Keowee courier. (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, November 14, 1857, Image 2
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ROB'T. A. THOMPSON, Editor. $
TERMS.?$1.1)0 per annum, in ftflvnnco. If [
payment bo <lolayo<i until Kllcr tlie expiration of (
tlie year, $2.00 For six months, 75 cent*, in w
wtTAiire. j <|c
aiiTurvisi'iaoiKf indium nr Ptio-irninpi mios,
PICKENS C. If., S. C;: ;; ?
Saturday Morning, November 14,1857. th
tUtff' Attention is diroctcd to tlic various j?c
now advertisements to l>o found in the- pros- ^ th
ent number of this paper. \\
The Railroad. t,v
We learn that Messrs. (?ko. Coi.vek ? f'o. or
contractors at the Tunnol, have disposed of m<
tlieir contract to Messrs. CIak.vktt. Hunter liu
and others, of Virginia. The now cuntrno- w;
tura aro rcliaMo and competent mou, ami he
will push this important work forward with W
renewed activity and vigor. The now con- rcl
tractora will take ohargo of their work probably
on Monduy next. JO'
Tho Weather.
Abundant rains have fallen within the past
week. Since, it has been clear, pleasant
uud frost v. w<
co
Remarks- tl,
A port oditorial paragraph in tho last AVal- ny
lialhv Uannnr appoivrs ambitious of a notice
ill our minus. in tins it will not l*? gratineu.
Ijnst, however, some may lie misled by it, wo
will state that (Jen. G.uivin's speech was received
some two weeks ago for publication.
At tho time, our columns wore pro-occupied;
tlic next week, wo were requested to publish ^
the proceedings of the Fair at Walhalla, and s0
in this numbor tho speech appears, following
the proceedings of the society, in proper bus- m
iticss order, instead of tho proceedings following
tlie st ccch. Tlio modesty of the Han- oc
K Ka i\.11 i_ 1 _ l ..
iicr ? [mi ;i^i u[iii uiiii uu ni"i^ Mjipruuiaiuu WUOll
its subjoct-mAttcr, togother with the firm conducting
that sheet, aro taken into coasidcra- bi
tion! js
State Elections. of
Puriug the last week elections have been sc
f held in several of the States for Oovrxor, p*
menxbors of Congress, ami Stato officers gen- Ic
orally. N"\v York and New .Jersey have dc
elcctod democratic State officers by hand" on
V somo majorities. From the first mentioned in
State, wo notico that Jolt* C. Mather, Esq.,
who was once connected with the Blue Ilidge en
Kailroad, has been olecte<l to the Senate from St
New York city by a large majority?lie is a in
" hard" democrat. Maryland has been car- m.
ried by the know nothings, tho democrats th
gaining one member of Congross. In Haiti- a'l
inorthe democrats were greatly abused and I''
not allowed to vote. The largo vote at this
point securca them the State, nnd some paper
aptly remarks, that, as tho know nothing ta
organization is defunct ovorywbwo elso, it '0l
now be called the " Baltimore party." The 'u
" plug nglios" have alroady baptised it with *l<:
blood! The domocrats have been successful ftl
in Louisiana. "Wisconsin has iroue black ref*
publican largely. Massachusetts has oloctcd
Ex-Speaker Banks Governor, with a republican
Legislature. The demoorats will have
Af
a majority of sixteen in tho U. S. llousc of
Representatives over all parties, which places
tho country under democratic rulo for the
>? * ucxt two years,
The Beet &ue3tion. 11
C'onaidorftblo interest is still felt in tbe |n
' i; 'hoet question." Mr. A. S. Stephrxs, of IH'
Fair Play, Bonds uh tbo dimensions of a large stl
beat. It weighed eighteen pounds, and meas- ' '
li?Ail iliirfr.v innlioa \\\ Air/?umftvi*AnnA 1 ^
this tlooe "beat am.?and tho handle," too;
but wo cannot allow you to compete with other*
uuloss you exhibit as thoy did?-boforo OO
That is the rule. Who's turn next? tli
Another friend has handed us tho " big "
ehesnuts." They are miraculously large?
something smallor than tho boot, of course !
The friend aforesaid "dwolls by tho moun- it<
tain side," where ohosnuto do most abound, m
Deer, too, are plonty around him, and the
Hportman novor returns with an empty sack ! "2
'Chose fond of tho sport have promise of luck
hi the drive, with tho enjoyment of the re- y<
mjiining deliciousness of Indian summer! w
Who's for the chosnut, tho gamelaud, and 05
chascward bound? NY>w'? tho time. "j
? The Mayor's Election. [J1
Hon. Cii.\kiir8 Magdetii has hocn clcetcd ^
Mayor of Charleston, by a majority of 123 en
votes. Thcr-v wore- only 2,28"x vototj polled. >vl
V. I>. Ricu.\nubos, Kai^., was th? opposing an
candidate. Mr. Macukiii is it worthy sac- 111
ccpsor of Mayor Milks, who takes his scut in i,>
n?\
Cortgress this winter. $lr, Mi/.ks' 'ccurcovthus c<l
Gir lias boon a brilliant ouei and wooongrat- I
' nlato him upon tho bright prospect now bf ?!
fore him.
