Keowee courier. (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, November 10, 1860, Image 3
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ROB'T A THOMPSON, Editor.
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T1 TF.RMS- tl..Y) j. : muum. in advancc. If payily
(J nvont hodolv.vc l in'.! vi'ior the expiration of the
tiuut, y?>ar, $'2. For nix tit 11li?, 7"> emits in n<lvanoi>.
fi iii B&T Advertisements inserted nt the usual rates. I
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iVv.v PICK HNS C. II., S. C.:
Saturday Morning, 10- 18(>0.
vrlthj L .,. ssr-f-rnr?sa ----- " - |
from Favors,
Wc ;irc indebted to M.ij. Maxh ci.i, for timely
I.egi.-dutivo favors.
Changed.
The assigned Hstato of lion. F. X. Qakvin |
will lie hoM "ii Tuctd'ii/ tlio 27th, instead of :
M '.'In;*, t!: * 2<?;h, as lierotofore advertised. See [
Rdvurt i I'.Mient, as corrected.
The Presidential Election.
Tli- following despatches to the Columbia ;
C<iroH>,ia;i is all we have on the Presidential
election. Lincoln is. without douht, elected.
" Piiu.ADKi.riiiA, N\>v. 7 ?2 :t. m.?Lincoln's ;
ftlurp.lity vote, in this city. is 15.000. Majority
ovfsr Douglas ami Breckinridge 5,000.?
Largo Republican j?ain> in renusylvania.?
The Statt) will probably g-i lbr Lincolu by 00,1
000 majority.
" New* Yokx, N >v-. 7?'2 a. m?New York is
hopel?'*?ly gone for Lin 'oln by sit least 30,000
to 40,000 majority, in Conne-iicut, Lincoln's
majority wili be 7.00'.>. Tho Union men claim !
Maryland. In Wilmington. N. C., Brcckiu-I
ridge riicoivocl 503 votes, and LJoll 507 votes.? |
Cj The State has in all probability gone fur llreckI
inriilgo.
Fire in Williamston.
Tliu li?rg'! Hotel at Willianiston was discovered
i to be on tiro, in llic third story, on Wednesday j
morning lu 't, 'J o'clock. The hotel and furniinro .
"pi| , ,
istc was ueairoye't. j.oss largo; insurance for 000.
whi, was to have ben soM tlu> 9.1111c day, at auction, i
poy! forpurtiti 11 uniong*'. tho owners.
not Hvna" : 11 I. ; icki.k's Dwelling and Store, I
met Mu'.'.uin. an Dr. Millwbb's Drugstore'
Tlu wero :>1- < 1 1 "i. *kiik and Mai'i.hix saved
suit most 1' ' r Ii is yet uiMtuown how (ho
llla tire originated.
From Europe.
Dvt^s to tho '2-M October have been received.?
'il1^ There was no change in the price of cotton. The
""I Neapolitans have voted almost unanimously for annexation
to Sardinia. The Sardinians ha?l beaten
11 corps of Neapolitans, and made eight hun Ircd
j . i.-oners. A portion of artillery was capturcd.
Wi - tut
The Bine Ridge.
,.ei <*) Stoi'ljh ddors of this road he. 1 their anroa
' ;ingih Charleston on tho 31st ult, and
1 ill i ' >.ssrs. 12<.lward Frost, Charles Macbeth,
to 1' v (i'lurdin, C. M. Furnian, Geo. .V. Trcni.
.1. Kohcrt Adgor, \V. <\ Dukes, O. T.
*'1< L i.'lns, Kiolmrd Yotulon, Directors. At a
i= (iicut meeting. IT >n. K. Frost was eloctod
President-, and Win- H. Pcrronueau, Secretary
n rul T?n
K,) Case of the Hitchens.
jr As our loaders have scon, the IIitciif.ns, who
w . 0 under arrest at CIi??, liav^ boon released,
p: Tlie comnrt.too in charge of thorn did not think
ty thjro was suflReiont uridencq t > convict them,
na although they were forcibly sent out of the
It Sh ie.
J. Iv. IIitchess, the father, live<I far a short
v*l time at Tunnel Hill, in this district. Wo are i
ol croilitably informed, that whilst them, ho was
p caught tampering with negroes. lie i.s an Kuof,
gliahman, erratic, and unsafe. The committee
at Clio should have given him liempin ini<i ;iir,
Wl and not driven him over into North Carolina,
to again disturb the peace of tlie country.
hi Electorscr
The Ti egi.slatuve, on Tuesday last, electod the
following gdutlmnen electors t<? cast the vote
so of the Slate for President and Vice-President: j
hi 11><> i " "
i w? v?i** umku <u ; UUU H M. Vj. i>l All* i
ti tiv, of Charleston ; Col. A. I'. Cai.hou.V, of j
h Pickens.
First Congressional District: Joii\ Wh.mams,
ff of Lancaster.
'! Second Congressional District: Thomas Y.
Siifoxs. of Charleston.
Third Congressional District: Groiu;k P. Er,
liott, of Ueaulbrt.
Third Congressional District: Tilman WatJ'J
po.v, of Edgefield.
y| Fifth Congressional District: Josrimi F. Gist.
t(l of Uni'in.
jSixth Congressional District: 11. G. McCaw,
^ of York.
Thf.'i" gentlemen, it is well understood, will
v cast illo eight votes of the State for Hrkckexui
ddk and Lank.
ti The Cost of Coercion.
y The New York U:rald. in i!io subjoined para- |
Vj gnpli, shows the absurdity of any attempt to !
ia'jcro: live soiruicrn Stat.-?, slioiild one or more
' 4 them withdraw from the Confederacy .
If tho North should resort to l!io* Quixotic on- |
i terpriso c?f compelling the fifteen Southern Slates j
J to unite with thein again, it would require at least j
1 an army of 10'),000 men to make any impression i
J on the South. Whore would the North get the
money? It could not raise it, while the South
( 1 could borrow to auy extent on the security of its !
