Keowee courier. (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, March 31, 1860, Image 2
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1 tos mwimA,
ROB T. A. THOMPSON, Editor.
fKUMS?^t.'iO ?>ov minimi. In lulvnuce. If |>?*yinent
bo dolayoil until at'tiv iln> o\j>irnti<"i of the
your, $'J. For six months, 7 > ooivls in nilv:;iK-c?
Jfc^f".\<lvorti*piuf?it}< in-"Vtrd nt i hi- iimihI nit on.
PICKENS C. 1!., S. :
Saturday M'jrninn'- Mnrr.h Hi 11P.0
Payors. .
lion, i\ I? I'.tUKi:, M. 0.. nu 1 Jin! o I)??L*a1.
\S COIl'.imio iu SO j.,M. ii., pu!:!!c '!-Cl!"
ments, specchos tui<l paper*.
Court
Tho prc*ot)tniuut4 of tlic grand jury can Lo
found in another <>>>1hiii:i.
Tliore wore sonic forty indictment* returned
ltv Mn> .........i - *'
- tiutv. i iiu ** i iiiiu jury, nil wiu
bills given them, found seventeen ' true" and
live ''no bill." The. balance were compromised.
The indisposition of the Clerk, Mr. lI.u;o<u>.
who could not be present, was n serious hindrance
to the transaction of business, lie is
now up, and rapidly regaining bis strength.
Special.
Wo hud intended calling attention to Mr. S.
] '. M.\A>\VKi.ti's card, published last week. It
was well considered. When he comes to bo
identified with us by citizenship, as he is now j
by interest, our citizens would doubtless take J
pleasure in honoring him with a scat in tho j
Legislature. Mjvc up and take the chances in '
the foturn. Ttio ir-u-'.- will ?" 1 -
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crowded (linn at present!
Mr. .John ). I.rwis has opened a now store sit
l'endleton, stocke 1 with a line assortment ?>f
merchandise, lie is a rising you 115 man, just
coinmehcing life. We vouch lor his doing the
clover tiling. Try him !
The marble yard ol'Messrfc. I.k.\vri.t. & White,
at Pendleton, U commended to public patronage. j
Much of the scnousncss of so <//y.r si matter is ,
recompensed in purchasing from their polite 1
and attentive agent, Mr. Cimmv u. 1 terms
me moderate.
Mr. M as oilers desirable property in Wulhal)a,
for sale hero on Momluy next.
Thojre are other advertisements in our columns
deserving public inspection.
Proscription- i
An article 011 the lirst page, copied from the
(jreenville mhI'iI.Ij t.. >.< n.? .......
?V u.l IIIU fill- |
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inonceinent of a system of proscription entirely
discreditable to its author. Our friend has been j
battling, in manly and effective style, in behalf
of tlie Jl!?io Uhlge railroad ; and fur (his he is
to bo crushed out. Wo have been threatened
in the same way, but, we are glad to know, by
a very small number of our usually indulgent
patrons. Wo presume this to be the case also
with our Greenville friend. j
Is this proscription, for opinion's Sake, right?
Most assuredly not. The lrme:>t journalist or j
public man, who having, after mature reflection, 1
decided on the course intended to bo pursued, j
whether that position be popular or not. is entitled
to respectful attention and consideration
in the discussion of the mi est ion at issue. Y<>n
t'ldlm t|ie rijjht of on pressing yourself on matters
of public concern?will you allow your
neighbor tho same piiu'egi:? Common justice
demands it. Is nothing, moreover, due to hint
who early, openly and boldly takes a position,
(believing himself to be right) and maintains it
fairly and with all the power at his command? j
We think so. Do the public value individual
character? if so. nlmrUli ilm? r
himself and tliat promptly. The man who
courts tlic popular brccjco, trims his sails for gliding
smoothly with tho current, and has no decided
opinions of his own, is not worthy of pub- }
lie confidence. But if proscription is to he the j
rule, you drive every public man into this stultl- !
tying position. Proscription is unworthy of a j
manly heart, and baneful to the best intcro.sts |
of society. "Wo trust friend Price will not bo
troubled with its echo even after this.
Hcxico.
The relations existing between Mexico ami
this country are of a very critical character.?
Recently, the President of the I'uited States, as
a precautionary measure, sent a strong naval j
force to tho Gulf to look alter our interests. Tho j
1:1 tost, mlvimw i*? t* A r* \ ?\ ?"1" *' ! 1 '
..... , -nvii in um cwiuuiil^ (1113 Wl'CK, i
i
inform us that an engagement lias taken place
botween these vessels and two of (Jon. Min.v*
mon's ships, the latter of which were eapturod
by Com. Turner. 'J'he cause of tho conflict is >
shown to bo, that Miramon's vessels refused to j
run up their flag, when ordered to do so by the
American Commodore. Their reply was a broadside
of hIi it.
Tho refusal to show their colors when asked ;
to do so. pi.iceii them in the position of pirates, i
and their insolent assault on United States ships |
proved that such was their real character.
The outrage was promptly and gallantly ;
avenged by Commander Tuiinkh. and the fi>r<-i> '
under his command, by tlio capture of tlio two
Mourners and their iireolunt commander, Honor
Marin ; and wo doubt not that the (iovornment
t?nd people of the United States will award to
our officers, who thus nobly sustained the honor
of* our lbig, that meed of praise and approval to ;
which they are so well untitled.
Mr. Cox, of Ohio, in a speech in Congress
threw out the intimation that the liberal party
in Mexico would be assisted bv forty thousand ;
volunteers from tlio States. Tlio papers also
state that a ntirWber of persons are preparing
to inarch to iUoxtco ut once. IV?r thin purpose. '
under the organization known tin K. (i. C"s."
Improvements in tlie manufacture of "in- j
fttruinejiU of doath," Inwe tended to diminish
rating than increase the horrors of war. Tlioy j
make nations more respectful to each other.? j
Hodman's cannon then, which is dccribed ho- '
low. wo judge, a ' charitable institution
' The monster cannon designed l>v Major
It jdmnn, United States Army, and recently cast ;
nt the Fort l'itt Works, Pittsburg, is now being j
TiOred. The gun weighs some forty-eight thousand
pounds. It has a bore of tifioen inches diAmutor
ami thirteen foot nir,o inches in length.
