuiuii accmi'u maae ennreiy oi out- |
r.et flies' wing?*, nnd whose fair forehend 1 (>|
was covered with a wre'th of thornless | or
roses. 3/inch wore the dress of a farmer i
with a plough at d rake embroidered on 1 ni
his breast, nnd he danced wi\h June, ! ,M
whose green silk dress was trimmed with ' jc
moss ro?es nnd little bunches of stmwber- j j)(
rii*s. oepiemoer was dressed as a hun- JU
ter, with his gnme bag nt his *ide. Au- g,
pust was very beautiful as a young vine
dresser, with her white dress lirnmed
with bunches of grapes; and her head fc
wreathed with vine leaves." ?
It is added that the effect was so
pleasing that the dancers were compelled
to keep 011 their feet all night ;o satisfy ^
tlie admiration of the spectators. S
KEOffliE COURIER. ?
11 ; .1 mw ^ . ? ~ 1
i rauay, iway ??, I SOU. 111
With ft view of accommodating our Sub
pcribcrs who live at n distance, tlie following
gentlemen nre authorized nnd rcouoptod to
act as agents in receiving and forwarding Sub
cription* to the Keowrr Courier, viz:
Maj. W. S. OnisiiAM, nt West Union.
Edward IIuoiif.8, Esq., " Horse Shoe. J,;
E. I'. V7 kbnkr, Esq., " Bnuliolor's Retreat
M. P. Mitciiei.l, Esq.. " l'ickensville. P
J. E. IlAooan, " Twelve Milo. \
J. T. Wuun. for Anderson District.
COMMISSIONERS OF ROADS, ?tc?
f J
Met nt this place on Monday, and <le- .
tcrmined (o build a new bridge across tlic
. si
Keowec River, but have not fixed its lofr
cation. We understand a committee was ^
appointed to whom the duty of loenti sg
thebiidge was assigned, within presciihed ^
limits. Now, it seems to us most reason- {
able and natural t hat the bind go should ,j
he located at such place as the roid<
lending from this p!ac* shall cross llic
river. Certain commissi tiers have; been {
appointed to hy out n rmd, and when
that road is marked by them, the Commissioners
arc under obligations to open
it and build abridge where it cros-e^ the
river, unless it can be shown beyond
doubt that those Commissioners have not
fciithfullv flU??bnrr*nil tlii.ii- iliilv tlml ()><> 1
j to j ? ?*
road is not laid out on the best ionic?
then the public convenience requires an o
investigation. But it looks too wild, to j
locate a bridge where there is no ro"?d (
and none is expected to be. It strikes us p
the proper plan to have pursued would f
have been to have instructed that com- fi
mittee to locate the bridge at such point f
as the void is in1f?iu?nrl tr* ? asu 'I
the river And if we arc to liavc a n
scramble over the location of the road v
let us have the biidge included, and let 1
all share the same fate?if we are to have a
no road, we shall have no use for a bridge, t
THE B ATT \ LION MUSTER. [
The 1st Battalion, of the 5th Ite^'t. S.
C. M., under command of Major Chas- j
tain, assembled at their usual parade *
ground, on iSaturdny last, for review. 1
Although the morning was wet and rainy, I
citizens, soldi*rs and officers turned out r
weli. The card of cv.lutions prepared t
for the occasion, was creditably executed f
by both officers nnd soldiers; yet in consequence
of the rough, undulating ground
on which they exer. is<'d, it was ev ident
tlml llio ai'aI.i * ~4 t" J
v....v niv viuiuuuiu nt'iv urn niriurmeo
. . . n
with that promptness nnd precision which
hfll generally characterized the Bittalion c
We hope a more favorable field will be u
provided before another meeting, for J,
nothing is more pleasant thnn to see
mili'.ia-men performing military duty with
tho accuracy and soldierly bearing of a a
regular army. s
H
THE SOUTHERN CONVENTION. 1
Some time ago there wns a general np- I1
prohension th.it Tennessee would notnp- ?
prove the Southern Convention, nnd ^
stand up to her harness, but those fears
are being dispelled. The democratic b
party have been favorable to it nil the
^ime, bnt now thnt party Imvc become ^
warmor on the subjt'ct, nnd the whigs nre
joining them in good faith in the appoint- ^
mentof delegates. The Nashville Union P
says, "Wo believe that by the 1st of
the fiubmi&iionists will be in n contemptible
minority of their party, nnd R
bave learned to regret the infatuation
hich has driven them lo prove false to
10 light of their own section of theUn
?i r .i? ? ?ir? j -
ii *Miu Kudu iv vncir v/wii viirutT iiuu JIO*
e instincts."
