Keowee courier. (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, February 25, 1860, Image 2

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f ' TIHS r f i iN#(iiy|P605rrc2Zt6rf^rrrr:-Lr stx. ?r"* r r*; ' ROB'T. A. THOMPSON, Editor. TKHMS?$1 ..">?) per finninn, in lulrance. fl" pity ? h toonI b? -lelavo?t until after the expiration of tin *" 'year. :*2. Kor nix inontlix, ?.*> cents in uiivnuec. Bfcjyv'vilvorliseinenln inserted at the uhui?1 ratoe Sickens c. ii., s. c. : Saturday Morning, February 25, I860. Return Day. For Pickons district, is Saturday the 3d day of Muroh next. "N d\V AdvertisementsThenttontiun of the public is diroeted to (lie 3alo ot ptojior'.;. by Mr. Max ami tho Mxocutors of tho c?h\to of IIali.l*m, advertised in this minibor uf the Courier. The Railroad It was our purpose to have continued our rertmrks this week oh the subject of the District subscription, hut our absence has rendered it impossible. Wo are pleased to henr, however, that the right spirit i.s up. ami that the people arc entering heartily into tbe movement. SueI, ccss, wc doubt not, will crown the efforts now r. making in behalf of the subscription. A correspondent Iiu.-> Ivi. -!!_, furnished us with sketches of the specebes nmde at several points iu the district. At Salubrity, Messrs IIaodkv and SuakPR spoko, with, wo are assured. go;.d effect. Senator Sii a kit. also addressed his eon* stituents :it PiekonsvUlo, on Tuesday last, in his usual happy and effective stylo. Wo are satis find that a ft or li is Krit>f i>v nln >>>i t >? ! i....... .-L o there was but few unbelievers- in railroads in his nudienco To the friends of tho enterprise wo would say, lay the subject fully before your friends and neighbor?. ami you havo little to fear as to the result. Keep the ball in motion ! Appoiutmont to the Naval Academy. Wo h avo been repiostel by our esteemed K -prosOUtfttivo, II m. J. D. AsiiMout:, sav.s the Anderson (Jazctlc, to state that he now awaits the applications of those who desire to enter the Naval Academy at Annapolis, Ml. He is authorized by tho Secretary of the Xavy to rceomWtond an actual resident from his Congressional I)istrict, who shall be duly qualified according to tho regulations, for appointment as Actiri" Midshipman. Applicants; must ho over fourteen and under eightcon yours ul' age at tho time o( examination for admission : must he free from deformity and disease and imperfections of I! 10 senses ; have a good moral character, nhle to read and write well, and to perform with accuracy tlio various operations of the priinarv rules of Arithmetic. Tlio preliminary examination of candidates for Admission will be hold al the Naval Academy at Annapolis. Md., between the 20th and .'50th of Septoinb'or next. Applications for the recommendation of our Representative will, therefore, have to be made previous to that time. From Washington. Tlio intelligence from Washington is important. Congress is duillff littln or iiolliiinr l?ii? - O 0, the Presidential aspirants are all agog. Tlio char.ccsof Senator Douui.as appear to l>e brightening, caused doubtless by his conciliatory course on the slavery question. The territorial question, at a caucus of the Democratic members, was referred to a C.iniinltteo of Senator.*, the organization of which, says the Carolinian, is altogether adverse to Senator D.mglas' views. It is composed of the following Senators : (irccn. Gwin, Fitch, Bigler and (.'hesnut. Although altogether opposed to Douglas, it is c<|iially so to Senator Brown's " slavery code " proposition. {Senator Chesnut, in his speech lust summer, disclaimed a code, and his disclaimer was received with unanimous approval by the press of this State. 'I'llk President having approved of iho IV>t O.Tioo bill, it is therefore now a law. As amended previous to its passage it appropriates Sl.002,0'JG for supplying the detieionc)- in tlie Revenues ami defraying the expenses of the Department for the year ending with .lone last; mid towards the support of the Department for the fiscal year ending in .Tune next, $1,000,000, aiul further Rimf of $2,400,000 in payment ol the salaries of tlio officers and clerks, transportation of mails, wrapping paper, hags, stamps, etc. Interest at the rate of 0 per cent, per annum, to commence sixty days after iho expiration of the quarter in which the hcrvice .was rendered, butin no ease prior to the 1st of May 1 SaO. t.r? llin nrflnnnl il-.iin r>?? ... ..il - --- I I'" I'""1 "" t*u in a found duo the contractors for currying the mailt!?tlio interest to be paid only to the con tractors themselves in full of all damn go bj reason of tl?e failure or delay in their payment No interest ia to bo i?|lowed on payments tin tho last quarter, ending with December last. A sum for this purpose is also appropriated. The Select Committee appointed by tho Spen kcr to inquire into tho report on the printing nnd binding reforms about to be inaugurntod, is composed of Messrs. Orow, QuaHos, ]>uriictt, \\ alton. Florence, Hoard and (Jerlov. , The democratic State convention of Virginia lias been in sosaion at Richmond. Itffiolmioiu in favor of Wish and IIcstkk fur tlx: Presidency wfcro submitted, but such was the antngonisin of the two contending factions, that no action was had, and tlio convention adjourned aftei appointing delegates to the Charleston convention. without instructions. Although no action has been had, it is known tliat Virginia declines to accede to tlio proposi tioi) for a Southern Conference, proposed by thh State. Mississippi has responded to us, by en dorsing the movement, and appointing delegate* to meet at Atlanta, Oa, on a day yet to bo fixed. Those are the only two commonwealths that will be represented, we presume. A resolution was adopted authorizing the Sorgoant-at-Arms to arrest Sauhi.rn, John J $ rown, Jr, ami Rodputh for tlioir oontotnpt in ?