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TK * -!l ? Hia?=cr- w,..,|3agmaimcaa||^JL v.,, , . ?y? ,. -. . ^?7r^.? .-., .....? pp^^? ""f1"* * " - ??~~1 fT?f?~ "" - ^ , v./vw.y. \ 1 iV # V." i\?Wvt W i ' iri ti 'V ?' ''' / j> ., >fi , ' ' ' ' ' itoj * ?? TO THINE OWN S?tV BK TRUR, AND IT MttST FOLLOW, AS THB NIQHT TUB DAT, THOU QAN'ST NOT T*MN BB VALitZS TO ANT MAN." ^;v- r? i!::': i ?':M' '. ,,MP;;v/i 'tr^f ^,T . . i. i VOL. 2. ; PICKENS COURT HOUSE, S. C., >XTURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1850. NO *3 ? ... ... ... .... ,. . . ill : ' ' THE KfiOWEE COURIER, PRINTBD AND PUDLIBIIKD WEEKLY BY trimmieh a lewis. W? K. Easley, Editor. TlEltffltS* Ono Dollar and Fifty Gents for one year's b\i1> acription when paid witlnn throo months, Two dollars if payment is delayed to the clo.se of the Subscription year. All subscriptions not clcarly limited, will bo feonaidorod an made for an indefinite time, and Continue:) h discontinuance in ordered find nil arrearages pni 1. inserted at 75 cent- por square or the first insertion, and 87 1-2 cts. for uiich contin jd insertion. Tiiberul deductions made to thoso advertising by the yenr. IW A.I1 Couvnunications should be addressed to the Publishers post paid. THE POSITION OF SOUTH CAROLINA. The friends of the South are most nnXlOtlSlV wntpllinir tlwi , .. ?,IIV IIIV/T CKIICIlli) of the South Carolina Legislature; and lightly as they speak and affect to think of her, the conservators of the "glorious Union, are solicitous spectators of the position which the gallant State is assuming in this cri sis. Since the days of nullification, I South Carolina has been tho objcct of tho bitterest hatred and the fiercest opposition of federalism. Her name ! has been jeered at, and envy, but half concealed in the garb of devotion to the Union, has attempted to point the finger of contempt at the great men wno have lived and battled and died in her cause. From the Federalist in the Senate chamber to the meanest sycophant of povv-! er who prates on politics from the | stump, Suoth Carolina has been a- j bused, aspersed and misrepresented; and ali for the sin of being republican; ail for daring to maintain her rights li has been said, and most truly, that there are but two parties in this government: the one stands upon Plymouth rock in Massachusetts,the othe on soil ofS. Carolina. From the ear iiest dawn of this republic, till now, fni lf?rn liam nrifl 151? I. J - I .U..V.UUUUI I'niiua lllglllS IIHv'O been the two conflicting elements in tho Union, and upon these two opposing ideas have been, built all the political distinctions which have, from that day to this, divided the country. While he lived, Mr. Calhoun was the great embodiment of republicanism 111 this country, and though he no longer lives to counsel, South Caro?? .1 1 Him yci Kernels me urm, unyielding champion of the cause to which his life was devoted. To her, it is no new thing to he arrayed against the usurpation ef power by the General Government. She has dared to assert her rights before; she will not prove forgetful of what is due to her now. Whether she will determine to lake her cause into her own hands, or will await the co-oneration of her sister States of the South, lias not yet been fully indicated. One thing uncertain, she will nof. content herself with emp tv resolutions against future wrongs. The past is full of outrage, and she will neither close her eyes to i he fact, nor ingloriously purchase peaee ! for the future by submitting to the wrongs which have been already inflicted. Resistance, in some form. win ne determined upon, and thin whether the South acts With her, or shestaifrfft alone- As to the mode or fneasure of that resistant we know nothing; We only know lha: ome mode wiii he adopted, and that it will *he measured alone by the wrong which has been mposed. The question is frequently asked, if Sbtith Carol in secedes, will any other Siate unite with eer'f Missis-1 sippi probably might, bul wc do not believe eho would. These' am unwelcome truths. but \Ve believe ihey are nevertheless truths. Our own recent election has taught us thnt there is n spt^i in party, a charm in good prices for cotton, and a power ID I no cry ot 'Uniou, to strong lor the Jove of right or devotion to principle. It'll* lesson is hi?^Iiatihg, but We do not despond under it, tor we know tlm^lu>Mgh ihe South slumbers now, she will not sleep al way* Sooner or liUer she must awake and act. Let South Carolina, then. 8e> 11' j _| !