Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1849-10-13
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lHE ScHooNER JoBN ALLYHE.-A let.
Ter has been received Mt New Bedford
rom passenger on board the schooner
John Allvne, which sailed from that nort
~ February fo' California. The letter
gives the particulars of the capture of
capt IN Boaice at Procession Bav. in
'ne S;tH'ts of Magellan, an account oS
wien ms aleady been published IT
seems that while the vessel lav at anchor,
me G p'ainan three sailors went ashore
t" baite- with the natives, when he was
attacked and made prisoner together with
ll' men. The men were afterwards re.
leased and sent back to the vessel with
wo"d that tie Cupain could be ransoncd
10, twelve Iotlles ofrum, twelve pounds
tobacco and bag Of bread. These arti.
cI IS were accordingly given to the natives,
when the Chief refused 70 release Captain
Bourne, on the plea HAT the ransom was
noi gwen into his hands. The vessel was
finally obliged to sail without being ablc
TO effect his rescue.
he Government has sent a vessel of
war TO the Straits of Magellan to release
Capt Bourne.-Nat. IsteUigencer.
We have bceen gratifcd to witness the
zeal unaffected by our fiends of Edge
iield village in the PLANK Road cause
but we are still more gratiied to know
that our own citizens have not been want.
ing in zeal on this important subject, Sey.
cral OF our ente'pJising fellow citizens
who have travelled on Plank Roads in
other States. being highly impressed
WIN their utility. and peculiar adaptation
70 our section of country, have raised
iunds, and actually laid plank structure
on the Edgefield road of about one hun.
dred yards in length, SO as to exemplifv
practically, for the information Of the
people, how the thing works They in
tend also to place section of Plank
work on the Martintown road within few
days SO as to give persons coming in on
either OF our main roads an opportunity
OF witnessing the inestimable benefits
tnat VIII result 10 them from the general
adoption OF the system. We have, for
some time past. been devoting attention
10 this description of public Improvement.
All our information goes to convince our
minds that it is the cheapest and best sys.
tenn of Roads that has vet been. or that
probably can be introduced into our
country for the general welfare. We
trust that the people of the country will
reflect and investigate so as to satisfy
themselves, and when by undoubted in
formation they are convinced cf the good
they must derive from Plank Roads, step
forward and aid the cause both by word
and deed.-Ham6urg RepubAcan.
The following case. involving the ques-
ton of the liability of the SUBSCRIBERS to
the Greenville & Columbia Rail Road,
was decided at Columbia on Tuesday:
Greenoiile and Columbia Rail Road
Company Us. Cathcart, Blakeney and
'Guinnts.--The ground taken by de.
PENDANTS counsel was, that where the
Charter provides that in case of non-pay-
r,ent of instalmcnts the shares shall be
forfeited. but gives no power to sue to re-
cover such instalments, and there is no
express promise by the subscribers to pay
the instnlments as called for the Compa.
pany Is confined TO the remedy provided
by the Charter, and cannot sue at law.
The Court decided against the defen
dnnts
The case will be taken to the Appeal
Court.
WRoSa AcmoNs.--Remoys does but
add 10 the evil which bred il when il pro.
mo'es, not peniience, but despair. To
have cr,ed in one branch of our dukes
does not unfit us for The peyforamce of all
the rest, unle we suffer the d.nk spot TO
spread over our whole nature, which
may happen almost unohservcd in the
torpor Of despair This kind Of despair
Is chiefly grounded on foolish belof that
individual words or actions constitute the
whole lie of man: whereas they are Of
ten not fair representatives of portions
even Of that life. Tho fragments cfrock
in mountain stream may tell much of its
history, arc in fact results Of its dongs,
hut they are not the stream. They were
brought down when it was turbid; may
now be clear: they are as much, the re.
suit of other circumstances as of the &C,
tion OF the stream: their history is ftful:
they give us no snre intelligence ofthe flu
ture course of the stream, OF, of the ma.
ture ofits waters: and may scarcely show
more than that it has not been always as
IL iS The actions of men are often but