(;fusing to obey the .suinni ins of the Investigating Committee. Afujr pausing the Postal Bill, the Senate look op the bill abolishing the Franking Pi ivilejje, which, after a Imije Achate. was parsed. Tin bill cutH off' n 11 flunki'.ijf privilege after the l.?tli of April, with the exoeptiooof thope to whom the privilege has been granted by name. <JnIs Hemphill and Williamson voted againut it. A Texas Heroine asi> hp.ii Son?'While ('or tnrtH wn*< at. ilio Grande city. lie culled upon tin lady of (I. Clay 1*i?v?h. llo informed )?or tim ho liad orders to kill hor huflbuiid on Rieht. hu assured Her of his intonHbn n<it to molest hor fiolf or family. Sho replied with nil tho hero wru of fi Spurtan woman : "My husband ha: gone with a company of vnlunteors to holp tin Ueonlor of Itfown.ivilla. Villi iimv lm n)>ln l.i r.l tuck and kill him. but if you do, yon will liav< to go home ami tell your folks y6u litid to figli for it 1 He told mo to stay hero when lio left It is our homo, nnd I will stay in it While oiu brick is on top of another." llnr ljttle son com in^ up at this moment, shouted, " Hurrah foi ToxM and doath to Cortinn?,l" Tho brigam chief iaughed hiiartiiy, and giving tho byy i pieoo of money, took hist flepartnrfr A.v Ahomtionist Ltnc/iko - An Abolition ixt, who?o name wo did not lo.irn, wa? dotectei in tho act of stealingn conple of negroes in tin vicinity of Grand Junction, Tonn, Wednesday ami was taken by a number of citizens, wliipp ?d with two hundred stripes, and coated witl tar and feathers. Ilu was then permitted t< ruusat lurg?f. I" _ .? . _ ? Gov- .fast's Letter. I (iov. Gist, in hi* lit'J nic*?ugo totlio legislature, rcconiiiU'Milcd Unit a tux bo levied on distilleries. A COuituiUOO v* "CuipCVuilCC *? cn addressed him u loiter ou flic subject, endorsing, his views, and eoruuieiiding li'ia oourso. To tlii*, his lixoollvncy rc| ?lios : Union. 0. llMS. Jnn. 'JUtli, 1H00. (Jeiitlcmon : Ynurtery kind und ooiniiHinenta' ! h,. .1..#. -I OO.l l\ ? ..?? iniu ~-u I'vcrmuiT, tmi not reach me unlil to "lay in consequence of being directed t<? Cross Keys. an ofliee remote from my residence, ami to which I novel- send for letters. It is lit nil times agreeable to a public qfliuer to receive the plaudits of his fellow citizens, from any part of thfc State; it nerves liis arm in the discharge of l duly, and enal.les him to overcome the many ob' staeles that beset his path ; but the compliment is I much enhanced, when it comes ^'ront veterans in this cause of Temperance,.whoso greatest earthly ambition is to preserve from degradation and ruin the slaves of Alcohol to restore to the broken hearted wife, her husband rescued from a fate worse than shipwrecked, and to dry the tears of I nn atHietcd mother, by restoring her son with ; brain maddened by intemperance, to usefulness aud | honor. | If I?a more row recruit in the cause?have the least claims toyour commcifdation, how much more do you deserve the lasting gratitude of every pa, triot ami christian, for your unfaltering advocacy of the noble cause of temperance, when nothing was to be gained but the proud coiuciouSnoBS I 1 of having discharged a sacred duty to your fel- 1 low-men. 1 have lately witnessed a heart rending Case in mj imkiii'iiiiiii- iii-i^iMiuriiuofi 01 ii young nuni, Willi (lie brightest prospccts---lost mid ruined tempore -j ! arily, and I fear eternally., by I lie accursed poison, lie w:is ki11<I mul amiable -beloved by all?with !i large estate. mul, so far as 1 could judge, with ! ; etorylhing else to make liiin useful, rospcctcd, . and happy; but. in mi evil hour?and may it be : forever accurscd -lie became a moderate drinker, (lien a drunkard, an<l ended nis earner by suicide. When 1 saw liim on hi" bier?a lifeless bloody j corpse---cut <>il in the bloom ot youth by liis own i . liand, lifter being bereft of reason by strong drink, ; I fell disposed to deebiro eternnl enmity to every 1 one that directly or indireetly encouraged the use <>f ardent spiriU), and while I am the executive of the State, the retailer shall rccciVc no mercy at tnv hands. lb> pleased to convey to the flrnnd Division, t of which you are the organ, my sincere thanks for < their wan:', and hearty approval of my feeble cfi fort to arrest the pro gress of intemperance, and assure Ilium it is most highly appreciated. For yourselves individually, accept my best i wishes for your prosperity and hnppiiicss. I With great respect, 1 am yours, &c., W.m. 11. Gist. Manufactures. Tin; Charleston (?ouri-'r states that i' is eonfii demly expected from good ii.formation, tlint in less than a year, the Cln-oliee Mining Company ! or this State, (l'irkens 1'islriot,) will l>o nhle to '! supply tho material needed for the important enI terprise soon to lie opened by Oarmnlt & Briggs, 97 Kast Hay, as lately reported in the Courier, i and in their advertisement. For tho present i I these gentlemen have ordered supplies from j ahr<>ad, and are now exporting arrivals. It is thoij^determinutinn, linwever. to use tho product j of tllo Ohonhre Mine (White Lead,) as soon as ; possible, and exclusively. Ewart's Florida. The author of this pleasant little book. Mr. j David Kwaiit. has our thanks lor a copy. It is | published by Mr. Duvt'ie, of Newbury. Price, ;> "> cents. 