,| staples, It was on the pledge of Southern tobacco!
and rice that our government made its firnt loan
in Euiropo from a French bankor. ('otton was
'J then of small account; but now that cotton is
if king, ar I cotton is specie, how in the value of i
|| Southern s.nrjrities iivcre.vscd. The black legions
.J alonfl, armed and headed by their masters, with- i
out Um white population striking a Mow, would bo
I more than a mutch for any Northern Puritanical ,
horde* who would venture to or w?j Mason ami
\ Dixon's 'inc. If they v.* .tilil ever r&ach it with 1
A the lire of the Northern conservative population
'/ in their fear, it. is safe to affirm that they would
? never return, but. would lind hospitable and bloody
graves in. th-: huui > South, Such would be the,
. inevitable fate of tho expedition of tho modern
Roundheads against the cavaliers. The vaunt of
L Northern coercion, therefore, is but idle mockery,
und no sano statesmen or soldier would dream of
such folly.
.Mrs. J. C. Camioun.?Tho Washington correspondent
of the Haltimoro Sun says:
" Mrs. John C. Cnlhoun, Yolict of tho d'mtin*
^iiished Senator from South Carolina, has boon
'1 r sotno tinicon n visit to her dnughtor, Mrs.
'.Mom^on, noar liladenabnrg. She loavos tomorrow
for hof Southern home. Mrs. Calhoun
is now bixty-oight year* of nge, with an oyo
scarcely diimuod hy age, cheorful in convorsa
lion, ami rotors with pleasure to lior many volucil
Associations during former resido-iccs in
Washington and Georgetown. Tho lady of the
departed Htatesnian does not choose to trouhlo
herself with politics, and within flie past fc\*
w<*ek? she has ^rrought, ?n<f exhibits to her
friondfev * large and splendid curtniu of crochot
wot It, done with her own hands, " and without
tho aid of glasses," adding that ' this was hut
thcHrstof ton which she had undertaken."'
What it Cost--The JV. Y. IfcraUl estimates
fhat the Prince's tour of a month in the Amer- (
i.jtin State* cost him $100,000. nnd that other
peoplo apont on thomsolt^s and him, in wardrobes,
halls, dtoMCAtioMlftd displays, not less
than tv.o of tyft lionm. The New I
(and to9H BHfel thimeand^^rop- i
?/v'% ^nP)i *' V "
From ColumbiaTlio
Legislature assemble! in Columbia on
Monday last. Tlio Senate was orgmtizo i by
nvolecting Hon. Wm, I>. I'okteh, of Cluwleston,
l'rositleut; Gen. Wm. K. M viiti.v, Clerk ;
V. I) (lnnfllirw Uuft/finnr . A i'
. .. . wv? ? f?y vy IUI ft , rt.> 1/ \ ? \ I I.i.auI),
McRPongor; and J. I>. Gaii.i.ard, I>oorkcopcr.
The President tlicn addressed tlio Senate.?
His remarks are in another column.
The deaths of Col. .F. II. Im?v, of Laurens,
and Lkwis O'Bkyan, of Colleton, were announced.
nnd the usual resolutions adapted.
Mr. Mossa move 1 that a committee of one
Senator from each congressional district lie ap
pointed to nominate oleetors of President anil
Vice President. Carried, and Moses, Garlington.
Danl/.lcr, Sharpe, Uarker and IJarnes wore
appointed said committee.
11 is Kxcell^ney Gov. Gist, tlion ?ent in Message,
No I, which appears elsewhere. The
Senate then adjourned.
The House of Representative.* was organized
by re-electing Hon. James Simons, Speaker;
Ool. John T. Si.oan, Clerk; W. 0. Incus,
ltendin^ Clerk ;. A. P. Nicuoi.son, Messenger;
and C. M. Gkav, Doorkeeper.
The Sp'akov most fccHpgty addressed the
House. Si.-e his remarks in our columns.
The .'pint resolution from tlie Senate, for the
appointment of a committco to nominate electors,
was laid on the table. It was contended
that it was usual for the members from each
: . ..) ? -i.- .1
bvu.^iv.ia.viiui umivicv so iiiuKu uie nomination ;
rvn?l it \vi\s so ordered.
Mr. r.NMM;uam, of Charleston, offered n
preamble mi>I resolutions authorizing the Govoruor
to draw $100,000 from the treasury to be
expended lor arms and uiitunitioii ; the consideration
of wliieh was postponed.
On Tuesday, the Senate met. joined the
House in a vote for electors, inudn tlie Governor's
Message the special order for Thursday, and
adjourned.
Tu the House, after the election of electors,
a resolution was unanimously adopted requesting,them
to east the vote of the State for
liKKCKKNRinOE aiHt i j a Ne.
Mr. Cu n.n'is till am's resolutions for purchasing
arms, &?., was then adopted.
The Governor's Message having been made
tho special order for Thursday, llie House adjourned.
The Carolinian, of Sunday last, a reliable
and safe paper, says :
Good Xf.ws from Mismjsiimm, Ai.abama and
Gehrci a.?We have had the pleasure of conversing
with a gentleman who returned yesterday
nvnnimr frnnt ? !-**?.?i \ Kx ?,a?.??.1
V. .. ... .... MOIV V* I WUII.ll U1 ill*:
Western States, and lias had interviews with
the Executive officers of the above States. IIo
gives most cheering news of the feeling which
exists. The public mind in Mississippi is intensely
an used, and so soon as the telegraph
l^ives sufficient returns to make certain the election
of Lincoln, Gov. I'ettus will immediately
take steps for convening the Legislature, that
measures may be at once taken. The disunion
vote wi'l he overwhelming. Mississippi will
give S i.ih Carolina co-operation, and these two
will in :< i probability he the advanced guard
of the Southern exodus from the CuioT>. In
Alahar.i.i. : k>. the feeling is very strong. The
lireokini' ige party, and .v large portion of the
Hell | ir.arc for resistance, and the opinion
of the leading men of the State is that the disunion
v will compose n very be vvy majority.
Georgia ^ very much aroused, too. and the Governor,
t 1- expected, will call for a large-appro
priation t i urin the State. The f-joling is growing
tlisit, sooner >t later, the issue will lmvc to
be met, and (Jeorgia will bo ready lor it. Gov.
