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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1850-03-09
TEEPERAMCE.

The Rev: Mr: Watts and others will
address the people on the subject of
temperance as Immediately connected
with the order of the Sons of Temperance
on Saturday the 3Oth inst, in the Town
OF Pickensyille S. @. The meeting will
convene at o'clock p. M.--Brothers
of the Order, and the public generally are
invited to attend.
March 8, 1850, AZ tsoj
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NH A Bs He n N .

On Saturday the 28d February, by the
Rev. Nimrod Sullivan, Mr., M, Broom to
Hiss Emily Butler, all of this District.
On Thursday evening 2Sth February,
by John Adair, Esq, MIR. William Broom
to Miss Elizabeth Butler, all of this Dis
trict.
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B % IN I'D S

Due to the Commissioner in Equity must
be settled; and those who owe them had
best see to it before return day-public
Officers in these matters have no legal
discretion.
MILES M. NORTON, G. e. p. D.
Pickens s. c., March 2, 1850.
41 o2st
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B If -R G. III Nv S
AT SALURIRHTY

w. S. & TIP. WILLIAMS have Just
replenished their Stock of Goods with the
very best assortment and the latest style
of Dry Goods, Cloths, Satinets, &C., Lin
men, Shirting, Northern Homespuns &c.
Calicoes latest fashions, at 5 to 25 cts.
per yard, silk Gloves and handkerchiefs
of superior style, lower than ever offered
here before, and mems Hoskin Black
Gloves, good article, at 75cts per pair.
a fine lot of Shoes and Boots of every
style: Hats and Caps, from I5cts to 81, 90,
Fine Hats from ST to $500
Groceries, Sugar and Coffee, superior
article, New Orleans Molasses Mt scots
per gal. Iron, Nails and castings on good
terms. All of the above will be disposed
ofas low orlower than they have been
sold in this market in many day.
In exchange for Goods we viii receive
Beeswax, Tallow, and Feathers at the
market prices.
Come and examine for yourselves, for
we are determined to sell for small prof
its and quick returns a ~,
ran. I2, so, "a. If
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1850-03-09
SOCIETY OF WOMEN.

There is no society in, the world more
profitable, because none more refining
and promotive of virtue, than that of re-
fined and sensible women The beauty
of women is made to win, her gentle.
voice to invite, the desire of her favor to
persuade men's.sterner souls from strife
to peace. Wehonor the chivalrous def
erence paid to- woman. 1t evinces not
only respect to virtue, and desire aftei
pure affection, but that our women are
worthy of such respect. But women
were not made merely TO win men to their
society. Tobe companions, they should
be fitted to be friends, to rule hearts they
should secure the appreciation of minds.
And a man dishonors them, as we'll as
disgraces himself, when he seeks their
circle for idle pastime, and not for the I'M
provement of his mind and the elevation
of his heart. rs,
The German Character. / know the
Germanss like metaphysicians, they wish
to know everything from the bottom, very
accurately, in large octave, with no excess
of conciseness, and with a few citations.
They rig out an epigram with preface,
and a loye-madrigal with table of con-
tents. They determine the course of the
zephyr bya sea compass, and the heart of
a girl by comic sections. Like merchants,
they mark everything with capitals, and
prove everything likeiurists. The mem
branes OF their brains are living memoran-
dunn books, their legs are secrect mete-
wands and pedometers. They cut asun-
der the veil of the nine muses., and meas
ure the hearts Of those girls with compass
sess, and their heads with guage.-,~
lean Paul @ ,As
70 preserve yopv health, drink water
and get married eaisy Putting off mat
riSuony has broken down more constitu-
tons than ever consumption did, Think
Of this and set your hearts on dinity,
z@sithcs.t = loss Of time. el ht'a'1' ia'a -
Somebody thinks that If nature had
| designed man to be a drunkard, he
would have been constructed like a
churn, so that the more he drank the
firmer he would stand. to
.I,IE4oN v
/ The Dollar.-GiIcs, the lecturer, says
that of thirty thousand nouns in the En-
glish language, the dollmsis that which is
most frequently heard. Like the theme
of sympathy ia music, 1t is never lost IL,
the storms Of the orohestraoE The dol
lar is noun substantive, "a noun ubiqui-
! tous, a anonn omhipotent
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mn A & E 81