1 IIktteu Horn Llok v tii.vv Ricii?Milton S. Latham, the nowly elected Senator from t"o 1 ifornia. is said to liavo lim'n " born to good luck." Hut his good luck lias boon the result of his taking tin* tide always "at tho flood," ami ma, king the in ist of circumstances. He started for t'alifornia in a voyage around the Cape in 1840. ! with but $10 in his pocket. A mutiny occurred | on board, which he was instrumental iu uitoll; ing by intrepid coolness and tuldre.-s. This inI sured him a favorable reeeptim at S.'.n Francisco. Arrived there, he attoiuled apolitical mass ! meeting, and u*eendbd the plat form to speak, j Thin was distasteful to the managers, and they incited the mob to put. him down, lie expressed his doterniinaiioii to speak, or?Ii< in the attempt. 11 is pluck and eloquence so Won upon tho mi; tiers that they immediately nuniinaied and electi ,.,i I,;.., ..i- .i... I VI IIIV * 11 V. HIS cared' Mil j since boon cine of unpreoe lento I success. I<\at September lie was eltvted l>y a Mattering major* : ity Udvornor of California. On Monday, tlio j (itli of January, lie was inaugurate 1 with imposing efireni iniits. (iml delivered his Ijrst mossago. : Next day, Tuesday, li > was elected 1'. 8. Souuj tor. On Thursday, tlie 12ih. lie resigned, and , | in the steamer of the olh of Hohruary, ho sailed I for New Vork. lie is a very young man, not I yet 3.'5 years ot ago. Tiif. Late <I \i.i: ?1The New York papers j continue to record di.-.asters caused b> the gale 1 i on Thursday night. All along the iine of the | Hudson its trunk is visilde in demolished bnild{ ings, unroofed edifices and unstoepled churches. 1 The damage above I'eekskill is very serious, scarcely a village or city escaping without receiving serious injury, either t>> buildings, greenhouses or bridges. Prof. Me;iam is out with a communication, in which In; notes, as a very sin* I pillar fact, that when the gale was at its height, the sky was without a cloud. CaI.I KOIIX I V ? (iov I,.>|||1>>? L..O .,.1.1.~ 1 -- long letter to President llochanan on tlie subject uf the separation of San Luis Obispo, San Ilernardo, Los Angelos, San l>iego, San Barbara, and part of Huena Vista counties from the re1 tilaiiiiug portion of the State to form a Territorial or other Government. He submits his 1 views on the subject as a proposition new ami of 1 grave importance both to the State and nation. i lie :v-ks, can a portion of a Sla?e go backward j into a Territorial condition? iT so, it may be I within thepowerof thoseveral State Legislatures 1 ; and Congress to dissolve the I'nion. He urges great caution on tl.o part of Congress in the 1 matter. This atfair had its origin in the dissatisfaction of the mass '>*' the people in the smith* 1 ern counties in having to pay their proportion of the expenses of the State <lovernment. ? * 4*r\ o " V/llAlll.KSTOX iSI'R(NO 'I'll ADS?I'or some time, 1 dealers ami btiyors from the West and .Soil (Ifwest, us well as from the interior of our own Stale, have been in our city, and our spring trade i? now in full blast. Tlie sites of our wholesale trade now present a busy and bustling spectacle. and among tho visitors arc found many new faces, from all departments of busi! ness we have, in reply to special and personal > inquiries and examination, received reports of the opening of new accounts nod of orders from ' new source*. It is no less encouraging to note that many o?' the orders are from customers ana dealers who formerly visited this market, hut for some years have been induced to trv North* > oru resources. Our wholesale merchants, in I good faith and in earnest intention, have made t certain ftatements and pledges, and they will, - to the utmost of their anilities, execute them - and redeem all nromisos. ? They have accordingly supplied themselves with ample and well fadectod stocks, to which - almost <iail.v additions have boon coming. > They will Bontinuo to do nil that is needed to t satisfy all who de.-iiro, in like good faith, to foat . the resources and ad vantage* of (jhnrlortton as ) I a innrtof supplies. and to encourage, promote | and establish the direct and independent trade r I of tho South.?C/ubIts/on (hairier. | ! , x I Or? Popu i/ATiov.?-The Philadelphia A or in I Amn irnn Imis mado ? very careful and elabornto j calculation to determine what In probably tho iiiiinni-r ni our population (U present. 'I'lli? I journal is of the opinion thnt tlio census of this ) year wiH mIkhv tlint wc him 32,100,000 inhabi, tnnts. Thnt is above tno ordinary estimates. , Ox Hand?Kossuthhassit<hlonlvdisi?pponrod , from London, and it ia thought he lms gono to Hungary. . I * ' ' . " ' " >* J0 '. '' " . v V V-, t * " . * * /.*/# iTMlfljia iftl" l' * '" "' "1 Pennings and Clippings. An'swkr?Tho answer to S. & It's Enigma of laat wooR \o* John lirown, the AbvlMonist. j The Gaines Cabb?The Supremo Court of , tho United Slater lias decided in favor of tho j legitimacy of Mr?. ilaine?s >?nd we 8upr>ogo?hc will be put in possession of her father's large estate without further litigation. A Cane?Some of tho oitir.ons of Columbia f linvo presented u haudsome cano to Mr. Kilmiindson of Virginia, for caning Hickman. It hears thin inscription : " Hon. F. A. Kdinundson, from oiti/.ons of Columbia, 18GU." Augusta, (hi.. V'ob. 10?A ml row J. llogers, hailing from Helena, Arkansas, was arrested! here to-day on a charge of abducting free no-1 groes, and selling them into slavery, Ho was taken to Macon for trial. ! Skrved Him Riuttr?ThellomO Courier any a the eilizons'of Kingg<dd took a 0r. Win. Clark, of Wnlkctf'county, a few days since, and gavo him olio'hundred hishts tin the naked back.? I Pis offence was giving a pass at Memphis to a negro that ran away from Win. Kainey, of that |.i.n < , numu ini ci' wfuss miiicu. iney nan none 1 hut negro tpstiniony