It has twonty-fivo inches of solid inetal nt the
brooch, making 1U1 oiliuinc length fiiintcen mid i
a half feet. At tho brooch the outside diameter |
is four feet; nt tho muzzle, twenty-eight and J
niro-tenthsInches. It will project h ball ot four
hundred ?nd twenty-ono pounds a dtatancft of
five or six miles, with n tolornhle nccurnto range
of four mile*. No gtin approaching it in size
or vjight hu? over before been cust. The largest
English guns nre made of iron staves, handed
together. Some brass pieces of ^renter
length have been cast, but uo gun of more than
twelve inch bore." ^
fREK ix>yER8 Monr.Eft?Tho free lovers in
Utioe iroro mobbed on Saturday ev?ninpr. and
one 9f ft Skinner, was treated to a
jrfide npon ft t ll;e City /fall, the police
* locked bio? ?>p in tho
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The Convention Movement.
The persistent efi'ort to misrepresent tliOFO
! in favor of tlio State being represented in the
Charleston Convention continues. No suflieicnt
reason in given for such a Course.
The policy of the St si to, \vitn*fow exceptions,
has been against such assemblages, especially
in fiirmcr political struggles. Ami why? Then
thero were two oi-thoil..* iwit!?S?..i
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country?llio whig and democratic,:; J'iither
woro Considered sale <111 (lie'slavery <|tiestii>n?
And lor peculiar \cusuiis of his own, Mr. t'.w.n?<fN,
with liia greut ]uiwe.-, prevented the State
front Wing represented. except in IV id. wlicn
his friends urged him forward fur ll.e Presidency.
What if. the statu of a flairs n.?w '/ The old
?vlii" party stranded. .Many of its nienil crs,
exhibiting their 'patriotism in the net,' joined
the democratic party?old party lines were ohliieraied
for the cause of tlie South ! In the
meantime, the aholition <luud, at first not larger
than a man's hand, hurst and its fnrv has
been laying waste the land. The republican
party, in talent and numbers, is strong and the
m'uwoii enemy ol' ilio South und Hie democracy.
Now, what i.-- the part of w isdom ? The South lifts
determined togo into the Charleston (.'onventi on,
iind Ixittle lor the l'rosideney. Tim destbn of
the Slate is fixed !>y this act. and can there he
doubt us to our duty to l>e there. Is there any
reason in standing aloof. Necessity, if nothing
else, impels us forward with them. We are
glad to see the people, however, ready and deteruiinvd
to be represented of their own accord.
I>v such n <?our>o tiicv arc giving a death blow
t,,' tl... .i? n: -'? -.11
v?.x, i\ |Hiuuv;uii9 mm Know nothings??
They arc moving, too, v illi tlio South. It' bhe
is defeated iu the coining struggle for the Preside
nov, then South Carolina will be with them
ready to leave the l.'ninn.
More especially sliouhl wo he represented in
the approaching Convention, from the fart tluit
1110 name of Col. Our, onr distinguished fellowcitizen,
is placed 1-efViro the country as a candidate
for the Presidency. l>.,es tie', interest and
State (>ri'!e, if nothing else, say to us that it is
our duty to be represented in the convention.
Anderson.
We ore pleased to see that Anderson is moving
for a district subscription to the ltluo Ridge
railroad. It slmu-w iln.?" : -i
. r?vil.-> l.-lllll UilMIU 111
hor determined advocacy of this great enterprise.
The article of tlio (iaic/tc, uii the subject, will
appear next wool;.
"Crinoline," " High heels." " Little bonnets
" and " Flats."
" Willie Lightheart," a merry, rollicking,
spicy us well as graceful writer for several of
our State papers, perpetrates the following in
regard to "Crinoline," " Iligh liodls, " Litilo
bonnets." and "Flats," >it t. late nuinbor of the
Edgefield J</w/tV."> ;
O my! I am rejoiced to hoar t'tat hor Majesty,
tlio Empress Eugenie, lias expressed herself
in such round tonus in reference to those donustic
cfrclcs, hoops and crinoline. How the report
<^<>t cii'cnluti'd, that) she had forbid (lie use of
them at tlie Court of France, 1 do not know, but
it was not true anyhow. A woman without
hoops! What an idea! Why the dear girls
would look like tea-onnnisters and quart cups,
without these graceful articles. Did you over
walk arm and arm with a pretty girl with hoops
or crinoline ? Pshaw! 1 might as well a>k you
if you ever heard ot a man who refused to pay
fof his paper alter reading il fifty-two weeks.
In either ease you have?often have. llut. the
difference between those two cases consists in
the f.? *t that one of the parties refuses to conic
round, while the other is rvuiiJ already and ttUi-ys
there too.
Well, take it for granted that you have?in
former years, it may he?walked with a pretty
young lady since the introduction of crinoline
or hoops, little bonnets and high heeled booties.
Why, sir, in the first place, you f it so much
nearer to your companion than you did in tho
time when hoops were not known, except around
| barrels. Was it not nice, and sociable like to
i feel tlio rounded skirts brushing n/rainst you at
every step? Then, instead of being obliged, as
I in old times, to walk before the lady, 'ike the
j captain before las men, Iteforo you could see
ner lace, away baeli in the bonnet, how much
better is it now, to see the whole of the dear
la no with just n little piece of straw and a bunch
of ribbons on the back of her neck. Then the
highdieels! how they patter beside you, as she
keeps step with you so nicely.
llut.. as much as 1 admire the bonnets now
worn by the ladies, 1 must confess my partiality
to "flats" with lace around the rims. Yuung
ladies from sixteen to nineteen years (if age,
look extremely well in those saucy little headed
coverings. .Uut, w here am I drifting to 1
Ivtr.ruTivK Is's'rttt'cti >ns to Mr. Mi Lank?