Exohange?. w
Tub Anderson Gazette.?-Our noighf.or ^
has donned a new drcsa and been otherwise' co
improved. A. T. Biioylks, Esq. presides pc
over tho editorial .department with his ac- n<
customed courtesy and dignity.. M*. J \s. A- u.
K?jvt hoe olnMrgfl of tho' mftchatiical dopnrt^l ji,
ment, which i? very creditably manngftd. A. co
O. Norhjs ? Co; nre the proprietory iuvI aro to
dotormiuod to make ft first class pnpor. 3\v> ?!
$oss to the whole S^tftbUlhraout. 03
. 1 WuSTMiMSTKR lltVIF.W.?Messrs. LkonaRo
Sk'OTT & Ca'hftvo /brwardod tons punctually
* frhoOi'.tohor ouuij)cr of thiti IWsviow. Tho-con- jf
runia urn: remain Jire?* IJI !? >( ; rollfciCftl
Priests; Queilah, or A?lv?nturo* in Mala/An in
Watwrs; History of Civilization in England ; <U
Aurora Leigh: Tho Pour Empire*; Th?
Choofiliorm of ./BsehyUis; K*?pre?ontativo
GovernniOnt?what it i? g?Kxl tor; Mom in- ni
n?n'? Roman 1 listoryThe Progress of Kug- al
ii?h Jitrispmdomfe; CotitompQrftry Literature to
JjtcrviiR.?Col. L. M. Koltt u^lvorcd a *0
f ? * /< t *
kicrtjro, in votunioia. last wcok, on " The U
{ftudy of at
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Kansas.
This distracted and (iovornor-riddcn torriry
is ?till in a political fog. Tho election
or, it was doolarod that pcuco should reign, j
it there is even now no peace. In theeloc^11,
tho successful congressional delegate
as a black republican, and tho Legislature '
rmocratic?nationally democratic. On tho
ming in 01 me returns, uov. walker, in |
lengthy proclamation, tolls tho peoplo of *
a country that lie has rejected or thrown oflf 1
o poll at sovoral of the products. Thus far 1
o relative position of tho parties is uuehand.
Meantime, tho"proclamation" rcachos f
o States. The telegraph, radiating from
ashingtou.iuforniod us emphatically enough >
at Mr. Uuch.vn an disapproved of the Govnor's
course utterly, and would perhaps ro- ^
jve him ! A second 'streak of tho saino
;htniiiff' informs us. however, that there 1
is uo truth iu the first despatch. Upon tho j
ols of tins, conies a second manifesto from
ai.kkk. announcing that lie has rojcctod tlio r
turns from ono or tufu counties. This last "
oko has given the black republicans a ma- f
ity in the Legislature. Upon this unprecentod
action of Wai.kek's, the views of the 1
resident have not transpired, and much anx- ! '
ty is manifested to learn them. If fraud j '
la nrnrtlcprl in tlin ik hIioiiM lio ' I
rreited : hut it is respectfully submitted 1
at Wai.kku, tho black republican knave, is "
t tlio proper man for tho work.
Georgia. J
Tho Legislature of Georgia convened at f
illodgovillo On tho 4tk instant. Gen. John *
W.utn, of Savannah, was olocted Prcsi- '
at of thoSenato; and Hon. John W. H. 1
s or.u wood .Speaker of tho House of Iteprentatives.
Judgo Bnowx was inaugurated 1
ivemotf ou tho succeeding day. His official ]
njority is 10,772 votoa. lion. Uob't.Toomds i
is boon rc-oloetcd U. S. Sonator by thodom- <
ruts, l*y a largo majority ovorEu Baxter, i
General Intelligence.
An arrival at Now York from California
ings $1,500,000 in gold! Col. Fremont 1
a passenger. It is Haid to bo tlio intention
the Mormons to remove to the Russian pos- 1
ssions, should matters assume a serious as- I
jctutL'tah. Tlio Mormons in Carson val- i
y wore leaving for Utah. The trial of the *
(faulting Treasurer, Hates, at San Francisi,
has resulted in a vordiet for the full ft- j
ount of his 1)011(1?$100,000. (
The 34th annual \neetiug of the Evangeli- 1
.1 Lutheran Synocl of this anil adjacent j
ates convened at St. Miehaol'a ohuroh, Lex- i
gton district, on the 28th ult. Dr. Bacuv.v
delivered an appropriate diseourso on ,
e historv of the reformation. The Synod
, ..... .... J I
journou on tno ,ici, and will convcnc at i
lie Grove church, >St. Matthew's parish, in
. toher next.
From Kuvope, the intelligence is uuiinpornt.
Tho Queen of Madagascar has expel- *
il the English nml French residents from 1
ir dominion?. Mr. Ten Hkokck's racing '
irae, Prior, is dead. Suspicions havo been
oused as to the causo of tho midden death J
his horses. Commercial and monotary af- '
irs aro improving. '
The momhers of tho rotirm/r f'itv flnnnnil
Charleston lmvo presented the Kx-Mavor, i
11,km, a handsome gold watch and chain, in t
SSolving their official connection with him. <
Masonic Female Collogo.