against Clark, but while ! under the lash he confessed his guilt. Piuce or an Aiim?Last week, iii the Supreme j Court, at-Lock port, N Y, a verdict of $'?.f>00 1 was given against the Xow York Control Ita'droud. in t'sii'or of Mr. Jesse II Warren, for the loss of'nn ai^u, owing to an accident ou the ywtul. Texas Leuisi.atukk?The 1 rouse has passed a hill granting live leagues of land to nil institutions of learning worth $10,000. This is ' given for the purpose of endowing professor- 1 tdiips. Also four leagues to each county for i .............. o..l i_. vvuiiiiuii ovuuviai A t'i'oi vtki)?Messrs. James V\r Osborno and Goorjie Howard, Jr, have been unpointed Judges of North Carolina, in place ol Judges Man- j Icy and Caldwell, resigned. N ot 1>kad?The N'ewborry CoH*m\ttis( states that Howard II Caldwell, although very ill, is 1 Hot dead. Death in the Statu Hoisf.?Mr Jas. Clark, I an aged and retired merchant, while in the Massachusetts Hall of Representatives Tuesday, listening to the debate on the proposed Hcttor| incut law, in which he felt much interest, sudI donly fell and expired of apoplexy- The llouso ' immediately adjourned. . .. - ... - i > VyO.xsi .MI'TION or VMITKK, IK A AND SCUAK? I'Ntinmtiiijr the population ??!' tlio I uited .States, :it the present time, ut thirty millions, cnch inhabitant annually consumes fight pounds of I I eolfeo, one pound of toil, und thirty pounds of j sugar. Mvstkkious Arf.uit?A box containing rtno i I leg and tlio two feeto'a human body, was found j in a rav'no near the Suranton Depot (1'a.) ThujfS- | 1 dr y owning, and taken in charge by the Coro- ! not' who will hold nil inquest. 1 loitiiiiii.R Arrttw?A horrible affray occur- ! I red at I'ort Kwon, Ulster county, Now York, on j Saturday, in wliieli two men were killed ami ! two bnilly wounded. One of the men killed was ' named liillsea, and one of the wounded was liis ' brother. The others are unknown. Augusta, fob l"> ?Tlio citizens, to day, by over eight hundred i., ijoritv, decided in favor of tlvp subscription to the .Mm. m Railroad, taxing themselves to the amount ol" ?uo0,000 to aid ; said road. j I i.i.?flen. Cass and Judge 1) >uglas are both j seriously indisposed at Washington, the latter ' with an attack of pleurisy. i Dgnski.v Popui.atkd?The li'.tle Island of I Barbados, it may not be generally known, is I the most densely populated country in the world. I With an area of one hundred and sixtv sije : s([uirc miles, it contains 120,SGI inhabitants. I (lun.TV Ila/.litt, ono of the Harper's Ferry marauders, has boon found guilty of tnur?l??r in tli''. lirst degree, at Cliarlcstown, \'a, and sentenced to bo hung. SouruRRV Factories?Tiio Richmond ])<x/Hth'/i says that tin? late rai l of old John Drown has so far assisted Virginia enterprise that tlio following factories will soon ho in operation : For making oil cloth, hoots and shoes, hats and caps, ready made clothing, straw bonnets, sow ing machines, coJar waro, willow ware, furniture, brass castings, iron castings, steam tire engines, umbrellas and parasols, and other articles less oosi'y, but equally as necessary for general Comfort. Fou 1 Ioi:SKK. ? ii-i ? 11' vnnr (lit o ...... 1 1 rough. villi them wi'h liny salt, ami it will inako ' , them smooth. VmmicT Auainst a Kaii. ; .?!)?The Bt ft'alo Itepublii' slates that Mrs. Ellen Wahlron. whoso husband was kilIt: 1 about two yours ago oa the J liuHalo aii'J Statu Lino Railroad, has just re| covered from that company $'.2,0')U. . I j l'liofiUEss?Ahmt S^O.OtJO has heen suhscri- ; j IhmI in Lexington, Miss., for tho purpose t>f i building ami putting in operation a cotton mani u factory, A Lova LrxE ok Haii.u ?af>?Uy 'hocomnlo! tion of the Mississippi Central Kail road last wcpk, wfts finished the hist link in the continuous lino of rowl from Hungor, Maine, to Now Oi lcans. There are included in this lino eighteen different reads, whose aggregate length is 4 ! miles, and whoso aggregate eost id I. II nsitERV?Tho Marion Star states that the residence <tf MrH Isliaiu Watson, of that District, was entered and $'2,000 in money stolon therefrom. lie offers a large reward for tho money and thief. j Ciii'Rcii IIoMK?The Charleston Nt:wa snys | that a smiling infant was found deposited at the i doorway <d' tho aboye institution, early on Sntj nrday morning. On its di e^s a paper was found ! having written noon it. alien.? I poveity tliocuu.su." It has boon properly eared for by a kind hearted lady. Ni'in u Oaromn'a Aiikad?Vrnni the statistics it appeal's that in 18y'.), aboui 30. MOO bales of 01 >tton were manufactured into cloth in North Carilina. while in (jcogiu, 14 iho Kuipiro State of , tiic South," tho number of bales was 126,MOO. l'oM> or Matrimony?There is a chap in jail, | in Chicago, who is nwaiti'ig triul for having I married and deserted eleven wives-?trials c! nougl), without any extra one, says the Uuston | /to/. Comim.imf.ntary?-It is said that out of aCiermnn population of fifiy thousand in the Sumof Wixconsin, there is not a single individual fiOin {'rt'-lorlaud ooiiftned in tho Penitentiary of i f.liA ytnln Ficiiti.vo?Two mon got into a quarrel About the arrest of a free negro, in Jones oflunty, JN. C\, Imt week, mid took a mutual crack at each other with allot guns. The parties aro nainod 1 Mallard and Moreor. Neither wore murtiilly wounded. I BaitiV.ed Lnat Sunday, in Hannibal. Mo., ; eleven persons, lour gentlemen and tavun la! dies, it majority of whom had pa?#ed the inorii dian of life, and who trad united with the Baptist Church duriug a revival which is ftUl pro growing thore, wj&e liapti/.od in tho limpid wa1 AI tlw. m.UlA \f? u? vuu iivmiu |?