Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-04-24
Monthly Bank statement..

March III e,i.s -,
Total specie on hand, $I,235,850.5
total circulation, S7076,278.I IL Notes
discounted ON personal security, S11,772,-
O81.14; Domestic Exchange, 81 ,374 ,f,62.:
SO; Foreign Exchange, 81 ,266, ,550 "a
'in'r relation to the Banks of the interior
with WHICH ourpeople remote or less in
timately associated in business intercourse,
we eubjoip the following items in their re-
ttirns
4 Bank of Newberry Bills in circulation
S427 ,793; Specie on hand, S31 ,l28. So :,
Bills of other Banks in this State 5,l0S,
90; Domestic Exchange, $3.50, los. "a ),
Notes discounted on personal security $70,-
1eBsnl of Chester. Bills in circulation,
64,5l0,00;, .Spccieon hand, $4S ,437 40;
Bills Of other Banks IN this State, $4,g41.
90; Domestic Exchange, S314, ,705. 60;
Notes discounted on personal security,
S46,850,65. -, ..ti.. /, -,
Planters Bank Of Fairfield. &C Circulation
$251, ,660.O0 Specie on hand; 81 ,941 02.
Bills of other Banks in this State, 81, ,I98,
90; Domestic Exchange. s314,7o5.G0;
Notes discounted on personal security, $46,,
S50.65. r- -. - - (,
,..trhe Columbia Banks exhibit as follows;
Commercial Bank, Specie on hand, ,
SS4,1E,12, bills of other banks in this
State, $50, 0,T30.06; Domestic. Exchange,
S225, ,334.98; Notes discounted on person,
al security $5fBo02.S8 j-circulation, $l21,-
$50. ,r% ss'I~.
.;Exchange Bank Specie on hand, s24;.
571.I; bills of Other Banks in this State,
S6.S0l, ,6Oi Domestic Exchange, 1865
975.28j Notes discounted on personal &C.
curity, S22S,940.2S; circulation, $780,
937.-G GNardiaa. -aF,
81 The FLOOD IN.TmE WEsT,--We extract
the following paragraphs from the New
Orleans Picayunej of Monday afternoon,
April '12. - @s 81 - (
AFTnE LEyEEs- -GREvAssEs,@ &c.--Ycss
terday was a,trying day f. the lcyees which
wall3off the waters fro0iEodr city and .4he
plantations in it's neighborhood. The rain
Yeii in torrchts and the wind blew violent
", so that thc;watcrs were forced somewhat
above their ordinary. level, Within the
limits Of Jefferson City there were no less
than three breaches i'll the leyce OF. from ten
to fifteen feet each, but as close watch was
kept, no, time was lost in the cndeayor to
close them. and, fortunately, each attempt
was successful
Yesterday morning theriver broke through
the-leyee atJuhn M. Bells plantation, OPP
posite tc Jefferson City, and.though im,nc-
date attempts, were made to close it, thoy
proved wholly unsuccessful Before night
tho breach was @idened to at least one
hundred and fifty feet, and every hour
tetfded Still to increase its width. Through
this wide, opening q food of at least twelve
feet in depth rushed like a young Niagara,
Presentihg at the same time grand and
fearful spectacle, The whole plantation is
converted into vast lake, which is con-
stantiy eDlarg;og its.borders, and will, in
the course ola few days, rondor boat nayi-
CATION necessary in'the streets of Gretna,
Electromagnetic and AlSicrs, The de-
struction of property resulting from this
crevassc will prove immense.
NEW ORLEANS, April IA crcvassc
opposite to- this city is doug Immense dam
age. Some five or six .creyasscs are re
ported betweon this city and Yicksburg,
Mississippi. There has been, and contin-
ues to be, immense destrdction of property
on plantations and towns and settlements
on the river. WI ~
The Chattanooga Aaee,tisey of the 18th
insts says; @@sANe learn, by am endorsement
on the little Rock, Arkansas, letter back
age, received here yesterday morning, that
the toyfn Of Napoleon is fifteen feet uflddr
water. ~.
a. DIsfURBANoE INTTnR House. OF
REPRESENTATIVES,. sly Ycsterday soon af-
ter the adjournment of the Houseof Rep
rcsentatiyes, the Hon, ,Dir, Craige, Of North
Carolina, aud man named Helper former
ly Of the same State, and author Of an abo-
lition work called "The Impending Crisis,"
had slight personal collision Ia the hall.
The States has the following version Of
the affray; 3
"A member who was sitting not far from
Mr. Craige, states that a.conyersation of so
marked character as to arrest &ssss$$:s...::;,:.
had been carried on sotne time between the
two, when, finally, Mr.. Craige told Helper
10. 80 away, and that no wished TO have no
difficulty with him. Helper made some
insoient reply, and BIr. Crdige reached out
his hand as if tosefze him. This Helper
resented by Q blos, oraa attcnptat a blow.
a hstIcnfE listing . minute or two, hut
ending an no material Injury. to either par
sg,1cnsucd The fencontfe commenced in
Ese eentre ailse, and ended In the space ii,
Sapat of the clerk o desk. Members rushed
ia aud separated the beiligerents
According TO the Star, gfr. Helper felt
hiinssl ggrieYed by some recent remarks
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