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VOL. 2. ; PICKENS COURT HOUSE, S. C., >XTURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1850. NO *3
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THE
KfiOWEE COURIER,
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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?