The President communicated his instructions
ii? -nr. .uoiiane confidentially to tlie Senate on
Monday, in replv to a resolution. On the 21th
of May and the I.Otli of July last he wax autlior:
ized 10 oii'oi' ol0,000,0("J for L iwar California,
' anil the right of way from the llio (Jrauile to
Ma/.atlau, and from Arizona to (iuayinas. Juarez
desirc<l a separate treaty f%jr this object, and
tiie negotiation finally fell through.
Lir.ut.u, Bkqi*?t?Mr. William Enston, for
many years a large dealer in furniture in
l Miarleriton. died very suddenly on Friday morning
last. Mr. E. was a native of England, hut
eaino to America in eorlv ehildliood. 15v huhita
of strict indnstr;,, lie became one of tlio wealthiest
citizens of Charleston, and lias died possessed
of a property of about $3,000,000. Being
childless, .ie has left his wile a life interest in
the estate, and one or two annuities to relatives.
I'pon the death of these parties, the entire estate,
excepting about 830,000, reverts to the
city of Charleston, in trust for charitable purpOfCS.
Ovation ti tiib "Mahtvrs"?A meeting
was held in Huston on tlx* Kith inst., to commemorate
the martyrdom of Stevens and Ilazlett,
who were executed in Virginia. 1 ?r. Knox
presided, nml spcceliO" were made by James
row lor, ol '^mnbridge ; i)r. John Dovand 11. J.
llintoii, of Kansas; Kev. J. Sella Martin and
T. W. Iliggiiison, of Worcester; William Lloyd
Garrison and others.
Tki k.?The fact cannot be denieil that tho
man who is not fond of children, is a bud man.
Wo have never know n a single exception to this
sweeping rule.
Foil Cii \h i.kston?The Pennsylvania delegation
to (jharlestoii have contracted for i!it? steam
ur i\fj?u>iie Mate. to take one hundred paasen* I
gor* from Philadelphia and bht k, between thft '
lKth of April and the first of Mav, and ftirnish i
them on board, during that period, for $80 each, j
Tiib Mf.xican Collision.?New Orleans, j
March 2u?The United States war ship Preblo j
1? below, with the prisoners, previously report- |
ed. The officers aud crew are reported all well, j
No lator advices from the squadron.
Hoxto.v. March 21?Tlie ship Uriel, Capt. j
Walker, of Moston. felt in with 1
VIIV i ui IIIJIUI'SH j
brig'of-wnr MondeiffO in distress. Nino of licr !
officers, fifty-live of the crew and two women !
wore saved l>v tho boats of tlie Uriel. On ao j
| count of tho high sea staving her boats, the
Uriel was unable to rescue tho remainder, and
tho brig went down n? <> o'clock in tbo evening.
Tho number on board is unknown. Tho Uriel
j If.jt three men by the staving of her boats.?
' The Moudeigo was from China bound to Lisbon.
Boston, March 21?-The ship Norway, of New
i York, Capt. Major, when ttvo days out on tho
! passage from Macao to Havana, with about one
' thousand coolies, was tho scene of i terrible mutiny,
in which thirty coolios wero killed, rtnd
ninety wounded, 'f ho fight lusted from 6 p. ni.
tilt daylight the next morning, wh?o ?h? Oonlies
yielded. Capt. Major lirwl liin wifo and two
daughter*, a;ul al?o a ludy pa?(ienger-and child
on board. Tim lady panseivgjer died of fright,
and the child kplrea joon aaorvr&Td.
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Pennings and Clippings. #
For tiik Lkgisi.atukk?Messr8. W. A. IIlTttc
and John V. Moure linve been announced a"
candidates for tl.o Legislnt&ro, in Andorsou
District.
Amkmmno tiik Constitution?Ex-Goycrnor
Mi Donald, of Georgia, write* to tho editor of
ttie Macon l\ le?/raph urging llio necessity of ho
amending tho Constitution of tlie United States
I un iw jiruviuu ureniur security tor private {U'OP*
i crtv. and remedy evils that are found to exist in
I tho present political arrangement* of tliifpoOii*
try. lie (ico'ites the Georgia delegation ntoupe
j to introduce such umcudineut* in Congress.
I.ookinu .mtf.it Mexico?A detachment of'
o.'t) I'nitcl Si a toft trot-pn left New York on [
ThnxKihiy for J tidiiwiupolls, Texas?, under com- '
........i ,.i (\int 11 ii<?* \. Palmer of the 2d Oav- 1
airy. The I'nited States store ships Supply
and Falmouth will leave in a few days for tlio
(Julf of Mexico, with stores for the snuadron.
1 Ion it I o?One of the recently admitted doctors
of our medical college?from the far West
? Have it as his otiitiiini ?!>.?? 'I".
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about winch so is said, in not ai? bad us
the Dip.snHlJ'rria, which prevails extensively in J
tlie primitive regions of Mississippi.
11 a i i.uo ad?Highly eitizonsof I.nncnMer District
lis*.vc subseribod Si00,000 to connect their
district with the railroad at Camden or some
other point.
Kii.i.kd?A man by the niiinoof StukoaKilled
Pr. McXeely Dnbnso, in Clarendon district, on
the ititli in^t. The difficulty ^rowout of a laud j
trade. 0. A. Mood shot another man in Colum- .
hia, on the -4th inst, by tho name i>f ^v"!ou
Cause not .ttaU.d.
1'i.gasant Thoughts?Tho plea?nntcst tiling j
in tlio worhl are pleasant thoughts, ami the |
greatest art in life id to have as many of them
as possible.
Hkadacii;:?Hall's Juurnal of Iballh says
many an annoying heailacho will bo prevented
if the foot are kept clean. We lie1, er knew before
why so many people complain ??f distressing
; headaches!
Si'akTANiu tti;?The Return for Spartanburg ;
district was 122 eases. There are v. number of j
acceptances.
A Xr.tv Soitiikhs .State?Tho old project!
of funning a pew Stato out of Northern Missis- :
sippi, Western Tennessee; and the extreme wes- |
tern point of Kentucky, has been revived, ami '
the Tennessee Legislature has given it itn sane- I
; tion. Tho nrnin.vi.fi Sinln ?\".?..t.l i
. , ......... WW uuuimuu ny I
the Tennessee river on t!io cast throng!) tlic j
States ?|" Kentucky nn?l Tonne :seo. and l>y the
Mississippi on the west. and would contain a
population of about 700.OOO.
