Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1849-09-29
CAPTURE OF FOUR RUNAWAY
NEROES IN KENTUCKY

land, proprietor of Rowland's SPRINGS in
Georgia, have been caught in Kentucky.
as we learn by letter from Mai. r. to n
TREND IN this place. The following exr
tracts from the letter, which is dated at
Knoxville, Ten, Sept. 5th, (the writer
Deing on his way home) will, doubtless.
be interesting to the owners of slaves in
all the more Southern States east of the
Mississippi:
"My four Negro men were cauobt at
Barboursville, KY, 35 miles bevond the
Cumberland Gap. x y u When
taken they were worn down with fatioue
and hunger, and much discouraged. TRev
were taken by company organized for
such purposes, and were treated as st,on-
gers, A few miles ahead of where thew
were taken, another company of 16 was
waiting for themI and this, am told. is
the case along the whole line of Kentucy,
and through it. 1t is therefore almost
impossible for Negro to get through,
and even a white man is a poor passport
The State allows $40 for taking Negro
which alone will bring out good force
My Negroes travelled at night, but when
they gotto where they could neither tray
ell night or day, they seemed to be well
satisfied to go homc-they are, indeed,
sick OF their trip. have sent them on
without being confined. If Negroes of
such Intelligence as these cannot get on,
think Others may give it up. Two Ne
groes are in the same Jail belonging to
some person in Lincolnton, NJ. O.; their
owner has been written to. Four from
this neighborhood were lately taken in
the edge of Kentucky, one of which was
shot through the heart, and the Others
brought back. "--Greenvihe Mouniaiaeer.
BUSINESS IN CHARLEsroN.-We are
much gratified in learning from one of our
most intelligent and enterprising roer-
chants, that the business of the last week
exceeds in amount that of like period in
any September previous, There are a
large number of merchants from the in
terror of our own State, and from North
Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama,
Mississippi and Flovida at present in our
city, and ever day is adding to their
number. Man1 of them are here for the
first time, and express themselves highly
gratifed at the extensive assortment of
goods, and the liberality of the terms on
which they are disposed of. The stocks
of our merchants have been selected with
the greatest possible care, and in quanti-
ties calculated for a largely increased bu-
siness, and they are offered at prices low
er than they can be procured at New
York or any other of the Northern cities
This is accounted for from the fact, that
they were principally purchased in those
cities, while the Cholera prevailed, and
when goods were necessarily disposed of
at low rates; while since the partial disap-
pearance of the pestilence there has been
a reaction, and enhanced prices. We
have also had heavy arrivals of goods d-
rect from Europe, which were procured
upon the most favorable terms. In short,
every inducement is held out in the abun-
dance, variety and quality of the goods,
and the terms on which they arc dispos-
ed Of to induce the country merchant not
only to make his purchases here the pres
ent season. but to form permanent bust
ness arrangements for The future. ~ char,
Mercury,