The Memphis Enquirer, a whig paper,
commenting upon the subject, soys:
"The question now is whether tho
juthern States will agree to further con'ssions
to oppose constantly increasing
jgressions or whether they will boldly
helium hiiu pusiiim uu'ir constitutional |
ifhls. ThcoJijrciof the proposed Nosh- I
He Convention is to settle this question !
-?nd if the States there represented
mil determine to submit and become 1
wdient slaves, they will agree and put1
) their "iron neckhice," if not they will
.'vise nnd recommend the "mode nnd
ensures," which the people should :
I ? TL!. /I !? '? ? *
iwjn. iins v>unvt>nii(in win claim no!
gislativc or oilier Authority. They will 1
i the representatives of an oppressed
id aggrieved people, and will only
jst the remedy, and the people will act."
The people of Florida are also manisting
a lively interest in the Convention
-arc rejecting tl?e sickly, submissive 1
uinsels of Gov. Drown, and holding !
ublic meetings in various parts of the ,
:nte, in which strong resolutions aprovinif
the Convention have been adopt- j
1. Measures linve been adopted at Tal- :
hasseo for securing the attendonce of
x delegates to represent the State in the
nshville Convention.
? I
The "Edgefield Advertiseh."?This
aper comes up enlarged, improved, and
aving 'entirely a new dress,'?she fol>ws
suit handsomely in this age of news
npcr advancement, Su< cess lo the Ad- j
eriiser.
So a u let Fever.?The Constitutional- !
d informs us that the scarlet fever has
ocn prevalent in Augusta and vicinity
iveral week?, and that 'the disease is
row ing more malignant in type.' Herejfore,
it has attacked only children of
lore feeble constitution, but last week
Qvcrnl adults had been attacked, and in
ivo cases of grown ladies proved fatal,
'his is a fenrful epidemic, nnd if the
rrntlier continues cold, we ninv yit hear
:id accounts from our friends in Angus\.
'When it appeal's in a family it genially
goes through, attacking all, or
early nil the children, black and white,
n ilie premises.'
It is said that the fiftme fever, together
?ilh Erysipelas of a malignant type, is
tie vailing in Savannah.
IIow it wokks.?At the last session
I the Gooigia Legislature a law was
>as-:ed giving juiisdiclion to the Superior
yourt in cases of capital offences by negroes.
The law works wll, nnd judging
rora the statements we have seen of the
irst trial under the i.ew system, the peoile
are generally well pleased with it.
'he cuse alluded to is tlie State vs. Buck,
man slave, for an nssnult and battery
mil intent to Kill 11. Tilloi, white man,
>y striking Jiim on the liend with n mallet
ml severely frnctuiing the t-kull. It is
hought My. 7 cannot survive the blow.
3uek bus been convicted nnd sentenced
o be hung.
punressor Weboter.?Wt learn from
liA P.Actnn nnnoiHs !>??' ' - **
Uinv iiiu \. UII1I3V| III
>rofc8sor Webster, lately condemned to
>e hung, are making an effort to got a
icw tii.il. The grounds urged for newrial
arises from some irregularity in the
trocecdings.
SENATE
Washington, Vny 1, 1850.
The bill to increnso the rnnk
nd file of the army was passed.
After morning business, the joint rcs lution
from the House, tonuf thr expc
liiion set-on fiiot by Mr. Orinnell, for
be discovery nnd re icf of Sir John Frank
in. wna tjiknn nn
Mr, Olny advocated it.
Mr. Dayton Raid the session was favorble
to the enterprise. The northern
eas wer?-remarkably free from ice, our
allant officers and seamen we-e ready
o volunteer to serve in the perilous enternisei
The British Government had riot
up the ex ploration* Men not ?eard
in the naval service were ready tocmark.
\e- u...i? ?? - * *
?>i. uiiuui tuiu uiners nuvocaicu the
ill.
Mr. Footc in favor of the cxpedion,
but wished it to bo undertaken on
lovernmcnt nooount.
After much discuwion, in which Mr.
ulee stated the views of the Navy Dc
rriment,
The question war then taken and the
(solution wns passed, yeas 28, nays 10.
Mr. Dnu?laM called for the Central
.niiroad bill.
Mr. Butler moved that the Senate go
into executive session. Agreed to. m
^J'lie Senate spent some time in exeeu- an
tivc session, and then adjourned. itr
JIOUJ E OF REPRESENTATIVES. wl
Mr. Thompson of Ky. was excused
from service on the committee to inves- p
tigate the condition of the public printing
and /mother gentleman was appointed in 1
his place.