Sr. L .itis, March '20?Advices receivedihero
from Oregon report that different l?an<2;ji>f white
men made a simultaneous attack upon the Indian
villages on Kftl River, tnassucrein^ indisriniinntely
tluce hundred men, woin^li and
children.
New Oui.kans, March -0 -Cov. Houston is
at San Antoiiia, and will act in concert with Col.
i.ec's operation on the llio Grande. Col. Lee
was to leave on the 15th for active work. Five
hundred Hangers arc already in the field under I
wiv. iimiMuu s proclamation, tor the deltonco of
tho'Northern Fiontier, wliero tho Indians arc
murdering, plundering and burning in all dircotiou6.
Tiie McKexna AVii.i, Case?AVcoro Informed, i
j says tho Columbia (iuavtlian, that this case, involving
a large amount of property, has been
postponed to the Kxtra Court, ordered to bo
held at Lancaster C. II., in July.
Muroeii on tub IIit:ii Ska?The two mates
of the American barque Anna, arrived at New I
York on Tuesday, in the steamer Fulton, Imv- j
ing been sent home by tbe American consul at 1
j Southampton for trial, on tbe charge of killing
J s'hx of the crew of the barque, by a course of t
j cruelty so revolting as to appear incredible.? |
Ii no}' were committed t<> prison fur examination.
Ton Travei.mxu?Lavator fays that the throe
grout requisite# for traveling arc health, money
i at i physiognumy.
i The Uiciikst Countv in the Uvited States,
i ?It is probable that Hru/.os county, Texan, is
the richost in the Union in proportion to the
nuiuLcr of its population. According to the
last comptroller's report, if the property of that
county should be equally divided among its voters,
thore would be something more than $13,000
to each man.
] LAit(iK I-'no'iwmknt?It i.s stated that the one '
'hundred thousand dollar endowment to the
i Howard College, Ala., projected hy Kev. W. 8.
' (towton ahout a year ago. has been completed hy
{ that gentleman. Twonty-live thousand.dollars
i of this amount was given hy Jore. Brsivvn, of
t Sumter county, Ala. ,
Dkntisthv?It is a fact, revealed hy the
! :n;::;i;n v pits Kgrpt. ihnk Kcrv.hlimi defttists
I ???.l ? .1- V
i iw mi uvunycu ivctu witu gold ?5U(JU yours |
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Moiui.f., Ala., March 13?The Mobiio Theator,
(J it ion Cotton l'ross, with two thousand
bales <d' cotton, and several adjoining buildings, |
were destroyed by fire this nioinitig, Tho loss j
is estimated at $27">,Ot)<).
To be IIun'c?In Marlborough district. Judge |
Wurdlaw sentenced John C. Terrell to be hung i
on Fiidav tho 13rb Amdl >?? < r.,?
-v ..VAI, ?UI lllMlUVr,
Tii# New IIami-siiikk Klkction?Full re- ;
j turns from Now Hampshire show the majority i
I of Goodwin (Rep.) to ho The Pepuhli- j
J cans have 10 out of 12 Senators. The Kepub*
; liean majority in tlie House in H5.
I The Imtknimnu Chisia?A !>ox containing
I 150 copies of Helper's Impending Crisis, wiis
i hurnt in the public square at High Point N. (J.,
I last week.
Ladi<r Movement?The hvieklnvora ?.f v<>?. '
i York, now revolving ?1.7.5 per dav, demand $2 !
J per day nftor the tlrst day of April. 'JJIiey do j
uot contemplate a " strike,"boliovibg that (Itoir i
| demands will be accedcd to without it.
' Bai.timorr, March 17?Two men, Ilull and '
! Wilson, have been arrested in Baltimore on ilic '
charge of kidnapping the negro John Brown, at !
j Sadsbnry, Lancaster county, Pa., and held iu
$10,U()U bail.
Young Oourr.e?Hymen's torch was lighted
in Dartmouth, Mas*., last week, to illumine the
marriage of Cornelius Kllis, and Deborah Uriit-j
noli. Tho bridegroom is only 90 years of age,
ami his bride is a "sweat, gushing creature " ,
of IV eumnicrs.
A IJniquh Bam.? Last weeV. ?otfpntv.fin?
,vi(juwM," residing around Elkhart, In- !
iliaiiii, ga\o u ball and invited their mulo friends. I
No Indies who wore uot "grog# yndows" wcro
ad mi Hod.
FlRB?A fire occurred at St. Paul. Minnesota,
on the l()th inst, destroying thirty five buildings,
I with a loss of $100,000.
StRakck Death?A child wan killed ot Buff.
| nlo, ope day Hist, week, in a singular ,toanner,
I by falling on a fiieco of w)rc with whidty it wan
i playing, which penetrated throdgh oae Of its
I eyes into the brain, ' ^
! Out Name Less ok tiik ftoLL?Miohael
j Crow, a Holdior of the Revolution and of the
| War of 1812, died in Philadelphia on the 20th
I instant, in tho 10<\th year of his age. llo
; was bis feet four inches in height.
A f!~ * -* r\ .i - ?.l ' ? -
nw.r.i- ui.u nu??v_m mo nm ini?f. Uarby
Lciiilimi died at Coolnagower, Wnt?ift*d, ctthe !
age. of ii2pruHin. lie posseted nil his faculties
to witltiri n fevr days of Wis doath, p.nd walked
in mi ercot manner on the <jna^ at Waterftrd,
vrithin the last month.
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Smart Wive?An Illinois editor challenges
tho State to pmdiK-0 u wife equal to lii?, for
HiiinrlDOHO and ntUHcle. Among tlio many
tilings enumerated which *he easily performed
one morning before brealifiiot, '"whipping the
editor, epankitig nine children, kicking over the
tahle and breaking all the diehes, wringing a
iielj/'^Hii-'s note for interfering, cutting oft" a
j dog's tail, and throwing a servant girl into a
: v i^ivi (i*
Pkah-Oov. Win II Bisaeji, of Illinois. died on !
the li<ili inn. 11 o through the Moxinln |
wtir, wiim a member <j{ Congress. ""J aftcrwurds !
