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KEOWEE COURIER Saturday, I\or. lO, I8CO. With a riow of accommodating cur h'u soribers who lire at n distance, tlio following gentlemen arc authorized and requested to acta*agentsiu receiving nnd forwarding Sub criptous to the Kloavkk Cotitiirn, vi?: Maj. W. S. Orihham, at West Union. Edward Huuiiks, Esq., " 1 lorro Shoe. JJ. P. Vkrnkr, Esq., 41 Bachelor's Retreat M. P. Mitcukll, Esq.. " Pickcnsville. .J. E. 11 A<io?r>, " Twelvo Mile. T J. Webb. for Anderson District. 0^7" The absence of the Editor will account for the want of editorial in this week's paper. Cor re*, of Journal of Commerce. San Fiianci9co, Oct. 1, 1850. Since the last fire there is but little show of pecuniary means, and the few building ? oing up on the rums are of the very poorest and frailest character. Depend upon it, we shall have bodily suffering here this winter, and not a little pecuniary difficulty ? Things arc by no means settled here since the failures a few weeks since. Confidence is very week ; at Sacramento city there hnve been a good many failures of late. On the whole, things are blue in California, speaking after the manner of merchants. The weather is delightful, and has been all that one could possibly desire the last two weeks. The city is generally very healthy, though there are some severe cases of dysentery and diarrhoea; and for want of good 1111 ?*C* ?> ? ? /I 1 1 n ....in.- i t 11111(111, many cue who under better circumstances in ihc States, would recover. The few cases of cholera which occurred here last week, did not in either prove fatal, and we trust we shall yet escape from the pestilence. Our market arc now abundantly supplied delicious grapes, which retail at a dollar per pound. They resemble our "Isabella," but are more mild, not so pungent. We see but few apples here, but pears and mellons arc plenty. Emigration from Ireland.?A gertleman who has travelled through a considerable portion of Roscommon, gives the following as the result of his observation : "1 have witnessed the great<$ portion of the inhabitants of whaiAVrtre once thriving villages preparing to leave their nalivc land, the means of accomplishing "which has, in many instances, been sent from relatives already sojourning in the great republic of the West. t? - 1 *1 ii i? u inet; wiui me peasantry who will be <lie first to.rcach the emigrant ship. Iam convinced, if the tide of self-expatriation proceeds as it is doing at present, the rural population will be extinguished, and of the bold peasantry, Mneir country's pride/ not a wreck will be left behind. F1 nv miles as I went along the land was almost waste and uncultivated, and presenting a wild and desolate appearance.1' Trouble lias arisen among the Mormons congregated on Heaver Island, Lake Michigan, growing out of a quarrel between Elder Adams, a Mormon preacher and tragedian by turns, and James E. Strang, one of the Prophets, who insists upon his right to help himself to the property of such "gentiles" as don't submit to his law. Strang has been a.rested and sent to prison at ManUinn/* fr?? six months for his mal-practices. pR0p0^ALS As the Legislature of South Carolina will assemble on the fourth Mon day in this month, and every true patriot is looking to its proceedings with feelings of the deepest interest, the people should keep themselves thoroughly informed of all its actings and doings: Therefore the undersigned arc determined to place the means of information within the reach of the hum blest citizen* by sending the Kcawcc 'Courier to new subscribers during the -next session of the Legislature, at iuxnty-Jive cents per single copy. 5 copies during the session for $1,00 or 12 ,u " " " $2,00 Payable always in advance. The Courier will contain the Governor's Messages, nn abstract of the proceedings' r the house and Senate, and of speeclies made in both houses, Together with remarks and information contributed by correspondents in Columbia. Let 110 man have to ask his neghbtor'what's the news?' but send in your names immediately?take the Courier, and read for yourselves. Post-masters,andall persons friend ly to tho extension of general intelligence ?vill be kind enough to act as our agents in the above, and forward all - subscriptions by 23d November. TRJMMIER & LEWIS. Pickens C. II., Nov/8., 1850. BY THE AFRICA. The British mail steamship Africa from Liverpool, Oct. 20, at noon, arrived early this morning. We have to announce the death of Lord William Beresford,brother