Keowee courier. (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, June 07, 1850, Image 2
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FROM HAVANA.
The steamer Falcon lias, arrived r.
New Orleans from Havana She doe
not bring aw late advices as the Isabel
but some items of intelligence brough
by her from correspondents of the Nov
Orleans Picayune, arc interesting. A
letter dated the 21st says:
The consternation of (he authorities
has been very great, and the steps they
have taken show an utter want of possession
of mind. Two regiments which
wore sen off on the night of the 10th,
by land, together with tlic corps of moun
ted artillery and lancers, were ordered
tipvl Hill- hv nil nvnrntti until f.-ywv.
.. ?v -y ....
here, and last nighl thoy arrived here at
dusk, very muoh exhausted with their
long march, and at midnight they were
tent off by train to Matanzas. Report
says that a s.ory was in circulation
among them to the effect that Lopez had
cui mo iwiitanzns regiment lo pieces.
The reason for this landing nt CV.rddins
is unknown. Its effect will bo a good
one. It is now generally supposed he
lias pone to join the main body of the expedition
somewhere nt the eastward.
A rumor is afloiit that the Falcon is to
lip linfnn? Inrti'inrr wr*? f
,..?w B |JV. V. V ..(.l.
Hartstein declares it shall not he done.
He has two hundred men on board who
have brought out their arms and munitions,
and promise to stand by him to tlie
death. If they do attempt 'he search,
we shall have an exciting little tiin<a of it
A letter of the 20th, speaking of the
prisoners taken, savs?'A report is abroad
and gives credille authority of having
conic from (he General of Marines in poison,
that when- the steamer hove insight
of the Lark, which has boon taken, t!io
% captain was ordered to lower I.is boat
and come on boaid, which lie did- He
was asked many questions, which he declined
answering. A rope was nvide
fast to the yard arm and the noose passed
over his head, and 1 o was told he
must sing or swing. On this he confined
being bound to Cuba > i:li port of the i
invading forces. An hermaphrodite brig i
is said to have been taken nl>o. She !
was empty. When tins story reachcd t!\e
California passengers who were conli; ed
on board ilie Georgia and Falcon, fomc
i 100 in number, it spread like \sild-firc.
The Pizuno, said to contain (lie prisoners,
was coaling en)v a lew yards oil", in full
view, and was an object of intense interest.
At last they coul 1 not stand it any
longer, and called fo.i Captains Porter
and //artstein, the commanders of the
iwo snips, i hcv came, and the cry ro-e I
like a shout, 'if you will land us w wWl
take the steamer and the city, and rescue
the ylmeiicans.' After much exertion
on the part of the two captains, the
passengers became more calm, and it
finally s< tiled down into the icsolution
that if a pr oner was shot, while they
were in port, they would take the oily
And they could doit. Dining to-day
more troops have been sent off.
'J'he Picayune says; "The. Americans
in Havana are anxiously awaiting the arrival
of tho. two prizes said to have been
made by the Spanish men-of-war. The
Pizarro, it is said, only brought in fourteen
prisoners, who were transferred to
the ship-of {the-line, F bernno, without
being brought on shore. Stiong doubts
are expressed by many of them r.a to
any piisonera hnving been taken, and
these assert that the men taken to the
S iberano in irons were simply n portion
of the crew of the Pi;:trio who hnn
proved mutinous, and that lIio hnllol.tna
announcing iho 'first victory over'.he pirates'
was a diplomatic lie, put forth by
the government for the purpose of reviving
the fainting hearts mid raising the
tin king courage of the faithful subjects of
Queen Isabel. All cjpressed the utmost
co, fidence in Gen. Campbell, our able
and energetic Consul, who, the moment
heard that the vessels taken were said to
be Ameii' nns, wrote to the Captain General,
requesting information upon the sub
joct. No answer had been received by
him up to the time our informant left.
"A repoit prevailed in Havana, on thr
morning the Falcon left, that Lopez had
not left Cardenas in the Steamer, but
1 1 * t -
n.iu innrcnea into the lntei tor, and was
then in the mountains with 1209 men. It
was not generally credited.
