Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-10-10
The Carolina Tribute to Calhoun.

We take pleasure in calling the attention
of the public to the following laudablc prop
ostion, and commend it to the favor and pa
tronagc of every ono
1t is proposed to publish at an carly day,
a compiled work, bearing the above title and
embracing the various lSulogics on Calhoun
by distinguished Carolinians, together with
such reports, speeches and other papers as
arc contained in the pamphlet published by
order of the Legislature. The proposed vol
umc will therefore be the means of cmbalm-
ing all the memories and incidents connected
with the death of Calhoun, and will be alike
valuable, whether regarded as n tribute to
departed worth, or as furnishing many COM
positions ofgrent literary excellence. Therein
will be contained the speeches in Congress Of
Senators Butler, Clay, Webster, Rusk and
Clemens of McSsrs. Holmes, Wmthrop. and
Vcnablc, Of the House of Representatives f;
the Message of Gov Seabrook the Report of
the Committee of Twenty-Five; the Narrative
of the Funeral Ceremonies at Charleston :
the Sermon of DR.. Butler. Chaplain of the
Senate that of Rev Mr.. Barnwcll aud that
Of DR.. Thornwcll; the Discourse of REV. Mr.
Miles: the Eulogios of Gov. Allston, Ex-Gov
Hammond, Hon. Il. Rarnwcll Rhctt. Dr.
Henry, Rev. Mr.. Whyte, Prof. Porchcr, Rcv
Mr.. Cot, Hon. w. ID. Porter, and other val
uablo and interesting memorials.
e" The Book is expected to make its appear
ancc about lst next December 1t will Lc
printed in clear type, on fine paper, will lie
handsomely bound, and VIII cotain ai accu-
rate engraving of Calhoun. Price per copy
not less than ST. nor more than 81"
Subscription lists may be found at the post
offices at Pcndeton aud this place, and our
Ofhcc.
MARRIED \ NEGRO. a correspondent, un-
dcrstood to be G. W. Wilkins, ESQ, a mer-
chant of Charleston, writing to tho Southern
Christian Advocate, respecting Canada, says:
eve saw here lat Toronto) what | never
expected TO witness on the American Cont
ncnt-a white LAZY (?) married to fat nose,
unadultcrated, blacknegro. The woman was
about 25 years old and rather good looking.
The man no. and as ugly II darkcy as you ov-
or saw. An Anglo African, six months old
was the result of the happy union. L asked
her why she married. a negro. The reply was
that she was not thc first white woman in
Canada who had married colorcd man
that it was q common occurrence, Upon fur
ther inquiry | learned that intcrmarriaec be-
tween the whites and blacks seldom occurred
The Canadians arc getting heartily sick of
the hordcs of Fugitive slaves" the abolition
lists from the United States have run over
there; and the government is taking active
measures to get rid of their negro population.
How to dispose of them is grave question.
The free States have shut their doors against
them. The truth is, the African like cotton,
rice and sugar will not flourish North of Ma
son and Dixon'slinc. The negroes look like
a poor, cast-oif, forsakon race and tho scycro
winters are sending maay Of them to an un-
dergronnd road. whore they will remain till
the last day. When saw SC many wretch
ed negroes without homes, and excluded from
thoir churches, railroads, omnibuses, etc,
thought Of our Methodist Churches in Char
lesion, with their six thousand happy colored
mcmbcrs, and Of our Eoblc Missiogarics who