Monro, ?'t' Alabama, is thoroughly aroused, ami
will, as soon ns lie receives intelligence that
Lincoln has been elected, issue writs tor the
election of delegates from the several counties.
Owing, hovevor, tu the framing of the net, by
which the convention is to he convoked, it cannot
meet before the first of February. lie has
no discretion in the matter, and, wo are an
thcntically informed, regrets exceedingly that
he has not. In Louisiana, the feeling is not m
decided, though it is thought that the disunion
movement will prevail. Florida, we arc tuld.
considers herself somewhat in advance of .South
Carolina. These indications will gratify all who
deprecated the issue of solitary or co-operati\c
State action. They give ns unity and harmony
among ourselves, and readiness to act as
soon as the contingency renders it necessary,
without giving our r u- niios, if perchance wo
should have such to interpose to prevent our
action, uie u<iv?utiles \v!:icl? they would derive
from our dolay. ?
Columbia is fiill of notsiblus. On Monday
night "an immense and enthusiastic" crowd
assembled before the Oongarce House, says the
Guardian, with music, to honor distiiiguiseil
gentlemen lodged there :
In response to repeated and hearty calls
Senator Chesnut caiae forward, and in earnest
and patriotic language pictured the purposes
of the Black Republican party towards tlx
South, lie exhibited the South a" at the initia
point of great and stirring events, lint tw<
courses were open for her to pursue?one, tha
of aooui seini'o in the election of the Black lie
publican candidate, with a train of the iuos
direful conse'iuemjos, and with the certain fat*
of degradation and ruin ; the othor, that of tin
most determined, and at the same time trust
ful resistance, lie urged that the State ol
U_??L .! - ... r ? . . - -
owui.il ^nrur.na, wiiniui nravauo ot any kind
should imt'tii'l tlio Palmetto flag, assert and ex
crci.se her sovereignty, and knowing liorself U
be right, to peril all in its niaintainaiico.
Gen. liouhani followed in a spirited address
in which ho deprecated delay in the asscrtioi
of the scpr-rote secession of tho State of Soutl
Carolina from the Federal Union in the contin
gency of Lincoln's election. Her action would
in his judgment, be the signal of a combinm
Southern movement, that would inevitably b<
crowned with brilliant .success.
Tho lion. It. Barnwoll Illicit referred, ir
thrilling tones, to the illustrious deceased, w ill
whom he had actcd in tho incipiency of tlir
measures which wero now so rapidly ripening
They were not dead ; their spirits, their exam
pie, called upon us to rise to the level of tin
great duty before us. That duty ho had lonji
counselled } it was to esenpo the fannticiitm, tli<
injustice, the greed, nnd tlio shameless effron
tery of our f?>c.t, by taking our destiny into oui
hands The question to he decided, was wheth
or we would submit to he ruled by the North
or whether we would, like men and freemen, re
solve to govern oursolvc*. Mr. Phott very hap
pMy ridiculod the idea of any invasion of oui
soil, and in tiny eront called upon the country
to stand fast by light and duty. South Cnro
linn had a history, bail bred a noble raco ol
statesmen and patriots, bad nurture'.' people
bravo, intelligent, of immaculaiC honor, ol
unsullied integrity. She was to this country
what Athons bad been to Greece, and she owed
It to horsfllf, to interpose her sovereignty in thie
great crisis in Iwhnlf of regulated libertf.
Ks-Oqv. Adams showed that every class ol
our people were equally and vitally interaste'J
in thr* decision of this mutter. Ilis advice waf
to try the virtue of the great principle of State
Rights nnd tho remedy of scDarate State ??c
tion. Hi* f;iitl> in tlio dootrino had increased
with tho noewsity for itn exorciso. The con
test w;ih upon ns, And nothing but tho inosl
active measures could take us safely through
it. (}ov. Adams scouted tho idoa of coercion,
The accession of States to tho proscnt Government
wan not the result in any degree of force ;
their withdrawal, in spito of tho empty threats
i)f iOonghis at Norfolk, where hg pandered tc
the Black Unpuldiennu, could not l>o prcronted
by force.
Srv.\ToR Too*?s?Wo loarn from the Time
that Senator Toombs wore, In tho streets of Columbus,
Georgia, on Saturday hist, n bluo coekide
pi rented to him by some of ihe Montgomery
la^is, white he \rqirf irt tint city.
What Shall be Done 1
The election fur I'rosident lias been held. Limi
i'oi.n, according to the returns received, is elected;
j and thereby a dissolution of the Union litis virtual*
; ly been effected!
What shall be done? The Legislature will, in n
, few days, call a convention of the people in whom
the sovereignty of the commonwealth resides. That
hnilv wlmn i? ?? ? '
^ , .. rovvuc U? llVh OB UIU
evidence before it may justify. Tlio election for
members of this convention will probably bo lielyl
in a few weeks, anJ tlie convention bo railed to?
pother shortly thereafter.
The importance of this step I* oh.toil's to every
! one, nml .should engross tho attention of the peo!
plo of our district. We aro ft disunionist, nml faj
vor the secession of South Carolina from the
; Union on Lincoln's election. We are firmly per.
suaded, however, that South Carolina should not
act until she is authoritatively advised that one or
I more of the Southern States will net with her.?
j We believe that Alabama, Mississippi, Florida and
; perhaps, other of the cotton States will secede with
lier. Alabama and Mississippi have already proTided
for conventions for that, purpose. Georgia,
too, is alive to her destiny, and will fall into line.
I It should be well understood that the several .States
J should secede from the Cnion 011 the same day, anil
that that day should bo before Lixcui.n i inaugurated.
There is evidence in this week's paper that there
is a large party in the State in favor if (lie Separate
action of South Carolina nlonound unaided.?
Although ii disunionist, we are not nf that number.
We believe, however, with prudent counsels,*Hint,
a Southern confederacy will bo formed in less than
twelve months. So mote it be!
After Secession.
The pn "'ion of the Southern States after seees1
sion is thus noted by the New York Herald:
From all the sources of intelligence to which
I we have access and from ev?rv symptom and sign
| of the limes, it appears highly ^irabnble that a
| considerable number of the Southern States will
i withdraw fro mi the 1'iiion between the period of
j Mr. Lincoln's election and that assigned for his
! inauguration. If only two withdraw they will be
followed by others, and at hist bv all. if *n v ?i.