|ll. I'krhonal?Dr. Jno. K. Hobo, of Nowbnry, 8. C, died on tli? ith inst Genortil A. C. Ortrlitigj ton, the saino District, in Again in tlio liold | for tho Sonnto. In tho third District, (ion. L. M. Avor, Col. Cr. 1?. Elliott nod Col. Kcitt arc ' ctoxliduteg for Congrats.' > ' i * % , . . # K M "* ,>,a. .I.rii?/I?i?iiii l inrnii^inpii IB i ?;m jUium <0 OjVJ^JA!)initio_ Tho Distriat Subscription. Mr. Editor: Your i-mttlwn wo vnnnriilW awart (hat the (.'oiumittoo appointed ?t the Court House mooting on tho Gth in.st., to advrtoatothc District aubdeription of $ >0,000 to the ithio Kiilge Railroad, have arrangotl nu ofFectivo oaijvass of the Dint riot, which is uow vigorously progressing : At tiio i nx ? oueeior s appointment on the lHlli, n mooting wu? addressed by J. J. Nqiiton, listp, who rtrMt explained the provisions of tho Act of tlio Legislature authorizing the subscription; next not forth the advantages received and to bo ieceivod by tho District froin tho prosecution and completion of the Railroad; Ami then closed with an earn- , cut appeal to the District pride of his hearers, to j support the proposed subscription. Mr. S'omos was I .-j'encd to with attention, and when lie called upon any one present to stfilo any objor 'ion to the District subscription, thorp Was no reply. Tlio i feeling of tlio mooting was strongly for the sub- j script ion. Your correspondent has since boots informed that several of those who left the ground undecided, have sincc determined to support tho ! measure. The next meeting was at Center Campground. ] The siii?.ik?rs ui>ri< Mukin 1' I' Vimivi-h ok.I \ Buyck. Your correspondent was not i?i-csont, but , lias been informed thai tlie feeliupr at that point was mora favorable llian at Muddy Springs. On the loth a largo meeting was holil at Uaclio- , hir's lie! rent, and was addressed by C. I'ri.i.i.vM, ' list)., in a short but eloquent appeal for tl?e aid op- i lion of the subscript ion. Krotu the fust the feel- j ingsof his audieucc were evidently with the Speak- ' er : but as he ndViuiccd fact upon fact, atul argu- ! menl upon argument, (hut reeling soon became I unaniiiioii:), ami the meeting broke upwitlin hearty j concurrence in the project. It is proper to state that a speech was delivered at Bachelor's Itetreat j on the Saturday previous, by Maj. J. t\ Mii.i.kh. ! On the 10th, an assemblage of one hundred and 1111^ <ir moru, ai r airplay. was nunropso I i>y .Mr. j IM'i.i.iam. The (.'Hurl was louger than tlieday pre- i vious, anil especial cave was taken to clearly ex- ' plain tlio provisions of the A CI. This appears to ! he tilonc necessary in almost all onsen?submitting j then tho ipiestit)tt to tho good s^nse, intolligcnw j Ami District priilo of tho an litor?so favorable t<> the District are the conditions of the subscription. ! Mr. IVi.i.iam spoke nearly one hour in his Imp- ! piest vein. The result is seen in the Resolutions ; proposed by Mr. 'I'. J. Si.o\s, ami carried without a dissent, which were published in the Courier of | last week. Of the meeting at fallibility, on Monday, uliei'e Messrs. Nu.titri: and Mahiikn wore tolirtve spoken, | you have probably had direct accounts from those present. On the evening of the same day, a meeting was held at Wallialla, to consider the subject and to express by vote the sense of the meeting.? The meeting filled tho largo dining-room of Niemann's Hotel. The question was calmly and intelligently considered. One gentleman remarked j iniu in- iiiih not only eimn^uil liisown views, but lie luul induced five others (previously opposed,) lo support ilie 'iionsurc. and lie intended lo continue 11is efforts. ('apt. Towiius. (lie Chairman, reinnrkuillli.it, judging from present indications, he would not bo surprised to find tlie ) roposod subscription carried by a nine tenths vote, upon tliiv side of the 1)istrict. It is hardly necessary to iidd that- tlie Resolutions were carried by acclamation. I 'J'lie friends of tlie measure are much encouraged I by the results thus far. The question.has ceased to be asked. "Will the subscription bo crrricd?" It is now, " 11 v wliat in jority Vours truly. 1)1.1'K IlllXSK. Feb. 21st, lt>00 Blue Ridge Railroad SubscriptionA town lijooting of tlio citizen;} of AValhalla was held at Niemann's llitol. at 7 O'clock, P. M., on Mondav Felirunrv 20th. lS(i() (.'apt. Ij. Towers was called to t lie Chair, a ml II. I*. 'I'iiouk appointed Sueretary. The object >f the meeting was explained to l>e that tlie citizens were requested to express their views on the proposal district subscription to :uil the I Blue U'nl^ft Kailroad. Several short addresses were made by Messrs. W. It. Mausiiai.i., K. 1*. Vkrxer. C. II. Si'ears and I). Hikmanv. W^en the speaking wasffoncludeil, W. I!. Marsha r.?., Ksq., ofl'ored the fullowir.^ Preamble and Kosolutions, which were seconded by 1>. Uiemann, ami which were iiiianinit>nxh/ passed by the meeting. Whereas, the Distriot subscription of S.")0,000 to the Blub llidgo Railroad is now before the people for consideration, and as wo feel the liveliest coneort in the prosecution of fclm work- nmi fully appreciate its importance to our Town ami j District : 'l!icrrj\>r \ Wo. citizens of aiul vicinity, actuated by a feeling of District pride anil local interest, do uiuniiniou.thj ]it:solr<:, 1st. That we cordially sanction the proposed subscription by Pickens District ot j $r?0,U(ID to the Blue K.J^o Kailro.il. 2nd. That we hereby request the Board of j lloatl Commissioners to maUc said subscription, | and to submit the same t?. the ratification of the lax-pavois of l'ickons District. 3rd, That we pb-d^c our individual ami uni- ! ted endeavors to the furtherance of District aid m... tK.i.