"No nttempt lo search the Fnlcnn was
made oti the morning she left. Every
preparation was ready on board to resist
the attempt, if made, as Captain Ilartstein
declared that, he considered it derogatory
lo his character as an officer of
the navy of the United States to permit
a ship under his command (one bearing
n semi-national character too) to be
searched for arms, lie announced his
willingness to give the Spanish Government
all the information in Ins power relative
to the nature of his cargo, and the
-r ' 0
v.mxn.^1 in inn |?is?t'ngcr?, uut he would
not submit to n search. He had on hoard
a company of emigrants from New York
for California, under command of Capt.
French?nil stalwart, well-built fellows,
armed to the teeth, about 1 !?: in in mber,
who declared their determination to
stand by him to the last; and immediately
commenced casting bullets and getting
their guns and revolvers in order.
"Capt. II. declared his intention to repel
any force that might be brought
against him, and to fight them until they
commenced firing artillery^om the forts
trvw r? 111 mmmmrnmwmMmm
or ships of (he lino; when ho would hnu
( clown his flngand surrender himself nn<
g nu n as prisoners t)f war; This wouh
make a national affair of it at once, and i
^ was perhaps fortunatu for <Spain that tin
f Cuban authorities did not sany out theii
L intentions Those Culifornians, intending
to take the overland route through Tex
, as, were transferred from tlie Ceorgia tc
. tho Falcon in the lvubor at//avnnaand ii
was that whiv.li excited the suspicion ol
, tha authoiities. A small gun boat, witli
one brass six-pounder aft, w?8 broujjhl
down and moored within inn vm-rls >!
j the foilcon, but that gun never could
have been worked, ns there were marksmen
on board who could have picked o(l
every man on board, had they dared to
show theii faces above the tufTrail."
keowee coutuku
Friday, Jvttic 7, 18SO.
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J. T. Weub, for Anderson District.
DEATH OF SENATOR ELMORE.
We have to perform tliis week (he
painful task of announcing to our readers
the death of (his distinguished man.
j Fnanki.in 11. Ei.more died at his lodgi
ings in Washington city, at 9 o'clock, i\ m.,
! on the 20tli ult.
Hut a few weeks have passed sincc
Carolina's eldest horn, t!ie great Calhoun,
?.:.u ?
?. mi ciiii;s jjim worn out l>v
disease, passed peacefully to. the land of
immortal spin's, whither lie who vns
thought worthy to wear his mantle has
quickly followed him.
The hand of Providence in its mysterious
visitations hears heavily upon .South
Carolina, and again, in the hour of her
need, she is called upon to mourn ihe loss
of one of her nohlest sons. yJnother
arm that w;;s lifted is nerveless and still
in the crave, another voice that spoke in
lior defence is silent forever more, and
is left dolorous and full of the desolation
of death, to w atch and to weep; to
I watch and to weep, Tike the //ebrew
mother, mourning through weary nights
and mclanoliolly days and refusing to be
comforted because her children are not.
""THE NASHVILLE CONVENTION.
In spite of the threats of the Adminis
tralion, the jeers of the Northern Abolitionists
and the machinations of their
Southern co-ajutors, this body is, ore this,
in Session, and, the Compromise
Committee having failed to accomplish
what its friends had promised it should
perform, -id eyes arc turned to this Con.
vent ion, and in it are centered all our
hopes of a satisfac'oiy adjustment of exis'.ing
differences, an adjustment which
shall restore ponce and harmony to the
country without doing violence to the integrity
or sacrificing the rights of niihnr
w o *- *"w'
party.
(Southern members in Congress find it
impossible to unite upon any plan, The
Southern press is greatly divided, advocating
discordant, incongruous and irreconsilable
schemes. A considerable portion
of the (Southern people too (alas
that we should sny it,) seem to be lethargic
and cailcss, and id most unconscious
of thcimincnt peril in which their institutions
arc placed. In this state of affnirg
we look to ilie Nashville Convention to
arouse and unite (lie people. Aye, to
1 iiMHusu niitj excite them to vigorous unci
I united action, to bold nnd determined
i efforts to arrest the headlong career of
I Northern fanaticism. No mild rebuke?