and 1 heir presumptive to the Marquis of j I Waterford. Iiis lordship died at his quarters in the Regents Park Barracks, Oct. 18th. ITALY The Universe has the following I from Rome, dated the 10th: 4lt apj pears that the French Government j lias sent a French commissioner to j come to an understanding with the i Papal Government on the question of the army, which is to continue to keep garrison at Rome. After several conferences it appears to have been j decided that the effective strength shall be 5000 men.' 1IESSE CASS EL. A Frankfort letter of the 22nd inst. in the Cologne Gazette, states that the intervention of the Austrians and Bavarians in Electoral Hesse might ! probably come oft* within the next i twenty-four hours; and the Hausburcr i Evening Gazette says that it has | been resolved not to send any Bavai rian troops into Hesse. 'i he Ger| man papers of the 21st, report that | there was no hope whatever of any ! change in the Elector's policy; that ' an invasion on the part of Austria ! and Bavaria was expected, and the 1 inhabitants of the electorate were at a loss to know how they ought to behave under circumstances of such an unprecedented nature. AUSTRIA. The Kolner Zeitung hns a tele' graphic despatch from Vienna, of the 20th, 6tating that the military I commander has prohibited the publi: cation of news respecting the mevej ments of the Austrian army in the Vienna and Austrian papers. The Vienna correspondent of the Times, writing on the 16th inst.,says: 'Many symptoms of greater or lesser importance appear to indicate that a ; trial of strength between the consti-1 1 iltmn nnrl ^ ' iv.uuu UIIU ?vnv^?uu jitti m;a IIIU&L shortly take place in Austria.' PRUSSIA. Correspondence from Berlin of the 23d inst. states that there was a suspense of the Hessian agitation pending the issue of the conference at Warsaw between the Emperor of Russia, the Emperor of Austria, and Count of Brandenburgti. The movements of troops still continued towards the Hessian frontier, but they did not cause much alarm. The Emperor of Russia had presented Prince Paskiewitch with the staff of a Field Marshall, on the anniversary of his fiftieth year of service in the Russian army. Berlin letters of the 22nd inst. in i I Ihe Koincr Zeitung, states that Prussia has protested against the ratification of the peace with Denmark, which ha? been sent in by the Frankfort Federal Club, in its assumed quality of a Federal Diet. The Ostsee Zeitung asserts that the Prussian Government has bought two war steamers in England, each carrying six 25-pounders Paixhan guns. Among the varions interesting and useful inventions exhibited at the late Fair of the Maryland Institute, we notice the following: "At the last Fair, Mr. O. Morrell of this city, had on exhibition a clock of ingenious construction, which gave an alrm and lighted a lamp at the same moment. It was much admired; at the time a friend, in our presence, suggested that on the same principle, lamps might be lighted all over the house, and fires Kindled. He took up the suggestion, and this year he has a clock which, , located in the grand saloon, at a given signal lights up a stove in the room below, ready lor boiling water, &,c. This he docs every niirht, and lie thinks it a first rate substitute for a house servant, so far as this part is concerned; moreover, it is believed that if a bachelor would provide himself with a sewing machine., in addition to the clock, he would get along 'excellently well,' barring the darning of stockings. The same gentleman has on exhibition a patent timepiece movement, which is worthy the attention of horologists. It is a fin- ' ished piece of work." Virginia.?Bafore the adjournment of the Virginia convention, Mr. Floyd offered a resolution to the effect that power should be conferred on the Legislature to pass a law discriminating agajqst all goods manu- j laoiureo hi a non-siavehoidiw^ State, by refusing a license for the sale of such goods', and gave notice of his intenlior to urge this resolution on the convention when it shall re-assemble in January. [Southern Press. Gen. Scott.?The Whige of Michigan, attheir recent State Convention, adopted resolutions in favor of Maj. Gen. Scott as the Whig candidate for President in the canvass of 1852. The Spirit of Georgia.?