Mr. McLnno asked the unanimous con
sent of the House to allow the Senate bill
on the Speaker's table, amendatory of
the act establishing the mint, to be taken
up and passed. The act, he paid, merely
allows the Secretary of the Treasury fn
to dispo-e of the money in the various
depositoiies by transfer!ing it to the 2(
mint, where it was greatly wanted for }](
#lw, ..r k? ii- I-"!- -
wi\> |Mii 1>1 puililiil.Mil^ M1U uuiuon
ariiving from California, which was being
canied to England, because there was
not sufficient money in tho mint, under
the existing laws, to make purchases. H
Mr. Toombs, of On., objected. tr
On motion of Mr. P. King, of New ei
York, i lie rules were suspended and the
House resolved itself into Committee of H
the Whole on the State of the Union.? bi
(jl/ir. Thompson, of J/lss., in the Chair)
and resumed the consideration of tho b<
census bill.
Mr. S'.epl ens, of Georgia, spoke an D
hour in denial of the consti utional power . hi
of the federal government to mitliur thn i ei
u o
statistics, such as was provided tor by this
bill.
Mr. Thompson, of Pa. followed in re- *1C
plv. and defen 'cd the bill, when, after a j(1
word or two from Mr. Jones, of Tenn.,
the committee of the whole referred to
struck from the bill that relating to the ; j,
authorising of statistics?by afvote of ;
40 in the affirm live and 08 in the ncga- j
tive. 1
Mr. A/or?e ppoke in fnvor of rejecting j
the bill xmlfs;* amended by dispensing a
with the stutisties. ^
Numetotis unimportant propositions t|
to amend were nin-le and voted down.
Then the House, ??t 8 o'clock, adjourned, p
h
I t _ _ _
luorrcpponucnco ot mc Charleston Courier.]
IPasimngtok, May 1. v
The House made sonic progress with '
| tlio Census bill yesterday, nnd to-day, ^
the debate in Committer of the whole is
| to be stopped. Mr. Vinton has brought ,j
j forward an important proportion in re- jj
ference to the apportionment of llepreten;
talives under the new Census, lie* pro!
poses that the number of llepresentaI
shall be limited to two hundred, nnd ihn 11
(Secretary of the inteiicr sliiill tlx the ,
ratio accordingly, llerctofoic, the ratio
has been lixe t by Congress, and tho e
has always been a struggle between the i
States wuh small and nearly stationary \
population, with tin* more populous and 1
rapidly growing Stitles. '1 lie latio, now J1
seventy hx thousand, will, under Mr. Vinton's
plan, be brought up to nearly one j
hundred and twenty thousand. The
present number of Representatives is two 1
bundled and thirty, to which aie soon to 1
j be added, two or more irom California, *
I and two more from each of the North- 11
western Territories', soon to become
States. Mr. Vinton's plan will lix the ^
whole number of llejlresenUuiveB, from
all Suites that may he in tho Union alter 11
the next apportionment at two hundred, "
which will Co a considerable, and as some
suppose, a desirable reduction. 7'he
House will bejome a more manageable
body with a reduced number, and the ,
111. inners elected will be perhaps, men of 1
more weight of clmractcr. The {Southern s
Stales which continue their efficient mem- *
heiH in the House fur n number of years
in succession, while the Northern and (>
Western Stale- change their's every two 11
or lour years, will gain in influence, rather
than lose, l>y the proposed reduction. !(
The Senate have been again engaged
in 1111 linilni'l ilumui-iim iS llw. I.ill |? 8
.... .....? u V4?' 'V VI lliv* UU I IU _
grant piihlicT'inds to the tftate of Illinois. *
in nkI of the construction of the Central 1
lt:iil Houd. 'i he debate bus involved the J'
question of Internal Impiovenunt by the 11
general Government, and also the disposition
of the public land?. We have a
number of land projects before Congress, ?
and some of them provide for the moie "
general division ol the .-poil among all the j,
&tntcs. 7 he older States put in their
claim to a lair share of the common pro- c
pertv, and not without t>omo reason. Mr. 11
Clay's old plan of distiibuting the pro*
oeeds of the sa'es of the public lands
among the States is about to bo revived.
H'u learn something more definitely of n
the provisions of the iiulwer tieaty, and "
there can be no doubt that they uie high- I'
1v fiivririihlc In lh<> llnifmi K?iii..u ??'' *- '
_J ?w V..W ** N/vtiivni (tint III 1'
I he whole commercial wo. Id. The direc- '
tors of the American Company for ma- c
king the Nicaragua Canal are about to I
commence operations. Tl'oy will opon tl
their subscription and obtain u larjge sum
in this counny before th y apply to British
bHpi|alist8?who have great confidence
in Ameiiciin enterprise. The Oanal will c
cost lew than thirlv million* nai* nnu
J ? "
lieved. w
American Difficulty at Mayajuez, P. 1;
R.?Cnpt. Given, of ?er. Delaware, from tl
Mnyngucz, 15 days, informs us that (ho n
U. S. ?l?ip-of-war Albany had just arii- r|
ved from S\v\ Ju^n# P. It., all well. Slio
fired a salute, but w is not answered. '1
Capt. Bcecher of the schr. North Caroli- n
i, (wrecked at Mayaguez, 11th inst,)
id crew, who luvd been ill treated and
iprisoned by the authorities at M., hud
iitten to the commander of the Albany,
en at San Imm, who immediately came
Mayuguez to demand the release of
ipt. 1J. and crew, and satisfaction for
treating Ami'licnn
O V.?.?V?iO.