' no patient expostulation, no friendly
warning will he sufficient to call to a sense
of their duty, the men who have sworn
our destruction. 7'liey must be bronght
to know that further encroachments upon
us v ill result in their own ruin, before
they can be induced to do us justice>
or to leave us alone in the unmolested
possession of our constitutional rights.
nr.
>?(! would not presume to make suggestions
(o a body composed of 80 much
wisdom patriotism as the Nashville Convention,
yet, we believe that the Missouri
compromise lino, if extended to the Pacific
would be satisfactory to the Southern
people; with nothing short, of this
will ihcy or can they bu content.
HON. JAMES L. ORR.
We commence this wet-k the pub.
licntion of this gentlemen's able and eloquent
speech.
I Mr. Orr's speech does great credit to
| him as a young politician, and will wo
doubt not give much satisfaction lo his
a constituents nnd the South generally,
r This Honorable gentleman tnkes n comJ
prehensive vit w of tho diTerences existing
between the two great divi*ions of
j the country, and in the course of his re*
r marks the aggressions, usurpations and
i injustice of the North are clearly pointer!
nnt,. nnrl llir> <1nii(>-4 rmrl r?h1i<rnlir?r>? nf
- ? t)"" "
the ?South, to herself under the circumstances,
forcibly enjoined.
THE PICKENS MALE ACM DEMY.
Our render# may observe a notice in
our advertising columns, vetting fourth
the fact, that the Ilev. Mr. McNVhorter
has (Ake.n charge of this institution.?
Coming ns this gentleman does, to the
patrons of this Academy, bearing the
highest testimonial?, both ns to piety ns n
christian, nnd r fTicii m>v 11c n lr.-w.ln.- Af...
McWhorlcr opens his school under favorable
auspices, and will we doubt not meet
with that success which his high character
and the p^cul'ar advantages which
attended the locality of hi* school entitle
him to expect.
Blackv/oons Magazine.?We have
received from Leonard Ccolt & Co., the ]
il/av number of this ininvtable Magazine,
and also from the same enterprising pub:
Ushers the last number, (and an unusu|
ally interesting one i*, is too) of the Edinburgh
Review. We recommend to those
of our subscribers who wisl. to keep pos!
ted up in trans-atlantic literature and poli
iiirs JK wol 1 nc in mutfrti-a
,
touching "the rest of man kind," to consult
these periodicals.
We lmvc received from the Hamburg [
; Republicnn, a copy of a periodical enti- j
' tied "A defence of the ?outh against the
|
' reproaches and encroachments of the
North," by Rev. Ivcso.i L. Brooks, A. M.
| and from the hasty and imperfect exnmi|
nation which we have give, to it, it apj
pears to be well \riilt?-n.
j Mr. Brooks' pamphlet is for snlo at the
Repuclican oflice at five cents per copy
by the qunntiiy, nnd ten cents per copy
by the retail.
_
| Fink Wheat.?We have boon shown !
I a sample, of vcrry fmo wheat from the
1 plantation of oar enterprising cititizen J J
IIowahd, Esq. Mr. Howard hap, we un- 1
I
derstand, a largo crop of this beautiful i
wheat now ro-dy for harvesting, and j
while the crops the plantations around
are backward and suffering from rust,
this wheat has entirely escaped, owing to
Mr. Howard's superior husbandry. /Success
is the child of intelligence.
We arc indebted to the lion. James L.
Orr for sundry valuable Cong,-cs:-ionul
documents.
7*110 New Orleans papers say that Col.
WheiU was not with the expedition under
v./en. iSlopez, or Lopez, but with O. Tiara,
and therefore thnt he was not left wounded
at Cardenas.
