Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1849-06-23
wAsrIINGToN NATIONAL MoNU-
H MENT.
IL the People of the United States.

4 T.
Believing, from the interest so far
eyinccd by the People of the United
States in the erection of the great Nation
al Monument in this city TO the memory
of the illustrious Father of his Country,
that no occasion could be more appropri-
ate for further manifestation of that in.
terest than the approaching Birthday of
our National Independence, the Board of
Managers Of the Washington National
Monument Society has instructed me to
request that wherever that day is cclebra-
ted collections may be taken up in aid of
the great and patriotic object, which all
who revere the character and cherish the
memory of Washington must earnestly
desire to seeit accomplished. 1t has been
Justly observed that eff men of standing
and cminence throughout every commu-
nifty in our extended country were to use
their influence to turn the stream of ex-
cnditure, on the ensuing Fourth of July,
towards the fund for this Monument, it
would be beautiful and appropriate
commemoration, worthy of the People
and Of the Man 10 whom the Nation is so
much indebted for the results qf the!
evcntful day. Would not each and every
one be willing to devote the extra cxpcn-
diture usually incurred on this anniversa-
ny . so holy a purpose?" 1t is believed
that they would, and they are earnestly
invited to do so. The public Press, it is
hoped, will aid the cause. and every
where recommend this plan; and the
Wives and Daughters of America are re-
quested to lend their influence to the no
bic undertaking. Let the announcement
of such purpose be given some days
previous to the Fourth of July, and com
mittees appointed to receive and transma
to the General Agent of the Society the
collections which may then be made.
For the information of the Public it
may be proper to state that, since the last
Fourth of July, when the cornerstone of
the Monument was laid, the work has
been steadily advancing, and has now
reached an elevation of about twenty-six
feet above the surface, with foundation
OF solid masonry 81 feet square at the
bottom and So feet 10 inches square at
the top, upon which the obclisk, casod
with beautiful white marble and elevated
five hundred feet, is to be erected. The
walls of gneiss and marble are fifteen feet
in thickness, leaving a cavity of twenty
five fect square, in which the staircase of
iron, ascending to the summit, will be
placed; and the whole structure, when
finished, will be, it is believed, the great
est work of the age, rejecting imperisha-
BILE honor on the patriotism and gratitude
of the American People, by whose con-
tibutions alone it is expected to be com
pleted
GEo. WArrERsToN, Sec'y w. n. NJ. So.
Caution. THE Southern Christian Ad-
! vocate of Friday says:
| "Wc regret extremely to he compelled
by a sense of duty to state to the public
that person known as Mr.. Chipley,
VINO has been engaged in this and neigh
boring communities for some time past, is
making applications for m >ncy on various
pretexts, has no connection whatever with
the Missionary Society, is not authorized
to make collections for that or any other
interest connected with the Methodist
/ Oiiu'SiiJ oNiN 10 OoNiOuolJ lduOIillS aVIlueT
arrangement ofmind. 1t was hoped that
a card published in this paper few weeks
since would have induced him to leave
this State. He is still here, however and
hence thcnecessity Of the foregoing state
ment The Methodist E. Church, South,
is not in the slightest degree responsible
for his character or conduct"
/ Gen. Scott, at the capture of the City
of Mexico, seized and brought home some
| five thousand volumes of historical works
| in the archives OF Mexico. all in the Span
| ish language. Some of these are three
/ hundred years DID, and contain perfect
history of that country from its origin. 1t
is the intention of this Government to ex-
| tract from this library all that may be
4 useful in forming complete history of
4 the ssessionwhich we have acquired by
the treaty, to be retained in our own ar
chives, and the books will then be sent
back TO Mexico. The right to bring the
books away is perhaps undoubted, but ii
evinces liberality in this government to re-
turn them.-N Y. Tribune.