The annual commencmont of tho Masonic
(inalo College, at Cokcsbnry, Abbeville dis- <
ict, has just been concluded in a most sat- J
'aetory manner, There were scvcnty-oight i
udeuts in attendance, and the Indcjtcndait I
rest recommends the " institution to all !
!>o wish their (laughters well educated." 1
" HardTimeT"
'flic author has favored us with a pamphlet
>py of a soris of articles, that appeared in
c Charleston C*<>itrirr, over tho signature of
Free Trade." lie will please- accept our 1
iai>ks. i
" IxTKnESTixo Darkies."?A Virginia, ei!- 1
>r, giving an account of the fair at Ittcl/ond,
says:
I won more amused \vitli the "Young Kbo- i
f Sas-IIom Band," which came with mo on
iC cars, than ?vith anything else. There are
von little-negro boys, between Gvfv and 10
xirs of age-, natives of South Carolina, real 1
i.:?? .k:?I. i: i ? J? I.S? i.~i
unuA-iipuM, guiiuilir illU KlUD, DIH |
:c.ollont musicians. Tho son of tho gontloan
who owns them is " leader." Ho is 8
>ars ol?!? When asked to i>Uiy, he punched
0 small ifcwkiey to wako them- tip, shouted j
No. 2," and the whole set struck up- "ftilly
lie," and played it beautifully, ft was
tough to make a horso laugh to seo thoir
liitc eyes alnvost starting from their heads,
id all blowing away for life. livery now
id then they would rolapso into a nap. and
emcd .as happy as possible. The ownor
ipt thorn f.?rms own amusement, andgcffni/1
as f;>nd of the blaoks as of the whito boy. |
regarded them ai seven of the in ?st rnauifk
>ln people in Hie .Suito?not cxccpiiug Guv. 1
'i?c.
Ilr8n.vNi>-$EKKixu.?I know that if womon
ish to CKenp&tlio stigma of husband-flecking, 1
ey must act iwwl look like marble- or clay?hi,
expressionless. bloodies*; for every up- ,
uiraneo of feeling, of joy, s-.rrow, frioinlii!hs,
antipathy,, admiration,.dinttust, aro-alike '
MHtruocf by the world into tlio-attempt to 1
wk. a htisbamL K'.n*or mind ! well-mean- (
g women have- their (,wn conecienees to
invfort tlicm> after alk I>o not, therefor*-, bo
0 much afraid of allowing yoursolf an yov ,
e, affectionate iujd good3ioa/ted; do not
01 liarshly repress sentiments and feelings
ccollunt in themselves heoaugo you fear that
uno puppy may fancy that- you are lotting
loin como out to fascinate Iiiin ; do not con
nun yourself to live-only l>y hnlve?, Imicouro
you hIiowmU. tpo nuich imitation, nonw
agmatieoi thing in hreecliOB might tako-it
to his pat?-tr> iniafrfiio-ttuti you Unsigned to
idicato-YOur life to las Bma.
A FimrriNn EyriKW*.?A runaway 8l?v<V
mifl 1 "Hon," who escaped from bin innatcr
>!)Mfc six yonra ago,, W.Q.* caught at Loxing?.
Ky.,, on tVJtlhy, endeavoring to run oft'
mo othor slavos belonging to his okViuaidor..
o made ft denpcrAUi fight, but w;w capturcd.
id returned to ajavcrt. "Jte ''''
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4fe
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Penning* and Clippings.
Consigners.?Tjie conpIgu<k>8 por railroad, j
it Andwaon, have not been rocoivod the past
iwo weeks. 1
% ; (I
Tub Matikkts.?jCotton is looking up a (
littlo in Charleston. On the 7tli, a uitmll lot j f
wras sold at HJto 12f. 1 i
rr AsmxOTON ibicks.?Uontmlevihg that f
Congress is nut yet in Ression, we aro eur>riseil
at tlic increasing exhibitions of bud ^
johuviour reported lately in Washington.
Homicide.?A difficulty occurred lust week a
it Winnsburo\ between Maj. ?T. II. Ilion and v
Folin Player, iu which the latter was killed. 1
NTo particulars are givon.
A Fatiikk an'dThhkk Cttii-nnitN Drowned. 1
VIr. llaskcll, of Jamesport, L. I., with three i
>f his boys, nil young, wont out in n skifl'to ci
risit his eel-pots Inst Monday morning, wlieu
>y ticoidont, the boat was upset and father j
tnd children were all drowned. Mr. H. leaves j
t wife and a child only a month old. Ho was
in estimable citizen.
I
I'llii.adf.i.i'ii ( a, Nov. 0.?.Somo excitement ,
vas created hero to-day by a gung of about
iwelvo hundred men, all armed and carrying
maimers, wim the mutto, "wo will protect tho
>oor," ami a loaf of bread pictured oh tho (
?Torso siilo. The police captured their guns <
^iid dispersed the party. s
Ai.most a Mooki. Artist in New York.? '
V young lady, ageil about IS, attracted con- !
adorable attention on Tuesday afternoou, in *
Janal street. Sho wore brown, thin, gnu 'V
ike pantalets, and a dress of the sumo color,
ivhioh did not reach below the knees.