Order* have been ishued by the President
for Ihe arrest of the Oubian patriots
ns fa6t ns they land upon our coast.
The Editor of Ixi Vcrdad has been arrested
for aidin? the Cuban Expedition,
and held to bail in five thousand dollars.
llr.BriLmxo of tub Temple at Jehu*
8ALKM.?The Jew* it i? mid nro going to
rebuild their Temple on A/bunt Ziont
j permission having been obtained from the
' Porte. The contemplated edifice is to
equal Solomon's 7'emple in magnificence,
and millions of money have been contributed
in ^menca.
Exfectfd PAr.no>'.-?Profes or Webster
and his family, the Boston 3/iiil snvs,
entertnin strong hopes of a full pardon.
A gentleman, who had visited the condemned
.nan, observed to the editor of
that p;iper, that he never saw so checrful
and pleasant a man in his life, considering
the terriblcness of his position.
President ofFiiancf. Disfranchised.
The condition of three years' residence,
1 ! 1 ' * * ?
which is imposed Dy the proposed electornl
law, will have the effect of depriving
of hi* electorial right the President of tho
republic himself, who did not arrive nt
Paris until tho end of September, 1848,
The Emperor of CJhina has forbidden
any of his subjects to go to California. v
\
From the Charleston Mercury.
DEATH OF HON. F. II. ELMORE.
Intelligence rencned usyoterday morning
that IIor.F II. Elmore exp'r id atliis
lod^in^s in Washington on Wednesday
evening. Wo believo his death was
cnuscj by that, sudden and violent return
of llint nnmiish of t Im limih
different degrees of intensity. 1ms been
the most wasting clement of his long decline.
This news has caused n most
painful shock to the whole community,
nnd will be deeply felt throughou the
State. The circumstances are indeed
singularly affecting. The feobleness of
his hwtlth had for somo time secluded
r?.-i m ? - - > <
I v/ui. xjiuiuiu iiuiii piuuio occasions and
resorts, when ho was drawn from his sick
room to act as the exponent of the general
sorrow on the reception of tlie news
of Mr. Calhoun's death. The whole assembly
was eqnlly struck with the feebleness
nnd waste of his body and with
the patient dignity of bis bearing. His
frame was bowed, his voice was broken,
nnd the shadow of death rested on bis
' face; but never did he look morn worthy
of le-pect, *?nd never did his fellow citizens
more fully appreciate the elevation
of his character, the gentleness and truth
fulness of his heart, and the commanding
qualities of his mind. This was his last
public appenrancc in C. arleston, and few
01 its citizens saw mm atlenvards. The
scene appears as of yesterday; the earth
is still fresh on the giave ef Calhoun, and
we are called upon to place beside him
his eulogist, his fiiend, his successor.
We cannot attempt to do justice to
Col Elmore's character as a public man.
,There was in his mind a complexity, a
mingling of broad ami strongly marked
qualities with subtle and elusive intiieacies
of thought ?ind impulse, that conhl
only he fairly estimated and explained
bv an elaborate, analysis such as we
could not. attempt, And which would be
<Hit of place here. Bv the consent of all
lie has loner be mi held among the most
eminent citizens of the State, enjo\ ing
? ? i. .1.1. -i ' n
in ii iiMiuu mumc ucsrrt'c nor commence,
acknowledged to lie equal to any duly,
with every oflice in her ^ift open 10 his
ambition, and the very highest of th?m
more than oncc inviting his acceptance.
In regard to public distinction, lie has
much more of it. within his reach than lu:
has consented tolay his hand on. Years
ago he might have been in the Sennte
without tin effort of his own. When
Mr. Polk entered upon his President hi
term he ofleied to Col. Elmore tho Ms*
rion to England, and urged it upon him
in lancriiatrc! of warm norvnunl r/.rtnwl
c . .-> i? ; "?
kuo.U 9la U not. nfton iuu)uap<l "ii llko on
oiisions. Either of theso positions would
have given liim n gre.il and wide spread
reput uion, hcrnuso the qualities of his
mind and character wore peculi uly fitted
for li'cir duties. His frank and unprct'nr:ng
address gave him recess to
the KT.rts of men, while the friendly
vnrm.hand *he dignity of his nature secured
the confidence won by his affability.
