Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1849-11-10

one, they declined the other; all the pre-
parations were made, but no dancers
were in the halls. The music piped to
empty walls, save his cxcecncy, the
Governor, his wife and daughter were
present. Six yonng gentlemen, Custom
House officials, have been sentenced to
five years residence in Corunna for the
crime of staying away from this ball, and
-four have been ordered home by Alcoy,
and sailed this morning, placed on board
the Courier, which sailed for Cadiz.
Anothef letter says that five of the
young mch had secretly printed aud for
wardcd circulars to the parties expected
TO assist at the entertainments in honor of
the Queen, that the ball would not take
place.
The New Orleans Picayunc gives the
following rs to Government espionage in
Cuba
Jealousy, the most intense, of our
coungrymen haunts The mind Sf che CaP-
tain General and the Camaiilla. Meas
ures have been taken 10 register the
names, residence. business, and political
opinions of all Americans on the island.
They are thus, to use the language of our
informant, exposed to Il vigihnt AND sus-
pcous observation that renders life III
Cubn exceedingly disagrecable.
HoN. JEFFERSON DAVIS on SLAVERY.
Senator Davis, of Mississippi, has re-
Gently written long and able letterup-
on the subject Of slavery, and the rcla-
tive positions of the North and South
HE rights of the latter are threatened,
and union of sentiment alone can stop
the effort which is making in the North.
He says that anti-slavery presses are es-
/ tablished in the slave States, and it de-
wolves upon the South to tolerate no lon
ger ae open and avowcd enemy in their
midst. The North professcd to be sat-
isfied with the Missouri compromise,
when the South gave up the whole North
west Territory, and a large portion OF
Louisiana, and when the question of tho
admission of Oregon was brought up,
they claimed and took that us non-slavc-
holding territory, comprising many moso
thousands of square miles than the South,
they now claim that New Mexico and
California shall be broughtin in only on the
condition that the Wimot Proviso shall
be applied 70 them. Besides the power.
of the North, they are aided by theabo-
litionists of England. 1t not manly OF
polite, he says to postpone to such enc
mics the issue as presented. Had all
which has occurred been forcsccn, and
the South been united in the early period
Of AIolitionism, it never could have ac-
quired its present political position.
There are some who think the question:
[ will exhaust itself, while others depend
upon the veto of the President. To
those who depend upon the latter, he
says: No degree of confidence in the pres
cnt President will justify such dependence
The Constitution, if carried out will pro-
} tcct the South; but that instrument has
been troddcn under foot by the Aboli-
tionists, and would be crushed, to serve
: their purposes, regardless osthe terms Of
: the federal compact.
TIE Cosr OF RIoTs.-It appears by
; a report madcin Philadelphia. on Mon
day, that nearly Il quarter of n million of
dollars {238,23O) has been paid out of
the County Treasury there since 1886,
for the suppression of riots. This sum
does not include the snug little biilwhich
is yet to be footed for the riot on election
night, which will probably bring tho
amount quite up to a quarter of a mill
lion.
Pork TRADE-Thc Lexington {Ky)
Observer says: The pork trade in Ken
tucky is atpresent very dull, owing chief
ly to the exaggerated accounts of the SUR
plus of last years packing now remain
ing in the large cities of the Union The
Louisville and C'rc;datti packers and
: slaughterers are making more extensive
preparations for the coming season than
usual, but will as yet make no engage
ments. Inconsequenoe of CHS state of
the case the Kpntucky ho0. .feedore. xs,bo