Keowee courier. (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, April 14, 1860, Image 3
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ROB T. A. THOMPSON, Editor.
TEIIMS ) ]H>r annum, in flilvrtncp. If payment
l>? <lelayo<l .intil utter 4he expiration of the
your, :ftf. For ix ntouths, 7"? cents in a<l\k)ino<\
ISKif A'lvorlifCiiii'nts insisted nt tlio ui?u;?l rule*.
PICKENS (. 1I.? S. C.:
Saturday Morning- April 14, 1860.
Absent.
Tlio Editoh is nbsont when t!ii< pnprr p >e<< to
pros^, anil will not return until Wednesday next.
Summer Woathcr
Has been with us this work. On Tuesday
tlin Mn>l'inumnlni* ?? < 1 1 -* I ? - 1 ' - ? * ?
was more seasonable on Tlmrsd..y.
Spring Trade and Sales.
Messrs. (iitia.N ?t Oo, o( this place, odor their
Spring stook at hl^ldv favorable rate. Se. tlic
advertisement. j
Mrs. Knee, of Walhalli, tells her numorous
friends through our oolusnns that -he lias received
from the right market a splcmlid stock of Goods.
A affords u< pleasure to say tluit she sells them
at reasonable prices!
Messrs. -V. IV. 1'. Si.r>A\ A* Co, of Pendloton.
merchants of taste am! integrity,, are ouininencing
" tho summer campaign" in earnost, UoSbr
to what 111? y say, and call at their now stand
and try tlicm.
Two tracts <>f valuable T.rtinl, lying in desirahlo
sections of the district, arc offered for sale
in Ourolumns. Bargains will bo sold. Apply
to the Editor of the Courier for particulars.
Mr. J. J. Lewis, of Pendleton, continues '<>
make large and satisfactory miles. His new advertisements
in this paper will attract attention.
The Elections North and Wc*tThe
result of the rcccnt elections in the X rth
and West are 1-n cd to with nnsious Interest.
Wing regavded us nn index to the election f?r
President, which is already absorbing public
attention. Connecticut, where great exertions
Mere mode by both parlies ! given a majority
of f?71 votes for ur<- um, the black republican
candidate f< uwternor. At the lust
flection ion majority was 1,800, being a largo
gain for the democrats. T!io Legislature is
largely republican, llhode Island, howoror,
lias redeemed herself. Si-mac-ir. democrat, has?
boon elected (lovornor by a majority of J.508
votes! The Legislature is anti-: trpuhlicau also.
The municipal ele< tiuus in Portland, Mass.,
Milwaukie, Wis., Cincinnati, mid Llmira, X.
\ , have resulted in favor of tl.e democrats l>v
increased majorities.
These indications arc very justly regarded as
harbingers of more nnmermis and greater \ iotories
in the hppmncldng Presidential contest,
tortliedemocracy. Willi anybody l>nt Douglas,
t!io sncces.s of the democratic party is almost
certain. Col. Okk. Gen. Lane, or Mr. IIunitk,
i would sweep the country.
Sabbath Schools
XV.) ha 1 intended last \ve?k t.i have called attention
to the card of Ai.rtui) T.\n,nn, Missionary
Superintenden t of the South, which appeared
then in our columns. We trust that tlio refer
once to it now may bo profitable to those whon?
it is in to iid oil to benefit. This i^ t he Fcnson, too,
wlion Sabbath schools mid the labors attendant
thereon begin. And wo may ho excused for
commending thorn alike to superintendents,
teachers ntid pupils. I,ot all commonco their
work with tho opening season in i spirit of harmony
and /.oat, which are llio precursors of success
in all laiidahle undertakings
Greenville Court
The Greenv illo papers give some interesting
facts determined at tlioir Court. The case of
4*' 11 A f' M A V V<4 ( !llfVt PV Ail* ll-Aonnon rx. . I. 1 ~
- WWV..UI , v? * livpu^, Wll II ?ll?4 IWl
years, was decided in favor of the defendant.
The plaintiff appealed. T!io tax Cost up to the
sitting of Court, was ?4,ft00!
Gkorok J. Omeki.ik, indicted for assault and
ljattcry with intont to kill, was sentenced to six
months imprisonment and fno of fifty dollars.
H.vriROi.u Wvm.is, for circulating Helper's hook
and other inflammatory publications and writings,
was imprisoned one year.
An extra Court was ordered to commence on
Tuos lay the 17th of July next, to continue two
weeks !
The J'JiilerjHt'xc says: One of the most important
events of Court Week, was the burning
of several copies of Helper's Ho ik, a key
to l.'ncle Tom's Cabin and other abolition works,
which \voi*o f.tnnU in the posstnsion uf itmi-M
"Wyllis. The burning took place in front of the
Court II m.se.on Thursday afternoon. at.'io'clock,
in t!io presence o-f n largo crowd of persons.?
The pyre, on wliicli the bonks wore placed,
w;u made of "c >dtritjntIons by citi/.ons of Greenville,
Pickens, Anders >n. Saartunbur;; and l^uirons
Districts, and the while was li^iitoil up by
a colored citizen of Greenville, who bogged the
pleasure which audi n task would afford. Considerable
.feeling was manifested, but as no abolitioni.-t
or black republican was op the ground,
that any one knew of," the occasion passed
away without any remarkable demonstration.
Ths Bchisin In Georgia.
The democracy of Georgia are not in that harmonious
condition that betokens victory, though
' o
it will doubtless Ijo healed before tlic Presidential
election. 1jS\zI winter the democratic members
of tbo Legislature called a State Convention
to appoint delegates! to tho Charleston Convention.
It met, appointed delegates, and declared
lion. Howei,i. Conn the first choice of CJoorgia
lor the Presidency. Afterward*, the Committee
appointed previously bv a former democratic
(; mvontion, tlio ' himon pure ns it turned out,
called another Convention to scml delegates to
Charleston. It also met, but was not so unanimous
for Mr. Coitu; in fact, some f thn delpgatej
appointed hv this body to Charleston are
inimical to him. In this statr of aftnirs. Mr.