; tempt should he mnde to coerce them by armed
force. In thnt contingency the Capitol, with ?U
the public records, archives and State paper* in
tlie departments, would fall to the lot of the
Southern confederacy : for the district of Columbia
would then he witliiu its territory, and '.he
Northern States would be shut out from Washington.
Thus the pre^igOi-Ml tlie Natiwaal Capitol,
as well as the national wc111 with the
South, and a NorthfVn Con&WMMpuld he only a
. 1 Hump Parliament. The and French
t governments would at once recognise the independence
of th" South and court its friendship,
for the" sake of il?ytwtton and market for their
manufactures, furtive millions of writish population
are dcpending on Southern cotton for employment.
Mi 1.1)?The rc.' i^ui/.oil home organ of Abraham
l.inc'du is the t.'liiungn Di'inorrot, of which
1 l.ong.J'dm Wcntw i. ih is editor. Wocominond
| to tllO 11i?>t? of the nconlc i<i' the Simrb tbo
j followiii'.; '.i-iiiii its editorial column-:
Our lutii's have iieen the more ar lunns dnriii'.'
i .11ni..:i in onnsc({Ueiic>' ol the tongue
i of our real eliutnpion being tied. on account
| of his 1" ing a c.ind'dutc for tin.- 1'remleney.?
j Xoxt to Al.o Lincoln, tlie Clii.-iigo Democrat
| has <|nii" more fur the anti-slavcrv eanso thun
i iinv otlu-;-ngonev in the State of Illinois. We
sop tlie liny of .iot?iieo coming, when millions
' : of enfranchised slaves will roml tiie heavens
j with their shouts : and all this under tlie forms
I of 111 * i'nion krjit compacted together.
Ttik Moslem and tiik C'iuii-ti w?Tlie fanatical
hatred ol'tin' Moslem against tlie Christian
was never moro marked than now, though restrained
hy the presence of the great powers,
and limited by the weakness of the Turk* them|
selves. Of 3(>.00(),00(l population in Turkey.
iiD >in i.>,wvA/,nw uro nominally Uliristinn, anil
the pro.-pect is, that tltcy will take advantage
of the prosent agitation to c-mie in conflict with
their enemies?a contact which mint end ii< the
overthrow of the Turkish (> >vei mnent. and the
( creation of a new, in wlrch Russia and Franco
would have miieli to say.
Fukkioxbus is llrssiA?The Kmperor of Iluv
, sia. after nobly preparing iho way for the freeI
dom of his serfs, has made important change?
I in the laws regis Jaling the rt;sideiiee?of foreignj
era. Formerly thev wan? not pormilted to buy
1 real estate or build houses, except upon
* leasos, or to trade as merchants, except in a
limited way. All these restrictions are now re
moved, and foruigners are | 'a c?l as to roidonee,
ownership of properly and traffic, upon
1 a level with Russian subjects. The facilities
1 for travel in the empire are also mueh increased,
by a simplification of the passport system.
, n t? - ?> ?
I... miiciiiuur ??- i no liCpnuiieati
meeting at Front-street Theatre last night, ?m
finally hroken up an! disported by the oxAwpcr
uted outsiders. 'I'll'1 speakers wore pelted With
' I rotten egj^s, hissed at and yelled out of counte>
j mince. It required 1200 Policemen to protect
' j tlio Nigger it en from violent personal inquiry.-?
] As it was. quite a nuniher were sori -n.-lv hurt
1 l.y tl it; brickhats thrown at tlieui. Tho Xiggor
5 worshippers will not soon attempt to h<t an5
other meeting. They have paid the in ostlty of
" their audacity and heen thoroughly routed?
' horse, lout and dragoons.
St. Joski'iis, M'>., Not. 4?California dates
> to the 21.-4 have been received.
A hill pending in the Oregon Legislature to
millSfv II.A !..?? ?" i *1
. . uuuntifiHil villi HUM pusriuu, nnil
? ! ii llrcckito was chosen.
i j Another massacre of an emigrant train by
! tho Shoshone Indians, was reported. Many
. i emigrants were killed, including women and
I j children. Others wore carried into captivity.
| f >kad?Tho Dalton North Otoryia limes of
) ! tho 18th iii.*t., record# tlio following under tho
! : head of " another revolutionary soldier gone."
, ! " Wo learn that Mr Thomas Humes. of Mur!
ry county, (?a., died on Tuissday morning last.
. | at tho advanced a^e of one hundred and thirty,
i lie fought through tlie revolutionary war, and
r could tell many thrilling incident)* connected
\ with that memorablo contest, lie was one of
. the first settlers of this countrj, having been a
: rcsidentof the above county lor tho last twenty
. or thirty years, Peace to the ash OS of tho old
veteran."
! Man Shot.?A froo negro muii, named John
. ! Wftrdsworth was shot last Friday night by Mr.
, i Walton Glyniph, we learn from the Cnrofier,
I under the following oireunistances : Wardip
j worth v.'fls Odlled ont of his wife'n house, (at
( Mr John Glyntyh'a) where ho wah asleep, hep
tween onu und two o'elock. Friday morning,
, the 26th in.it., nnd wax shot in a grove about
I forty yards distant. Tlie inquost, presided
, | ovor by Goronor ifOyloy, was a lengthy one;
and the evidence was not conclusive, Lmt from
p a chain of cir n.nstantial evidence, Olio Jury
I presented si verdict that "the deceased came to
, hi.-, dentil from a wound caused 1>v ft pistol,
shot in tiio hands of Walton Gfymph."
Mr nitr...r.t. !.?<. 1? --J
? . v,., i..?i "UUII unc^cMt iimi IIvis up*
I plied for boil?Kcwberry Comervuti.it.
Vr.rtY Goor>. ? A minister's wile says
J "Tft'e first time 1 took my eldest boy to
, church, when he was two years and a half
oldt I managed, with caresses and frowns and
: candy, l? keep him very still till the sermon
1 was half done. Jiy this time his patience
was exhausted, and ho climed to his feet, and
stood on the sent, lookidg at tho preacher
(his father) quite intontly, Then, as if ho
had hit upon a certain relief for his troubles,
he pulled mc by the chin to attract my attention,
and exclaimed, in a distinct voice.