-., i ,V .... .....V A (tor sonic unimportant general remarks, tho meeting adjourned. I.KOXAKD TOWKltS, Cliairmtin. II. P. Tiiouk, Sec'y. To the E-litor : In tho Ktov?-r. Cititrii't'of the llthinxt., I see an extract, hoaded?"The Author of tho Harp of a Thousand Strings." The gentleman's name is in print. As a friend of his, I will take the liberty of offering one other string to his Harp. I hope it will not prove discordant. The ltev. IIexky'T. Lewis, of tho Methodist K. Church, South, nn<l a member of ; the Miss. Conference, is of Wolch descent.? They emigrated from Wales, and settled in AlLorm./lo county-, \ a., long previous to tho Revolutionary war. John Lewis, his grand father, belonged to (Son. Lafavetto's division of the army. Jesse Lkwjs, his uncle, had served his I time in the army, and a requisition being nmdc for more troops on Virginia, ho volunteered and took tho plaeo of n gentleman that wus drafted, anil they wore both performers in the grand serenade of moro than a thousand caution, that was given by (Sen. Washington, (Jen. Lafayette and'.otliers, to I,ord (Jomwallis, hi&ofllcors iwid ; poldiers at the ba'llo of Yorktown, in Virginia. ) (Hlood will tell; tho reverend gentleman's do! fcent is from a musical family.) I think ho j was bom in the village of I'endloton, H. 0. His father, .John Tai.iapkr<U) Lkvvis, was Clork of I the District. His caoacity for business was of j the highest order. Jle married the daughtor of Jow.v Ji.? vi.is Kaiu.e, who was for a long period 1 of time Adiutant (Jooer.il of (lie State, mill nUn a member of Congress from South Carolina.? 'i'lic rcvui't d geniloman'a relatives ami friendd, on bis recent visit to Carolina, greeted him with great pleasure, ami ported with him in sorrow, under his preeavious state of honttl), hoping that he might yet sco many days. OVKRTOV. I Mil*. WlfjSoN IN Jau,.?The white woman wlio w.ih overhauled in Chattnnoogn, i Tcnn., lust week, running nwny with n Jtygro i fellow belonging to Mr, 0rnham. of Adair* vine, and hjikI to be wifoof Hen. Wilson, also of the latter pliice, )i?h boon ?af<;ly lodged ! in the Ji.il at this place, and rumor nays that tho negro fellow lin? bren run out of tho State. It is generally supposed that their object wrw lo niriko their way to a free. tSutte and j there bcconie husband and wife. Tho woinun : was dressed in male'.", appnrql, and tho negro in fcinalo'H. Mho acknowledges that the negro I had kept her loc.kod up in his cabin fora month Erior to their departure, To keep hcf from oing discovered by his master or any of bin I juumj, toe nc<5ro Mad made a trap door under* ! noatli his bod, that *ho ini^lit c.scape undor ' the floor. -Those faots only were elicited from the ttomnn, who pretend* to he fooli.th, rind j nothing further can ho aguertniucd fiqjn her, ^OVMUUIC fifamlur*}' ' , . V v ' ' -T jwhImm'mc'jm" mm*Q ?g^i' *ij A Bold Outrage 1 Tlio Jail nt Waverly, Touu. Assailed by ft Mob?Six persons ?ot at Liberty. Tbo Nashville b'jiion and American of j Tuesday gathers the following intelligence 1 i from a letter to (ion. Anderson, from tbo I \ist i M....? Q. *'iunu;i ?v n uvuiij, xv/uu*^ uavvu u?vuiu?j morning, 12th inst: i On Friday uight, tho 10 inst , a party of desperadoes, consisting of about thirty luon, i?rnio?l witli double-barrel shot-guns. &. J., tittucked Mr. MoUec tho jailor at Wavorly, as ' ho was going to tho jail about 7 o'clock in i i tho evening; confined au.d guggod him; took | the key of tho outside duor from liiui, and .then carried hiui to a secure place, and while ! a part kept watt h over him, tho others went \ to work and cut away tho inside door, which being iron, occupied four or five l"?urs. They ' then released six prisoners conliu^d in tlto jail, ree of whom were from Dickson Qoun ty for safe-keeping. The three from llu'n..I i ... ... 1\ I n 1 .. 1 pnruj.s euumy wuru ii i_ rocKi'M, coimneu j under charges of murder an;! theft; Ishain Uetlioi, tor passing oouuloi ioit uioiisy j x?>scl MeK iminons, for stealing. Tlie nun) then | started off with the prisoners and the jailor, and having carried the latter about five utiles, released him. TI.e jailor returned to WavcrIy about. 8 o'clock Saturday morning. Their ,i object in tal;iii|?A'he jailor with them isVup- 1 posed to be to prevent his giving the alarm . : until they had ample time to uiako their escape. J Intelligence, reached Waverly Sunday . morning that the rescuer? crossed the Ten- < nessec river four miles above the Ferry, where 1 the mail crosses, and the supposition at Waverly was that they had attacked ami robbed ' both mails, tlx; one going down ami the one , ( run inn- lift ..V.... ...... v.. ?? l>V.I ^V/HV?H? j ly riot three miles west of the Tennessee river at 1 o'clock in the aftoriu mi. The dri- ( ver at the stand two miles oust yf the river ; waited until 8 o'clock (Sunday morning for , the mail coming up, and as it did not come, then being nverdub by about twelve hours, tin; supposition is that the rescuers have j eapttuvd and perhaps curried oil' the stages j and mails, it not to rob the latter, at least to prevent the news spreading until they could get out of reach. A Mystkmoks A kkaiiti?Wo publish a communication from Mr. I Vint, in reference to the mysterious disappearance of a Air. Cummins. We copied from the Charleston M<>roi</ //, a few days since, a paragarph in reference to the name all'air : (N(kk.s)ii'itv Di'I'ot, Keb. It), 1 j iSOMKTIHNU Ykiiv MvsTKHlors?PKU- I haps a MritHV.K?CkIITAI n r.y a Hoihjkhv. 