A FaituflTi Skntinki..?The mutilated
xxlyofa man was discovered lying on the f
Memphis and Ohio railroad truck last week, '
uul a (log was sitting by the body, which had 1
ividontly kept a faithful watch ovor its dead
mastor's remains during the whole night. It i
ivas with considerably difficulty that it could ?
i.n
^ j^vi.ni .liKui^n iu upproacn t
the mangled remain*. ]
Ar.umtsif 11.?This now metal has lately '
been manufactured into jewelry in Pari*.?
Studs, chain -, otc., can ho been ut the fash- 1
ionahlo stores, ami arc attracting the atten- i
bion of the fashionables. *
Kf.kt Good Roads.?Ferdinand Mayer has
recovered $7,200 of the city of Brooklyn, lor (
iamagca sustained by his being thrown from '
liis wagon, occasioned neglected streets. His <
injuries to tho spino resulted in a paralysis '
for life.
I'okk.?Wc sco that pork, in tlio northirCKt,
is barely commanding $5 per Hundred,
?ross. This is tho price elsewhere, south and
nest.
Costi.v Pi'n.?Tho sum total of racing^ jnites
for tho ->ast year, in England, has buen j
calculated in Hell's Life, at one million and !
fortV-HIM'Pri Mmniwml ilnlloM 11/v~ ? ' '
^ uutliVIO. J/UUVitOlUf III" . I
figure lii^hest, reaching $78,250 ; Good
wood $77,575 ; Epson $02,000; the six New ( 1
Market meetings, $200,000. Tlic receipts of j
:hc Grand Stand at tho recent iVmcnstcr ra- ,
;ca amounted to $18,941.
Marine Losses.?The tabular statement of
narinc losses for the month of October shows i
i total of forty-two vessels and a total valuo ,
>f property lost of $053,300, This is exchi- i '
UV<! Of flttlilJlffn nnf nmAimftniy 1..?~ I
"rt -uv iMKwuiiuiig *.\j ? ivitu iuar.
Tim Advantage of Kakly Kisino.?Tho
iificronco between rising every morning at
lix and eight, in the course of forty yours j
imounts to forty-nine thousand hours, or
;hrco years one hundred and twenty-one days j
Mid sixteen hours, which will afford eight (
liours a day for exactly ton years, which is ,
the snino as if ten years were addded to a
num's life. (
JIoMT. ?The wotlil is for tho working hour; ,
but Itoino is the place of refuge. Wo come
to it when we are weary or weak; our refresh- (
inent is there, our rent is there, we retlcct
tliore, wo recover from sickness there, and
when wo die in ponce, we die thoro.
Pensioners.?The name of fifty thousand
i?nd ninety pensioners for revolutionary services
have been placed on the rolls since
March, 181$,. but on the tenth of .tune last *
only three hundred and forty six of this nuuibor
wore reported living. '
IIkmc of tiie Cektrax America.?T^ast
week n dead body was picked up on the Atlantic
Ktoeh, a little to the north ofOapo Hat 1
tcras, having if belt around it containing cfold 1
o o -y.
lust. No doubt it was the corpso of ono of ]
tho passengers of the ill-fated Contral America.
Other dead bodies have hbon seeuilo .?
ing in tlic neighborhood.
S.u.k.?Tho Greenville Enta'prisc??jhthat
iho PUpor Mill owjxc<l by the Greenville Manufacturing
Company, was bought on salcday
last, by Messrs. O. AV. ?Ss C. A. lurking, for ,
fx im ti>? ? ...
j.utwv? ?uu luuiiun^turv ui pupcr 13 10 D?'
discontinued'.
Kxpkosionv ?At Brownsville, Texa9rori the
night of tho 10th ult., a firc-ocowrrcfl in. winch
ninctj-fivo kegs of powder exploded, killing '
Pour persons and injucjng eovornl others and
destroying property to tho amount'.?$200,000
Ooivo West.?The Marion, (Ala.^ A mm* I
can 8&y? that Captain Strotlior,. of Fairfield i
district, in thisStato, paused' through Murion
last woek, en route to Te*u9. ITo hod with
luuii one- hundred and fifty negroes, ull of on<* i
fiiniilv.
Lv>*;irtxn t*fLV,*A8.?At Wnxahaiclifc; oil
tho 20th ult., R,ov. >homtw? lAincgtwv.vfmfiijentchtad
by tt mob. court rund' Jury to r*coiia>
COO la*hea,.and'thcy vrorfl InfiiotiKl ih tlitt ttub
lie Bquarfe. kHq was accused of tmnpCaring
with sluvtvf, and instigating tlioui to rob their
uuudftr. .
CoMTKNfcoPovKRa-V.?Do *<> t. djgjfflA&r this
world'* goods, nor laruont thy povortj. Out L
of the Kicaaoot hovel thou can?t got a ?5gKt
of Ucavcu..
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A Political Kiss.?A lady who, the Cinilniiftti
Enqu iter ?ay?, is "beautiful ami 1o\ty,"
and tho wifo of a prominent Republican
xditicinn in Ohio, made a bot of a kiss with
i PomorraUe lawyer, that Chase would be
ilected Governor of tlmh State by live thounnd
majority. ,Uo wasn't; and the lady
vent all the >yay from Toledo to Cinehiunti
md discharge*! her liability.