'Mamma, make papa s<?y Amen."'
i. ; 1 111 ..v . 1
Penninga and Clippings.
N * A* fjOCrtMoTi vu"-?-Tho Mercury nnnouncos
tho arrival in Charleston of u now locomotive, j
called tlio Chatujra. It is lor the Blue Ilidjio
Itailrond, ami i* from tlio establishment of li.
Xorris tc .Son, Pliildolphia.
Citiks?Columbia has a population of 8.1")',).
I Greenville claims to have bctwnon ^'.)00 and i
| ,'1000 inhabitants?boing the thiid city in tlfts
I State in point of population, Yorkcilio. Spau:
tanburg, Sumter and Kdgofiold nro tlio four !
| next largest place*. wo would *av. without be- |
?ng at present citbor able or inclined to tnuko
! tjio " invidious distinction." <' |
j ' pRKMIt'MS?At tlio late fair of tin* Abbevtllo J
I Agricultural Socictv. we sen that premium* wore
were awarded to Misses Alice Sloan and Kiln
liorton of Pondloton.
Si'himk?J. TS'. Ilowou. editor of the fmlc[
I'm*, at I.akc City, Flfl., oommitto 1
suicide on Saturday of last week, by shooting
himself through the head with a :>i*tol.
Another Tkx\s Town lirnvr?Tim Pulps* 1
tine (Tpxhx) A'h'ocnf.fi, of October l"tli. says
tlmt tiio town oi' Troy (Pino UlulV.) on tlie ;
Trinity rivpr. Freesloue county, lias b<*en destroyed
I?v lire. There is said t?s be no tluiibt
i but il was tlio work of mi incendiary.
N'rw York 1>\nk Statement?'1'Iip weekly
I returns <?l' llie New York citv bank" sliow nil in*
! crca?e of A1,4~>0,000 in loans. $0X3.OlW) in sp?*!
o.ie Sl.*>()t?,t)00 in ilep >*>its. - ami a decrease of
1 $139,000 in circulation.
Xr miikh .\ni? Yai.tk ?Tlie nutnlgT of -dave* j
! in (ieor^ia is 4*>0.033. valued at $.'572,09
00 ! llii* iivi?rii?ri? Iuuut r?m?!?
.S.us?\Tll Sriinni.? II i? now anthentiortllv
stftt??.'! 111; r the lirst tSnhhnth School in the I'mI
lei| Slates was established |?v some I>11 toll man
nfnctni-ers for tlieir employees in Boston. April
J'J, 171)1.
Nkw Oim.bav*. N'"v. 2?The steamer I fill,
i running l>ol\veen liere ami Memphis, exploited
her hoi Icr. Wednesday night. A large nnmher
j of passengers were on hoard. Thirty persons
were killod, and (?rty to fifty scalded.
Kstmii.isiikii?A new post ffico hn* hoeji os- j
tublisiuM in Antlcrsmi flistriet, named Y.ulcey. !
Nrw Auth'i.k?Out Wo<t they have what
: are called "nolid lies."' \V? have hoard nf
while, black and very mean ?n? s. biv not he- .
! lore, a solid article. They probably lo ik like a
; pioecof charcoal.
A I'l.KllOB ok Iw.Contii.lATlox ? Mrs. Sickles,
wife (if the II in. I>.tiiii>I E. Sic.k'e-', who ha I '
been living in strict retirement since the recni- '
filiation between her hn-dmnd and herself, a
(few days a^o presented Mr. Sickles with n
plcdj;: of that reconciliation.
| To Mkkt?Thetirund Ii'ld^o of Ancient Free
Masons of South Car. liiia are to meet at (IreenvilleC.
II., on Tuesday the 'JUth November, instant.
Tkn.vkssee Cott ?n Cut?Tins total nninher ..<
i... i . -
I <ji uinu* 111 coiixii raifO'i in i eiino^ec l*>r Mio !
year oii'l'in" August SI, 1800, was 1 OS,070, vul- '
ucil at &5.4SS.809. For tho vo;ir urovious it :
I was only N7,321, valuo-l at $1.200,OnO.
Aui:.vi> or Timk?O.ie curious result ?f tluj i
completion of tlic telegraph linos between St.
Louts ami San Francisco, will be that every :
message sent will imito throe hours in advanco
of tho time ii was sent. Tims, a message lonv- i
ill" St. Louis at noon will roach San l-'ram Uco
at 9 A. M.
[ Tiie Womkx?There i? a woman in IVachnni. !
IVt.. who has a dress which she has worn 47
years. This woman nml the olio in New York ,
j who pai'l &1.000 for a ilro.v< to wear at tho
Prince's ball, represent the two extremes.
TIfB LK'-'ISl.ATl liH OF SOi:TU CAUOMNA.
Message No- 1.
Kxkci:tivk Dki'Aiitmknt, )
Col.i'm in a , S. P.. Nov. 0, 18(10. ) \
' Genth men of the Senate unit House oj j
Representatives : 'I'lio Act of CongrcM passed
in the year 1^40, enacts that " lIic lvlactors
of President aud \'ice President shall be
appointed on tin; Tuesday next after the first
Monday of the month of November of the
year in which they are to b? appointed." ?
i Tho annual meeting of the ItPgi.sluturo of
.South Carolina, by a constitutional provision,
will not take placc until the fourth .Monday
in November instant, and I have considered
iL III V rlllK' lliuliip ill" ni.llini.it.. 1
v>iv iiiuiiwi iij vumui i rw |
upon me to convene (he Legislature on extra-'
( ordinary occasions, to convene you, that yon
i nia)* to-morrow appoint the number of electors
of President and Yicc President to which '
this State is entitled.
ruder ordinary circumstances, your duty |
could he soon dischar<r'<d.''by the elOutiou'of j
Electors, repro'scntinjr the choice of the pco- '
pie of the State; but in view of the threat-)
Oiling aspect of affairs, and the strong prrha- !
bility ?>f the election to the Presidency of a I
sectional candidate, by a party committed to
(lin ..." - 1 " ** * *
v..v. r,v.v... ii.-un r> \tiiiu.i. ii cnrnca out, :
will inevitably destroy our equality in the
Union, nnd ultimately rcduO'o the Southern i
States to more provinces of a consolidated !
despotism, to bo governed by a fixed majority
in Congress, hostile to our institutions, and !
fatally bent upon our ruin, 1 would respect- i
fully suggest that the legislature remain in
session, and take such action ns will prepare
the State for uny omcrgency that may aviso,
That an expression of the will of the peo!