The Tax-Collector of Pickens District
will attend at the following places, viz:
On Tuesday the 5th of March at Jno.
Bowen's; 9th at the Trap; 7th at Hester's
9Th at Wolf Greek; 9th Mrs. Barton's,
18th Hurricane; 18th McKinney's; 18th
Grants Store; 14th Oconce Station; 10th
West Union; 10th Milestone; 18th G.
Poole's; 10th Bachelors Retreat; goth
Rockwell; 2lst VIM. Saunders; 22nd
Miller's; 23d r. Gaines; 25th .,Salubrity;
26th Pickensville; at Pickens @. H. on
Monday and Tuesday of Spring Court.
MY books will then be closed; All re
turns not made by that time will be dou-
5le tared.
Allpersons are required to return all
taxable property transferred or purchased
since the last tax return.
State Tax
Road ~ 90 per cent.
Poor q 123 I"
j. BOWEN, T.c. ~.
Jan. 18, so. .s6-tf
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1850-03-09

The following extract from the last win
dication Of young Meagher, is unsurpas-
sed in eloquence and power; to England
he says: '4E 'a,pse "a
eff thou wilt show no relenting, but
continue fierce and merciless to the end,
as Heaven is above thee, the day of thine
own fell, the day that shall see thee ut
terly overwhelmed, shall come at last
And not by all thy glory then,
BY armed hosts arrayed, aE
BY pomp and power and mighty men,
Can Gods right arm be stayed!
Then shalt thou feel the earth heaved
beneath and the skies above theel Then
shall thy foes exult and thine allies trem-
ble;-tnen from the warm south and the
chill north. and the golden east, shall ring
shouts of derisive triumph--from the isles
of the sea go up peans of rejoicing; and
then shall the angel of freedom appear,
and roll away the stone from the sepul-
chre of Ireland's national spirit, bidding it
arise to glorious csurrection--w6ile
the armed watchers over sleep they
deemed eternal, stand aghast, drop the
sword from their palsied hands, and faint
in their armor.,s s.s. ,..- ,s..4 -,
When thus Ireland, thy free sister,
begins anew her national existence, may
she be warned by thy fall against pride,
cruelty, oppression, extortion, and that de
fiant forgetfulness of God which is the
soul OF tyranny. 81 a tet
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HEAD QUARTERS.

CHARLESTON, FEB. 81, 1850
[GENERAL ORDERS NO.-1
Z CIRCUMSTANCES demanding that
the Governor should be officially aoquain-
ted with the effective force Of the State,
and the number of alarm men-the Brig
adler Generals are hereby directed forth
with to make returns of their commands,
to the Adjutant and Inspector General
at Camden. A failure in responding
promptly to this order, will not be over
looked, and the newspaper publications
will be regarded as sufficient notice.
By order Of the Commander in Chief.
j. w. CANTEY, Adjutant and In
spector General '9 '0ra R
March o, ~ 40 I'm.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1850-03-09
SOUTH CA OLINA,
PICKENS DISTRICT.
Tyre l. Roper, & wife Melinda Roper,
Applicants;

Wm. Edens, Alerandc, -Eaens, Pascal
Southerland Dc wye Esther Southerland
Jesse Adams and aci,e Polly -Adon,s, De-
PENDANTS, for the sale of the Real Estate
OF Samuel Edens decd And it appear
ing that Jesse Adams, and wife, Polly,
reside without the limits of this State.
Its therefore ordered that they do appear
within three months from the date hereof
OF their consent TO said Sail will be taken
as confessed. 4ha iiHo
W: D. STEELE. o. r.p.
ordinary's Office. !
February, Q, 1850.
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SOUTH CAROLINA.
IN THE COMMON PLEAS |
g PICKENS DISTRICT. ''n.

IN The COMMOM PLEAS
@ PICKENS DISTRICT. '';"G
Allen Keith, assignee, ] Dec. in Attach
VS.. Perry d. Keith
Joy Nj. Keith sI'f Piff's $ ATTY Att'9s.
The Plaintiff having this day filed his
Declaration in my Office, and the Defen-
dant having no Wife, nor Attorney.
known to be in this State on whom co
py of this Declaration may be served,
On motion of Plaintiff s Attorney,
1t is Ordered, That the Defendant do
appear and plead OF demur to the said
Declaration, within one year and a day
from this date, or Judgment will entered
by default.
w. L. KEITH, @. c.. p.
Clerks Office,
January 1, 1850. 3a-1y
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g.Judge for Yourselves.
Those indebted to me either by note
o..accountmlist call and settle or they
will have costs to pay.
l.d. le4 j. N. LAWRENCE,
Z Jana5,'so 4sl tf
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1850-03-09