Dead.?Tlio Tuscaloosa Monitor announces
}io death of W. II. Tor foil, a well known citi:en
of Alabama, lie was one of tho earliest
lottlors of Tusenloosa. For twonty years lio
oprotiontod tlio county in tlio LogiailfttUrO.?
lis ago was 73.
An Kditkhss Turned Actress.?Mro. L.
Virginia Smiiit, n Mississippi lady, aud fornorly
editress of tlio Southern Lady's Hook,
it Now Orleans, in "playing" in Memphis.
Acquittkd.^?Amos Smith, who killed Jno.
tolloy, at Charleston, a few day since, has
)0on tried and ooquittnd.
1>KCUNK.?There has been a very coiisiflerLhlo
decline in tho price of both Sugar and
Uolasses in New Orleans. The prioc must,
>f course, go down everywhere, .
Gold ani> Sii.vek.?Tho products of the
California mines, tlio last six years, are put i
lowu lit $443,091,000; those of Australia,
iir?co their discovery, fc'JyG.H 13,000 ; or $7-39,>01,000
in all?au iucreaso of about one-third,
iccording to the best statistical writers, on
ho valuo of precious metals in 1850. The
otal valuo of gold arid silver, in tho world at
|la ,xi.a*a.ti t'. 41. ,. .1 n art aaa
nu |>ivi)cut iiuiu vuuu 10 upwarus 01 5*?,uuw,>00,000.
A Vai.uaiji.e Fowl.?A cook in tho family
)f ft citizen of Augusta, Cia., in donning a
owl a few (lays ago, found ft eono shaped
yicco of gold valued at $f>, in tho gizzard.
Wiht Next??It is stated as a fact, that
1 daily paper is now published on one of tho
itcamcrs plying up and down 011 the Mississippi
rivor. An " institution" of tho name
tind is to be a fixture on tho mammoth steam
ibip Circiit Eustorn. >Vhut nov.l ?
PoitTRr.?Ilownrtl II. cjiii'to!!, Ksq., bus
iow in pros? unotfxor volume of poetry. It
s spoken of in terms of the highest cumuionlation.
a "tint mi " or 1
lrc(l and twelvo young ladies who faintod
ast year, more than half of them foil in the
irms of gcutlomcn. Only three had the n\isfbrtuac
to fall on the floor.
Death ok a Member ok Congress.?Tho !
[Ion. Gcorgo A. Simons, a member of the
ast Congress from tho State of Now York,
lied at Keesvilloon the27th inst. Mr. Simnons
was a gentleman of fluo legal and lilerary
attainments, much esteemed l?y bis as
sociates. Ho was chairman of tho Judieriu- j
y Committco in the last House of Keprcaon.atives.
Al.b Tkce.?"Eternity has no gray Fiairs!"
lMio flowers fade, the heart withorf, man
^ows older and dies; but 'lime writes no
winkles 011 tho brow of Eternity.
Coming South.?Tho Savannah Qsoryiun
innounces the Arrival in that city of (leorgo
V. Snodgvass, who was slightly "mixed up"
with tlio Cunninghain-Hurdcll case in New
Vork.
South Carolinians.?Wo see it stated that |
Parrott, the Free State delegate to Congress j
from Kiuipius is a native of Edgefi .H District,
South Carolina. It is u little Strang? that
Fremont, the great national londf-r ot' that j
party, is also a Carolinian. Tho Palnu^os
I0in?tiin08 degenerate sadly, wheu they get i
r.?. i
llll llVJIil UUIIiU.
A Lakck Dept.?The railroad dobt of the
Union, (money borrowed to build them)
amounts to tho largo sum of $310,482,700 !
Does not this heavy indebtedness have something
to do with tlie pro*tot fmsuu:i?l crisis ?
Suicide.?A lady in Holmo#county, Miss?
hung liorself a shot tiuio sinco from mortiti
cation, 011 account of her husband having
boon caught playing cards with a negro.
Deaths.?lion. C'has. l^lk, who was twice
Governor of I>olftware-, diml k*st week, aged
70 years. Tlio Kentucky papors record the
[loath of Judge Snodgrass.
IIuso IIimski.f.?A man namc<l Sansucl
[hini'tnn. livlnv in lkith Tv v
- ? ~r p
ft few (Toys ago. lie was 35 years of ago.?
\ro canee known for this rash deed. This
makes the third Buicido committed in Bath
this year.
Death of Wm. IKU.?This gentleman,
for the last forty-six years Secretary of State
in. North Carolina, died recencly, at the odv?u
*?d age^of eighty-tire years.