>Lj I t'J. ' -'i- -? ' ;?w, itiunu ii iicou i>u, nun me uay is not distant when she will join her, we do believe that there is iiot One, (rOli> Virginia to Texas, which would ^ibqjt stand by her, in arms, if necessary. in the exorcise of the right of sooes?to?. The first federal gun which was witliin her limits would be j - l{5p! / "f*v mac ta the Rio Grande- The first federal gun though would never be fired, r W South Carolina shoose to go out of the Union she has the right to so, and the General Government will not attemnt to arrest her movemeat.?Columbus Setitjnel. THE LEGISLATURE. We make no regular report of the proceedings of the Legislatureses uiueruig u seconci uaiiot tins day at 12 o'clock. A bill to provide for the defence of the State came up for a second read, itig, and after some discussion on pro posed amendments*.' was passed, and ordered to the Senate forf oncurrence. A message was received from his FiVrpllnn^v (-*??? *uo wuoto interest oi the proceedings was transferred to the House ofllepresentatives, that body having made a bill calling for a Gonventfon v?f#(c people the special order of the day at 1 o'clock. At 12 o'clock the Senate and House joined in a ballot for United Slates Senator, which resulted as follows: !i U Rl^4. _ ou J. H. Hammond 50 R.W.Barnwell '27 Jas. Chesnut.jr. 15 J. A. Woodward 9 J. S. Preston 2 J. P. Richardson 2 Blank 2 There was consequently no election. Messages were interchanged ,?.m.v..uT "w.tuiui iTicniis, rommunicaling the reply of the President in relation to certain inquiries; also, a memorial from England in relation to the imprisonment of colored seamen. Referred to he committee on federal relati ns. Carolian, 19//i inst. Columbia, Dec., 18. The Bill to elect members to the Southern Congress and to provide for a Convention of the people, passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 109 to 12. The Delegates to the Convention are to be elected in February, and to represent the State in the Southern Congress in the ensuing October. No time fixed for the meeting of either. Phillips, Dnnkin, Hey ward, Lesesne, Mitchell and Wilkinson. of the Charlostnil Dnlnornfinr. ? "'"O"' voted against the bill, and the rest in favor of it. On the fourth ballot (or IT ited States Senator, Rhett received 97 votes, and is elected ; Hamm >nd 40, Scattering 10. A mistake was made in 'lie time and place of meeting of the Southern Congress. It is to be held in Montgomery, (Ala.,) on the "2nd January 1852. . Mr. Cnn'ey sent to the Senate a resolution that 300,000 dollars be placed at the disposal of the Ordinance Board for defence of the State and that 50,000 dollars he added to the Governor's contingent fundi to he nrill/ in naoo nf ont >r?I x,... T vmn? VI auumi liunillliy* The House passed the appropriation bill, but the Senate disceuted from it. The Richland Senatorial election has been referred to the people. The contested election of Representative has resulted in favor oi Mr. Taylor. The vote stood. Tftvlnr. .W7. Deaaub^ .re, 5(J5.?Ch. Courier. Dec.. 20. Bofh Houses hnve been engaged all d <y in reading Bills. The rejoorter of the Sun wax expe'led the floor of the House of Representatives for Strictures on Mr. Thomson. K. VV. Barn well. Joini Rch ardson. Wade Hampton and Langdon C'heves wore elected Deputies to the Southern Congress on the second ballot. The Mexican Minister, M. de la Kosa has ttgain urged upon the government the necessity of protecting the Mexican population on the frontiers from the hostile incursions of the Indians within I heir limits according to the 11th article of the treaty of (iuadaloupe Hidalgo. I O^T'I^he Friends of Bartom A? bott, Esq., beg leeve to announce him aft a Candidate for Sheriff of FickethK'District, at the ensuing electi>n. Mb^ .EDiTOR-"-Ploa8? announce Capt. Samuel M. Wilkes as a can<an 'L- * uiu<ui; u# MII uie vacancy in uio i>egifilature, from this Election District, occasioned by the resignation of J. F. R ebp? Qqut&te. \ &> *1L wW*4lbi"-0 k v /"i p?jr j The Tax Bull.?The following an abstract of the bill reported by the , committee of ways and means to i "snise supplies for the year commen' cing October IsU#850." On all lands granted per $100 ad I valorem. 63 cents: Catnwha InnHs. 1-2 of on? per cent; on slaves, per capita, 86 cents ;free negroes, mulat1 toes, and mestizoes, with usual exception, $2; on town lots, buildings, ; &.C., per $100, 37 1-2 cents; facto! rage, employments, professions, &c., {>er $100, 90 cents; goods, wares, and mertfmntiise, per $100,90 cents ; goods, wares &.c., of transient per sons,?shows, exibitions. &c. per day ! $20. In taxing factories &,c., the j machinery shall not he assesed, but j only the value of houses and lots, as property, Goods directly imported j from foreign markets 'o bo exempt ! from taxation in the hands of importers. CONVENTION' OF THE STATES.? Gov. Flovd Ims sent into the Virginia Legislature a message recommen- j ding and strongly urging the proprie I ty of a General Convention of all the States of the Union. We quote the following from the message, i "1 would recommend the adoption, 1 by the Legislature, of resolutions in-! viting ait iiie States of the Union to j unite in sending d legates to repre-1 sent the whole people in a General Convention which ought to asseni- 1 hie at an early period?not later than May?at Baltimore or some other i convenient ventral point, for the pur- i pose of bringing to an end all sectional controversies relative to slavery." On mot ion 5000 copies were orJ -- 1 ? 