(>u\ernor uf liliuojH.
1Jkeakin(i?A correspondent of the Clmi'le*t?n?
Courier Pivyn tlio riul) irtcn of Xow York
city are (tilling through with a ern*h. Rnrsaspitrillu
T<i\vn.?end wns once n millionaire, but all
;>? i.ni'n lit> Iuik disappeared from tlio ranks of j?
nabob-don. lb;ruum hurstcd and groat was tlio
breakage thereof. Genhi eolfnpxed twieo and
has managed to *avo none of the pioces, and a
lung list of others, ending with Ihiwir tlio
negro, have made money and lost it?been bub- 1
hies fur an limit' ntilv J.it ?!io sni'fiifn nf nilv i?!iun. '
ging, troubled society.
UruAN Nature?A poor n'e??ro \yhn wns noar
his oitd, was iiuo?tioncd by a ucigliborhig clergyman
as t<> tiio state of ins mind. His replies
wore all vorv well until bo came to the article
of forgiveness. Me for gib ebery bMy but Sam !
N . But ehn von not forgive liiin ? Why,
if ino die, me forgib liitn : but if nie lib to got :
well, i.ie yib Itiin anoder knock.
The two Families?Temperance has prom-|
isinjf children, l?ut Drunkenness lias u scaly!
Family, and wo have soon anion*; his sons Debt, 1
Dishonor, Disease, and Death.
Dkatii in a 11.m.i. Room?A young holy of
eighteen, named Mi.-s llolon l'ike, while dancing
at a hall in Taheig, X. Y. last Friday eve- '
uiug, suddenly Tell dead upon the floor.
Chntrai. Texas?The Anderson Texian mentions
that Mr. HofSngton of that placo, in dig- 1
gi?u: a well, reached, at the iloplh of one linn- I
drcd and twenty-two foot, a hold running !
stream of sulphur water, with a fair proportion
of iron.
Tuk C it a l.i. s yon Convention?The Petersburg
Kfprn.sx says : Some idea may he formed
of the crowd that will be gathered at Charleston
in April, when it is stated that the delegation
from Illinois alone, will number one thou
saii<l.
A Dk*iram.r On'k'k?Tho Sheriffalty of
Now Orleans is worth from $;?0,000 to $10,000
u year.
L.\r<;r Virk ? ' tie Minnohago Hull, at 11 ieknnrt
(111.) was bnrnt on the Kith inst.. together
with the adjoining buildings, Iosj $00,000, Insnranee
$13,000.
From Mexico.
New Ouf.e.ws, March 20.?Gen. Miramnn
has imtilied all foreign vessels that ho would i
commence the bnmlmrdnient of Vera Cruz on ;
tlie niuht'of the lotli. ntid would not he rc*p<in> .
sihle for any damages to the shipping anchored <
uiuler the walls of the Castlo.
On the ni^lit of the loth the officers on the ]
deck ><f the steamer Mmillion hoard heavy :
cannonading in the direction of Vera Cruz.
Tlie Saratoga captured with the two steamers. '
sis mortars, six '.21 pounders and 1.000 stand of
small arms The steamers are worth $00,000. 1
One of the steamers broke down and put into I
Sisal. The materials of war had been stored 1
away below out ?>f the siuht of the nu>u ? !>.. I
worn ignorant 'if her destination. i
Tlio brig Xahuiii Stetson, lias arrived at Now i
Orion us from Tampion, which tdic left on the 1
12th. w'.ih nearly $riU0.000 in specie. i
Nkw Ori.kans, March 21.? Marin's stenfners i
returned tho fc'aratoga'x fire, anil tried to escape. The
Indianola pursued tlic Minunon. Tlio latter
fired on her, and the Indianola returned (lie
lire, and boardod t!ie Miranion at the point of 1
the bayonet. A portion of the Indinnola's dock
was carried a way by shot. The Miramiin ran
aground. The Saratoga brought the Marip.is
to.
Tlio I'ieavunc is informed by French prisoners
oil board the prizes, that the lighting was
ilono nvinninnllu l.? * 4
r . %jj sum <muk;ci t*| >vnu wuro uuuged
to charge nittl lire lire guns, assisted only
by Mexican officers from the shore.
The two steamers had 'J.")0 men on hoard, and
the killed and wounded reached 10, the former
heing thrown overboard. Tlio Indianola and
the SVavo had HO men each. The tirst engineer
of tho Marquis do la llahana, un American,
was killed.
Commodore Turner asked Marin why he lired
on American vessels without urovotisstion.?
Marin replied that his men could not l>e controlled.
lie know the nationality of the Saratoga,
and understood tho signal, hut his men fired
contrary to his orders. Commodore Turner'*
reply was?" Von are entirely responsible for i
the outrage."
It is slated thattho oxpedition cost ?300,000,
which was mostly furnished at I la van a hv (iovcrii:nnnt,
nco,.,rclun',? vrith a secret article of
the Almonte treaty.
The Delta publishes the details of negotiations
between the liriti-h and Mexican Governments.
Lord John Russell proposes an armistice
and general amnesty, and religious toleration.
If the proposition is declined, Rnghind
must demand from both parties Full idumnitv
fur every thing duo Krigllsh subjects.
Miramnn has proposed the terms of an armistico.
Ho stipulates that Knglnnd, France,
Spain, Prussia and the United States shall ho
mediators for the establishment of peace. In
the meantime, the custom duties are to bo divided
between the two parties, etc, On the third, .
Juarez rturncd Mirnnmn'scommunication, with
the declaration that his propositions were absurd
and inadmissible.
Nk.W Oitf.KANS, Mar eh 2 4?The Ho.hootior
Virginia Antoinette, which left Vera Cruz, on j
w.~ uu hivi Kim iiiMiiiii, iin.s arrived i
hove. Her officers state tlio military conference
for the purpose of suspending hostilities
with the foveas uhder Miramon iind Juarez
had broken up without any favorable result.
