Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-01-22

- Iu'ci'l I;Suict-So help me GOd :; and
certificate from M&eistratc, who shall
administer the said oath, that the same has
been duly taken before him, shall accom-
pany and be delivered with each and cv-
cry return of the census.
VII. That the following oath shall be
taken before some Magistrate, ana a ccftif-
icate endorscd$bysthc said Magistrate, on
th6 sack Of the return from each election
dlStric' or parish, purporting that the said
oath hath been duly takcn before him, pre-
yionsly to such return being delivered in,
81. received at, the Office of the Secretary OF
State, in Columbia, to wit: 'I, a b, do
solcmnly swear Cor affirm, as the case may
bol that this packet contains Just, true,
correct and impartial retorn of all the free
white inhabitanf$ residing in the district
or parish to which have bccu appointed
taken by me-so help me God"
VIII. That in case any person who shall
or may be appointed under this Act for ta-
king the census in any part of this State,
should, by sickness Or 6thcr Unavoidable
cause be prevented from delivering it at
the proper Office of the Secretary of State,
a return of the census so by him made in
manner and form as aforesaid, then and in
that case he shall transmit, by some faith
full and responsible person, the return of
the census which he shall have taken with
in the election district or parish for which
he was appointed and the person or per
sons by whom any returns as aforesaid may
be transmitted, shall, on delivering the said
returns to the proper Office of the Secretary
Ot StDtn tnI- ~ lnf,ro t1,n &, a
or his Deputy, who is hereby authorized
to administer such oath Gas the case may
be), the following oath, to wit "I, a B,
do swear Cor affirm, as the case may bel
that received this sealed packet from the
hands of G -, and that the same hath not
been opened, rim any wise altered, or out
of my possession, since it was received by
mc-so help me God"
IN. That each and every head or mcm-
bcr ofa family shall, when summoned there
to by the person appointed under this Act
to take the census in his, her, or their cloc-
tion district, make Oh oath or religious af
iirmatidm, correct return Of all and every
free white person of whom his or her family
is composed, under the penalty of twenty
dollars; and the person so appointed to
take the census in the several districts shall
be, and arc hereby authorized to toaciministor
said oatIi
X. That it shall be thc duty of each and
every person appointed to take the census
in the several districts Of this State, bv vir-
tue of this Act, to call personally on the
head or some member of each family, in
the district or parish for which they have
been appointed, and to obtain from such
head ormembcr Of each family as aforesaid,
the number of free white persons contain
ed in such familyrcspectiycly.
NEGROES SToLEN-Thrcc negroes, ono
belonging to General Austcll one to Mr..
John S Wise, and one to Mr. Collins,
were conducted from this city few DAYS
ago, by aman named Goodnight. They
were taken by the thief to Chattanooga and
there parted company, Goodnight having
got drunk, and the negroes taking the cars
for Nashville, On their arrival at the last
named placed, they were arrested and placed
in Jail. Mr.. Wise pursued them to Chat
tanooga, and had Goodnight put in Jail,
where he now awaits the rcquisiton of the
Governor ofthis State, to have him brought
back to Atlanta for trial Mr.. Whit. An
derson, our very vigilant police officer,
pursued the negroes to Nashville, and
brought them to their respective owners.
Othor parties in this city arc strongly sus.
pcctcd Of being complicated with this
transaction, and of'3rts are being made to
find out the principal offenders Goodnight
being considered only as the agent for 9TH
crs who con6octcd this scheme. We hope
every means will be adopted to ferret out
all those who have participated in this
crime and bring thcm to mcritcd punish
ment.-AHonto hteitigcnccr, 4 inst.
KE%TycKy PoLIrIcs.-Lru;svillc Jan 10
The kentucky State Democratic Convention
embossed the Cincinnati Platform and bred
Scott decision encouraged thc acquisition
OF Cnbn, denounced sectional agitation Mt the
North and Know Nothingism endorsed the
and proiossed determine
ton that the differences upon minor uncss-
ential points. such rs Kansas LecOmptonism,
should not be permitted to disturb the harmo-
ny OF tho Democracy ofKcntuckv. The great
feature of the Convention was the triumph of
the Brcckinrdgc interest over The Boyd party
ana the jealous supporters Of the Lccompton
policy ofthe Atlminisration.
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SPAIN WISHES TO PUKCHAsE a PoR-
r1oN oF,THE UNITED STATLs-The prop
ostitSh to purchase Cuba had come so oft
en-, that Spain seems to have grown tired
it, and hcnce is about to propose to the
United States to sell Key West to Spain.
The reasons given for her desire to possess
a portion of the United States territory arc
as plausible asthosc usually given why the
United States should have Cuba, and is a
Fair rctort upon our Government.