!om?. in a letter from Washington, withdraws
his name from the list >f Pi evidential aspirants,
much disappointed and chagrined of course.
Tk.ta*?Tesftf, says tho Now Orleans Picajfinw,
has become tho favorite point sought by
tho adventurous and entorprising of nil tho
StatOH. Population is increasing with unexampled
hpccd. Lands ore rising in value with every
yem\ The resources of this magnificent
State are rapidly doveloped. 11 or cotton productions
show extraordinary progress. She lias
already prodm-dd sugar to tho extent of thousands
of hogsheads, nnd tens of thousand* of
nbocp and cuttlo, and tlm time is not distant
when her product of wool will surpass tho most
flourishing of tho oider Slulo*. <?na the amount
of h?r stock sent to a Southern market oxceed
Aivnialmrl l>v tliA ifrnut. fnl1l>v nf ffln Wnnf.
.. P Tine pr.ac'e for oi.d M.vinsr-They have no
old maids in Japan ; when the girls don't get
married voluntarily tlio authorities hunt up a
huVband, and make them dinrry, willing or not
willing. The JapaneM know a thing or two,
f if they have boa.i wall?<l in ffli* centuries.
A?tkctionatb?" Among all my boys," oaid
an old uinii, "J n??er had hut one hoy who
' took after tmr^HHMfetob.who
Hi?
Oar Mexicun Troubles.
Our Velations with Mexico are of a most delicate
nature. Sho is rent with civil war and intestilie
broils, mid is not in a condition to protect
herself or restrain her brigands from unlawful
incursions into our territory. Texas hns been
in a state of war with her citizen*; for months,
! suffering all the ills and perils of a border gucr- ,
illx warfare.
The President has been endeavoring to effect
I n ircwv wnn uio nuuioi it|c8 (>t Mexico, ttcrpii*
l ring additional territory and rights *>F vav.
The Mi'I.an f. treaty is a document,of singular
importance, hoth in icsj ect to the inaptitude of
the interests it invohes, nud as shaping ilie future
policy of our government towards Mexico,
In consideration of the sum of four millions of
dollars, one half of which is to l>c paid in cash,
immediately after tin; ratification of 11.e treaty,
and the other half to he appropriated to the liquidation
of the claims of American citizens
iigamst 11ic government <>i .Mexico, the latter
agree* to teile to the I'nited Stales ii perpetual
light of way, across Mexican territory. 1 y tlirco
separate and distinct routes, two of which tiro J
to start from specified points on the Atlantic ;
coast, and the third from Arizona, at or near
the thirty-fourth degree of longitude West from
Washington, and all three are to debouch upon
the Pacific at the ports hereafter mentioned.?
The Senate, however, rejected it, though it is
believed another of like purnor* would now be j
ratified. The President, it is sa?v.. also offered
the Jt'Anrz government $10,000,000 for Lower
California. which it was afraid to accept, on account
ot its unnopularity with tlic Mexicans, |
I although mucli in need "f the monev.
I Tlio capture of the two steamers before Yarn
! Cruz also complicates affairs. 'l'lie Navy DeI
partinent .sustains the American officers in ma- (
1 king the cnp'tire. The vessels, according to i
; late advices from Washington, are to he sent |
hack to Havana, where their owners claim to
reside. They were, without doubt, (Jen. Miha*
Miin's.
The seige of Vera Cm/, by Mfkamon has been
raised. During the seige the killed and vvoundI
ed on both sides were near three hundred. Juaiii.z's
government will be strengthened bv the
abandonment of Vmn t.'rov. hv tlw. in.,n.>v..i,:..i
pa rty.
Republican government is at a.. end in Mexico.
Into whose hands then, shall the country
pass? Although wo have an abundance of territory.
it would not he wise in thin government
to an Her any other power to supplant us. Tho
Americans by interest and affinity will prevent j
t'lis. and possess themselves of this rich anil
desirable country. This question of territorial
acquisition will possibly enter largely into the
next Presidential election, and will as surely
engross public attention.
Spartanburg.
.The discussion of the question of " subserip- |
tion " or " no subscription " to the French Urnad
Uaijroad. is going on in Spartunhnrg District.
Messrs. Farrow, Kdwards, and H. C. Poor.r.
spoke in lavor of it during Court week, and were
replied to hy l)r. W'nsmitii. Tho election
I there is on tho second inlay in May.
Lot tlie discussion continue in Pickens.
The Farmer and Planter.
Tim April number of the Farmer anil Plantrr
has been received. It is as entertaining and
useful as before. The increase in its eircula- i
ti<>n is very gratifying, nml tlie proprietor expresses
the hope that it is now placed <<n a per!
manent footing. Let its subscription, however, 1
he increased Address, Mr. 11. M. Stokes, Co- |
| lmnbiu: !*' 1 a year.
Wasiiivoton's Birthday in Okumavy?The
\ "2d of February was celebrated in Carlsrtihe, j
] tirand Duchy of Baden, by the American stu1
dents at the College there. The States were '
I represented by one from South Carolina, one j
' from Pennsylvania, one from New York, two j
from Illinois, one from Lmt'siann, one from '
Texas, and one from Alabama.
; Tiif.Time the IIi:n<;ariav was I.ist?tve
learn from the Portland A 'rrrlisrr ti nt the '
clock of the Hungarian has been found, t!u> j
hands in Heating 1 1 o'clock and fifteen minutes, >
| which was undoubtedly the moment when nhe i
! struck, ft is still in good running order. But J
ei^bt bodies have been recovered, only one of
which, that of Mrs. Wood, could bo identified.
