Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-07-24

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( mate measure OF the actual business done Mt
the season on produce paper. The quantity
ROT produce now disposed OF in this State is
/ almost precisely that Of the year previous,
| and gcncraHyat the same range of prices. -
4 The excess of lust year was therefore fict-
! tious or accommodation bills ofexchnnge and
measured tho habitual extent of kiting opc-
I rntons monthly in which most of the Banks
! mdulged to cvnde the usury laws and make
high profits. ltwas the mode of compelling
our people to pay high and usurioj.5 rates Of
interest nnd hero 1t is that Legislative re-
+ forms aud restrictions arc required in and
I upon our banking practices. The Act Of hast
December was wise providing against small
/! bills aud Tor larger infusion OF specie into
currency, and IN requirirg a nlgcr snecic
bnsis ON the part of The Banks for their la
bilitics--itwil be most saIutury in it's even
tual and wide results. But the Legislature
should take at least two more steps forward
in monetary and bank reform repeal tho
nsurS laws, and prohibit kiting to tic benefit
of bank cxortions.
In Foreign Exchange, (whchis almost in
rariably lcgltimate,) there has bcen an in
crease from 100000 to $l.425,000 This
/ tcnlindicatesincrcaSetl and valuable strength
The following is Il curious comparison:
The Bank of Hamburg with capital less
than one sixth OF that0ithe Bank uf Charles
ton, has a circulation more than equal to it's
own capital aud double the circulation of tile
Bank of Charleston. which only athirtcenth
ofits capital, There arc similar dispropur-
tions with the Union Bank.
Ia proportion Ia capitals, the Bank of
( Hamburg has the largest amount Of specie :,
and the Rail Road Bank, tie Planters u Mo
chanics, the Peoples Bank and the Farmers
Exchange arc next III order. Iii regard to
circulation and deposits the State Bank. the
Union Bank, the Bank of Charleston. Com
mcrcal Bark of Columbia (nomo of which
s0spcnded) aud the Bank of South Carolina
(pmVafel bave much the largest proportion
OF specie. tits more through the withdraw
al oI dcposits than tho return of bills, that
suspensions of specie payments are forced;
Yet combining both, their total cash liabili-
ties arc but LILLE over three to one to coin.---
We venture to say that there alc no, othcr
Banks in the world which present such a
phenomenon in banking, Thch other re-
sources are six times as great az tiilsU iG,y
biiucs. Here is q strength Ia who's ti,o
puplic viii nn doubt soon he ailwci 70
shale.
Te5nm mp. The Eanks OFFS nth Carolina
nc 4Sege =, cEeI :, So s4and and strong a. now
IA"To 'siRy' one pSsS what is safe mud pros,
Pcrans. Georgia has lately tauntel SolTt's
Uarni'pa with the reverse. Yet the follow
nG shows how Georgia cameout of the late
l1onetarv crisis. and what is tue character of
Aer bankmg legislation and system:
GEORGIA WILD CATs.--Thc Augusta Chron
ic!e, noticing the receipt of a letter from the
Cashier ofthc Griffin, (Ga Exchange Bank,
p@tmarkod Nashville, Tenn announcing
The stoppage Of that Institution, gives tue
following list of wild cats" in GcOrgiu, as
totally unworthy Of confidence or credit:
Merchants Bank nf Macon
interior Bauk, Griffin.
LaGrange Bank, LaGrmgc.
Southern Bank, Buinbridge
Cherokee Insurance and Banking Compn-
ny, Dalton,
Planters aud Mechanics Bank, Dalton.
Northwestern Bank, Ringpld Ga.
Bank oi Greensboro, Grcensboro';
DHoEE
Manufactures aud Mechanics Bank Gu
lumbus.
Exchange Bank. Griffin"
These arc adl country Banks. In this State
we do not permit Wild Cat institutions. and
in fact if wise we would not charter or have
country Banks at ALL Eceniny Ne,cs.
Health OF DAUGHTERS Mothers is
there anything we can dc. to acquire for our
daughters good constitution Is there
truthin the sentiment sometimes repeated
that our sex is becoming more effeminate I?
Are we as capable of enduring hardship as
our grandmothcrs Have our daughters
as much stamina, as much aptitude as we
ourselves possess These questions are
not interesting to us sinplyas individuals
they affect the welfare of the community;
for the ability or inability of woman to dis.
charge what the Almighty las committed
to her, touches the equilibrium of Society
and the hidden springs of existence. N
Tcnderly interested as we are for the
health of our offspring, let us devote pccu-
liar attention to that of our daughters.
TIER delicate frames require more care in
order to become vigorous, and are in more
danger through the prevalence of fashion.
Frequent and thorough ablutions, simple
and nutritious diet, we should secure for
all our children
Bnt lplead for the little girl that she
may have air and exercise, as well as her
brothers that she may not be too much
blamed, if, inhcr earnest play, she happens
to tear or soil her apron. plead that she
may not bGpunishcd as ronip, ifshe keen
ly enjoys those active sports which citygen-
tility proscribes. plead that the ambi-
ton to make her accomplished donot chain
her to a piano till the spinal column, which
shonld consolidate the frame, starts aside
like 4 broken reed; nor bow llof over the
book till the vital energy, which ought to
prcyade the whole system, mounts into her
brain aud kibdles the deatl fever
di,s, Ssgoarasg.
A wITTY dentist, Ravia9 lahored Ia ga:ii
to extricate decayed tooth from a lady's,
mouth, gave up5the task with the felieituus
apology .HThc fact is, lpndam, tbs ita-
possible fcr anythiag bad tOcou1e from your
mouth,