"pie may be ob'aincd on a quotum involving
i suo.b momentous consequences, I would ear- |
nestly recommend, that in the event of the
election of Abraham Lincoln to the Presidency,
a Convention of the People of this State ;
! u. : ii - < ? * - *
uc iiiiim ui.uciy cauca,to consoler and <lcter- ]
mine " the mode niul measure of redress." !
My own opinion* of wliat the Convention
1 should do arc of little moment; bu< believing j
that the time has arrived when every one, j
' however humble lie may be, should express
his opinions in unmistaknhlo language, I am
constrained to say, that the only alternative
left, in my judgment, is the sec>*sion of-'
South ('uro)ina from the Federal Utiioii. XKe
indications from many of the Southern Kfltes
I justify tlio conclusion that the secesaj^n of
! Kniitli ?Ill : ? -i- * -1- < *< -
vnlu?ui< mil VMJ IIIIIH'IIIUl?!iy USIIOWC'I,
if not adopted ftiinultancously byMiem,and
u11intittoly by the entire South. n'hc long
'.desired co operation of the other States, hnving
Himijar institutions, for which the State
haa been waiting, seems to be near at hand,
and, if wo arc true to ourfeelve*, will soon be
realized. The State has, with preat unanimity,
declared that alio has the rijrht poiicubly
to socede, and no power on earth oan rightfully
prevent it. if in the exorcise of arbitrary
power, and forgetful of the lessons of
htefoty, th'o Government of tho TTnfted States 1
should attompt coercion, it will become our
I Mlnmh * i - -
, mui-j hi lures uy iorco; oriel
whatever may bo the dcciaion of tho Convention
rtprcjonting tho sovereignty ot' tho Htato
?and amcuablo to no earthly tribunal?hIihII,
dating tho remainder of my adinii/wtration,
be carried out to the letter, regoru't?9 of any
hazard* f-hat ni?ysurround itn e edition. I
would, nlso, respectfully recommend n thorough
reorganization of tho Militia, so as to
place the wbolo military force of Urn Shte
in a portion tv> be used at thr shortest notioo,
. #
' " 1 1 1 11 . 1
nml with the greatest officiencv. Mvcry man
in tlio State, between the if.vs of oijflrteon
and forty-live, should be well armed with the
most ell'eotivc weapons of modern war fore,
and all the available mean* of the Siatc used
for that purpose.
In addition to the goneral preparation, T
would also recommend that the services of
ten thousand volunteers bo immediately accepted,
that they be organized and drilled by
officers chosen by themselves, and hold themselves
in readiness to be called on. unon the
shortest notice. ?
With this ' preparation for defence?r-a lid
with all the hallowed memories of past
achievements?with our love of liberty ami
hut rod of tyranny?and with the knowledge
that wc nre contending for the safety of cur
homes arid firesides?we can confidently appeal
to the l>isposer of all human events, and
safely trust our cause in his keeping.
\YM. II. (11 XT.
On Mr. Pohtlh takinjr the chair, as President
of the Senate, he said :
M".NAToun : ) thank y>u tor tins new 111:1111festat
inn of your confidence ami favor, and
accept it in tlio same kindly spirit ill which it
is tendered Tt shall be my endeavor to discharge
tlie duty of the olliee with fidelity. to
promote the wishes and <?ive expression to the
sense of t!io body, according to the rules
which have been laid down for our^overiiiiient.
The short year has removed from all earthly
scenes, three of those who participated in our
last deliberations. This is an unusual mortality.
While we pay our last tribute to the
memories of our depavjed associates, let us
take the solemn admonition home, to our own
hearts and make timely preparation for the
coining of the dread messenger who comes to
each but once, but ionics to nil,
1 do not seek now to lift tins veil tliat hides
the future from oursijrht, hut we have nil our
instinetivo Feeling (luit we are on tho eve of
great events. 11 is Excc.llenev tlie (jovcrnor,
in the terns of his ottll, has .summoned us to
take action if ml visible fur the safety and
protection of the Shite. Heretofore we. have
consulted for its convenience aiid,, well being.
Now its destiny, its very exi.styWye, depends
upon our action. It was th^'Vnd injunction,
in times of great public peril, to the Woman
Consuls, to take care that the public sustained
no detriment. This charge j.uil injunction
is now addressed tons. All that is
de:<rand precious to this people?life, fortune.
nunc and history?all is committed to our
1., : e. i'.-.. r . r .. i '*
I\v\ |nn^ mi m:;ii in ml win:, MM* MOIIOI' nr ior
shame. Lot us do our part so that those who
conic after tu shall acknowledge that wo were
m>t unworthy of tho jjreat trusts devolved
upon tis, not unequal to the prreut exigencies
l?y wliioh we were tried. Above all thinus,
let us ho of olio mind. Wo arc all airived as
to our wrongs. Lotus sacrifice all difference
of opinion as to time and mode of remedy,
111ion the altar ?;f patriotism, and for tlio suke
of the jrreat e-ui-e. In our unanimity will
be our strenuth. physical mid moral. No human
power can withstand or break down a
united people st .ndiiifr upon their own soil
and defending their homes mid fire sides.
.May we he so united, and may the j^reat (Jov
Crnor of men and of nations inspire our hearts
and courage, and inform our understandings
wiili wisdom, and lead us in tho way of honor
and of safety.
I Ion. .Jamks Si.m??ns, ftho had lieon oloctcd
Speaker, said :
CJcntlcmrn ?;/' tlir. ll'iiixii of lirprwntu/ivn
: It is with great difficulty that I ran
find language to express the profound sensations
which till my hreast on this occasion.?