A PtiiZE Uf.c.U'TIRF.o?A Boston officer ariived
in Chicago n few days since, in quest of a
Boston heiress, who bad run away from her
mother with a sailor boy from Augusta. Me.?
' The heiress was a widow and had $110,000 in a
j Boston bank to her credit. The officer carrie-l
j the hidy home to her father.
i Tiib St. T/oris Buf.acm ok 1'homjsf. Casf.?The
j Jury, in the Carstang-Slmw breach of promise
j case, on Saturday night, returned a verdict for |
' the defendant. A motion for a new trial was !
? > . ? ? \f! . /x....?^f? ,,~,i :r j
linidu M) I Hi; MmiiPt I lOi i ?? > v. .?. . UHf. !.
i it is refosed, the case will be taken to the Su
i premo Court.
| Fairfiki.o?Tlie Winnsboro' lic.r/ittcr reports
I tlio adjournment of the Sprinn; Term of the
Court of General Sessions and Common Pleas.
' after a sitting of only six hours, before Glover,
I .?' it is but a few years since Fairfield requir|
ed an extra term every year.
Drummers?A bill has been introduced into j
the Tennessee Legislature to tax outside ilnim- I
mors and merchants \rho pass through that |
State seliing goods by samples, so us to put thf m I
on an equality wit!) Tennessee merchants, who |
pay taxes to the State for vending merehan- j
dize.
j The Evkui.a*tin?j Uanos?In the United \
I States Supreme Court, on Friday, caso 303 was I
called as follows : No. 303. Anson Hangs A .
Co., appellants, ex. the Uluo Kiilge Railroad
Company. The motion to dismiss this appeal ,
1 wiih argued l?y Mr. l'hillins, in support thereof, j
fllld ltV !\fiv II?Horilu -f? ?l? r?o/\r? i r* nr.f\Ao!?!.?.\ !
thereto.
Rascam.Y Oiuckks?The Grant! Jury f,f ,
Politique county, Iowa, has found true hills ,
! ngsiinst eight county officorn. among wlimn is j
> an ex-tiovernor and Judge, fur tmsappropria- j
1 tiou of tiii public money.
Suicti)K8--In tlie year 185$, ninety-one 8iiij
cides occurred in Massachusetts, and the nuin*
hnr has ni.tgreatly varied fortlie past five years,
i l or tlm seventeen vears and ciirht months. on
, ding December 31?t, 1838, one thousand mid ,
thirty-nine persons have taken their own lives |
| in the ??nto > f Now York.
Two Preacii p.ns Siiot.?A letter front Waco, !
| Texas, about the middle of February, states that j
two Iluptist preachers who went to Harney's I
; Creek to hold a protracted meeting, came upon '
( a largo drove of horses the Indians had stolen.
! The Indians gave iinmediato rlmse and shot six
arrows into one of tho preachers and one into
the other. They are both shot in the body, tho
r.rrows penetrating tho lungs. Their names aro
; White and Griffith.
Doubtful?Did the man who ploughed tho
! sea and afterwards planted his foot on his native
' soil, ever harvest the crops? Doubtful 1
The Great Eastern Aoajv?The share-hold
. VII> V..V ?KiniUHi, WUU UVIIUWII ?/v.v:/ IT/
| of March 12, f?ay?. at their recent meeting ag^ued
to raiso ,?1,00,000 to complete tho steamer, and
i to Bond her to Now York about the time tho
( Pnnoo of Wnleu visits Canada. Applications
; for ?20,000 of tho ?ti>clt ha* been mude.
j. War Dkprecatkd?The London Timet dopre1
rites all idea of going to war with France, bej
cane? of the contemplated " annexation of Savoy."
Tho uunoxation is, however, not roliebod
I iu England. ?
Penninge and Clippings.
Commission ??n Nokmai. Sciloom?Tlio LegiHlatnre
appointed Metwri*. S. McCowen, A. 0
(inrlington, S. W Ilnrkcr, J. L Khnnklin, II. L
l'inoknev. Jr. and J. Il Screven a Committee
to vi.-it tlm Normal and Common Schools of
Charleston, nod report to tlio sumo body at the
re*t
KX'CoMM rxiTATKH?Thft Ponn r?f Kmnn lnis
pronounced the sentenco of ex-communication
against Victor Emanuel, King of Sardinia, because
of his liberal and republican proclivities.
The Banks or ot;u Colnthv?The number of
Hanks and branches on the 1st of January
throughout the United States, according to tho
returns of the Treasury Hrparttnent, wns 1,362;
the capital paid in, $421,880.000, and the amount .
i?f specie t?n hand $83,994,000. Tho resources
of these bank"', including loans, note*, securities
and real eslate stre stated at nearly $1,000,000,000,
and their liabilities $531,000,000.
I,ii;krai.? Mr. J. II. Ilrown, who supports1
fifty-two young llaptist theological Ktudent* at
111>wivr<1 College, in Alabama, at an annual cost !
of $13,000, lias recently endowed a theological '
choir in that college by a contribution of $25,000.
" Sciiikoam -Schiedam. the " schnapps"!
town in Ilollaml. has a population of ahout ,
12,500, a largo portion of which are engaged in
tlio herring fishery. The manufacture of uin,
for which it is particularly noted, pives employment
to over two hundred distilleries.
i> - ft. .
i i.i v?on 101 punctuality ic, perhaps, i
tlie cheapest virtue which can give force to an
otherwise utterly insignificant character.
Uiout?-We see that newspapers of both po* \
litical parties in Mississippi tako decided ground ;
in favor of paying the bunds of the State, issued |
many years ago in favor of the Planter's Biiuk,
Tjf.ttkrs of .Tunu s?The original manuscript
" Letters of Junius" so far as they have been j
preserved in tho Woodfall family, have recently '
l>ecn 'dfered to tho British government l>y Mr. !