1 ubitii Hi i/c uim ilie siiojecT ! was referred lo a special committee. ! KEOWEE COURIER Saturday, Dec. ?8, 1850. With a view of ncconunodftting our Su i cribera who live ftt ft distance, the following ! gentlemen nre authorised and requested to 1 net iiH agents in receiving and forwarding Sub criptons to tho .?*'>wkb Oourikr, viz: maj. w. ?* it..! ? .. . wv w? ?c??? uiiivi1. 1 Ei>\vaud upomks, Esq., " Horse Slioc. E. 1'. Vkiinim;, Esq., " Bachelor's Retreat M. F. MrrfaiiKLL, Esq.. " Picjcpnaville. .J. E. Hauood, " Twelve Mile. T J. Wkub. for Anderson District. According to the usual Christmas ; custom, we seiul our readers, th:s | week, but lia.lt a sheet, in which, I however, they will find all the news ; of importance or interest. The Contemplated Southern, Congress.?We thought at first, and ; so expressed ourselves in private con- ! conversation, that the Southern Con- J gress would he a failure, nor have wo ' yet found reasons to induce a change j of opinion. No one can be more i keenly alive to the importance of j concert 011 the pari of the South than we are, nor can any one more ardently long for the time when that i union of States shall be perfected. ! But we do not believe this is to be brought about by the project of the Nashville Convention. Because, first, the recommendations of the Convention will not be regarded by more than one-third, if by so many, ol the Southern Stales. South Carolina and Mississippi are the only two upon which we can count with certainty, and of the rest, Alabama. Flori-1 da. and Virginia are all upon which we ran calculate with any degree of probability, the majority of the pe< -! pie in the remaining States having shown unequivocal signs of submis-! sion, of course these will have 110th-1 ing to do with a Southern Congress. aiui secondly, suppose this project i should receive the support of one half the States South, would it not.! representing, as the majority of its members would, submission constituencies, would it not, as the Georgia Convention has done, inculcate submission doctrines? We think so.? Thrtn why incur the dangers of delay fo<- the purpose of KOin/ar into a Southern Congress, ,tfheft we are well assured (hat Congress will not assemble? and when too, if it should assemble, there is a strong probability that its action would bedisasttous to the hfepes of all true friends of the South. This is not the time when | union can be procured, no matter | Hi p . how desirable it may he. The great mass of the Southern people, we believe are indignant at the many outrages which have been inflicted upon them, and yet, because of the treachery and cowardice of their great men, the men in whom they have trusted, the men who lead public opin ion, they contemplate submission, therefore it is impossible *'_> procure concert of actum with them until after ihe first blow shall have been struck; and the first blow will do il>f> wm t more effectually than a thousand Congresses. This has been the history of all great popular reforms and revolutions. Are we sure there would have been an American Revolution commenced in '7(>, had there been no drowning of lea, no rigid punishment of rioters in Boston, or no battlo of Lexington? these measures brought about a diTP.ft lit.1t/n lintmnoi, tl>n t 1 uviiTv/eu nit; V/WIUIIIUS UllU the parent country, tliey fori. . the people to act, and then it became easy to act in concert. Neither would there have been a great English revolution in 1040, had the hold and patriotic n. an, who led those times, waited for the co-operation of the masses; nor 1.1 17* ? wuuiu r rauce nave ueen made a re public in 1848, had the daring spirits of Paris delayed the hour of action in the hope of striking in concert with the millions in the provinces. All contests between a people and its government must be put into active operation through the affencv of a few men bolder and more resolute than their fellows. Then let us begin the contest, let us throw over hoard the Federal tea, and all we wish for will follow as day sueceeds to night. Let Mississippi and South Carolina secede