Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-10-31

priated and only carrying out existing con-
Tracts N4
s -As for therceommepdation to Congress,
the President will not recommend any i'll
crease in the tariff, with the exception, III
all probability, of the articles OF tea, coffee
and sugar. This you may rely upon. The
only encouragement the iron interest can
expect is the recommendation to use iron
as much as possible in the construction of
public buildings. Any attempt to increase
the duty ON iron will be opposed by, the
administration.
The Secretary of the Treasury has not
received sufficient data, in reply to The cir
ct,lars he transmitted some tiule ago to the
Collectors of Customs, to be able to form
an idea of She effects of the late tariff en-
actments nor does he anticipate suggesting
any change "a the law Gin addition to tea,
coffee and at the meeting of Con-
grcSs, with too ,ccption of recommending
the adoption of decimal rates of duty The
decimal system, which has been adopted as
principle by our Government, is totally
lost sight of in the present tariff rate. The
schedules, too, are very faulty, notonly es-
tablislirg variety of scales, but also two
rates of duty, each so per cent.
As for the ocean mail steam service, it is
probable the cxtravaganceof paying several
| lines running ON the same routes, or prac-
tically the same, will be alluded to. Thus,
there are at prcscnt-Tor they existed till
tho recent expiration of some of tire con-
tracts---a line to Liverpool another to
Southampton and Bremen, and a thirtl'to
southampton and Havrc. One European
line is regarded as Notwithstanding it, if
necessary, a weekly mail, If the govern
mcnt deems it cxpcdient to make large cX-
penditnrcs for ocean mail service, it will be
recommended so to divide it as to afford
facilities for mails in new directions, in
stead of duplicating routes to similarpoints,
MS is the case with the European service or
Pacific coast.
1t is probablethc Secretary of the Treas
ury win also recommend the adjustment
of the fishing bountics, as an expenditure
wholly unnecessary, and therefore a waste
of public money.
The expenditure for che Coast Survey
operations will be recommended to be per-
manently and materially diminished.
Our lighthouse system will also be re-
viewed, andlthe attention of Congress called
to the fact thnt, whilst in England the
lighthouse Establishments is self-sustaining,
the United States are saddled with charge
of million and half, or two million dol
lars year, for its support.
Mr.. Cobb docs not consider the present
depression as likely to be permanent, and
he therefore does not anticipate the revenue
will fall off this year very materially, though
at the same time he is, of course, aware
that even now the public warehouses are
filed with over thirty million dollars worth
of goods, great proportion of which may
have to be returned to Europe from the
inability of the importers TO pay the duties
on them. Cor, Nc,o losk Herald. .s3
CATCH THE THIEvEs. -Rogucs are find
ing Camp-meeting profitable. BY refer
ence to the ADVERTISE lent of SIR b. Q. Al
len in another column, it viii be seen that
mules are liable to slip the bride on such
sanctimonious occasions We understand
4 that our ncighbor George w. Hudson lost
nine hundred dollars in cash, besides IL
quantity of notes, at Antioch Crnp-mcct-
ing. This is enough to make those who
have anything to lose to open their eyes
During Court Week at this place gold
watch and some "ready madc clothing" was
picked up by some one who chad nothing
towear." Fortunately the stolen goods
were found where they had been concealed
before the rogue was prepared to leave
Two suspicious looking specimens of tho
igenus homo hailing from Spartanburg, are
supposed to have been the wholesale Dor
rowcrs, In theincNntimo we give them
finr warming that It is dangerous to return
to Yorkville unless they wish TO "s.,spond."
We are not sure but one of tic suspected
rognes viii answer tho description OF the
mule thief. Go where they will, Their
mean5 daredevil countenances will awaken
suspicion - hrkeit}e Enquirer.
RESULTS OF TIE PANlc.-Wc notice
the arrival of one hundred and nine steer
age passengers who came ont from New
York in the steamship Columbia, which
reached this port yesterday afternoon.
This is, perhaps, the advance guard of the
thousands that have been thrown out of
business at the North, and who will be
driven South in search of employment
/ We may expect large reinforccmcnts oftbis
| class Of our population by every steamer, as
well as by other modes ofconvcyancc. A
portion of the late arrivals applied for LODI
I gings at the einard IIease last night hai i.
ing no whore to lay their heads, and on be-,
ing questioned by the Mayor this morping,
said they had come to tho city Ia search Of,
employment, and not having been ablo to-
find any, were compelled to- throw them,
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