II l\ t?' 1 f - I I < - B il.i ?
ii. i'. m mmiilli uir hhi pounds.
St. Louis. March oo?The Missouri Loglsla- j
turn adjourned .tiim <U: this morning, hut Gov. |
Stewart immediately issued a proclamation call- ;
ing an c.tra Session forthwith, for the purpose i
of consultation upon the objectionable features
of the railroad hill.
K n.t.f.n i.v a Di r.?.?-Gen. ?T<>s?e de la Concha, !
late Captain General of Cuba, h is been killed ;
in a duel with the Marquis Pe/.uela.
A\r asii i no ton , April 0?The lion. Mr. Dim- j
miok, of Pa., is out inn letter advocating Doug- t
las for the Presidency. Ho was formerly an
ardent supporter of the Administration.
Witt'* M'itiikk?The moth r-in-lnw of Kilgar
Allen Poo, tho Poet, Mrs. Maria ('lomm, is in
Alexandria. V:i? over 70 yours of age, anil in
tho most distressing poverty.
l'l he?Jackson villo, Ark. was born oil on tbe
28th nit. Tho loss is estimated. at $lo0,000.
Corn?At Now York, on tho 30 th tilt, 31.000
hnshols of corn wore sold at prices ranging from
l'l to 80 cent.-; as to (piftlity,
SkhVUO HIM ItmilT ? llonrv .Timliny ivneA.m.
viol oil in Shenandoah county. Va, In.st week, of !
bigamy, and sentenced to the State prison fur |
three years and ton months. The defence sot |
up the ploa of insanity, a very natural plea for
a man with morn than one wife, but the stony- |
hearted jury would'nt stand it.
A Dirtv I'aktv-TIio black republicans of the j
Now V> rk I/'gisl itoro have a bill bef re them t> j
' remove the rooksat the entrance of Hell-gale." I
This shows which way the partv intends to trav- I
,.i ..1 . .1-- 11
V. i UUI Wiling uwi I"" Hun iiiu ?? IIUU I1UUM,*. j
Xku York, April 6?Tlio ll<m. James K.
Paulding. Kx-Scerotary of 11?e Navy, died yesterday
ut Tarry town.
Is it Possijm.e??lien. Hamilton, nno of .the
members of Congress IVom Texas lias lately
written a letter to Mr. Foulke, of 111, in which
lie declares strongly in favor of Judge Douglas
D4 his ehoieo for the Pmsidrmey.
Andeusoy?Messrs. Jaines Long, C. S. Mat
tisnii aii i W. X. Major nro announced as candi-- j
date* fur tlio Legislature in Anderson District. j
ikiti!ihi e E.ipi.osihn?T'uc Jackson (Tonn,) J
Whit/ learns from a gentleman whose .-on was :
one of the ill-fated, that the boilers of the steam
mill of Mr. Hell, near Bell's Station, in llaywood
county, blew op on the '20th olt, and killed
(Jcorgo S. Brijranec, Jacob Lock and Joseph
Lock, and so wounded James W. Lock and Win.
Spraggin that they will both probably d.e.
Dead?The Winsburo J*c;/istef announces the
death of John Owens, a gallant member of tl?c |
distinguished Palmetto Regiment, on the 41li i
instant.
Yoc\f! America?Married, in Campbcllton,
J'la, in the store of William Daniel, Jr. on the j
2l>t March. by James Hall, Ksq. Master Robert j
Cherry (aged 1<> yours) to Miss Josephine Grey- [
oiy (aged 1.1 years.)
An Knoi.imi Nf.oko I'iiikk.?Norfoi.k, Ajuil
fi?The captain of the British schooner, Alice
ledgers, from Jamaica, liound to Philadelphia,
o lie red yesterday to . ell two free negroes at
Hampton Roads. The Captain has boon arrested
and tlie vessel t;ikcu in chtirge by the autho'ritica.
(Jotton Imports t.i Piiance?Tlic last advices
staie that twenty-nine i hips are now expected
at Havre from the United States, bringing 01,bales
of cotton, and that twenty-mne other
vessels were loading for the same port, 'l'lio
cotton expected at llnVre from India amounts to
5,780 bales. In other ports of France six vessels
are expected, with 1.1U9 I>h1os.
Petri kieii lionv?l>r. A. W. Bivings informs
ns, says the Sji'tr/iin, that in exhuming some
bodies nt it family graveyard near his father's
residence, Crawfordttvillo, lately, the body uf a
woman, buried some twelve or more yearn, was
f.iiind a petrifaction, with each article of dress
pcriot.
Atciiison, Kansas, March 28?The Democratic
Territorial Convention has been in cession
in this city. The proceeding? were attended
with much excitement. They adopted the Cincinnati
platform, and elected Douglas delegates
to iho Charleston Convention.
St.aver Condemned?The bark Isla do Culm,
seized as a slaver several months ago nud curried
into the portof Huston, lias boon condemned
as such by Judge Sprague of the United Stales
District Court, after a long hearing.
Tennessee Legislature?This body closed
its labors Saturday lust, after the extraordinary
long session of twenty-live weoks. The Nash- J
ville Union says a very large ainornt of businoss
has been disposed of, including everything bofore
tne two Houses.
Discussed?The subject of a re-union of the
M. Jv. Church, North and South, is being extensively
discussed, in the various papers of that
denomination,
Provisional Government?Delegates have
hoar, elected in Arizona to a Convention to be ,
h?dd at Tusoon on I lie first Monday of April, |
with a view to forming# provisional government |
for that Territory. ./
Look out k?k tii?; Skekuv $okt?candidate
for I<egishitive honors was standing upon a
platform erected upon a fence, addressing tho
"denr people," aud vory importunatoly solicit-*
ing their tmflVfigen, vvlien one'of his auditors
interrupts) him by asking him how ho stood
upon the vexed ouestioo of Cougreobiunid intervention.