Inc cotton HlttrKeC to-day was steady; the
sales reached 1900 bales, at n decline of 8,8
to l-2 c.since the arrival of the steamer.
tW Char: Courier.
A body has been found near Roxbury. which
it is rnmored is the remains of DIR. Parkmap
siaIa,t.1 ts Ibid
esnH New ORLEANS March L.
Yesterday 6000 bales of cotton were sold,
mostly for the English market There was no
further decline, middling quoted at IL l-S;
good middkng l11-4. t.~a ls-aI.
The steamship Ohio, for Chagres, sailed yes
tcrday, with 4Sop opasscngers.-l6id -, Z
SAVANNAH, March 8.
Mr.. Bulloch took about one hundred thosand
dollars of the bills of the bank. His bondsmen
are liable for only forty thousand dollars. The
reserved fund OF the bank is more than suffi-
cicnt to cover their loss 80 ~ sN
An intimate friend of Mr. Bulloch's has been
arrested and committed, supposed to have
aided in his escape. There is no certainty here,
ns yet, as to what course the absconding de-
faulter has taken.-C Char. Cour. .-o,I
RUMoRs OF WAR.-It was rumored in the ci-
ty yesterday that news of disturbance and
collision in che House Of Representatives had
been received by Telegraph. There is not ac-
cording to our information, any foundation for
the story, and the proceedings of Congress gave
no indication of danger, till the resolution for.
the admission Of California should csme up again
which would be to-day. 1t is not unlikely that
the struggle will be again postponed. Mr. CAT,
houn's speech was expected to be delivered to-
day, and twas hoped he would be well enough
to be present The attraction Of his speech
would have the effect, for part of the day at
least, of relieving the House proceedings of all
interest Gil h4u lin oafe
One circumstance has possibly given occa-
aion to the r,.mor ofa fight The more violent
Northern papers have of late daily repeated
stories that the Southern members 90 to the
House armed with Bowie knives and revolyers,
in anticipation ofa fray. The object probably
is to gathers Northern mob at Washington, in
furtherance of The glorious cause of Free Soil
Mercury. 79t }Ss' t
sEtHAl slBtE n 55f tASs 10
35u,c ,a s T-1-.. @ ET
CeNenEss.- lin this body nothing of
interest has transpired, five except the
introduction, on Wednesday, of bill for
the admission of California with all her
iniquitous claims. This proposition was
brought forward by Mr. Doty, the author
Of the scenes on "black Monday" The
bill Twas committed to a Committee of the
Whole, and was discussed in connection
with the Presidents message on the same
subject. The debate which followed
was participated in by Messrs. Tombs, of
Georgia, Baker, of illinois, and McLane,
of Maryland OF course this will be a
subject Of discussion for weeks. Caro-
hnian 4th INST. N
y.
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MEADQUA-T<TERS.
CHARLEsro !, r., q. Io.o

= on- !, ;, olmIAne'lLAEssFo.N, III Jan. I25, 1850.
The entire suit of the Governor are re-
CURED TO attend him in Charleston ON
7rtaog, the 22d of February next d
zach Aid, residing in the Brigades
cogilng under the order of the a2d inst.
will attend him atthe reviews. b..,,
By order of the Commander-in-chief.
-oasa,,.,. ag J. w. CANTEY, i,
ka Adjutant and Inspector General.
5i.e 90 54rpuo,Yp t,4 2sE
!, Lots OF RHO COFFEE i'm
Town Sugar and Salt.
Almanacs 10 give away by
So. ., III gss s. r. MoFALL.
: Feb, 1st 1850. ,... ty.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1850-03-09

What we commonly call a falling star,
is believed by the Arabs to be a dart
launched by the Almighty at an evil ge-
mus; and on beholding one, they exclaim,
MAY God transfix the enemy ofthe
faiCh!'
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1850-03-09

Rabbi Eliezer sal .sTurn to God one
day before deuth." His disciples said,
"Aow cana man know the day of his
death?' He answered them, Therefore
turn to-day; perhaps you may die t.
morrow, thus every day will be employ
ed in returning. I-u H~ 3it
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1850-03-09
THE WORD sELAH.