Miramon oommenced a bombardment of
Vein Cruz 011 the morning of the 15th,
wliieli was continued with unabated fury until
the schooner Virginia left. Tlio shot and 1
shell were falling on the city, killing several j
and doing much damage. Many shots fell :
among the shipping under the castle, but1
without tfffoct, ho far as was known up to tlie j
sailing of the Virginia Antoinette.
Two Spanish war stcatnovs arrived at Vera
Cruz on tho I5tli iu8tant.
St. Louis March 17.?The Railroad bill
passed the Senate yesterday.
A gentleman from New Mexico reports the
Navojo Indians as having t-iikon a very hostile
position towards the whites, having sto- |
ten near!}' all the stock in the Rio AbojO '
district, over 100,090 hc&d of sheep, and a
large'quantity of other stock hM'becti run off
during the winter. Tho entire nution>ifl combinod
in the hostile movement. Colr Fauotleroy
waa preparing an extensive- ?<p<5di- ,
tion ncriin&fc'thfao'fndiuna. and waa o*n/>ntA<?
to take tha field in peraon thitf month.? j
Gov. Ueijcher wria organising volunteer com- j
panics for tbo protection, of the citizens.
Fouk.nbic Emjquknck.?" May it please
the honorable court and gentlemen of tlio jury,
the defendant in thin cose wilfully and maliciously,
with all the fury of a ficud emerged
from the wilderness, with nil the lYonzy of a
roaring lion, and with nil his gigantic i
strength, did then nnd thcro seixo my in -1
offensive client by the cyllar, and?tore his ,
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OCSMlffllUlNIOO&TfCOW?.
Correspondence of the Keowee Courier.
Nbw Yofcrt, March 20, 1HG0.
Dear Courier: l'or I he pnvt two weeks your
numerous rcftUyrs luivo not been troubled.with
loiters from your correspondent, for tlie simple
reavon I lint naught h?8,triumphed of a mtjuro s'liftitj|enily
interesting to communicate.
At I lie present lime t lie luek of something new,
the ttbsoimepf bloody oncminfer;, midnight murder*,
Urea, tragical laics, I'loyemcnts iu liigli life,
mid gossip in society, is sorely fell by tbe heart- |
loss. iro-!?beud. cruviuir excitement. Yiiiikec. mid
Lliu bold, vlifillow putroit* of crinoline. Willi ret- |
crence to the ladies uii'l IVoadway dandies, ?in
Deception should bo made, us Ilieir louder lieives
have been considerably rutllod by the exposure of a <
little affair of (lie heart. Ii is mi established truth
that mankind hns u proellvity, more or less power- ,
1111, i'm vh'jn li.???l?lv spiced willi
scand.il. Actin/upon this fnct, we dot ilie partic- I
ularsof the transaction, and trust yoOrreaders will .
not frown down Uoxnivkt for reiiiiling what is
considered a.< a rich joke : A certain Yankee, of a i
philanthropic, caste of mind, and a descendant of !
I lie proscribed venders of hickory-hams ami wopd- |
is11 nutmegs, is the hero of the transaction, lie con- j
uj>ivedif a discovery could be undo by which the !
* \cs com i oc.uttraclcil to each other, (oile moved
by lovo?the other indifferent.) and a reeiprtfoal 1
allVction established, tin? diseovet'er would receive
eternal thanks, and realize an independent fortune. ;
Thinking long ami ply upon the subject, lie
Wus nl last enabled u> utter u uonipoUnd, dohtined
(he believed) to realize the wildest expectation*.
In u few dayj the young ladies and gontfemou of i
tlie metropolis, were supplied with circular* eon- i
tr.ining a description of tliti compound, destined to |
cause love and speedy marriages; alsostaling bow (
an interview could be had. The Idea was worthy
ot' a Yanhoe, for tiie circulars were immediately !
answered by .orders from the frnil ilnnglitors nnd '
sons of the elite. Business! was thriving, and a "|
fort line appeared already realized, when the bright
clouds were of a sudden darkened by the ominous
appearance of an incenscd father. The vetiernble | ,
sire had discovered his darling Julia perusing a |
i eply toher letter, ordering the drug for her laith- |
less llomeo. and demanded an instant explanation. !
which wo? given amidst tears and blushes. Away !
he posted to the authorities oxtmsod ilm villnln !
i? 114,1 his disgusting knavery, who would luive been |
punished, but, producing letters from parties of I lie ; 1
uppor-teii, whose moral reputation was a mo lei ; !
until (his discovery, the mutter wu? dontpromlscd I
by a fee and (lie instant departure of the homiii- | 1
drol. Notwithstanding tlie dispatch and secrecv i
exercised vit ilio occasion. the hiimili'ating affair I
was soon noised abroad, and many wore thy joUes : '
passed at tlio expense of the guilty, whoso virtue, I 1
it was supposed, caused by comparison, the ipies- i
tioii of the lilly'jj purliy. I ,
The sous of old Ireland celebrated fit. Patrick's (
day with unaccustomed honor. The procossii.ii. I
altogether. military and civic societies included, j '
amout fed to 10,')<>-) ni?n, and occupied an hour I !
and fifteen minutes in posing tlio city Hall. One I ;
of the most notable features in tho procession was I j
a triumphal car drawn by ten while horses, gnvly 1
festooned, in which was seated a representative of | '
an aueient Irish minstrel, with palriarchiul beard,
performing on the natural instrument? the llarp I
of Rrin. The evening closed by an oration at the
the Academy of Music, by Dr. C.M.mt.L. Subject.
"Tlio Fidelity of Ireland to her Krtith and l.ibery."
Thoso not of a literary turn of mind, ad- j
join-nod to flauiiv Jknninus', at which place they !
were feasted bv a srniul mt .nul nvi.ii.tit/-...
w -n Ill
honor of the Saint. ' I
Ureal excitement is manifested among the church I
poors of this oily, in cousequcuce of tho sudden j
and nu-Jcoriodike appearance in tho pulpit of the , 1
Rev. Hknuy (Jiiattax Ot iknxkhs. The reverend i
gentleman helil forth yesterday at the Academy of > i
Music, on the very hoards where the. spirits of I j
' Unit Fitr.tsriiirra" were woilt to weave their mys- j (
lie spells, and Don .Ii.an practised his timoiouf in
trigueu. Tlie place was liberally and uncomlortn- ) '
lily erowdeil, and hundreds left, uuutdu to ohiain j *
:uonis:-ioii. The preacher realized all expectations, j i
find is considered a second Sl't'KtVroN. In out j |
next we shall give a general description of the 1 (
reverend gentleman and his delivery.