Another voino nrlml />??. ? .\??
the fence!" "Yes." instantly rospondod the
bewildered candidate, " and it'# ?o vory muddy
on oach side, (Jhxt I'm afraid to got d'?vn."
Ei.rn Tfp?l>r. J. II. Boatvrright has been
ducted Mayor of Columbia.
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OQ(MMfflOO>W8?W&. I
For the Keowee Courier.
Blue Ridge Railroad Subscription.
Gentlemen and fellow citizen* of j'iekeiu District: ,
As 1 wish lo Kay something iu regard to tlic importance
of the District Subscription tolho Hluc '
Uidgu Knilroftil, it i? not necessary for 1110 to niako,
in detail of tliis matter, any remarks about tlie
expenditure of monov ?tml linim nifidii oil
lio Ilonrtj btil just tu\y that wo are near the
point of receiving profit from ti e enterprise; tlmt |
from tlie best information we ontt got, tho work is !
about three-fourths dune, mid with the commotion
of the Road we have th'o garden spot of tho State
for our resideuee ; und, if we do not tux ourselves,the
8fato will tax its to help build tho Frcnch
I'rond K:iilro;id?-for the State of South Carolina
will have a BoihI to cross the Uluc Ridge to intersect
with the Western markets.
Now. gentlemen, with the District Subscription
we have the Road, and without it, we louse the enterprise
and help tho Knstern Districts build them
u ruud; ami, that is not ail?We looso our honoV
und our crcdit. For, we see the French liroad, in
its giant form of opposition, against us, nm! the |
State. no doubt, will assist that enterprise if wo do
not do something for ourselves. Tlio District of
Dickens will not only loose Iter lienor, hut tk&'goud i
old Palmetto State. .South Carolina, will ho a target
for other .States to shoot at, and u by word in other
countries. Instead of .South Carolina being consv'.?rcd
the foremost Slate in the Union, end its
Ciulj rant.s to other States being honored and respected
as the proud sons of Liberty, and honored
ns they have been heretofore, they v.ill be looked
upon with con'empt, nnd frowned upon with scorn.
Gentlemen, who can bare the thought of the good
old State, with its rising generation, being diahoii- \
ored in the future, for the want of aright consideration
of the importance of the District Subscrip- j
lion to I lie glorious enterprise of tho l!lue IUdgo
lUilroad.
Willi this, I lenvo the subject. hoping thnt the
voting citizens of Pickens l?islrict will consider for ,
(hoiii.-clvcs that the ltluo Ridge liailroad Subset iplioti
is of (lie highest importance for their future
honor, both individually find collectively.
f'lir.oiiKK, S. H. A.M. |
?? LI....... I
From Washington.
Washington, April *>.?The Deiwerntio Xatiiinal
Cunimittco met this tunning, niul nnani-j
moiiHiv nunpieu rosoioiious not to change tlie
Convention from Charleston. It will meet uu j
tlio -J 1st of April, at noon, in Masonic Hall.
During the meeting. Mr. Yallandigham stated
that tin; reasons fur colling tlio meeting '
were mainly the complaints of tho imposition !
at Charleston concerning the accommodations. I
lie said several letters had been received from j
various cities, offering inducements to change.'
from Charleston, but it might be stated, on tho ,
other hand, tha' u. mien of Charleston would, |
as far as possibt , i-iund their hospitality to the j
delegate^.
Mr. A-hmore, of South Carolina, made a !
powerful speech iu defence of Charleston,
which convinced tho committee thai assertions, j
118 i? warn. hi nccomaioilations ami hospitality, I
wort* unfounded.
Washington, April 5.?House.?The j
House passed the anti.polygany bill by one
Iniu(bed and forty-nine yeas to sixty nays,
ami then went into Committee of tho Whole
on the tarilf ami loan hill.
Mr. Lovejov, of Illinois, imule a violent
Abolition speech, and called 011 .Southern men
for a reply. So great was the excitement at ;
one time that a collision was imminent.
sr.natk.?Mr. Wilson submitted a rosolii ]
lion, wnii'ii lies over, instructing the V'oiinmtt(!0
on Military Affairs to in<|uire into the,contracts
made by the War Department in the
last three years, for iron for public buildings,
also, fur shots, shells and gun-curriiyros.
A bill was passed extending to the lakes
the provisions of the net limiting the lii.liiiities
of ship-owners.
On motion of Mr. Cliesnut, Mr. Davis' j
joint resolutions on theTerritories, wrrc made I
the order of the day for Monday next.
The House joint resolution, constituting
Macon, (!;i., temporarily, a port of entry, was
passed; also, a bill making an appropriation |
to pay the expenses of the visit of t!iO Japanese
Kmb ihsy, and a bill concerning the Court.-; i
in the Territories.
The ludiun appropriation bill was taken up. |
Mr. JrAthnm otic red :in amendment relative j
to the Indians of California.
At 1 o'clock, tl;o Homestead bill was resu- '
mod.
Messrs. Drown and (ireen discussed tho
preemption poliey as preferable to the Homes '
tead bill.
After an Executive session tbc Senate ad- {
journod.
Washington, April 15.?The Senate passed,
to day, fifty private bills.
In the House, Mr. Branch introduced a
resolution, which was adopted, callinjr for in-j
formation in relation to the expulsion of
Americans from Mexico. The House then
went into the consiueratiou of private hills.
WasiiinutoNj April 5).?In the- Senate,
to day, Mi. Chcsnut made a fpccclf, in which
he defended slavery in a commercial and no
liticjtl point of view, rind showed the effect of
emancipation in the West Indies. The Homestead
bill wa? discussed.
In the House, the Judieiiiry Committee
made a majority report against the grounds
nsstimed by the President in his lute protest
against an investigating committee. Two minority
reports were also madp from the same
committee, sustaining the President's views.
The subject was continued.