and they will constitute the n"H*Mis"around which a Southern confederacy will certainly and rapidly form. ., 11 ? atKAr'm^ Christmas has coinu. It "stole ; upon us"1 and we were almost uncon- j seious of its presence. Not so was it with us of yore ; then we were ' want to give Christmas a joyous wel- j come, and in gladness and song did its merry hours glide sweetly away. ; Not a king at his coronal feast,?not a bride at her bridal 'estival more | happy than we at our simple Christ mas feats. Hut now, in the hurry ' and bustle of the world, men (and we are among them,) find but little : time to be happy, even on Christmas ' day, and so it comes and gpes almost unnoticed by the multitude. Have you not marked, dear reader, von J ? ' %/ who remember lo have heard your grandfather tell of the "olden time," and of the merry holidays with which it was enlivened? have you not marked that the incumbent generation an-; pear not tr pay half the respect to old feats and feasts and holidays which their respectable progenators were used to pay ? Alas ! we feai I that there is too much materiality and , utilitarianism in the world, and that men are too fond of what they call ,U U.I i-.-l 1 1 ?' ' niu suuMttiuiui <uui real. w e speaK | nol of the "upperten thousand," God knows there is frivolity enough there, but of the millions, We speak, who toil in this work-day world. That insatiable thirst for advancement and amelioration so wonderfully characteristic of the present a#e, that undying desire to m*, which has seized upon society, pervading each and every of its ranks and equal- J izing all conditions, and which is car-} ryjng forward the great work of civilization with a rapidity unequalled in former times, is, we fear, developing the intellect to the neglect of the j affection; and thus while it elevates his physical, leaves unimproved man's moral condition. For it is possible that communities of men may be tit lightened ana rehned and yet morally corrupt and abandoned; and there might be such a thing as being able to ride on steamboats and railroads through great empires, in which* ^ (hough schools and colleges and all the evidences of wealth and high civilization shall abound, there shall be found but little indication of moral improvement. Gold is the great le ver by which men strive to elevate themselves, and nothing is to be sought after which cannot be turned into gold. Availability for this purpose is with many, too many, the touch-stone by which the worth of' all things on earth is to be tried, and every other consideration must sue-1 #>nmK In u/Ko< 10 .. ? T? ' iw TT 11(11. IO 1/U1ICU IIIU USUIUI- 111 tho nineteenth century it is known that Diva Moneta is a great goddess, and from the Babel of the world a vr' "3 is forever crying "Mammon ! Mammon!" while the millions go up to worship in his temple. In every hamlet he has a synagogue, on every hearth-stone an altar, and day and night, his praises are borne on the tongues of men. The rosy cheeked urchin, who should he laughing away in innocent sport the glad hours of fllllfllionrl lino Knnn i % * vj i/wii iuiu i ty ttn anru" tionatc parent that to gc' gold is the end of life, and straight he goes about swindling his playmates. Cold worldly thoughts are obtruded into the minds of boys, and all the warm impulses and holy emotions of youth destroyed, and its beautiful visions degraded and rendered of the earth earthy by a hard apprenticeship to Mammon. "Mammon is a god," says the scheming mother,and staight her daughter seiis her youth and beauty for gold. Manhood wears away long years in unceasing toil and, tho" weary and worn, can never rest, for for there is gold, more gold in the way before him, and palsied age still crawls around its shining hoards and dies at the feet of Mammon. In this ceaseless toil of man for wealth, all the warm affections of the heart are neglected or forgotten; all Iliu kindly feelings of our nature, which would rise up and tell us of the brotherhood of man, are stilled in the beginning of life, and the voices are unheard that would whisper to us of death and of the land of the soul. ISut all good christians will stop to be glad on Christmas, that great day when the stars sang in chorus with the angele and all heaven rang with the tidings that man had found ore to redeem him. Christmas, the feast of the year, was the feast our fathers, even back to the times of dim traili lion, loved. They loved it because it was kept in grateful con memoration of the goodness and mercies of God, and because it was a day of ? ? i n <:? - itiiiuijr IO-U1IIUU) WlllMl UIU lies were strengthened and almost forgotten affections awoke and glowed again wi'h the strength and vigor of