We have often speculated on the meaning
oil this word asit occurs in the Bible. Below
we give the opinion of various persons concern,
lngit The translators of the Bible have left
the Hebrew word Selah, which occurs so often
in Psalms, as they have found it. and of course
the English reader often asks his minister or
some learned friend what it means, and each
one has been most often obliged to confess his
own ignorance OF its meaning, because it is a
matte in regard to which the most learned
have, by no means, been of one mind The
Iargum and most of the Jewish commentators
give to the word the meaning of ete,Y,alky foreu.
cr Rabbi Kimchi regards it as n sign to ele-
vate lac voice. The authors ofthe ,Septuagint
translation appear to have Regarded it ms mu-
sical or rythmical note. Herder regards it as
indicating change tone; Matheson as mu-
sical note, cquiyalent perhaps to the word re-
peat. According to Luther and others, it
means Sitencel Gesenius explains it to mean
Let the instruments play and the singers STOP
Wochea regards it as equivalent to SurSune cor
dup my soull Sommer after examining all
the seventy-four passages in which the word
occurs recognises in every case "an actual APP
peal or summons to jehovah They are calls
for aid, aud prayers to be heard, expressed eli
ther with entire direcmess orif not in the i'm
perativo Hear Jchovahr or awake Jehovah. OR
the like, still earnest addresses TO God that he
would remember, and hear, &c The word
itself, he regards as indicating blast oftrum-
pets by the priests. Selah itself, he thinks an
abridged expression used for Hggaion indica-
ting the sound of the stringed Instruments, and
Selah vigorous blast of rumpets.-Btbiiothe-
ca Sdcra
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MIR, cALHouNs spEEcH.
WAEmNeUoN March 4SlSbO.


The Senate was crowded to-day, in conse-
quence OF the aniouncement that Mr.. Colbon,,,,s
speech would be read to the Senate. Mr.. CAL
noun wasln attendance, and his speech was
read by MIR. Mason, of Virginia. and listened to
with the most profound attention.
Inc heads OF his argument are that the Union
IS IN danger; the cause being discomfort, pro.
duced by the destruction of the equilibrium in
power between the North and the South In
order to maintain the confederacy, the South
must be fully satisfied that she can remain in
the Union in safety and peace, as an equal.
with full security of rights. In regard to MIR,
Ciay's compromise he holds il Inadequate to
the preservation of the Union; nor can it be
aVedif California is admitted and the Wilmot
Proviso rejected 'Ti@
1t can only be done by an amendment of the
Constitution, which will secure the equal rights
of the South, and security. from aggression for
the future. This Union can be saved by giving
to the South her equal share of the common
domain, and by restoring, rs the Federal Con
stitution contemplated, fugitive slaves The
south has no compromise to offer. Ihe aues-
ton, II settled at all, must be settled at this
session. 1t is time to decide it. If we cannot
settle 1t now, let us part in peace If you will
not let us separate in peace, let us know your
determination. In that case the admission of
California will be the test
Mr. Webster will speak on Thursday ". Caro-
Hnian,
NEW York, March l.
The cotton market to-day was steady; the
sales reached 1900 bales, at decline of 8,s
to 1-2 c.since the arrival of the steamer
Char: Courier.
A body has been found near Roxbury, which
1T Is rnmored is the remains of Dr. Parkmap.
auIa,t. 4a Ibid
inaE - ti =
ean New ORLEANS, March i.
Yesterday 6000 bales of cotton were sold,
mostly for the English market. There was no
further decline, middling quoted at IL l-s;
good middkng ll1-4. tr~H lt'
The steamship Ohio, for Chagres, sailed yes
tcrday, with opassengers.-l6id a,'s, 3
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New ORLEANS, March l
SAVANNAH, March 8.

; SAVANNAH, March B.
Mr.. Bulloch took about one hundred thosand
dollars of the bills of the bank. His bondsmen
are liable for only forty thousand dollars The
reserved fund OF the bank is more than suffi-
cicnt to cover their loss. - ~ SIS ~
An intimate friend of Mr. Bullochs has been
arrested and committed, supposed to have
aided in his escape. There is no certainty here,
ne yet, as to what course the abscondiDg de-
faulter has taken Char Cour. s.0t.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1850-03-09

a body has been found near Roxbury, which
IT is rnmored is the remains of DIR. Parkmap,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1850-03-09

The cotton market to-day was steady; the
sales reached 1900 bales, at n decline of 8,8
to l-2 C. since the arrival of the steamer.
H .s Char; Courier.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1850-03-09

Somebody thinks that if nature had
designed man to be drunkard, he
would have been constructed like a
churn, so that the more he drank the
firmer he would stand. s....,.
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70 preserve youv health, drink water
and get married eafsy Putting OFF mat
riuony has broken down more constitu-
tons than ever consumption did. Think
of this aud set your hearts on diniity,
Sgithcmt loss Of time. e ht'a''ii ia@ -
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1850-12-21
CONG R e. S.
THURSDAY. Dec. 10.