Nr.w Kntkuimusk.?Wo extract the. foll/ui'iiur
n<tfw?s? nf ?? now n/lu/n huiiw*
" Korv.v^Dl.ljJ UH.UIU"I|
from tlio Charleston Mercury.
We learn that Mr. Joseph Walker proposes
to issue a Monthly Advertising Sheet, 10,000
oopies and upwards of Each number to
he sent gratuitously to all parts of the Southern
States and to combine with tho sama an
extensive system of advertising in over fifty
newspapers throughout the Houth, so that the
cards of each advertiser will not only appear
in the advertising sheet, hut also in upwards
C/i- ?? "
oi i?ity newspapers?tnus iorimng one ot the
most extensive and thorough systems of advertising
for those engaged in the country
trade we have ever had brought, to Charleston
notice. We trust that the jobbing trade, especially,
will consider this enterprise favorably
for the cards they put forth in the winter
certainly did more than any other means in
turning the trade to this city. Thsy are
largely indebted to the press of the interior
for this, and should be prepared to sow freely
if they dewirc to reap a rich harvest.
O - T? r? t? i %
or.h v r,i> him iviuht?L'T. uoiacner was tarretl
and feathered in Atlanta City. Georgia, on the
24th ultimo, for having in hia possession incendiary
documents.
AnM^NiTyM'T*" Don't get above your buninesrf,"
iu? thttl'udy suid to the shooioukor who
was measuring hor ankle in order to luoortain
the 817.0 of. bor toot.
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Tea?Some of tho identical lot of tea which
*ra? thrown ovorhoard in Ijonton harbor in 1770,
is said to be in possession of Charles Uosinor,
of Hartford Conn,
r? ?? * k
jiad for a % ankrc?a, bruto named jIpndorT
son boat a negro into aoomploto inunh nt l'rnivio
RTour.tl, Miifl., lately,.glvinghini. acoonting
to tbe f#l|ow's own account, about 170 blow*.
Of oourflo,- the negro died. Ilenderaon \h a New
Yorker, and graduated froirt Vaa AuiLurg'*
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TRAGEDY IN RfcFUOTO CotfNTY. A shoe- I
king tragedy was enaoted 011 Monday last, at 1
the Shell Bunk, in ltefur County. The actors
were the members of two families named
Stuphenson find Bishop. It appear.* that a
Mr. Stephenson had sold a piece of hind to
r\ i>: 1. 1 . 1 1 1 .1 .
win. m.Minp, ana niter ine pureuaser nau i
made improvements on tho land, .Stephenson |
wanted to got it buck for the same amount ho i
had been paid for it, but Iuh proposition was
refused by Bishop. This ineenscd Stephon?on,
and on Monday he, with his wife, 60U and i
daughter, went to Gen. Bishop's house, where |
they found young John Bishop sick in bed.
The wife and daughter held the nick man
ildU'ii wliilo Vnilliir SiimiIumik.iii # ?* f 11 i 111 lifi r.
J "V~ - ;
ally to pieces with n knife, killing hini nhno.st
immediately. While this was going on, (Jen.
lJishop knocked out the eye of the older Stephenson
with a h itehet. The Stephensons
wore arretted.?J><cliditoht ( '/Vxas) Courier,
2 Ut. '
Tim: Com;miiia and (jiiKKNVir.M- ItAir.ROAD.-?Wc
publish (.says tlio South Carolinian)
on our fourth page, tlio report of the offi- 1
?ers of the Greenville Railroad. It shows a
most flittering prospect, nnd it may safely bo
assumed that the mad will soon eucrjjo from i
the difficulties which encompassed it in its
early career, and enter upon a career of pros- !
parity. The jrroKS income, coin pared with the
previous vear. shows an increase of 824.400.
92; and the expense, deereaso of 880,8<30,- J
09; making 854,808.01 in favor of business !
for 1809. Tbe 1'resident says, u if the busi- (
ness continues (o increase in tlie samepropor-'
tioii that it lias done for tin? past two years, j
(and from the incrcr.sc of the first two months |
of tho present year, wo are led to believe it
will,) we will have tho present year an in- I
conic of four hundred thousand dollars ; out |
of which we enn pay the expense of working j
the road and the interest on tlio entire debt. 1
and still have a surplus of over one hundred i
thousand dollars." The company surely have ;
every reason to congratulate itself on the i
dawn of a brighter era.
A AY mm. i x AND A Win-:.?Softie weeks I
since a Now York merchant was advised am}
porsu *od ti> take a Southern trip of recreation
on account of the condition of his health.
He. desired to leave alone, and not unnecessarily
as he thought, to remove his wife from |
the carc of the family and to burden her with \
the nursing of her invalid, who only needed
change and recreation. His wife, no less
determined ill Iter own feelings and sense of
duty, was resolved on nccompanying him and i
finding all ordinary means ineffectual for !
training his consont, she went to the steam '
sliiji on which his passage had heen engaged. J
She introduced herself confidentially to the j
Captain, bejrgid a quiet birth, and thus secured
her object. The steam ship was some j
hour out from New York before the invalid ;
lltK)vilwl iliu/iiH'ni'Ail !>??* I.i?' 4'.. ?* *. 1 -
..... M.nl.U. VIV.U Hint II IP JHIlllllll il 11VI Ul> ;
voted wife was so near him. On the passage, j
fi'cmi tli.it time, she was not only a nurse to I
Iter husband hut a Ministering Angel of
comfort to all who needed her gentle attentions.?
('/uirfcsion Cmtru-r.
In civilize*! countries, about one person in
sixty is married every year. Therefore, let
no one despair; for every individual holds
in tho marriage lottery, one sixtieth of *
chance. It. is further computed, that at
least three thousand marriages are celebrated |
every day, and that, no moment elapse-*, from !
one year's en J to another, in which the dc- I
11 hi In I eorcaiony is not so:no\viicro coming j
oft'. Thrilling fuel ! I
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oaMvyflR'v.
