Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-01-23
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are hercDy created, body polite and cor
porate, by the name and style of the Trus-
tees of Pickens Court House Church, whose
duty it shall be to take charge and manages
mcnt of the lands, buildings and other tenn
poralitics and property of the said Church,
In trust, according to the tenor of this Act.
IL That so bong as the said Church, Cor
any congregation to be organised in its
stead, from time 10 time, as is hcreinafter
provided for; shall hold the said confession
of faith, and shall not be dissolved by the
| superior juiic0tory 10. which it is attached
and subject, nor become extinct, every va
caacJ which may from time to time occur
among the said Trustees, by death, remov-
al from the State, or resignation, shall be
filled by the person or persons receiving u
plurality of the votes cast, at an election to
be made by the white communing members
of the said Church.
I'LL That in case said Church should at
any time cease to hold the said confession
of faith, or be,dissolved as aforesaid, or be-
| come extinct, the Trustees shall thencefortE
hold and manage the said land, buildings,
temporalltics and property in trust, for such
church or congregation, as may from time
to time be afterwards duly organised in the
village of Pickcns Court House, according
to the discipline of the Old School Presby1
byteriau Church, of the United States of
America, and in the intcrium, viz: (wl,ile
from a cessation of holding said confession
of fnith, or from dissolution as aforesaid !.
or from extinction the said church, or any
church organised in its stead as aforesaid,
is not authorised by the foregoing provis-
ions to fill the samc,) the filling of the va
cancies, and the number of the said Trustees,
shall belong to such Prcsbytcry of said dc
nomination as shall include the site of the
church buildings within its boundaries
Nv. That the corporation hereby estab.
lished be allowed to hold property upon
trust, as aforesaid, to the value of five thou
sand dollars, and the increase thereof, and
also the increased value of said property,
after, its acquisition by them; and this Act
shall remain and continue in force for and
during the term of fourteen years, from
ratification thereof
V. That the said Trustees, by their cor
porate name aforesaid, shall have power to
make and use a common seal, and the same
to break and alter at will and to sue and
be sued, plead and be impcaded, in any
Court of Law or Equity in this State, and
to do all other acts and things common to
such corporations, and necessary to the OBJ
jects of their creation, not inconsistent with
the Constitution and laws of this State.
Hon, w. III. SEWARD AT a CoRN SuucK-
ING.-Hon. w. II. Seward, of New York,
at the invitation of the Hon. John S. Pen
dleton, paid that gentleman visit few
days since, the object of which was to wit
ness Irregular old fashioned Virginia 4Nig-
ger corn shucking, Mr. Pcndlcton being
dcsirous that Seward, from what he would
sec there, would be convinced that slavery
in Gulpcpper was not as bad as represented
by the anti-slayery men of the North. The
frolic passed off very pleasantly In deed, and
no one was more delighted than The New
York Senator.
CLEVELAND, Jan. 13.-Thc Legislature
of this State has passed resolutions express
ing confidence in the Administration re-
affirming the Cincinnati platform !; dccla.-
ing the refusal of the 1Iccompton Conyen-
ton to submit the Constitution to the peo-
pie as unwise and unfortunate for the peace
of Kansas; and instructing the Scnat ,rs
and requesting the Representatives in Con-
gress to vote against the Iecompton and
any other constitution not the clear express
sion OF the Will of the people ofthe Terri
tory.
! A SAD REsuLT.-A correspondent of
the Louisville Journal says:
"Charles Oassiday, of Tenn, who was
! twenty years ago considered the equal of
Grmdy, If not his superior for brilliant
qualities of intellect, died few days since
1.-THE poor housc.in Sumner county. The
deceased was at enc time prominent in, the
stirring events of the country, and his name
is, familiar to many of our readers
MELANCHOLY CAsUAbTY--S MEN
KrLLED. We learn that terrible aeci-
dent occurred on Fridoy night last about
IL o'clock, sat the I'm Furnace of the Hon.
Park G5gi,eS, iii Iass eoGifty. DDj, 81 ttaac
destruction ofa rollcrin one of the furnaces,
seven men were so severely .scaldcd With
the molten metal, that their recovery. was
considered impossible. There was but one
| white man among the number s
atlanta hetcittgence,S
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| IlEAbgH.r~Tllere is one fashion that
never changes. The sparkling eye, the Coz
/ raj Hip, the rose leaf blushiug on the cheek,
the elastic stop, are always in fashion,
Health--rosy, bouncing, Sladsone hcalth--
isneyer out of fashion; what piIgrimages
are made, what prayers are uttered for its
possession! Falling intlie pursuit, what
treasures are layished in concealng its loss
[ or countcrfeitin0Sits charms