That I should at the end of a long connection
with this House have had the good fortune to
receive such a testimonial of the confidence
of the people of thh commonwealth, through
the votes of their representatives this day, is
enough to oxcitc in me emotions that enn
scarcely lie expressed. Allow me to tender
to you m v most profound acknowledgments,
and to testify without affectation the heart-felt
gratitude which this evidence of your confidence
has cxcited within me.
The duties of this chair, and I have a right
to say so from long experience, arc full of
difficulty, care, and responsibility. Tn ordinary
seasons they are so, but all those elements
are multiplied when connected with
such a crisis as now overlmngH this State; and
unless I have your aid in the direction and
moderation of the'debates and deliberations
of this Assembly, I shall have little hop > of
accomplishing the purpose for which you
have placed mo in this seat; I therefore ask
you to bear with each other mid with mo, and
to give sill your energy, nil your talent.?, ami
all your spirit to the common good of our beloved
commonwealth. 1 now eouimund you.
gentlemen, to tlie buianess of the General
Assembly.
Xotu'OMi, Nov. 2.?The Opera Itousc, in
this city, was cr?nniued to overflowing last
night, to hoar Kx-IJov. Wise. He was receiycd
with tumultous enthusiasm, the people
rj<Mog from their r- ats, waving their hats, and
giving long and continued cheers. Ho uiudc
one of the greatest speeches of his life, lie
spoke in defence of liis position and of his
1 'rincofs Anno resolutions nml unci..! ?n.l ?l?*>
organization of Minute .Men throughout the
Statu, lie denounced us traitors all who
would not stand by the South. Hi? Princes.Anno
resolutions wore udopnd ty the me tin's
i moid, great. enthusiasm. IJcBpoaks in Portainontli
to-r.iorrow night. Great cxcftcmont
exists throughout tho city. '
A Modkun Puoi'ii et.??A man by the
naino of Jacob Greenwood, 79 years of age,
writes from Starkville, Georgia, to tho New
; York $x prcM, thut lie haa for three years
possessed the kon of prop,.ie6y, and that the
' arcana of coming events urc freely and unre
Hcrvedly presented to (tit mind. Ilis pre
tent ions will of eourso excito ridicule, but if
attestation of their truth ho predict
Ail ?!.? T . .t.~ a?.
wmu ivTOiv mum iiv i i it aiiii;, iiiu urea ft u
Tcsas, ?iid the politic?.! fusion in Now Vorli
I ?and now, although tho prospects forcbodt
a different result, .ho saya he i.s willing tc
| stako tho reputation of his profusion upon
the prediction that the fusion tiokot of New
York will carry tho largest vote in the com
1 ing election?T?od that Poh. Clirribald.i wili
; not Hurvivo the 1st of January 18GL
" Tiir :'\tgliertt of trade*,'' Raid Jerold
' have their moment* of ptaasnro. Now if I
trofoa grave dlgcor, oreVen a hangman, then
are ?omo people I could work for with a gre;it
deal of oiiiovinniit. "
- <* - ft , ,
**,1 " ' '*'}* h- * '
fi.MtTlf, who makos u joko of idl hi? trou
blcs, says " fclin cook at his boarding house it
ho <:orclows about separating (he fcatners from
the chickens that lie ocv?r cuts dinner without
feeling down in the uiouth." . ,
Hit whoso window* are gluwi should nfctci
throw stones.
Oitrkhsion wiM majto a wise muii innd.
omm_i _i i i <?^a9WvPM9^,9!S!S9
Indian Mode of Fishing)!Y
AN OLD VI 8 II K II M A N.
1 !md becotno well ac(|uniuted with the best
fiHliin<x places in our town, one of which was
n spot below a mill-dam. Neur th,? middle of
the stii :un wah a large rock, where it was repented
the Indians used to catch largo flnli
with ^lieir hand*. This I heard repeated by
nevortil persons, some t?f whom seeuied to
think it true, and others not; but none of
i <i- -i :.i it ii...
| Lliuill il|i|H;;uuu i'J uiijf ivi\-ci yi ,ijm? iu.iii!
nor in which it could be done, or*that ruiy
j white man could Icnrn or practice it. 1 however
reflected somewhat on the subject, nod
at lust resolved to make an ex per! nut; for
although 1 had long before been entirely discouraged
about learning Latin and Greek, I
bad had" no much success in various things
which 1 had attempted to do among animals,
that I felt much confidence in my abilities iu
Held sports of all kinds, both ordinary and extraordinary.
Accural ugly I walked down to the river one
day alone, at an hour when I rr.is not likely
to be disturbed or observed, get unpn a rock,
took oft' my coat, stripped up my shirt sleeves,
and lyimr down, put my hands slowly into the
water. 1 proe.r >b d with a good deal of caution,
not knowii I t [ should come in conA
_ A - ' il I " L ' 11 ?. ? .1
mci wuii my in nuiM! oiu acquaintances, mo
Wiilrr siuvkts. liulerd I tfuoji thought I had
<;ut ainoiijr tlieiu : f..r I touched something
with my finders. which seem'e&'to he neither
a stono nor woods I held my Itaaxl motionless,
however. although I felt a Kina of shudder,
hein<r h:?If-inclined to draw it out, wliirn p<#mc- *
tiling moving touched it, very gently, then
until her movimr thing hit it on the other Hide.
It then ocQiircd to inc that they might he fish,
and that they had not been alarmed by havj
in;j my hand muong them. because I had kept
i? .?u .still. And this opinion was confirmed
by inv again feeling repeated touches, of the
same <:? iille kind. I nr.w begun to move my
hand vt:iy slowly, and found there were gev
cm! moving things witillin my reach. These
I new aii eel'tainly be fish; mid
I determined, if possible, to seize one withi
out delay. I thordforo foil about, until 1 was
i confident I bad iiiv band over tho back of one
i of them. when I gradually bent down my fingers
cm one sjdo of him, and my thumb on
l the other, tlurn suddenly gasped him tight,
and drew him out of the water. It was a
fine, large jwXvr. I secured him, and iin?