[N. Y. Jour. Com.
From the Telegraph.
LATER FROM EUROPE.
Haltimouk, May 3.
The steamship Canada reached IlalixatlO
a.m. this (b'ridav) morning,
'nK'"K advices from Liverpool to il?o
)tli nit. 1'lie following is u summary of
;r news as far as received.
commkucial.
Liverpool, April 20.
Tho Niagara readied Liverpool on the
3th ult., and her advices from this county
caused an immediate advance of oneghth
pence on all descriptions of Cotton
rni i r .% *
i nc saies 01 mc week ending on the
)lh amounted to sixty-one thousand
lies.
The mniket nt Have is represented lo
? firm and active.
The accounts from the Manufacturing
istricts arc more cheering than they
ive been pieviously, flud business gen*a
11y is assuming a healthier aspect.
l'OLITICAL.
Affairs in Franco nrc still in a very critiil
condition, nnd the result cannot bo
dicated with any certainty.
The hostility of the Socialists to tho
resent Government is increasing, nnd
us assumed a very determined eharnc;r.
They have nominated Eugene Sue
i their candidate to represent the city of
'aris.
Three hundred men, forming a part of
Light Infantry regiment, were drowned
V the falling of a suspension bride over
lie Loire.
The Pope has at length returned to
tome, but wc have no further particuirs.
The advices from China and India aro
cry satisfactory.
All the leader* of the Hungarians, who
id not capitulate, have been sentenced
o death Kossuth among them.
j lie diplomatic intercourse between
'urkcy and Austria has been ve-cstabished.
The American minister wn? received
t Constantinople in a very flattering man
er.
Nothing of interest from any other
European countiics.
Arrest of flulloch. ? We were shown
esturdav, a despatch from Savannah,
eceived hy a gentleman of this city, anmuncing
that George J. Bulloch, late
Cashier of the Central Rail-lload Bank,
rlio absconded from Savannah nhonf.
lie 1st of March last, with one hundred
housand dollars ?>l it- fur.ds, has been
aught, and wns bi ought over in the
teamcr Cambria. The despatch gave
10 further information on the subject.
We arc indebted to our Charleston
oncapondentfor the same information
>v telegraph, with the additional Ktetn
uent that Bulloch came over in charge of
, 13-oston Policeman.
Constitutionalist.
Singular Occurrence.?The steamer
)sprev, which arrived on Tuesday last
rom Philadelphia, while on her passage,
truck against something which gave tho
essel such a shock as to induce Captain
)ickinson to suppose that he lmd touch*
d upon a sho d or Inr?? 1<?r?
. i - - ?e?- b' *
ruination, nothing could be discovered,
nit the speed of the bint was materially
assened. /tbout hix bours subsequenty\
Cnpt. Dickinso, upon getting otfer the
learner, for the purpose of securing a
)olphin, discovered an object hanging to
lie P.lll-wMlnr TM.!-. l.? "? 1
,v? ,? ma iiv ruon innue OUl
d ho n huge turtle, which took till hands,
icluding the passengers, to haul on
onrd. The animal, it is supposed, must
iave been sleeping on the #hter, and was
early out through by the shock, though
t was stiit alive when taken on board,
'lie ht-ad was cut off as a trophy, and
I led a good sized bucket, and the carass,
which must have weighed eight or
me nunan a pound*, was thiown overioard.?
Char Mercury.
A Fact for the People.?Only fight
wmber# of the Whig parly in the 8ente
of the United States voted for Mr.
'oote'n compromise committee! This
r>o in the face of nil ?!??* ..e
_ _ ...W y. vrivwilt/lio W1 illp,
I big press nnd Wh'jf party in favor of
ompromisc, nnd nil the'nr abu*e of tho
)emoemcy for being opposctMo it. Will
he people remember this toot.
Constitutionalist.
A Ball <\f Fire.?The British brig AU
yone, from Ghisgow, arrived at Boston,
epori* on Uape UoU, while tha>nfon
rorc nloft reefing the foretopsuj^in tho
liddle of a snow storm, f\ ballof/firo
irger thnn an eig' t pound nhoti^(ruok
lie mninmftHt, nnd without any u??:ieuftl
oir.e, such as an explosion. the
plit in four piece* nnd went ofjfcjrboafti
?ith all ihc yards arid Hguina| attached,
"h? Alcyone had lost her
uzcnnmt,