DkI'autkd (Ilia lite, in tlie (>8th your of hi.* ago,
Wm. 11. Wintk, u worthy citizen of the District, at
his home on Concro??, on the "J7th March. 18ti0.
j The deceased was well known in the District as
: n Behind Tciuilicr. mid i* remembered, no dotibt, by
| many, for bis lessons i?? letters nml morals. He
was a consistent member of the M. K. Church for
lliirty-nino jcars, his bonie being a home for the
Minister <>l tlie UOSpei. i< vwin iiiH ueiigiii iu l>o
at Clnircli in connection with his brethren, ami luit
' few enjoyed themselves better than he in the house
I of God. When addressed, in his last hours, in re|
gard to bis pence of mind, being unable to apeak,
, the tears traced each other down Ids cheeks, and
lie raised his hand, with a smile on his face, in
I loKcn Di victory. His friends mourn because of}
' liia departure, but not without hopo. Messed
! arc the dead who dio in the Lord."
A FIIIHNO.
I)Bt'AitTKn tliiM lifo March 13th, 18G0. in Tishomingo
county, Mississippi. Mavkans C. Mum.innix,
seconddaughter of J. II. and Kachacl Mullinnix,
in the filth year of her ago, after a short
illness of what the Doctor called Uaseoler, and |
worms combined. 8ho was a child of the most |
pleasant manners and extra smartness, and just j
iiefore she breathed her last, when her doting father
was standing over her and trying to hcln her.
she spoke out and said, " Vou wont let rrtw go,"
and then in a few moments she said, "I want to
j go," several times, and soon she foil asleep in Jc|
sus. Sho was laid in the crave at Lebanon eluirnh
in Tippah' county, on tlio 1 -itli, in the midst of a
largo ami wepping crowd.
" How penceful Is the closing sceno
When virtue yields its brenfh ;
How sweetly beams the smile serene,
Upon the chuck of Death ?
Oh! who can gaze with heedless sight
On scenes so fair ns this?
Who hut exolumis, 'Thus let mo die,
And be my end like this?" W. G. M.
I LOST,
/'"\It taken tliroilfrh iiiixhibn fpAm
vj Ilotol, during Court woek. a Carpet Hag. !
It contninn some articles of clothing. The findor
will loavo thorn with W. K. H<ilcomhe. Ksq.
WM. 8PENCKU.
April 12,1800. 37 3
THE ST ATM OP SOUTH CAROLINA,
IML'KEXH? IN OIUMNAHY.
John L. Rackly & wife 1 ~ .
I t'ctitton for Account
I Join, JMtchet k wife, et.al8. J ft,,d
1 'IMIK Petition for Account and Settlement of the
L F.ntale of Danioi Looper. deoenaed. having beeft
filed in my Oftloo, and it appearing therefrom that
John i'ritchel and wife Rachel, Henry Punoan or
j H?st?r and wife Mary, and m?ar I'hliiipa and J
| wife Carol I no, defendant* In this case, rcuido without
the limita of this Htato i It is ordered, there- j
| fore, that these ahsont dofomlaiitK do aeveraliy an- t
poar iu the Court of Ordinary, at Vickenu 0. H , i
on Monday the lGtl> IMO, taohaw cause, if
any (hey can, why a auoouut and aetttlement :
of the anlil V!bLaI/? ulimkM ?."* k* a" - J
T_,;, ???.,.?,) r.-o Hiitue, ?liu l\
dpovee ?hereor? pronounced. These ablest defcqd1
ants are ?Uo required to render theii1 ad ranee*
merit# 011 the day aboye stated, and be present and
reo#l?e their respective distributive share;. , ;
I Anrll ft i W. B. |
I A^rll 8, iwjv 3|, , oiij_ j
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mmmmmmi*mi % y i
I-T ID W - \
SPUING AND SUMMER GOODS, i
rpiIE SuLscriberH would renpeotfully inform \
1 tlioir friend* nnd c?i8tonier? that tliey hu\o
received a large ond well selected
Stock of Goods,
Adapted to the Spring nnd Summer trado, consiftin'r
of Staple and Fancy 1>i\v Unmix, Bonnets.
* Ribbons, Klowor*, &c. ; lint* und Cap*,
J^iots and Shoes, Hardware and C .lery, Cruck?
| II.-...?j nli.l Mn.li.iinuo
?-?A LSO??
A uplondid stock of Kt??dy-mn<lo Clothing,
bought from tlio inanufaetui orn, mid can be
\crv low.
Thankful fur past patronage wc earnestly solicit
u continuance of th?> siuue. and promise
that no pains will be spared to givp satisfaction.
/.. \\\ CIIKKN A CO.
April 12. tSGO 37 2
COJI34 ro IV/lIillALL.l!
M R S. K N E E
II AS 1U4TU11NHD FROM CIIAHLESTON |
WI TH n largo hivJ splendid assortment of k
Spring and SUinmor I
Consisting in imrt of 1$ moots. Trimmings ami
Lice*. MI LI.I \ 1'iU Y of every description ; bcnutiful
Calicoes and Muslins of handsomer flatters
than have l)Oforo been out. Lndies fine'rinil
substantial Shoes, Slippers and (Jailers, with
and without heel*. Also, the fine Kid Congress
(laitnr. IIOOl'-SIvIU'l'S, recommended f.ir their
durabilitv and low prices. The attention of
motl>ers is called to n tine assortment of Mia?ed i
and littlo Girls B.mnotf, a new fltvlo. This J
SIMUNO AND sr\i\fKii STOCK /
Hai been selected with n grout deal ofenre and jfk
attention, ami will bo sold on tlio most rchsnna^V'
bio term.'? fur cash. ILer friends nnd the. P'thU^r"
generally are invited to oall nnd examine
stoek. Tho G<mds will be shown with p'ofufrely
Wathalln; Anril 12. lfWO . not
T1 i~3I H ^ Fhvu /levS
U M M R R C A M P
.1. II. K. SLOAN & CO. jffi'jjjj
At their New btoro in I'endloton, sf
n ti... i>..o? nir,.,??
