Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-03-26
TIE FnANKING PRlvI1Eor.EFr

TIE FRAMING Privilege. From
some statistics furnished by Senator Ivcr-
son, IN the Senate, n short time since, it
f5appcais that the Hon. Stephen 4 Dourlls
sent out, during the. first session of the
late Congress- three hundred and forty-fvc
thousand four hundred documents orspncch-
e' under his Congressional frank This,
estimated ut the ordinary letter rates.
amounts to Si0,36 The envelopes, fold
ing, &c, would perhaps add thousand
dollars more, and with some other Incl
dent'l expenses necessarily involved, il is
rrobabic that the public treasury has been
taxed twe!vc thousand dollars to send out
the speeches of this "honorablc" gentle
man alone
TRENTON, n. j., March l7.-Thc Leg
lSiaturc OF this State went into an election
Tor United States Senator to duy and chose
John Z. Ten Eyck, (0pposition, } over the
democratic candidate. This result was
brought about by the combination of the
Americans with the Republicans
--N - e.,
CAPT. IL. p. LUNT, of the ship Amelia,
ot Charleston, has received from tic British
Governnent, splendid silver mounted tel
> escope, in testimony ofhis meritorious con.
duct IN reScung the crew of the British
brig Orwell, in November last, and his sub
soqucnt Kindness to the rescued tiff they
were landed in Liverpool. The pYescnta
ton was made through the British Consul
ut Charleston, accompanied by Il aattcrin"
letter from Lord Napier .
TnE SAVANNAH RIVER. The Anshsto
ConStitutionalist of Saturday morning Saws.
The river was rising fast last evening. and
Ind reached twenty-one feet.
on Sunday r,prning the ConstitutionaIist
reports: Tho river reached twcnty-six feet
xix inches up tiDur o 'elocklast eyc1inr and and
was rising slowly. and will mt likely reach
twenty-seSen' thy the bridge mark
EYTR. SEssroS OF CoxGREss, The Washing
ton press speak Of tile extra session ,,s mn
inevitable event. The Post Office Dnpart-
mcnt, 1t appears, is six millionsnf d,'lars ih
arrears, and IL is considered uttefly imposs-
ble to maintain the service without an an.
proprIatim. There 70 hundrels of s..mlD
contractors to whoni tue Department. owes
sums averaging. it il supposed. 5000
They means are limited. and to enable them
to comply with their contracts to convey the
mails, theymuatb theirmnney. So Congress
must come back, to.do what they have left
,ndonc, If theyNcan possir y quit their Pr
"'""' "D'iehivS iVpS S"Sa''ss, Hn.t lrlnn them
selvc seriously and earnestly u work G1r
that pnnrpose,f There is one CONSOLATION in
tue eTlgoncy; and that is, IL the Federal
LEGISLATORS are compelled to return to their
,nnhhished labora. they got no more pay for
itthan Ut t'.oy had G,i;sled the work decent
~ andin good timc, before the aljournment.
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FORCE OF INAaINSrioy Buclland, tho
d'st'ngnished geologis. N,he day gave din
ner after .disssoting Mississippi Alligator.
M,.Wng asked q good many of tho most dis
umnS9ishod of his sclasses .o dine with him.
Ii'S ho!nse and all his establishment were in
gnpd style and taste His Etiests :. ,ngrcgay
.Ja w. INC dnnertablo looked splen,d; with
s'ass' cs'inaand plates, and the meal com.
inpneei ,;,'n With excellent soup. cfIow do you
;u ,Nc ,ne soap :" asked tho doctor after iay-
ing hnished bis own plate addressing, a fa-
;'S ;,pSus Eoarmand of the day. Worry good,
,aaeed ,s I! apsS6yod, the other" turfle,'iait
npea npa only ask because do not find any
nv" '~'' The doctor shock his head. Il