No man hud greater power over
others in quiet deliberations, while on
groat occasions he showed ft comprehensiveness
of view, ft clearness of detail and
a faculty of giving the impress! von cm of
accumulated weight to progressive reasoning,
that give him extraordinary power
as a debater. Earnest and patient in
investigating all suhjccU on which he
was called on to net, he came to the discussion
of them with tlie amplest materials
for their illustration, and used his
knowledge and his powers of argument
lor the s<?lo purpose of convincing and
I persuading, with an utternbsence of nil
! impulse to display. To such n mind, the
i Senate, or the highest walks of diplomacy,
would have been the natural field,
and in either position he could not fail
to win distinguished honor, and wield u
mighty influence.
We are strongly temp?cd to speak of
L'ol. Elmore in his personal relations and
private character, but this can only be
permitted with much reserve. Those
who loved him most deeply, and looked
| up to him ns the representative nnd guari
dian of the < Jen rest rcl itiona of life, cannot
share their grief with that ol the public
for the lo.-?s of an utfiinet citizen. .Even
j hn personal friends may not sperdt v f
! him her'4, ns they think of him in their inj
most hearts. The large number of those
1 who sympathized in all his fortunes, and
considered bin friendship among their
richest treasures, will bear witness to the
gentleness, the communicative warmth
nnd faithfulness of his heart. We do not
believe there ever died a ?S>outh Carotin- j
ian, who left behind him the memory of
pergonal kindness than Franklin H. El
| more, or whose death was deplored by a
great number of persons as at once the
loss of a cherished friend,, and of an eminently
patriotic and useful public man.
CO!lffPC8?.
In the Senate, ojj JTuesd^y, 28th instant,
an answer was received from the
Secretary of. the. Navy, in answer to the
C'dl of the resolution which paused on the
20th inst., relative to the extra compensation
to naval officers.
The bill to inoreaxc the rank and file tif
the army was referred to the committee
on Military Affairs.
; Mr. Ilunlor, from the committee, re- j
I ported in favor of enlarging the Gapitol. |
-1J !?LL??L =?
On motion of An*. Hunter, tho committocon
Phblic Buildings wcro author*
ized to net jointly with the corresponding
commit too of the House 011 the subject.
Mr. Bradbury's resolution relative to
removals was taken up.
Mr. Webster moved to postpone it till
Thursday, but withdrew iho motion nt
the requestof Mr. 7'urncy, who took tho
floor, and spoke on the subject.
The adjustment bill of Mr. Clay was
then tu'<en up. '%jj
Mr. Ilnlo spoke at length and declared
that tho N >rth was to be beaten, and by
Northern votes. Sluvery would p:iint ji
the ilag of victory. Tho defeat of tlia
North would be accomplished by Northern
votes. ?5?omo of these Northern
men, when they got home, would Gndan
uncomfortable atmosphere about tlicm.
Mr. Dodge, of Iowa, said lie was sick
of this^uhject, and through lie was not
in favor of the compromise in all its parts,
yet ho would swallow it.
The //ouso resolved itself into committee
of tho whole on the slate of the Uninn
n.wt I !.? I.UI
vviiomvivu lliv Will III UMII^ iipjJMJpriations
to'.he several Territories. The
only bill which elicited much debute, \vas
ihe otic making donations to the s tilers
on the public lands in Oregon. The point
in the discussion \v;is whether the grants
should be allowed to /ltnoricnn citizens
only?native an I adopted, or to tho?o
also who should deel >re their intention of
becoming American citizens. The comI
rr,i tee did i 05, dispo-.e 1 f this h<U.
'Pl.O l.'lll (lnm-ntii lnll / - -
" ".-s u,u
I completion of the public buildings in Oroj
oron and Minnesota, was the onlv ono
' which finnlly passed. After which tho
House adjourned.