; mediately proceeded to repeat the experiment.
| 1'soou had nnotber fish of the value kind,
another and another; and, when it was time to
return, 1 had a string of eleven. In passing
through the village, I had to stop repeatedly
. to nnswer questions; and my success excited
universal surnrise. I often rrmmitnd t.lio <?*.
j pertinent afterwards; and during the proper
| season. generally succeeded. Why it was, I
do not know; but few other boys ever caught
even a single fish in that manner, and none
Init myself, i heliovc, ever practiced it regidarly.
1 believe .suckers could be taken by
( thousands in yl! j.irt-s of our country whero
they exist, in the :-an?c manner.
It makes us proud when our love of a
woman is returned; it. ought to make uh
prouder mil when we can love her fur her'
self aloue, without the aid of any selfish rej
(lection. 'I'llir is the religion of love.
Vlr....... *
i i ii 10 i m: Hi.uiiiur m povoriy.
1 " muzmpA.,
I Maiwiikii, oh timidity ovonjcij. November 4ih,
| 18fiO. I>y I,. N. Robin*, K? | , MflfcT. 1*. Oaiwikt to
i Mi.?? UmKarkth STUAiiT.'nll of Pickens.
| Oa Sunday evening. 1st of Apvil lust. by K. IT.
Cos, i'.-.-j.. Mr. J am km A. IIkmukkk lo Mis* C. A.
t'uv. all i'l" I'lckcns.
< in yundny evening. Hit* lot!) of April last, by llto
: *:r.nc, Mr. k. ll. lh ititCT to miss Haciiki. Mookk,
. all of i'ickcns.
Oa .Sunday evening, July 2fttl?. by llicsnfno, Mr.
i Wii.i.inm M. \m>i? to Miss Mat.t N. E. Day, nil
, of l'ickcn*
On Sunduv evening, 21 Ht October, hy llic same,
i Mr. Hit v.vrox U. Johnson. of l'i<:kona, lo Miss
I Mi:i.vi ii a .f.. youngest il v!igSl|or of Robert W. ami
1 .ouis:i Kiiiff. of Anderson.
Ijist of n
.1/ Amlrrtiuii Depot week tndiiitf Oct. 27, 1SG0.
j .1 Cliervr. l-i M Hacker, .1 It K Sloan & Co, A
IJ Bowilen, K \V Hrowa. 'I' A Sln-riml, S J Sloinnn,
HtDMrpft' Si Walsdn. II R Unvea.-I. 'I Seriborn?. .1
lldrwJo. K Webb. A A Mofsn, A To<l<l. II II 11 Co.
II W^Hepsr. .lnekxou& N.lWi4n ?V I. Herman &
It, T It Itenxon .v Co, lyAJMlfJM, ! Hrewncr, .1
W Kariinon, ltloc|cl*f k.t>, TP AtAinurct. K J K?vle,
S II Owens, F G V ?Hrstcl. I. II
Wright. Alonn k Y, (VXwIoii Si Co, J (' Kuton Si
Co, P ltreila, It A Twowi|*r>n. A lM.'alhhitn. J 1*
i llcoil. J Millwi'c. J H KhattbUn. Rngi-.irid (i It, AV
< II 1> flnill.ml. A 8 MtftUfeKlfc I.envell & White. S
1 Itrottn. jr. .1 It Alitor, if>W.Kulitninn. A O Norri*.
1 ftmlllt St C. II A<ljrer, It P Cr*jy(?n. J Maxwell, .1
A Mo Pull, .1 W 0.J N Allen. CO M Itruce. 7.
W (!rcen. W V 8l?e<-?r<l. \ It Slttnn. I W Taylor, J
R Si W M ISvlutlo, .1 T ILickot! I) llicman.
O. II. P. PANT. Agent.
1 wmmmmmmmmBmiuwti n?.iiy,i i i sux-ii i
.police.
1')KUS0XS liming "loniand* nv'iiinxt ttio E?
tato of William Sn?therhi?vl. (loc?fM?<l,
mn?t present them forthwith; and thoxo iuilcliii.'il
t<? said Estate arc requiroJ t<> niuko payment
at once, ami mve enxt.
.J. ?. SOCTlllilUiAXD. ) . , .
i ,T. K. SOUfllBUbAXD, | AUm r"*
i Xnv.G. 1800 14 ^ 4
? ?yrri'? ( wK. ItlCl'OItT
OK the Hoard of CoinmisHionors of Poor ft?r
Pickens I">i?trict ;o the Presiding Judgo,
; Fall Term, 1800 :
; i8oo.
To balance in my hand* agreeable to my ln?fc
Report to Fall Term, 1850 $ 078 70
March 7?'Received the interest on
1 John Price's Note, tho principal
> being charged to mo in my bat He- 285 87
' port
l \f in r? * .? -
I iunri:n iiocoivcu Clio inierwrt on
11 J. K. Ilunnientt's Note. primapul
j beinp ohnrped in lust Report. 1 4w
j Maroh 13?-Received of \>. < ' OfAtg
1 j for 20 bnshcia of Com sold hiu>
At l'oor House 20 00
1 ? Also, nix bushels Oats sold him 8 00
Mtttnh 13?lleooivedof It. Noalfor
' j 10 bushels of Corn sold hint nf.
1 Poor House 10 00
' March 13?Reoeivcd of E. IS. Alexr
| noder for 14 bushels of Corn sold
l him nt l'oor House 14 00
I July -~Ou?h of J. W. h. Gary,
'lax Collcotor, being twenty per
ceul. on tl?e Inst general Tax 1103 71
,( *211# 88
DtSMJIWEMENTS.
j 1K69. ' >r.
j iMny ?V?y cnali pnid E. U. IIt>rt,
I Hocrottrv & Trwmurcr lunatic - >'
1! Awylum. (??< voitohcr No. t") $ 170 08
1 (k't. 18?rBj^nsli scut Lunatic A?Vi
)um, six months' ndvftnoo for It. 11 '
E. Hlack,! Viopoi* Lunat'c, **nt
by (1oniuii?sioiier*, (*evj vmiulior
, Ho. 2) 67 50
j * Expenses for carrying her there,
norit by 8. GtrfcigJ (Me vouchor
r