former years; a day when loving hearts went out in happ.ness together, for it was an old custom that brothers and sisters should come together on that day under the parent roof, and sit down as children once more around the family board. We love Christmas, and will always love it, for the dear recollections it brings of our childhood's home.? How merrily would the old house ring with the frolick and glee of otir ?iii-1 ' uiiiuiwiu npui wiiii nuw iiiucu iriore ' than springtime brightness, did the sun seem to shine on Christmas day ; and then When the wild birds came out and seemed to partake of the general joy, how sweetly did their music respond to the poetry of our happy hearts! What jokes we'd make! what tricks vVe'd play I exploding fire-crackers and shooting little air-guns made of the holloVv stalks of aiders. But, alas, these halcyon days have fled with our youth away ! ManImnrl nti/1 *nrrvr*\o Kao Iiwv< U1IVI ?? VIIHUHIV/UU ur&n UU1IIU UJJ* on us, bringing with tb-jm cares and responsibilities that quench the impulses and steal away the freshness from the heart. To some of us tne days have already waxed weary and long and the nights have lx*como dolorous and full of griof, for sorrow waits not to travel with ago, but comes quickly in the morning of life* and long, long before its noon, sha may spread her dark clouds athwart its sky and obscuro forever the light ' of its risincr sun. ? 0 We hope our readers will pardon us for this long homily, as we do not often obtrude such reflections upon them, and in conclusion take our best wishes for a prosperous and happy new year. A LIST OF ACTS. I. An act to restore the due compensation of the Tax Collector of St. Phillins nnrl Sit. Minl?a?l'o 2. Ah act to incorporate the village of Totness. 3. An .act to require the clerks of the Courts of Common PJeas and General Sessions to index thef journals of their respective courts. 4. An act to amend the charter of the town of Hamburg. 5. All JlH to inrnmnrnfo dish Iron Company of South Carolina. G. An act to amend the charter of thcGranitoville Manufacturing Company. 7. An act to incorporate the Hamburg Paper Mills Company. 8. An nc: to incorporate the Wateree Manufacturing Company. U. Ah act loestablish certain roads, bridges unci ferries. 10. An art to incorporate the So. Carolina Atlantic Steam Navigation Company. 11, An act to provide for the appointment of deputies to a Southern Congress, and to call a convention of the people of this State. 12. Aii act lo incorporate the Commercial Insurance Company. 13. An .act to amend the charterof the Charleston Insurance Company. 14. An act to amend an act passed on the 18th December, 1840, entitled "an act to ascertain and define the powers, duties, and liabilities of Masters, Commissioners, and Regis j ters in Ecjuity, and to provide for the organization and regulation of their respective offices." 15. An act lo incorporate Erskine College, at Due West, Abbeville District. 10. An act to afford aid in constructing the Colleton Railroad. 17. An act to authorize the State to aid in the construction of the Spartanburg and Union Railroad. 11). An act to incorporate the new Charleston Water Campany. 19. An act to provide for the payment of the instalments due on the shares held by the State in the South Carolina Railroad Company. 20. An act to incorporate the Columbia Insurance Company, in Columbia, S. C. 21. An act to prohibit betting on elections. A . j - z-z. aii aci lo incorporate the 1< urman University* 23. An act relating to the children of Atticus Tucker. 24. An act to confirm a grant unto John J. Moore, which by mistake was issued in the name of John Moore. 25. An act to rise supplies for the vnnr r.f*mmonnin? O t v?o % lQ*?n J x^v??/l/vn *o?v 2G. An act to provide for the dclence of the State. 27. An act to alter and amend the law relating to the time of holding elections, and for other purposes. 28. An act to provide for keeping open the offices of Clerks of Common Pleas and General Sessions, &.c. (WW[Mite INIti? n\ ti u u u uvuu=jj\jisi^niis=>3 MARRIED:?On (ho 10th inst., by Rev. D. H. Kennemuir, Mr. Samuel Stevens to Miss Joanna Smith, all of this District. On 29,nrl inst.. Kv Row 1 t? it..? w.. ...wv, *V1> r tff lit JLXUU" nicutt, ]Vir. Alfred Hembree to Miss Lucy J, Murry, all of Pickens District. At Whetstone on 20th instant by Sam'l Moseley, Esq., Mr. Jno. Smith of Chauga, to Miss Rebecca Shed, daughter of Jfoel Shed of J3ond Camp, and all of this District. On 24th inst., by Rev. E. Collins, Mr. Henry D. Willbanks, of Georgia, to Miss Levina Bearden* of Piekcns District. w7^TiXiTi^7^~~ attorney at law. will practice in the courts ot THE western circuit.?OFFICE 4T Ptokews O. M*t f*. c?