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

the Senate, and the very man who had been
foremost in its advocacy and most uuouali-
he'd IN its support, was the prime agent in
the humiliating operation :,o...r
| Great is the kingp' When shall he
+ be crowned Emperor of all the I1ouisiani-
ansI--Ncs9 Orleans Crescent. V e.
Georgia Cotton Mills.
/ The following is an extract from the let
ter of friendto the editor of the Abboyille
/ Is. CO. "Indepcndent Press" twill rive
the reader some. idea of the rnanufacturipp
liresources of the Roswell mills:
owe visited the Roswell Cotton Mills,
,m Cobb County, Georgia. These mills
bglve employment to between 500 and 400
Eboys and girls, thereby affordng sustcnance
to a class of people who otherwise might
suffer. In the,picking room there arc sew, g
en- machines, preparing the cotton for the
j cards ;.it Is then conveyed to the carding
room and prepared for tho spinning ma,
chimes, There are 5,472 spindes and so
! operatives in this department, each spindle
turns off 8 I! hanksa day--all are cap spin
dies, the best in use. h,thc reefne room,
there are 20 machines; 5 operatives turn
off loo cuts day. Thefe.are 8 frames for
sizing, and operatives; 120 looms inithe
weaving department, each looming 35 wards
per day--which is 1920 yards daily; 25,-
20O yards a week This machinery is all
turned by water powcr--oyersho wheel.-,
The wheel is 20 feet in diameter, and IS
feet on the facet is all iron except the
arms; it cost.ovcr $4,000. The capital
invested in this mill, $300,000. .B: King
| d Co, are the proprietors,of both these
mills. Mr.. Hugh McCIcan is the superin.
tendcnt of both, We had the pleasure of
his hds s5 52e9uaintance, 9 4 and found him tobcauite
! recommending. lie takes gIeaS iStttfts,.
in showing visitors about the factories but
we know so little of them that we are not
able to give an Ineligible description of
tn whole moclas 6peranai of a cotton fac
tory They also havea rope factory, where
they use up all the waste lint, which is a
| great economy. ~ s
Mr. MCLEAN says that some of their
machinery was made in their own shops..-
lie appears to be a great -machinist, and
studies economy to perfection These fac
tories area credit to the State of Georgia,
and speak we'll for their proprietors,. and
what can be dono in the South They sell
some,of their yarn to the factories in the
| North" ,.'o ,,- -.
Orh SENATOR'S. The Journal of Com
mcrce, ina photographic view" of the
mcmbers of the Senate, says of our own
| Senator'S, - $3.50
Hammond, of s. c., is now a rising star
IN the Southern Hemisphere. In the true
spirit and genius of Calhoun and a
Lowndcs, he last week condensed Volumes
into an hours speech on the Kansas oples-
ton, throwing light on chat threadbare
theme, and setting the lengthy Seward d
good example. Itis astonishing how much
brilliant talent comes out of tho "benieht9
ed South, She sends and keeps her best
men here, and thus will eyer be intcctually,
II not numerically, strong ON this national
theatre -'y 100" va
His colleague, Judge Evans, is differ.
ent sort of man, less brilliant and effective.
but calm, judicial, full of amenity,. sodate
as as clergyman, and highlyrespected in the
Senate. s.4. ~ .'i,..t "a,
CoURf in SuNrER. R.NThe Sumter Watch
man gives an account of some cases that came
up before the, Court, 7 Bligh convicted of
retaillpg spirituous liquors without license
was fined one h&hdred dollars and the costs
Michael Welsh was convicted in two offences
one for retailing liquor for which he was
likewise subjected to the penalty of FIVE
months inpfisonfneht or hundred dollars
fine pund the other for, the far too prevalent
offence of negro ,tradingefor the commission
OF which he was sentenced to five months i'm
prisonioent aad a fine Of four hundred dol
lars 10 chose two cases his Honor. ,Jod8e
Glover, attached much importance, and aLly
explained the, necessity of severe and, yieor-
ous, pengltics being Indicted on the guilty
and criminal Offenders He thought the evil
an increasing one, having heard Of their com!
initial ever eryRhere inc went. tho security of
our, citizens, and the protection of our prop,
erty and slaves, loudly called for and deman-
ded the abroption Of the evil.
TIM WAY HE Df5N'T GET I'm z On
dor this head the Montgomery Aslvertiser
tells Of 4 runaway match between a yodnQ
gentlenan from New Orleans and a dumsei
|of.gwcet sixtecn from Columbus ,(}a., ,Af4
riying at Montgomery, instead of taIinathc
decisive stepWhich Mo,ld put it ont of Che
P9werof' man TO sunaer them, they, dallied
tooloHg about the preparations for;eelebrat-
i9g their .nuptals With becamipg eclat,--.
This gave time for theirpafsaers' 80 oyer,
tRke them. Papa and nlltAino intcrcepted
the bride at the rails of the 4Itar, and. the
groom escaped just in time to avoid an on
counter With Miss Arubelia's big brother.
~ - q. l4rg. ists IN 49,
II is vain to stick yout finger III water.
and oftor pulling il out look tor the hole.