The meohaniea of tho city, more or less, havo
t'truck for higher wages, nud at a meeting of the '
cabinet makers, one of the sneaker* onmliMti.-iiUu
declared "that the Southern negro was be Hoi- off (
n thousand times tlian they. tins white bIuvob."
It is pleasing to sec theso down-trodden masses
practically illustrating the doctrines of Sbw^itp
and his republican crew.
The New York Herald is advocating the removal
of tho Convention from Charleston to New York,
as tho titter of the two for such a meeting, mid
adds that the Queen of the South is a miserable
little, out of the way place. Hu.nmvkt.
Presentments of the Grand Jury.
Tho Grand Jury for Spring Tern). 1800, lieg ,
lenvo to innko the following presentment:
mm... ?i - i - - ? - ?
iiu V""'^ tixunc i(ivv linn u> do ill good con- '
dltion, >?ut recommend that a thick ,Carpet ho
furnished to spread over the Hoor of the Porticrt,
on tin- west sitio of tho Court House, as tlie noise
overhead is very aiinoyin to the Jury,
And the Ju y has hoeu reliably informed that
the doors of tho GI'and Jury room have been
left standing open tlio most of the time, and
they recoinmond that a Utile he served on the !
Clerk for not keeping them closed.
Tho Jail they find to need some repairs.? |
Sonic glass in tho window* nie out, and the sill
of tho House next to the Kitchen is decaying,
and, as tho Commissioners have had notice heforo
of these repairs, and have not attended to
them, they rem-inmend that n rule du itisue
against them for neglecting to make the necos
They Imvo also examined the Poor Ilmtnft,
and .find everything neat and-clean. The Paupers
nrc well provided for with provisions,
clothing, and good houses. Tin! house the
Stcwnid lives in needs some repairs tu make it
umrc comfortable.
They also recommend n Poll Tax, and hnpo
tlitvt it will lie submitted to the Legislature at
its next session.
Also, a Tax to be laid on all Stills that are
in the District.
They nre informed that the rond leading from
Classy Mountain to Crossroad meeting-house, Is
in a bad'condition, and needs work. The road
is-iu the bounds til' Jeremiah LotU'elc's Division.
The road lending from McKinnoy's Ford
to Villein Church, is also in it bad condition mul
Iho humid have done very little work on it. Tlio
road belongs to Car w BLf, IIeptek's Division.
And tho ror.d from flol. Nm moms' to where it
intersects the Pickens roud, ul so needs work
badly.
Tho Ornnd Jurv thinks that the Grocery kept
in this place, in a nuisance to tho plnce, and
they ?ec a goodenl of drinking and fussing nlioiit
the place. 'J'liey earnestly hope .that something
mny ho done, us they are well sntisQed that it
would ho to tho Interest and goodmorals '>f focicty.
All of which in re#peclfollv submitted..
S. LOV JNOOOf), Foreman.
Til K C AMFOHNIA 1)K J?K( 1 ATIOM. ? Wo llUVO
been ,favored with tho following extract from
n letter of an emigrated Charlentonian, who
propose* 10 revisit his native-city at the approach!
n?z Convention :
The California and Oregon Delegations
propose to "camp out" in tho frontier stylo
during the Convention?>thcy will take down
their own tents for that purpose. We shall
rcquiro room enough for somo threo large I
marquees and from twenty to . twenty-five
small tents, as there-will be ubout forty attendants
from tho I'aoifio slope?-.til good men
sod true, nnd dwellers beyond the Sierra
Nevada. I think you will find these visitors
from the-Pacific as sound on tho Constitution
ns oven you would desirri, sod as pleasant a
sot of fellows rts can be gathered anywhere.
Wearo pleased to learn that ah aotivo and
energetic citizen lias secured for tho purpose
above named, the vacant lot on the oastprly
side of Meeting-street, near South Bay. The
Citadel flreeu <yas first thought of, but that
was impracticable. The tents w?U nlenseutl)
diversify. j,ho scene near the Battery.
* -v- ? 1 ' [Mercury*.
?id "-amtiamimmmumimam
The Invasion of Mexico?Tha Knights o(
the Golden Circle. *
Nkw Okikans, March 1H.?r-FnrovorslmdowioK
>u interest ull questions c*' State or imtioiiiu
politicrt, the enterprise of the lv. (?. j
r\ ? ... i. v...e .i-~ 'i i '- * 1
oj vi JXiiiuiiio */i VUVJ UUIUU1I \ irwo,"
just now engrosses tho attention of the pnblio
mind in this flection. That tlio order
should attnietsueh notice is the natural .result
"of its extended mid perfect organi/jition, it*
vast siud increasing resources, m.d the rtuinher
of meii of wealth and character who. in
this and neighboring States, avow themselves
as ardent sympathizers, in its aim. The following
reliable details of the origin mid objects
of the movement, so far as they arc accessible
to the uninitiated, Mill be interesting
to tlie renders of tlie Htrnld :
Tin* orr!i?r w:m instituted in Missis.-ippi durinjr
the year lfcf>4. Its original olijctt was
the euHivjitioi) of ? martial spirit iuiion<r tlio
young nieu of that Stnto, and for si loiij: tiino
the number of its members wag <juitc limited.
Within the Fast year or two, however, its len(1
ers luive jtfvCn it an impetus by which it has
slowly but surely spread over seventeen State*,
including; the whole .South, but more especially
in the States of Tennessee, Mississippi,
Louisiana and Texas. It now comprises nearly
thirty thousand members. Its object is to
march to Mexico, crush the Mirainon fi.otion
mid place the Juarez Government fairly upon
its lojp?. Jn doii>K this, the K. (r. C.'s eontend
that they are violating no treaty or lieu
Irality law, but that they :ire simply i
i legitimate imd formally recognized friendly
I iovernment to subdue a baud of factious potlaws.