Short Crop.?In "oil Virginy" tho porsinviuom
crop is short. In theso "diggin#"
the- crop, is abundant, with a ttrxt rate boor
to say nothing of fat 'jxwsunvt I
A unkat Lkak.?Nothing can a(!br<t at a
glance a 'dearer insight into tho iiMver?al
provalenco of luxury in the United States
than tho fact that, during tho- itocttt year,
onding Juno 30th, 1850* we imported silk
uf % 1 A ? * - -
jjuscu' goo'is 10 tno amount ot
other silk goo<l# to the vahto of $-1,604,553,
making altogothor over thirty-seven millions
of dollars.. Thorn aro th* things whi'.:h- run
away with tho wealth of the* country-"
Nkw York, Nov. 8.?Advicos receiveJ
frmn T^nnmnifin (a H?i 99/1 nhimA .?>i,
,,r.? ?.v..w,v?y v..?v
(ion WaHcev haa ignited another proclaim
lions rejecting 1,200 vote? reaeivwi from
>fc(Aec county, for the same hittsou ??
thft Oxford precinct proelimatton 8htfesf~r
Neither in thin en*e or tho other has the
Oovornor gone behind; rot/urn^ ftnd di*.
clam* m to do 8# but rejects tl.o rc./a
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Fori Tin: kkowkk couiup.it.
Mr. Editor : I inuKt bogft iilneo iu yoi
excellent journal for .111 oMiolo conoorniii
tlio Inhibition nt Oluromont Aondomy.'J'he
morning of thv 0th iij.4.tnt, cau
with clouds, oiul occanionnl ahower*, nri
continued so during thodny; but, nu
withstanding tho jnclcfnciicy of tho wcatl
Jr, a good many poroonK \ver<j in attendant*
At 11 o'clock \vc wore convened l>y tl
Marshal, who introduced Mr. %. ('. J'ln
MAM, :?f* the orator of tho doy, and for 4
minutes we were perfectly delighted as wo
as instructed and cnconrajrod on tho ?ul
jcct of education. Mr. Pi'lJ.lAM takes tl
right view of the matter, advocating tli:
tlxo heart should bo cultivated sis well as tl
head. J'iokons .District should ho nron
of sueh men.
In connection with tho forenoon ex'e
cise?, wo had a couple of good spOeChes fro
two of the students, when tho Maruhol ni
nouueed tho dinner jib beiiig ready. W
repaired to tho tablo nnd feasted snmpti
ously upon a rich ropuflt for the Noason an
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uiiuuiiiniiiuii'r) uiiuumiu IIUMI nuiiij inn
and pig meat, chickens, potatoes, pica, &c
all prepared in keeping with the taste an
high toned liberality of the citizens aroun
Clureuiont. Now, Mr. Editor, <lu you m
wish you had beeU there V
As the days arc short, no time was lo
in getting back to the stage. The ?fte
noon exercises consisted in speeches and tl
alogues from the young men, which di
credit to our excellent tea her and the sti
dents tbciUBoIvos. Our excrei.?c? wore 11
tcrlarded with music from Capl. iSloa
and hi.s musical com poors, whioh wan u tre:
indeed. Tito valedictory spcooh wis d
livemi by Mr. Thomas Caiipkntkr, wbc
the.audience adjourned, feeling that tl
feast of the day was a rare one. In 01
elusion, Mr. Editor, I ?m happy to state I
you pnd the country at large, that tho Tru
tees of Glarcmont Academy juivo tho prou
iso of tlip services of the Kev. 0.11 - Si'KAl
for tho 6'nsuirij; year. His qualifieatioi
as a teacher, aro well known, and need j:
cotniueut from mo. We hope t.? get son
aid from other sections, as well as thity tin
we may be able to make nacl\ a school i
tho present incumbent as a teachcr ou<$l
to have. I'lC'KK.NS.
P. S. The "Walhalla Uuui^cr and Andc
son papers plcaso copy.
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v jrv'tuisnati, i>ov. a,?inree slaves n
longing to Thornton Withers, en route fro
.St. Louis to PurkerwBurg, Va., wore 8oi/.<
here yesterday, when ou board a steaiflbo
at the wharf, through a writ of habeas c?
pus issued by Judge Unrjroyne, and we
placed under tho cliargo of l)ariouH Kggl
stone by order of the Court. Mr. Withe
swore out a writ of habeas corpus befo
.1 udgo Carter, claiming that the .slaves we
unlawfully restrained of their liberty, ai
il,.t *!.?.. , 1 Kt ?
1111,1 muy un i:u ixiiu r*vi \ lUU
Virginia, whither ho was carrying the
when they wore arrested from his hand
The trial resulted in the doliveranoo of tl
slaves to their master by Judge Carter, ai
i they have been carried to Kentueky.
Viciksitvdks of Lifk.?Two years m
a half ago, a lawyer of Philadelphia w
summoned to tbc bedside of n siek and a
paroutly dying man?oncof Philadelphia
own citizens. The invalid had large pri
sessions?his wealth was computed at$80C
000, invested in business, stocks, and re
estate of snob a character u# wunld at tb
time have realised the sunt named, if Ho
| under any circmnatauccs. With tli
[ wealth itH owner w.m preparing to part.coi
par>r, to "mcL liis huuso in order," and
dio. T'uC legal ?<) :t?cr, under the *15rc
| tion of the sick umii, drew \ip thela>t wr
and testament, .unkiin* tho reouired diar?
sition of the tatter's j*opcrty, nwi tlxj i
strmnont was duly completed in conforn
ty with all the rerjuiremcntrt of law. Tli
over, however, the shadow of death pns.n
away, and the testator ngiiiu recovered 1;
wonted health. The pjinic enmo 1 he we
down ; the Fattyor was again punimoned.Ile
was first ealled to act for <ho end of III
ho was now to adviao fbr tho cncF of fortwr
The ruined man's aceovtnts showed assc
of aT/ont seven hundred thousand dollai
against liabilities amounting to more tin
one million. An assignment was drnwii \
, and executed imd ho was penniless.
