Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1851-04-12
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6yDr. Lawson and others. They
will GO down the Ohio, and will, after
examination, select a site on the
Western. waters for agother of the
Military Asylums. They have al.
ready selected one site in this district
land with the Presidents approba-
ton. a farm of one hundred acres on
the heights north of this city has heen
purchased for the pnrpose--a place
Which combines health, convenience
and beauty of situation. aa
s. The President has created quite a
i1ntter in New York by the removal
OF some prominent free,soilers from
Office, and it is believed that he will
go on and remove all the others--be.
ing now well convinced that he can
expect nothing fronSthem but hostii-
ity. This policy, if adhered to, will
undoubtedly. as we can now easily
zee, divide The Wing party in the
Northern and Eastern States, and
Sen. Scott will be the candidate of
that portion of the wing party op-
posed to the fugitive act, and either
Mr.. Clay, Mr.. Fillmore, or Mr..
Webster of the other portion of the
party.
AS the frontiers of1exas and New
Mexico were left by Congress with
out adequate military protection, it
was expected that the Indians would
commit outrages, without restraint.
The people of Mexico are entitled to
Protection from the Indians within
our borders, and the obligations of
the treaty TO that effect have been
warmly urged upon Congress. The
Mexican Minister frequently repre-
-senteael the necessity of timely meas
pres for the restraint of the Indians.
9lie people ofTexas and New Mex
SEQ were equally exposed and impor-
tunate for some military protection.
Late adyices show that the Indians
have everything in their own way,
and the Government is quite unable
TO check them. Congress refused to
raise the additional force of mounted
men called for, and also cut down the
estimates Of the Quartefmaster's De-
partment one half The Secretary
of Var is, therefore, unable 10 send
apytroops TO the frontiers, having no
means of transportation and subsis-
tence, &c. He cannot make use OF
the troops that he has, and says that
he would, fit were in his power, dis
band the Seventh Regiment of In
fantrya,s B
Wds Wdshington Born in Eng
land Y-The Boston Transcript pub
fishes an extract from a letter dated
Isleworth, Middlesex, England, Feb.
25th, 1851, and addressed TO George
Harvey, ESQ.,, Winthrop House,
Boston, Mr.. Field has in his posses
sion an original portrait of Washing
toms mother, which he wishes 10
present to our government. Mr..
Field 1875 years old, and gentle
man In every way TO be relied on.----
He raises the question of Washing
tons native land, by the following
paragraph: a4 ~
sit happened when ] was a boy,
that being in the neighborhood Of
Cookham, Berkshire, with an uncle
of nine, he pointed out a, pretty
country cottage in which the parents
oi, General WashiYgtpn resided, and
from which they removed to h.meris
ca, Our road led to a green or
common, where there Fesidedal Mrs.
Ann Morer, !, whose maiden name
was, j behave, Taylor, who there
showed me the potrait Of Mrs.
Washinrfon and other reliuues OF the
family, given to her when they quit
ted the place for America, to which
country her aunt and mother, she
told me, took their son George
Wasliington) in her, arms. believe
j use her own expression" .ls.,a.a.
AMrsfcANs ItiS GERMANY.--A let,
ter from, Berlin of a recent date, to
the Boston Traveller, mentions as an
evidence OF the popularity of Amer
scans IN Germany, that an American
student, on leaYing the University Of
Gottengen, lately. was honored with
a friumphal procession of the stu
deiits, IN presence of a great con-
cotirse of spectators On reaching
the principal hotel, an immense stir
rlip cup was produced, and all the
sttidenis drank wine therelrom, in
S9lemn order, to the health of the
American student. The American
flag was borne alott in the parade.
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KEaRo TRrAL.-The negro tntu
Wash, who was some tiiiioo time since ar1