FIRE
IN CHARLESTON.
The Fire in Charleston is supposed to
have been the work of an in<*endiarv.
The following i* an cs'invite of tho
losses and insurance, as given in the
Mercury:
No. 1. Townsend, Arnold it. Co. Dry
(roods. Insured in Life and Trust Go.
of this city for $8000 on the building,
which is a total loss, nnd $15,000 on
A I '
^iwu. i\ iium* amount insured in jnc\t
York on stock, whic.1i is fullv covered.
No. 2. I). F. Fleming it Co. Roots unfl
^?!<ocs. ?Stock valued vt ?20,000. Loss
estimated at $17,000. vhich is fully covered
hv insurance.
No H. Wiley Ranks & Co. Drv Oools.
.Slock valued at ?110,000 about tlireefouitbsol
wliicb was saved. Insured
for $7i>,000 ; principally in Northern
offices.
No. *1 Ilitrrol, JIiii'o Jki Co. ftdldloiy,
A l irge portion of their stock injured or
destroyed by water end removal. Insured
CT>00O in the Equitable and fc.lOOrt
in the Howard, Now York, and ?'6000 in
the Hurt ford $5000 in t lie Protection,
and $5000 in tli? /Etna, //.irtlord, Conn,
making in till $26,000 on the. stock, and
$1000 on the fixtures, in the Augusta
company, which will fully cover their .
lossNo.
5. Kei?ev Deas, Dry Goods ;
stock valuad at (<30,000, a hfje portion
of which was destroyed. Fullv insured
in Northern office?.
No. G. F 1) Fanning Oo. TL\t?; stock
valued at $15,000, which was totnl'y destroyed.
Fully insured.
No. 0. Oilliijinds ik //owoll, Dry ccoo 'a.
About ono-lmlf of their stock destroyed,
which is fully covered by insurance, viz:
$10,000 in Etna und $10,000 in Protection
company, //i\rtford; $10,000 in Auj?ust!i
company; $10.000 in South Carolina,
and $10,000 in Life and 7'?ust com
_ t A\
iifiiiv 01 mis cuv.
No. 8. Courtonay & Tcnnnnt, 7/iirdwaro.
Value of stock $30,000, n large
portion of which war paved. Insured
for "$40,000, cqunllv divided botween
South Carolina and Life and Trust company
of this city, nhd tho Augustn companv.
No. 0. Hyatt, JVcRui-nfey ?fe Co. Dry
Goods; stock, $40,000. Loss estimated
at S/>,000. Fully covered by insurance.
No. 10, first floor, J. S. Bcach. Books.
Loss about ?(1200, and tbc upper stored
lltr CI 7. Wollrnn ...I.-" ??
, x- miriKiii, ttnWW 1U!K* 13 itUUUt
?1000, boll) fully insured.
No, 11. Ilavi'ntMl, Hnrrnl <te Co. Drug
Store. Loss estimated fit $40,000, which
is fully covered by insurance, about ono
hr.lf of which in Northern ofHecs.
Messrs 1'. M. Cohen it Co. Druggists,
and others, suffered considerable damage
bv the breakage and removal of their
goods, but all arc fully covered by insurance.
The? five stores on //iiyne-3treet?Nos.
4, 0, 8, 0, 10?belonged to the City Land
company and were injured fo.- $0000
i-noh in tho South Carolina Insurance
company of this ?iiy, and are a total loss.
The seven buildings on Market street
were al?o owned by the City Land company,
and were insured in the South
Carolina company for $2000 each, nnd
may bo considerti) n total loss.
The Charleston Hotel was insured for
850,000 on the building, which was injurrd
probably to tho extent of $2,600*
nnd Mr. Mixer, the occupant, wasinaured
010,000 in tho Nashvillo Company, on
his furniture, a considerable portion of j
which waa destroyed or injured.
It is raid that there nro manufactories
| of spirituous gimno hi Liverpool.
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