A LovkiVs Tilvokdt.?Tho quiet lit!
city of HuHowoll was agitated*, ot? Mond
of List week, *>7 a tragedy of nnoo>nnion i
tcrcst. Mr. ltyant,of I'Vmington, hndbc
paying lib a<UlrcMcs to a youug lady wl
worked in tl?o factory at Ifnllowcll. i S
had recently declined receiving any fnrth
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miein iwnn iiuui null, llliu IlilU Hl'StCfJ 111
hor letter# should be returned to her. (
Mondiy, Ryaut visited tho factory, oat?
the yo wig liidy o?t, w*l proceeded with li
to hor i>o?fdiiig-ho??o, trherc an intervu
took'place. On leaving the room, , lljn
requosted hor to pass out ahoad of hri
which she did, and immediately heard t
utm^v ft n^PftMk?o!A?i
VH.J/ V? l? P" Vfvy. lilf 'Wll
hIic observed a ptotol m Ryant's hn,:d, <
rocteit nk her. She immomHtcly rushed I
wimlfl him for th? purpose of aotsung
*Then ho turnetf it towanU hiiimodt' flnd nrc
Ho iQimottfaioly foil rletiJ, having eoceiv
two balls- in his head.
The escape of the yotwg hufy i? a i
i?>nrknV?l? Ann lfi/anf lin/V l.ti
aolf with a doublc-bavrellcd pistol, nnu,
j l*c Ka<l loaded both barrel#
boll j but, instead of that, ho pwt both 1
brills in bflrt barrel, mwL tflo barrel ho fir
at the young lady v?n? klue outs tbac Jidl t
V/^uluin any hall.-- -A uf/nsU*
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Wkhiii irn. Now if-.?A <! :. i (.1
ibis afternoon oetwc<m W. L>. lloy, of t
vK,K8Mmf Southern no#II. 11. )'t
4bl?6f tho fVt Gibson iJe^aUV. 1'uvJui
bft un? waw bruketi in two }>loc<u*. |{
wimj not' hurt. The w;u*- forty 1
#*?> ftud *bo ' rirfofi.
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A Doplornble Picttiro.
The following in un extinct(wiyn tho Nntional
Iiitclli^oiioor) iVuui u h'Uorof u lijgdir
rotipeotubKt mid iutellltfonl olflwo u?
Itultimoro to rt friend in fhitt oltv. ft trivia
a most deplorable picture of liiuthriore, but
~ deplorable as it it, tlio picture i* Uot a now
10 one to our readers:
id JUl/riMOllE, November 5.
I. A word now with regard to the election. '
Tn this cit.r 1 bad honed,'from the t .nnWs
l" of Mayor Sxvaon to'tlio Cloyornor and oitic
kimjHj that tho J)omooruts would havo bcci*
?o protected in their attempts to exercise tlics
i> proud privilege of an American citizen?
q viz: tlio elective frunclii.sc; but how villi
Irtinoiwly havo we been deceived. Not only
havo thousands been denied that privilege ?
"" whoso misfortutie it was to be born in an- a
io other clluie. (inanv of whom had resided
it I bore for twenty, thirty find forty years,ybut
i others who were burn olf American soil to
I the num'iev of .several thousand, some of
whom lu.d Jcen engaged in the war of
?'14, and m-fVndcd Ibid very city from the
r" invasion of u lkitish soldiery. 'iliU I know
IU of my own personal observation. The plan
adopted to deter sueh from voting wua t?>
l" approach every person with a Know Noth
" ing ticket, and it they refused taking tliein,
l( . to isauo threats an<l to drive them from the
places of voting, lii Otic in.?t<tqfcc, in a
? family of toy acquaintance, wluu'e thoro
1weif three sons of lawful ago, au<J a father,
1 who had live<l here for ten or twelve ybars,
,J* they were till compelled to fleo- the poll#
, without voting, rather thau h? beaten trom
s them.
tn hln>nvf /?vr?vv trwifunnn tv1w?-/> n
eigner a]>i>i-oaclio<i the polls, lie was knocked
down and boateit in u most brutal maniver,
and haff-gnwn youtlw were difguined
l" and made to vote the Know Nothing tiekN
ct The torch of the "incendiary lighted
lt up the dwellings of .Democratic voters ore
the close or the day's brutality on the purt
" of tho mflians. The popors <|o?o^contain
one-sixteenth part of the doings 6f ycsterll*
day, pimply because thc'iVporters wore doto
terred by four* of l>oing awunlted liercnftor.
s" The iiitoJligoncc from other portions of tho
n" State is cheering to the Democrats?more
{S especially from the i>ofth-westcrn, as you
1H will perceive by to-moryow's papers. This
l" city is a doomed city, nnd many will bo
i-vuipviini io^viiwi *? K>r pcaeoiui FcruI
rity anil the oxcrvbc of a freeman s rights.