1 | ?On Friday, the lOtli, the mad hand of the (rrcenville and Columbia Railroad, on the j j Cokesbury Station, found, between the Dead- j fall Hridire and the Camp (!round, a poofectbook find some papers, scattered alonjj tlu: road about a ijuar'er of a mile. The. poekotbodk and all the papers were opened. Sonic of the papers 1 consider valuable to the owner. On "one of the papers was written, " J. \V. Shelton, Uambei'jr, S. ('." 'J'he day after the finding, I nddrcsseil a letter to Mr. Shelton, or the p? -sttnaster at Banibertr, infonnin?r them ' i tliat I hnd tlio papers, iV.c., of Wni. Cumi miiis, but no inney ; stAHng how and where < ! they were found, and d?vsirod them, if they ; , knew anything of Mr. Cummins, to let him ' i know where his papers wore. Yesterday, I j j got the ful!owin?i letter : ih\ MHKltti, Koh. 11, 18()0. Mil. 1'ki.oT?Dkah Siii : l"nm in roceip. I of your letter concerning the pocket-book i &0., you lmvc. Mr. Cummins has been mis- I sing ever since Saturday, the -11!i. Jle enme up to llranohvillo on the night train, drink- | j in if, nml was seen to go out of the bar-room ( j with some strangers, lie has not been heard j ! of since. Ho had, 1 suppose, about 81,")00 with him when he loft Charleston, ltcspect lully youvrt, AY. T. Kastkhmn. , Now, 1 consider this a strange affair fur the South, ;iik1 it appears that the deed was com- j mittod on tlio Itli, perlwips onp hundred miles below Columbia; and on the 10th, six days after, the paper#, k., wero found ninety miles j 1 above Columbia. From the appearance of the articles, I feel e mfldcnt they hail been J dropped out of the ear the same day they j , ! were found. They were perfectly dry. The object of this communication ix to excite in- ( tjuiry t\nd investigation. 1 trust it will lead , to tho detoction of the perpetrators of the deed. Perhflpn the money obtained may be used in abducting some ot our happy negroes to freedom, liiiserv :nul nvinir* ('has. m. pki.ot, Ajjront Cokesbury Depot. Xkuuoks Expki.i.kd vkom a Canawan 'I'ownsii i ?'A'lic Detroit (Mich.) 1'Wc /Vr?* j state* thsit nil the negroes hove been Miniumrily oxpgUod fi'o'.n the township of Vndordnn, Rssex County, in ('ainula. This township wiis j as thickly populated with negroes ji.s jiny in j Canada, bill tlicy have lately become so bold ' | in tbnir depredations and crimes (but their { presence was no longer ondifrablA. Aeeor- j I dingly, tlie authorities of the township peti- j I tinned the grand jury, in conflO<|u?!iico, pre- | j scutod thorn as a nuisance. Their outrages ' j culminated a lew weeks since in an attack upon a number of peaceable and defenceless I citizens, and now !he day of retribution has overtaken them. The whole lot have been | summarily driven out >f the township. They j hf.d been uiven homes, but they so abused the : kindness extended them, that the authorities ; were obliged, in order to protect their lives Jinil nPAr^AI'ft' ii\ tlmin /.? ? - 'J . f.. wjrw. ? T t .* ' umv Viiuui i;u(* MO ItUUJT WUUH1 ' i ho in at i)' wild beaafc. Uaj.i,oom:;o in CiiAur.Ksro.v.?Mr. T. : S. (!. Lowe, now the boldestand most sue-r oessful aeronaut in tlii.s country, made an ascpnsion in Charleston Oft last Saturday, which ! attracted great attention. Ho vo.se to the ulti- I tn.lo .lOSA 1 * I 1 1 v,.uw ... . _wv iwu mm i.iHVAUil n.uci V Oil a plan- \ tatioi) sonic distance off. I lo proposes to inakc { mi ascension sometime this week, and will I give an opportunity to Mmso dotiiring it, to i riilo aloft. Mr. Lowe is in Charleston ma j king observations on Svind currents, A:c., pre- j : parutoYV to his aerial trnns-Atlantic yovage, j i wliicli lie intends attempting, and is confident i of cffoctirg in the spring. Scientific profev i sor* and naturalists ?re taking deep Intorost | in his inoVtimeutft. Ours is an age in which i few things arc to he regarded as ohiincrical. i In a few years, perhaps, the crossing fru:n cvnQ | continent to the other in an nerjal shio will , Hot be looked upon with wqudef.? J,ni{ycns| villt lh.rvld. I JirniJK TiVNrn in Tow.'-MVo lonrn that on Monday niocht lust, ft follow by thu nnnio . j of John Fdinllp went through the unpleasant ; operation of boing tdickeJ in tho <n\tcr edge ! of town. Vor the uso of ?cditiona language j aud perhnpa other ofiVinpc? against too coin- ' inunlty, he bad hoen i.nly warned by highly rcapoctfthio oitiaonfl to leavo tho coifntryy and falling to do ho, thQ consequences fell upon hiui wahove stuVj&^vl/pfe/ joH (hoitfe. < * S , {'. * % * 1 - ? , , * t # >, ? , ' : i. / ' ' *' I??P lurch HIIK I.,. ...appp?wm 11^.^ Washington, l^eb. 11.-?In the Bonnto, to-duy, the Kansas Wyandotte bill was introiloced, but no action wu? had on the matter A bill establishing a Government printing office was introduced. JMr. Urown'H rcwolutioiui in relation to the rights of the people of the Stntc aud Territories was up for disous-l ^ V..! __ _?!? l.J bioii, uui iiu auiinri >vuo nuu. tiio House, tho spooial oounuittoe on tlio printing abu;je were authorized to make a report. The election of Printer was postpoued. The postal bill, with the Senate's amendment, C^copt the abolition of tho franking privilege, was passed, and goes back to the Senate by two-thirds voto. WaMiixuton, Fob. 10.?