Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-01-16
Circular.
OFFICE CoMprnoLLER GENERAL,
Onlnmhin. .Innnnru IL 10h0

SoluHlDld, UaludIy IL, 1905.
To the several Tax Collectors of the several
Districts and Parishes of the State of
South Carolina.
According to the provisions of the laws
of this State, in such case made and pro-
vidcd, the Bills of suspended Banks arc not
receivable by the Trcasucrs, Tax Collec-
tors and other public officers in payment
for taxes and for other monies due the
State" You will therefore give at least
thirty days notice through the public Jour
nal of your District, or otherwise, to the
Tax Payers of your District or Parish, that
the bills of the following Banks will only
be received in payment of Taxes due the
State, viz:
The Commercial Bank of Columbia, the
Bank of Charleston, the Union Bank of
Charleston, the State Bank of Charleston.
the Bank of Georgetown, the Merchants
Bank of Chcraw, the Bank of Camden, the
Bank of Chester
You will also receive the Ia as or any
other dues to the State, in the bills of the
Bank of the State of South Carolina
Should any Tax Collector in the State re-
fuse to obey the foregoing Instructions, or
present at the Trcsury any bills on otI cr
Banks than these above named, he will BE-
dealt with according to law
Ye ''t.@:.J u. ID. AsHMonE,
Jan. IL Comptroller General
TERRIBLE TRAGEDY IN VIRGINIA.
The Richmond South gives an account of
the murder of a young man, named James
Grant, son of Mrs. Cecilia Grant, residing
in New Kent county. He was Shot dead,
on Saturday night, whilst sitting with his
mother and family at the supper table,
The murderer effected his terrible purpose
by shooting him through the window. 1t
is supposed the author of this tragedy was
one of Mrs. Grants slaves. On the Sun
day night previous, the only sister of Mr..
Grant was fired at through the door of the
house, but escaped injury, her clothes break
ing the force of the leaden missiles. The
house of Mrs. Grant was fired and burned,
with the greater portion of it's contents
"Dark rumors," says the South, care afloat
as to the cause of the commission of these
deeds, but We do not feel at liberty TO give
them publicity"
Pan ON BRomHLow.- -Parson Brown
IowJ Ill 3 iaSc ieUt' r thus accepts tho inyi-
tation recently extended to him by Horace
Greely:
Horace Greedy has announced thatwhep
! reach New York, as exp pect to doin the
Spring, the arrangements arc 70 hare nv
arguments and statements refuted by Fred.
Douglass, one of the Colored oratorsl I
have arranged to meet his case. / shall
take with me a servant acting here in the
capacity of a barber, and known as 81 If An
delsoh. He is large, fine looking negro.
between the years of25 and 30-reads aud
writes well--has stentorian mngs-is a
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS rather eloquent
than otherwise and is 4 native of East
Tennessee. Ho win meet colored orat0rs--
advocate and illustrate Southern slavery.
and oppose aBolitionism. In tiomeantiIae,
}if you can, induce him 10 90, with YOU 1,,,os,
asi underground railroad 10 Canada. or To-
romaip in your glorious lind ST freedom, I
will let him do either, and give no oppos;,
tion TO stealing him.
ST, LoUTs, Jan. 8.--A lottor from A
highly distinguished source saws. that She
Enigrant Aid Societies Of New England
arc in league with the Alornons 10 prolone
the retention of U. s. troops in Kansas,
and tfefcby cripple the Utah expedition.