?s God knows JL desire to lento it, 111HI 1 trust
in God that Something will turn lipH6 my
advantage by which I may be enabled to
r" do 80.
What ttir J'AUgo*# Ann at.?-John
c" Van Huron, in hi* ppeeehat Tammany 1 fall,
"j accounted for the falling oft' in tho Now
H: England parson forcc ns follows :
II "Ho wished to Mx onto word to them m
,r" regard to the position assumed by Mr. iJnlv
j cliauftu in his mscni lot tor to the forty parc*
j .sons. They r^sollected that lat>l year the.t?*
i was an nrfrlrm tn (l>v srtn?o itiiW*
M> thomand purijbiirf, nnd lio was s?yro tliat
they: vronld agree ?*ith hfni that it Was a
! .subject of congratulation that tlnit mi'tntitor
,n wau now rodnoed ftp forty. [Laughter.^
| We had como duwu in the Kansas excitos'
incut fn^n three thousand to forty. The
"j ltcv. 3Ir. KalK)ch and ttro thousand nine
1 hundred and fifty-nine oilier narsolis seoui?,l
l : Ai--..
!v.vi M> UW) i; liimju l*/ MUlvr MU."?IUV;,N1 I Mil (I
having charge of Kiiusoh. [Laughter.}
Fortv' men, in their acWm*#, to President
; Bm-haiwm, took him to- tusk for the course
8 he hat} seen fit to fy&mie in regard to Knnkhh
affairs; ??<u! he replied to thorn in a lotI.
tor which though brief, was as cnnclunivo
j,] and unanswerable, in hi* (Mr. Van JJurcu'n)
at iMfrlgn.cut, n? rmy production that had falM
Ion worn any statesman during tho present
In eeutury,"
('ONTTNOKNT Aw'OtNT OF THK STAT*.
u ?n-AVe think it iHi&iifnisu ABivatllftSiwi'rtrtiiV
? to ppoftk of the niwJe Ivy which tho liCgislutore
tiq*iriutCA ?hr* <k>ntiugc?t account* of
ntcwjKipcw agiuvmt tho Stato, ami invite tho-.
n" attention of ?di*or? and jprojniotow to tho*
. subject, a? acommon gvicvanco calling for
common remedy. A?: to tho accounts of
M >1.^ x'A? /- r*' ? ?
mo \?UVVILW ?.1U ./XUJWIUU* MCDCTUl, UlPy
aro within the control of the former, and
n* arc promptly discharged oji presentation..
~~ But we refer to those growing out of ndr
?> Tcrtiscnientd in$ortcd by order of court,
'* cTerlrs, managers of election, &e., which
't>f are ravoly paid by the Legislature, unle??
rH> upon heavy deduction. We have published
m election notiecH for jnnnugem, or dor a for
*P .special elections, for district; offieufflit ?nd
onr accounts have boor*
lc by tho (-ominittee btt CtAOibvu^ciit Account#
.,Y in tho Lo^islututv I Whj i* tlhii*? llas?
a jttdgk no nuihorfcjr to ?aU aiv extra court t
eu I4 It made tho fluty of ft ofcrk to order u
|i0 xnocinl olcction thiough a gaxcttc, but with
h-, tho privilege of paying the 0*jp6iUK> hiw
or ami Wo shall again ity U> get our claims
iut ultowcd!, an<Mf wv fail, w6 nholl&e- cou*
)ii 1 KtrniuofJ to bcViovw it nut t*rtc thafe governed
luento or<r wilFnt^ to p? Y pH j?"fc durfr 01#
cr preRuntation. Wo t?l? pork, it hard enough
\y. that legislative bodie? orauutc t<> pre?cHb<y
nt what we shall cbiirgo for feW worlc, withu.it
n withholding the pittance whon ^onc?tly ^
he earned.. .*
<!> .. . Gov AU?ton at toter. v^^.
The Watchman, uponking of the*Romw
V? at Sooitcr, ??yh : . ' t rii
,r< ? At thp ckwc of the revmw, (?ov. All,l
Nton od.lrtrHJ.wl ft ft-w WI(V Iftltotr
Hi# "FHcolleocy utadte a flno uptown#?
Wkiuimiuuih^ccu g?wy aJipnwaoufcU?Hitfluftnl'?*
ly form invested wit'/i tho modent but utl11,
traetivo iutfigniin of bH' orti?ro~?un<i Inn now
n" mated1 eyw radiant with patriotio zeal and
j interest fW'$ho oeort?dojv. He tustainld
tlio military nrpini'/ation, and termed th<Cfl
men itiv.cn fuidicrH. lTo had boon a h<>1:
>"t <Kt>r nntT ;?u officer of the army, but jm.in-.
torreui^/t wuriod of twenty year* hftd
wliatt doadenrd l?in iute.-csl in ttclitdf < ( tin
k* military?*ho had in Homo tlepjroG hwi' fi^Tifr,
' (.f it. amid tl\o Otbor." duties that devolved'
tr- , - - '
j'rl }1S*,W tiurinK that period now M fdifi
oy it* return with full foyco -find tljmr nl! t|?cv
,a- P^Mml in v?b;?h had fortyoa
various
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