This done, they nicaji to assimilate the
Mexican republic as nearly to our own as the
different habits of the two races will permit.
They disclaim lite character of lillibustcrs,
mid declare that tlicy will march down to the
leVve and embark in broad day-light. Tlio
tim > for the dopartnre has not yet been fixed.
Probably their forco will be separated in two
divisions. Otic will cross the 11 io (Jrande to
suppress the disorders alotij* the frontier, and
then march direct to the MexK'uti Cftj ital.?
'I he cither will go to the relief of Ver; Cruz.
This is the present tircurainmo. but it is imt A
finally determined upon, and nmy be altered
l?V tlic turn of iiHairs at. Vera (,'ru/.. Any attempt
on the part of Spain or any other Kuropean
power to interfere in the struggle between
tho factions will precipitate the departure
of tho K. (!. (Vs. Tho pecuniary resources
of the order are on a scale proportionate
to the number of its menibcit.. In tho
State of Texns iiIoiic 110 less than four hundred
and ninety eight thousand dollars have
been contributed, and a division of twentylive
hundred men have been armed and equipped
beside".
The number of K. (i. (\'s now in this city
is about 2,200 men. The companies are. composed
of fine-looking young men, mostly between
the ages of twenty-live and thirty, and
ineir uriu is Paul to be excellent. Tlic commissariat
is in charge of a number of gentlcinon
of cKpcrionei ami means. What astonishes
1110 most in the movement is the perfect
confidence cvineed by everybody concerned in
it, that it will prove successful. They deal
a re it will be only a runnirig fij?Iit, and that
the efinipii;;n will not last nix months. Of
tourac, there nro a great many whose names ^
ind influence arc enlisted in the enterprise,
but who have 110 idea of accompanying tho
vxpoditi'Mi. Yi't tho K. (}. CVh expect to
Imrl a sufficient fot*co upon Miraiuou's army
to overwhelm him at ouce, A great deal of
enthusiasm was created tho other day by tho
nrrival of a largo srpiad from Maryland and
Virginia. It is said thev havo a number of
recruits from Harper's Ferry, each man of
whom is able to make his own musket I
shall keep yoi) advised of any further steps
taken hy the order. .
jY< ic York lit fold,
CSkN. Uicurjiy, head of tho K. CI. C.'f,
made a speech to the citizens ol Montgomery,
A hi., last week, lie said the order wa? designed
to assist in the Americanization of
.Mexico; that. he had several rwimcnls vemlv
to take up jn-nis, vud expected to raitfe two
regiments, with moans to got thoni to Mexico,
in Alabama, lie had, he .said, Ofiginally
been induced to make contract with the Miraiuon
or Church faction ; but the rccopivittun
id' the Juarez or Liberal party by the I'nitod
States Government hud coinpollod him to cs?- A
pousc t!ie cause of .thbt party, in order to avoid
u collision with his own countrymen.
Wasiiixuton, March 21.?In the Ser.sio,
to-day, the Female.Emigrant Protection bill
and another to reduce the public printing ox- 4
pensb were adopted. A resolution calling for
information in regard to tho instructions to
the Gulf Squadron in relation to the recent
action vrita ottered. > ,
In the Tfoitse, a bill was introduced; but
laid over, calling for information in relation
to tho Gulf. Squ.idron, similar to tho 0110 introduced
in tho Senate.
Washington, Thursday, March 22.T*-Jt T'
is now understood that tho Mioora^in treaty
will bo ratified in its original form and returned
to Nicaragua, whose Govornnicnt, it is
buHovad, will overlook tho delay, and accept
tho ratification out of courtesy.
A moro dignified courso will probably bo
pursued relative to tho Mexican treaty, it
would haye been brought up uudor V.^nly fa
vorablu auspices this week bntforthp ubtenco
of several prominent Senators, jPfmW are in
Now England instructing tlio peoput in * that
quarter upon a subject of which so liitlo s
known it ltd aiiiil irlv !>/? ???? 1?
J.m . V..W UVjilU, UU)VVlll>nH I #
to this trculy are rapidly vaniiliiiip.
Washington, March '.J'h?In tl>e Sbnatp,
n hill fur (supplying tho State# witli ariw.s w<uj
taken up and passed.
In the House, Mr. Garnett introduced a
hill to eniihlo citizens of the hlavo States to
carry thoir slaves to Kansas. ,
A resolution wiih offered to instruct the Judiciary
Cpunuitteo to report a hill interdicting
slavery where C'pugruM has power over tho territory.
The resolution wu? negatived, by
majority.
T ? . # ?
j r liiiHioriuno oomcR into ynnr bouse, bo
patient nnd Biuile pleosuntly, and it will stalk
cut ngaiu, for It caunot boar chc'erfut comry-.
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liM of Cousiffiftee*
At Anderson l)rp6t week eitdiny March 24, I860
J Wileon. K B Bcn*on A. Son, J J ]?ewia, 3
W.C. 8 J yioman, England & B?wl?y, 884
Co. 1) 8 Stribling Si Sod, M k M, H F Wright,
]) Biemnn. F W Kilpatrick, W 8 ? Q ? Willinms.
W flvnrnn. R f! n?i?r? n fit-*- ? w
Victor, P A fceo?l?r, M M Norton, j Lind'jr, ] i
W X Ki'.rlo, IUC.8 B, ?, VAC* J T 8'A 8,
J B Hilton, ?T L Simpnon, J If K ?!?>*n A Co, A
Krukcr. J Partlow, J K K Adger, A
Dnaw, F Br?d?. 8m5th A H. B V A T 8 Cr??ton,
J B Adger, j W Clnrk, JU^Vlil Belong A
8 Stephens A Co. A B Bowden, jCvAM.JP
Bocd, A f Cftlhonn. H E $?Ven?1, XI A W Oib*
*t\n, A P Cator. W B Benr. W 8 8h*rpe, fto?*t*,
J Hunter, P A WHhite, 8 Wiifcnn. v