-All eyes are anxiously turned towards Georgia, and many are asking the question : "Is the youngest of the 'old thirteen' so far affected by modern degeneracy as to surrender at discretion to wrong and outrage?" For ourselves, we have cherished the hope that Georgia will prove true to her honor, her interests and her pledges, and we shall hope so to the last.? We are pleased to find some confirmation of our hopes in a letter from Macon which appears in the Mercury. The writer gives the following information in regard to the Southern Rights moven ent: "In every county almost in the State, Southern Rights Associations have been formed, and where they have not already been formed, they are in process of being formed. "In every section of the State, and in almost every village, presses have been or are being established, that are advocating the rights and duties of the South with singular ability and zcai. "Under the conviction too that has become now almost universal, (hat a great crisis is at hand that cannot be any longer staved ofl ; but has to be met and repelled, or the South will be crushed and irredeemably lost, the most prominent and influential men in the State are every where coming forward, and taking their proper position oh the Southern Rights side of the question. The Southern Rights question needs no weight of great names to support it. There is an intrinsic virtue in the cause itself that must and ever will sustain it as long as truth and justice are known or respected in the world; | but it is, nevertheless, with pride and satisfaction, thai we can refer to names like the following, who have openly and decisively taken ground on the side of the South; in the great issue now impending. "The venerable Geo. M. Troup, long the Governor, and Representative in the Senate of the United States, from Georgia. The venerable Wilson Lumpkin, also, long the Governor and United States Senator from Georgia. Ex-Governor Gilmor, Ex-Governor Schley, Ex-Gov?rnnr MpI ^nnold Tii/1i?? 1 * ~ ~ ~ w? ..v^i A.ivA/x/iiivivii ?/ un^c juimnuiii late United States Senator, Governor Townes, Mr. Colquitt, late United States Senator, the Hon. Mark A. Cooper, the Hon. Mr. Harralson, the venerable Gen. Newman, Judge Dougherty, the Hon Seaborn Jones, the Hon. Mr. iverson, Coi. Bennlng, Gen. Bailey, Gen Gordon ; and we might, as worthy of all note, enrol amongst the list of worthies devoted lo the cause ol the youth, the names of Bishop Andrews, of the Methodist, and Bishop Elliot, of the Episcopal church. "Indeed, in every county and on every occasion, the Southern Rights1 cause seems to find the men, ready made to its hand?many of them not before seen or known in public life; but all effective and determined in the cause. Among thofriends of the South, there is, as might be cxpectedj some shades of difference in opinion, as to the precise mode and measure of resistance, but none are for submission?but all for resistance in some efficient and decisive form or other." SENATOR SOULE. A portion of (lie Democratic parly in Louisiana recently put the following questions to Senator Sonic: "Arc you in lavor of the dissolution of the Union now or hereafter, because of the legislation at the late session of Congress? "Are you in favor of the establishment of a Southern confederacy, now or hereafter, because of the legislation of the late session of Congress ? "Are you in favor of the secession of the State of Louisiana from the Union, now or hereafter, because of the legislation of i'ne lato session of Congress?" The Senator replied as follows: New Orleans, Oct. 30,1850. Gentlemen : I acknowledge the receipt of a communication which you caused to be placed in my hands on yesterday, and which, I find, is the same which has been hawked about in the streets of New Orlean# for six entire days, that it mighi obtain the endorsement of the seventy names affixed to it. "Here is my answer: 4Win never the grave mattsrs so flippantly alluded to in that paper shall come before me in the only shape that can reach my official responsibilities to the State and people 01 Louisiana, depend upon it they will be met with a spirit not unwor thy of the high station which I occupy, and ofthe duties which I owe to the great interests confided to my protection and guardianship. But as 1 regard you neither as the organs ofthe people and State, nor indeed as the echoes of the party to which you say you belong, as I ask neither your applause nor your support* you will pardon me for taking no other notice oi the queries which you have propounded to me, than by assiu'ftg you that I am not to be moved out of the propriety which becomes a public man, ana above all, an American Senator, by the tricks ol five or six disorganizes, who, for some time East, have been moving every rubish they could lay their feet upon, to kick at me, and who can have no object but to distract and divide the Democratic party, that they may build to themselves, upon its ruin, an importance which they know but too well they cannot secure as Ion# as it stands by iis principles and remains united. Yours, Respectfvlly. Pierre Soule. 