-In tlio Semite, tojny, Mr. Brown, of Mississippi, gave notice of his intention to introducen bill protocting slave , property in Knnnns. It contains fourteen sections, and provides that every person, bond or free, who shall he convicted of actually raining ii rihellion or insurrection of elavcM in Kansas, sua I RUltcr ueain. J no sauio puniKiiment 10 iso awarded cvorv free person, aiding or assisting in a rebellion or insurrection of slaves ; or wlio shall furnish nrins. or commit anv overt act in furtherance of an insurrection. Kvory person mlvising, persuading. or inducing slaves to roIk'I, eitlier l>y speaking, printing or circulating publications tor that purpose, shall bo lleelarcil guilty of a fel'?nv. 1 l?o name penalty to be n'so. awarded all tiio?e who aid, harbor <-r conceal, Craped slaves lroui other States in the Territory of Kansas, The Committee of Democratic Senators, ajv pointed to consider the question of slave property in the Territories, consiots of the following ijcnilemen : Messrs. Grctm, of Missouri, tjwimi, >f California, Higler. of Pennsylvania, Fitch, jf Indiana, and Chesnut, of S mill Carolina, Mr. liowlcs, of TenitOssoo, h?s been appoirileil Trea-urer of the United .States. The Hon. I*. llnsh Floyd, a brother of tlio Secretary of War. died in this city very suddenly. last night, of disease of theheart. lie resi t?jo ill yumviiie, > ir^uuiv. \V asiiixuton, Fob. 20.?-The proceedings in tin- Senate, to day, v\'?ve unimportant, l'lic death of Mr. (loode, of Virginia, was announced, eulogies were pronounced, and tbo Somite thru adjourned. Jn ibo House, Mr. l?ovejovendeavonod, but Failed, to introduce resolutions to appoint a committee of inquiry into the expulsion of Abolitionists from the Southern States. The loath of Mr. (roode was announced, and eulogies were delivered and the usual rcsolu>Lioi > offered. The fortification bill was introduced, and referred to the appropriate conmitteo.? It involves an expenditure of nearly $l>,000, M.\himki>, on ilic lOlh in.vt.. by I'ov. T. I.. McHryclc, Mr. .1. Thomas Stkki.k to Miss Laciia A. .\t,KXANI:K!l. liolltof 1'ickOHH. bjv'sl ol* uoiixiitf imiok .If An'tci'*?;i Di'/iot, we-'k cii'lim/ Feb. IS, 1ROO S ()?Von?. .1 'I' 8 & S. Mrs ] ) C Pop. M H 15 & Si?n, K \V l?iM\vn, A M H<t|liuiri. II W Kulrinnn. M' 8 & l! F Williams. W A Ilnvno. 8 Mrown, l> iiicmn II l< *1, I'' A Miles. (! IT Korliop. ) I. Sbaiiklin, ) K Alitor. I? !c 0. Harrison \V. II Kiwi*, 11 C Skelton. M iliry & S, 15 A'lgcr, (J S, S MiyoV. H. V Juno* & S, J X Krmvn, .V 1* 11 obbanl. (! M Jones, .J \V ClnrK. .1 Y 1,0'iiinUl. V W Iv, .J li Sloan, S & 'I', ,i F W. K > Kiirlo, ) H Sloan. .) (' Kev* & I'", T Kiskin, I' A Maxwell, K K Alexander, 1* & J, .J S Tj irtoii. .1 .1 D'liwu, M & M. K & ?, 1 W Taylor, \V -J J'olierl", .J \V Karlo. (I Seaborn, J W 11 (Jury. 1) Kit T S (Jraybmi, II I) Calhoun, Williito it II, h A Osborne. Smith & (,', Z \V Ureon & Oo. 1'" FJ 11,0 Salilmnn. S M Lewis, J X Adam*. II W Lawson. \V II 1) fJaillanl. J U Karlc, \V S Sliarpe, Iimkins. .1 W Moans, J B Smith, J '1' Jlrown, W Vun AVvek. (>. IT. I\ KANT. A stoat. Democratic Meeting. rPllTC incmboiM of the Driiiocrn'tic party of lMcltons L Dial rid. who art* in favor of t?i?iu{r rp|?vcH<-me?l i*i tlio ('Iiurlcslon ('onvolition, 11 r? rvtiitcBlcil ii? inei't in tlio t.'unrt !lonw, on Nalctlnv next. In an |>oint Di'U'BnlVs to the Dciyucrutic tftalo Convention iwon to he liel.l in Columbia. MANY DK.MOClt ATP. l\ i. IHiO ?n :? Auction! Auction! rI^IIK utHlorfoscNoU will Mill at' ptiWliu outcry, JL at his residence i? Wulhalla, all hi.s prop* "si'tv. 0"n^Mtin? i>f [)NK IjOT IN TUB TOWN 01' W ALU ALL A, Situated on tho CofFoo. road, containing two Acres more or loss, wo! I fenced mid manured. On said hit is u comfurtaMo ilwollinj? I uimttyuing five h?om? ami fircplaciw; also, 'sttv l)los, 'smokodtonse. a jjmhI vvoil and 11 n entirely new atill house, with a sixty gitUun Still in fuecosnful operation. A I,SO, U-iuAohoh) and Kitchen Furniture, n quantity of Bnpon, one Horse and I one-liorso Wagon, ono lluifor, anil a number uf other articles too todiouH to mention. J'cvum?All Koms under &*>, cash; nn?T for sums of mid above that amount, t? nWntlis credit, with Xotonild two approved sureties, with interest from date. Tlio sale will oominonco at ton o'clock in tlio forenoon. (food titles given for the above property. hoi;is Max. i Walhnlla. Vol, 22. ISM ;}0?3 EXECUTOR'S SALE. rpirtillK will bo foi l, nt tho. Into rpniiloncc of 1 TliumAs ! lull mil. deeeiifwl, to ?ho liiglieH bidder. on Tfuiritdny I' < Sili Any of Mjirvli oext? ft part 01 ins l'ersonal Kstatc, consisting of Three lAkely IN'e^roe*, To wit: Emory, u firstrntp lJlauksmitli, bin wifo Isabella, and her child Sam, affod eight vcury. A LSO -? Five jdjarosnf Orconvjlloand Columbia Il?iilroail xtoiik, uinoaxmcnt paid. ALSO, Horse*, Mnlort. ;j yokrt Oxon. Corn, Fodder, Shuck*, StoqU of Cattle, Ho^k. Sheep, Wn^ono, Blacksmith and Farming Tools, llouueliold and Kitchen Furniture, and various other articles too noincmu* to mention. Trim* <>/' ?Fur all an hi a of and ahovo $10. a creilit of nine months, ivlfh not? and rtp* proved surety. Hums under that inuonut, cash n\ A. SMITH. } ... . . J. W. CALKAliAN, > Kx ors* Fob IT. lftflO " ;u\.. *) ^ 2^ ^ > Estate Notice. v ^ \ls\i PKUSONS itrdobtcd to the E-dnte pt Ttaotnn* llulhlin, deeen?fld, must uiako pnvment. and those having demand* against ^ said K*tato arc reiptircd to hand thorn in prop* TT . % , uu vvuilUSlim. 4,. W. \. SMITH, ) ,.VlkM J. W. CAhLAlIAN, ) r,i{m\ , >Vli 17, 1800 ao , s' - r Eogular Communication,.-: Kk<jwkk I?<hkik, No. 70# next OoniiHunicntion of K?>?o^ 4. Iintlge will lie lickl im Mniitliiy ^Vjkntpgth* fithnf Murolt. A puhchml uttQutWnqp ojf M?fn* 4> i?jri? i.i K/Tc.nwy required, to ThKO lnt<> ttf?nfti<tar* At ion tlio propriety ?>f ImiUHng n I.-hIuu Hall. *I}y oi llor of the W. M. U. A. If. (iinSOX. JBou'tv. PchO, jgfrfl VH ,4 y ?&% Lew Natioo. ^ ; 1 'IMIB nn<lerxij$ne<l hit* formal ft pat-taeftfcfo In , 1 .tin* pviiciicr of I aw Hpd V\|i?ity K>?; Virtcn*- , iiiiHrha. 'Mr. lUpffK* may be W* ? ' W. M. ItyjWBK. vkurfo tr.t *<?, f?w> .\ IMfr Ti : , ? ? ,I*-V!P. J* It ' "4 -_Y _ " ... ;\ i