THURSDAY, Dec. 10.
! SENATE. The bill to amend the act % promote
IRE progress of useful arts, then taken up. The
bill was amended largely at the last session by the
Senate, and then recommilted to the committee on
patents, and that committee reported the bill back
with various amendments
Mr.. Turney moved to amend the amendment Of
the committee
Mr. Jefferson Davis was opposed to the trial of pa
tent cases before ordinary judicial tribunals He
was In favor OF establishing special court to try pa
tent cases where the whole points included, were
those OF nice scientific distinctions, and at proper
time, he would offer substitute for the bill
Mr. Turney said that courts of law were as COM
petent to try patent cases II try murder cases,
where death was occasioned by poison steamboat
explosion, on account ofdefective machinery
Mr. Jefferson Davis replied, to show that the
courts OF laws were not the best qualified to try pa
tent cases on the same evidence, and citing the au-
thority of Judge Story and Judge Kane of Philadel
phla, to sustain him, he did not think Congress
was the best constituted body to frame patent
avs.
Mr.. Turney replied.
MIR. Seward was opposed to the bill and hoped
another would be introduced.
MIR. Turney rejoined and the amendment was
agreed to.
Mr.. Jefferson Davis offered substitute for the
whole bill. Laid on the table
The Senate then adlotrled till Monday.
House. Mr.. Bayd asked the unanimous consent
of the House to introduce from the Committee on
Territories Joint resolution admitting w. S. Mess
ervy to seat delegate from New Mexico.
Objections were made and the House went into
Committee of the Whole, and took up the Cheap
Postage Bill
Mr.. Thompson of Penn, advocated newspapers
circulating in counties where they were published
free; out ofthe county and in the State half cent?
out OF State one cent; cents for transient papers,
and one cent for 'drop'' papers.
MIR. Morse said that not single argument had
been advanced to induce him to favor the reduction
of postage
MIR. Taylor advocated three and five cent postage,
giving notice that he should introduce an amendment
to abolish postage newspapers in the county
where published, or 80 miles beyond.
Mr.. Green contended that a uniform rate Of 5
cents was sufficient to begin with
Mr.. Bowie opposed the reduction of postage, be-
cause million and half of dollars were to be Ia
ken from the the Treasury, at time when the ma
tiona debt is $40 900 900; in order to make up the
deficiency in the receipts.
Mir. COnger contended for 2 cents postage The
same prediction was made in 1884, as now, that it
would bankrupt the treasury; instead of this, a
large surplus has accumulated.
MIR. Casey would oppose the bill unless it should
exempt country papers from postage, within the
county or congressional district in which they are
published. Adjourned
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1850-12-21
u Three good House Lots for sale by d. r. CUR
IT'S, No. POS Main street, Worcester.
IL The population of the city of Norfolk is 1920
9069 whites, 957 blacks, and 1875 slaves.

LIFE ON THE TURNING of A CARD. A friend
narrated to day two since, anecdote of early
times in West Tennessee, which will attempt re-
peat at the risk of losing the graphic simplicity Of
his conversational narrative.
Some eighteen or twenty years since, well known
resident OF Upton county put on his trial. charged
with the murder Of his wife, As usual in such cases,
popular feeling largely against him, and all the ell
oquencc and ingenuity of his counsel required to
make any impression in his favor upon jury, which,
however impartial it might desire to he in the con-
seriousness Of duty, could not but see the Of
popular prejudice surging in upon it.
The case was ably argued. The counsel for the de-
fence made most vigorous and impassoned appeals
The was submitted to the jury; and they retired,
make up their verdict Time passed. and the set
ting warned all of the approaching night the large
throng in attendance, the Judge, counsel, etc retired,
all anxious the accused not the least so, to learn the
verdict of the jury, and wondering that the jury
hestaed for moment to bring in verdict of guilty
In the meantime the jury had come to point beyond
which they could progress no further. The appeals Of
the counsel OF the defence had not been without their
influence and the jury stood unchangeaby, six for con-
vction and six for acquittal. In those days twelve
good fellows could not be got together for night, and
sleep. Cards appeared mysieiousy from the depth Of
sundrv large pockes and exercises up and po-
ker were zealolsy commenced.
About midnight one Of their number, Col. p, pro-
posed that they should play game of up, the
suit to decide the verdict The proposition was hear
iy and unanimously agreed to, in all seriousness, and
the whole crowd collected around Col. p and his op
ponent, who proceeded to play the game which was
slaked human life. Col. 2. played to save the ac
cuscd His opponent played, and quite as zcalousy, to
secure the conviction. The hackers, FIVE and five,
stood behind them, encouraging the champions and
watching the game dmly seen by the light Of two tai
low candles, with the most intense interest. The game
proceeded with very equal fortune, till both partie