Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-10-30

of the topics glanced ut or discussed in his
oration.- Wilmington JoarnU
From Washington.
WAsuINaroN, Oct. 20--Captain Jcn-
kins left this afternoon to take command
of tho Preblo, which sails from Norfolk
for Paraguay.
Governor McMullcn has been notified
that he will be superseded as Governor OF
Washington Territory.
Wendell, of the Union, declares himself
in favor of Douglas lie says lie is making
money by publishing the attacks upon him
but disclaims any responsibility therefor.
Acknowledgement Black lus given sn
onnion pronouncing the proceedings of the
Naval Retiring Board Illegal. IIc says he
has bestowed more care upon it than ho
ever bestowed on any subject before
The funeral of Capt. Woods, oftho Eight
Infantry, took place to day,
No immcdiate decision IL intended to be
made in respect to the selection of your
Post-0ihce site, because the purpose is to
withhold the expenditure for that and
other appropriations in order to improve
Secretary Cobb's financial exhibit in De-.
cembcr.
The designs of the Administrations the
Paraguay Expedition look mainly 20 the
offect on the Central Amcrican Statcs.----
lis believed that lopez viii adjust tho
difficulty without igllt. We'll informed
oGce1tthink he might, easily defeat the
foref tl;sr;tchcd, sucll STo the .aIysntages
Of hlSpositioa and ~ narf9SSas s.
Com s.,..i.:sa.s place a. fika of tbsA
Light House Beard is kept on g'i FT1sIS -r,:.I s.
return. 81 --A1T X Is
Senor Roblcs, the NJ NIcxiean amistGr,,
started to visit the Capitol, Il still dctsiSGed
at Vcn, Cruz By tho prpenc9 'arcz,
who refuses him entrahce, MSa4 dc
signed returning bytE last Brit'f M,m-
or, but delayed in die ,ope that thehIE TTs-y
be a relaxation of the eNSigilanccs 4Hl -
Between 100000 and 100000 will be
required for the pay of the volunteers who
engaged in the service against the Florita
Indians up to the time Of the removal of
Billy Bowlcgs and his band
There is no probability thmt proposals for
the remaining ten millions of the authori-
zcd loan will be Invited before tho first of
January next.
Private letters speak Of the alarm of the
Governments of several Of the Sonth Amer
lean Republics, with which we have unset
tied accounts in consequence of the Para
quay movement fearing the forces mayul-
timately be directed against them.
WAsHrNdroa, Oct, 3D. Templcton's
steamer, MctacOmet, of New Orleans, has
been called to the Paraguay expedition
Tho Hon. John G. breckenridge, Vice
President of the United States, in areccnt
lcttcr to the State Democratic Central Com
nittec of Illinois, urges the recollection, "a f
Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, to the Senate of
the United States.
New YoRK, Oct, 2l 7Thc Steamship
Black Warrior is sigDalled below.
Her Hayann dates arc to the 18th inst.
Sugars aud Exchanges continued the
same as at last sdyiccs.
in freights there were ~ engagements.
The public health was good.
1t wns reported that Til, ia of the Tea
con Theatre was so mneh damaged by the
recent explosion that it will have to be ta-
ken down.
The first officer and seamen of the 14yra
had been acquitted of the charge of aiding
and sitting her out for the slave trade.
U led States Consul Savage hid refus-
ed to give up the papes Of the ba,gue Ar
dennes, of New Orleans, which were de-
mandcd, it being universally believed that
sho is intended for the slave trade,
The judges of Che Superior Court had
resigned, in consequence of not recc ing
the usual s;ilase fgDm the military o. tho
Birthday fete Of the Queen by order, ii
VAS said, Of Governor General Copcha. y
I8oN It ii no longer to be doubted
that the most formidable effort OF the last.
decade to fastcn tlie doctrine Of protection
forever upon the statute books Of thie Gov
ernmcnt viii Be cssaycd next winte@, The
basis Of the npion of all the diffsrtlst Oppo-
sition Wiugs III pennsylvaniay il tll.,. wscont
canvass there, was this purpose RerHsy,
twill be recclectcd, when member Of
the Democratic party, was professed ants.
prototfoniss, shoagh seH, next to personal
abuse of the President and other distin-
gaished DemoSyats the solannsofh his Press
newspaper TEEN most .ilspretection arti-
cles Indeed, protection % tlle iron IN
torest wss the Bubstratmni eE the 0pposi-
tion platforai ID THAI election, the Repub-
licans g going in fer it az thoroughly as
Forncy, though not long since they, too,
were protested free traders
Thus the adoRtion Of the "protection~