? ?vor mo
VllE n ?\v prepared mentor intoltWL ur>n.l...i
AND SUM.MKIt TKA DK with iMUfona,
and most varied assortment wf
GOODS " *
Ever brought to this market: all of which bavin#
been purchased upon the uionfc favorable
terms in Charleston. Philadelphia anil New
York are offered at prices that <lefv competion.
The consist in part of the foil nving:
L>llV (jOODS, Clothing.
Silk " llardwnro,
White ' Saddlery,
Furnishing (J vwls, l?rocerios.
Hats, Caps & II utiots, Drugs. Paints and Oils,
1! .ota and Shoes, Crockery & Oluaswarc,
And Fancy Goods in Groat Variety.
Wo have from 100 to l~?0 pieces of PUIN I'S,
which we would sell to poisons wishing to soil
again on very favorable terms.
We also have on hand an assortment of the
UEST CltJAItS. which are good enough to soil
without giving the Editor half to puff the remainder.
editoriillly,
April 10. 1800 . ' ' 31 2
, FOR SALE,
Two Valuable) Tracts of Land,
IX Pickens District, c-ncli eontnining within a
fraction of Kij^ht Hundred Acres. hoth entirely
unimproved, hut within a mile nnd it milu
and u half <?f a Sow Mill. One Tract lying ^
west from Wallmlla six miles, and hav'i g
7") Oil SO AOIIKS OF HOTTOM,
A\'itli a fair proportion <>f good upland, and (idjoining
lands of Cnpt. Win. Steele, (j. W. Ynny.ant
and Dr. Karle. The other Tract lining ten
miles west <if I'herry'n IJridgp, and adjoining
lands of Klin* Karle, T. .1. Sloan and other*,
and has nearly the Name cjuan'.i.ty of
It'iHom and Ontui UplniMl
A? ilic ntlior tract. teruiW, which will ho
reasonable, apply to It. A. THOMPSON, tho
editor of tIti.-* pnper.
April 13, 1800 37_ if;
ATTENTION FARMERS!
UOKK! BIO*:*:! iioi:S!!i
TRACE CHAINS! TKAOK CHAINS!
SCYTIIK BLADKS?SCYTIl 12 ULADE31
Ornin Crndlos! Grain Cradles !
1/OH enlc low by
1 J. .7. LEWIS.
IVndlet?n. April9. If00 37 if
HOOP SKIRTS,
ROXNKT8, MUSLINS, &c.,
I.^0ll sale low by
j. J. LKiaa-S;
T'ftndlotnn. April 0. 1R00 , 37
Tlrnoro on#l TUr?45?J~-- jjiBKEffiR;
? "?* UiOUMilUCB,
7 7'Gil Willi) ?OV> bjr
l< 3 J. J. LEWIS. ' ^
Pendleton, April 0. ISftrt 37
? , ? -yr*. M
T O C O * S II ill V T I V K 8
And Nervous SuffororarpiIK
Subscriber, for several venrs a resident
_i. <>f Asia, discovered while there, a simple
vegctablo remedy?nsorociiro f<>r Comumvikynt
Axltuiia, lironchitix, Cotif/hs, Cold*, and Nrrcoin
Debility. For the benefit c>f Consumptive*
and Nervous Suffered, he is willing to make the
same |>uldio.
To those who de-ire it, ho will send the Proscription,
with full directions (free of charge /)
also a sample of the medicine, which the* will
tiud a beautiful combination of Nature's simple
herbs. Those desiring the llemcdy enh obtain
it by return mail, by addressing
J. 1? CVTHW.ttT.
JVitnnie Physician. No. 42U v
April 12. 1800 37* '
A Card.
HAVING been announced williMit toy knowledge
an a candidate for Major oi' the 'id Battalion,
f>th llcgimunt, S. 0. M.f 1 lake litis method uf saying
that I am not a candidato. My frienda liavo
iny thanks for thoir kind nssovoncea of support.
JASPHil J. UBRl).
April 12. lftflO 87 1
$20 REWARD.
RANAWAY from tlie subscriber. on the Rth
March Inst, my tiogro boy I1HNUY. Said
boy Ims a jot black akin, in of slender proportions,
being about ttve feet and ton or eleven
hiohes high and weighing kImiuI one hundred
and sixty pounds. Ho is near thirty yearn of
age, possessed of a shrewd turn of mind, with
u long spoken tono of voico. Tlio above reward
will bo paid to anv noraon , : ?
^ | ..p'lWMVIIUMI^ III Ml
mid delivering him to mo, or judging him iu A
convenient jnil,
JOSEPH K. SIIELOR, Bnohfilor'n
Hotreut P 0, Pickens (list, 8 0
April 4, 1800 .HQ 4
ilcml l|nnr.(ef^?
OliVER #0. *
riMlF. IVutnHonn composing thoSth ftngiroenl,
S. C. M., will pnr&do in?iruotion, drill
nod review nt the time* end plfeoos fallowing.
Tho fir?t P.i\tlj?li(!n nt Flokenftfillft. on Satur*
d?y the ftth day of May ne**. end tha 2d But
aU?r. Vf? I>-?
Mr*. ?iurion ?, on Saturday tho 12th
day of May next, artuod ?*nd eauip'ped the
lfiw direct*. Commissioned and noii-ooiniTiiRslonod
offioora will attend tho day* preo?ding
their respective rpviows, for drill and instruction.
The officers In command ftro ohfrged
with the extension of those ordei*.' By ome^
of Col. U. Y. II. Ghivpim.
JOHN II. BO WEN, Adj't. .
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