'Messrs. King, Reese, and Lurue-1 Cotton Bagging?a ^f.w .*hticlk.?The Missinsimnan contains the subjoined notice ot a new article of bagging made from the moss growing so extensively in the forests and swamps of the South and Southwest : "We have examined an article of cotton bagging made of moss taken from the trees in our woods, and while we shall refrain from express UIJ? UUI UJtllllUIl Wl IIS HUMUS?III) I having seen it tried with the hooks? it gives ns pleasure to say that its appearance indicates strength and durability, and we think it well worthy of the attention of our planters. We desire to see it fairly tested. "The experiment ol manufacturing this new bagging originated with Maj. Mosely, the Superintendent of the Penitentiary. Some year ago, he attempted its manufacture with his cotton manchinery, and he was so well satisfied with the result that he sent a large quantity of moss to Kentucky, where it was manufactured into bagging with more suitable machinery. A portion of it has been received and is now in the store of Messrs. Fearn Putnam, where although the heaviest article it may be bought at a price similar to the Kentucky. 41 We learn (hat should the bagging be successful, it may be made at a rale than the Kentucky bagging.? Having an inexhaustible quantity in our woods, a demand for it would bring the price of the raw article down to three cents per pound. Five cents more would cover the*cost of manufacture, and the article might be furnished at eight cents per yard. It would also be in the power of the planter to manufacture Ins own bagging. We think the subject is one well worthy the attention of th Legislature. The sale of bagging in our own rsiaie aione, will tins year amount to at least three hundred and twenty thousand dollars. Jt is easy to see that if this new article bccomes a good substitute, owing to its cheaper price, that the whole of this large amount o{ money will be employed in our own State for the direct and permanent benefi of our planters, mechanics and manufacturers." Perjury?Extraordinary case. ?A charge of perjury, involving the history of a remarkable system of marriage-brokerage, was preferred vesterday before 'Squire Snellbaker. It appeared from the testimony, that the defendant, Henry Weiss, had a sister about thirty-five years of age, rather deaf, for whom lie desired a husband; and through the introduction of Mr. and Mrs Weinstein, who were to receive rwenty-five dollars for the atfcncv. Jonas YVVil. ? vrmn/* ~ > man twenty-five years of age, was found willing to entertain an offer. The defendant then entered into a contract to give him two hundred dollars, and the furniture of a house, as a marriage portion, if he would marry his sister. He consented, and in twenty-four hours the nuptials were celebrated, and the money and property passed over to Weil. Subsequently a difficulty sprung up beuveen defendant and Weil, and the former made oath in the Superior Court that he was entitled to the possession of the property. After hearing the testimony and the argument the magistrate held that in swearing to the ownership of the property, which had been plainly passed away 10 Weil, defendant had sworn what he knew to be false.? He was then hclo over upon the charge in the sum of six hundred dollars. [Cincinnati Commercial. ? ? Singular Offer.?A lawyer, in extensive practice in Boston, has been offered $12,000 per year, for two years, the payment guarantied bv security on real estate in New York, to go to California and exercise his talent in defending an asso ciation of burglars and thioves. The condition of the offer was that any money received by him for defending others, or for semces rendered to others than the ganjf, should be credited to them us part payment of the salary. He peremptorily declined the offer. There are in the United States 81 Poat-mistresses. Would not tha males be better attended to if they were altogether undnr the management of the women? A Vaghant Honor.?"Soon after Mr. McCraey, from a dictate of patriotism, threw up the District Attorneyship here, it was rumored that a blank commission had been forwarded from Washington to stand the chances of finding an occupant among the members of the Charleston Bar. It is also rumored that the blank commission remained as blank as ever for some time, and 8# far as i we know may continue to do so,? i our inquiries having left us under the impression that no one of those gen- i tlemen whom we should expect to 1 be selected, has consented to fill the blank. It is a curious state of things, but we OHM easily understand wnv frhe office ufeeuld not be considered, iust now, a very desirable berth. The length of time that has elapsed since Mr. McCraey's resignation gives force to the rumors that it has been r,.un rl n rfitlinr nornUr?/l Kncinocu tr? **? I Uliivi J/Vl piVAVU MUOll kKjWXf IV discover a successor." So says the Charleston Mcrcury. Submission Sheets.?On our exchange list we have a number of submission papers, with paltry soulcd and coward hearted Editors that wold bow the knee before northern wrongs, and like whipped spaniels fawn at the feet of him who holds the rod. We never pick up one of those but we feel the most supreme contempt for their Editors. They remind us of a specimen of humanity we once saw. He had done comething amiss and a gentleman by ave Itinn 111 o />/Mir^lnr1n t'ntrnrrvl tr ?i *-wl kr?r\ mill 1IIO V;U*V lllUO MJ) film llli;il rode of a few steps?and alighted? he was bothered.in finding a place to fasten his horse when this poor submissionist sneaked up and requested the privilege of holding his horse for him. The cowhide was of courso the reward he got for his offer. How much more justly do those paltry ' soul^d submission, Clay compromise Editors deserve it. [Camden Journal. < Grandson of Ixifayeite.?VVe are informed, (says the Courier,) that a a i . r i son oi w usiimgion jjaiayeue, ana . consequently a grand-son of the distinguished ana revered Marquis, reached our city a day or two since, and has taken lodgings at the char- ' leston Hotel.?he leaves to-morrow, J as we understand on his way to Florida, with the view of personally examining the lands presented to his 1 brave and patriotic ancestor, by the Government of the United States, for services rendered during the Revolution. [Telegraph. Havana.,?On the arrival of the steamship Georgia at havana, there was some excitement, owing to a re- l port that an expedition was fitting ! out at Tampico IJay for the invasion of the Island. The passengers of the Georgia were not at first permitted 1 to go on shore; but, on vhe captain waiting on the captain general, the restriction was (withdrawn?the lat- 1 tcr professed every desire to accom- 1 modate the American passengers, and only place d the restriction as a ' precautionary measure, until he received and read his communications by the Pacific. A better feeling seems to exist towards americans. Caroliniaji. Washington n Watcli.?W. E. Bur ton, the comedian, purchased a few nights since a watch from Cooley, Keose & Cc., which (,it is said) once belonged to Washington. There are a number ot well attested documents which verify the genuineness of the character given the time piece: but, unfortunately, the conditions of the sale restrict the purchaser to a private perusal of the same. The watch is massive?of silver?and is richly erased. If what is claimed for it be authentic, it should belong to the government. A relic like that would rinjf, in England, almost any amount oi money, and would be treasured as something too valuable to be parted wiih. A few days cii.ice a box was received through the post, by Mr. Frederick East, son of a leather manufacturer in Bermondscv-st., London. As some gunpowder fell out on the lid being partially raised, suspicion was excited, and it was not opened until it had been well drenched with water. It contained nearly a pound of the finest gunpowder, with irregu. lar pieces of lead, and just underneath the lid were a number oflucifer matches and sandpaper, plac&l in such a position that the least violence used in forcing up the lid of the box, must lead to an explosion of the whole contents o! the interior. No clue has yet been obtained to the wretch by whom it was forwarded. Mr. (J. F. Anderson, Mail agent betweon Baltimore and Philadelphia, who was with the mail when it was robbed some time ago near Gray's Ferry, and who was suspended for a time, has, after a thorough examination, beon reinstated, and has resumed his position on the route as heretofore Snotti!?On Saturday the 26th, wo had a regular snow, which continued all day, accompanied witU consider? able wind from the North WestSunday morning was clear and beautiful, the sun threw his golden tints upon mountains of glistening ice, and virgin snow; these, blended with th? rich and variegated foliage of autumn presented a picture of unsurpassed and indescribable beauty. As th? autumnal flowers wither, fade and pass away, so must we. May we, (like ;he mountains) when our change comes, be covered with the white robes of innocence, and be kissed away from time to eternity, by the eternal and refreshing smiles of a merciful Redeemer.?Aehcville N. C. Metaenger, 30. A doctor, on calling upon a gentleman who had been some time ailing, put a fee into the patient's hand, and took the medecine himself which he had prepared for the sick man; he was not made sensible of his error till he found himself getting ill, and the patient getting better. "The secrets of the cabinet are sometimes lodged in the folds of a petticoat." The German play-right sarcasm is really sober truth. The Neapolitan Government in attemp. ting to suppress all exhibitions of the tri-cdlor, have ordered the Danseuses to wear preen diowers. They re fuse and have applied to the French ambassador. A formal diplomatic correspondence has been commenced between the Minister and the Government. The Town of Crawford, Ala., haunted hy G hosts. Some tllie? or four weeks ago, a wild and raging storm passed over the little tovi n of Crawford, Alabama, about 2 o'clock at night. The wild win blew fearful Iv and (ho rain fell heavily, when suddenly a horrible halloo rang in the ears of the startled inhabitants, and frightened them by its awful and unearthly sound. It partly resembled! the human voice, rnd it died away like the wild moans of a human being in the last agonies of helplessness and despair. It has been heard every night since, and various attempts have been made to trace its source., but all as yet remains in darkness and. mysiwy. /\ner nearmg tne halloo and its dying echoes in one place, it. is heard suddenly in a second or twofrom half a mile to a mile distant? all attempts to approach it are perletly unavailing. Many year ago a young man named Grimes was hung in that place for. murder, and that he usedT to threaten, while, in prison that his ghost should re-visit the earth to deal out vengeance on his foes.?he was hung amidst a severe storm, and this unearthly scream being firsi heard during a severe ?torm, induces manytimid persons to believe that it is actually the ghost of Grimes. The' idea ot the noise being made l?v the. owl or wolf, or wild beast, is utterly repudiated by all. Probably if tlicy live long enough lljey will find out some day or oilier what the mystery is. We are not hard either to believe or unravel these superstitions.? Franklin Review. We make the following extract from the London correspondent of the National Intelligencer: "Respectiog cotton, an eminent broker at Li\rei pool savs: 'There is one thing we may depend on?cotton will find its way from all puarters to this market, a result much facilitated by the repeal of the navigation laws. Las; week a cargo of ^,300 bales, shipped by a Spanish vessel, came here from Vigo Bay. instead of going to its first destination, Barcelona, and 1 hear that twe other cargoes, si mi* larly situated, are on the way. Ultimately it may cause a heavier export to Spain; but meantime the concentration of cetton here will serve to keep speculation in check.' An a&sociation has been formed at ? Jerusalem, which has for its object ^ the literary and scientific iuvestiga** tionofall tho subjects nnnnnnfml wi?in the Holy Lund. The members ard all protestants, and they reside within tne territory embraced between 4 . the Mediterranean and the Euprhates, the Nile and tho Oronies. Theanglican Bishop of Jerusalem holds & . the.office of patron. Several persons #r? residing at Jaffa, Damascus* and Berout are corresponding members.? Tho papers read will be formed into a volume and published annually. Much light, it is believed, will, in tbis manner, be thrown upon many miKionta in mmwjvvw na hvoi ususof IJIDIVI Yf ???'? gy, and various branches of sciecr.o^ The following is ft copy of the superscription of a letter which passed throu/yh our post office: -& Hold! Uncle Sam; stop and take tfme in your rnoil, for I'm resolved to take a ride, if 1 ride upon a rail. To Pennsylvania 1 am bound 'v " M.y destination is Norristown; I am sent to Jamea &* Griffin* Who it is saidis something of mil* sician. ''* > , wr 4P