Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-04-30
pIcKENs COURT HOUSE, SC sAryRpAy, ApnE 30, less:

above heading, makes the following stutc-
ntent: y = se>' sA tsatA ~ -
y "Thc receipts,at the New York, Custom
House for the three months ending ON the
3lstiultimo, arc stated at about Slo.3OO,.
o00, Which, with the revenue collected ut
other ports, will furnish, it. is believed, an
aggregate amount not much, if at all, be-
low S15,000,000 The expectations of
Mr. Secretary Cobb, under this head, be-
ing so nearly realized as to relieve the
Treasury from any unexpected pressure, II
isrepresentcd tlmtlwith the assistance affor-
ded by the reissue of the Treasury notes.
and in the abSence of tho demands which
the Post Office Department. would have
made IT the regular appropriation bill for
this! branch of the public service had not
failed, the Secretary Of the Treasury has
no reason to apprchend any embarrassment
during the interval extending from the
present time to the next annual meeting
Of Congress, Thi$intelligcncc we arc sure
will be as gratifying to the country as the
results themselves, Which promise to verify
his calculations, must doubtless be welcome
to Mr.. Secretary Cobb
pon the above, the New York Journal
OF commerce comments thus:
"Thus, one after another, the advocates
ofapincrcasc of duties BY the last Congress
coneede the correctness of tic position of
those who predictcda suilicieucy of revenue
under the present SYSTEM. We can now
see. how upwise. would have been tho plan
SO strongly urged upon Congress, of in
crcasing the duties, and disturbing the
course of trade, by new regulations and a
new mode of valuation" -rrL..-.a
NrERR1pLE explosion occurred at the
Bright Hope Coal Pits, Chesterfield coun-
Fty, Va, on Wednesday morning rhe
| Petersburg Express says: -sl fHs-.
There were nine monin the Shaft ut tile
time four whites and FIVE negroes, all of
whom must have been instantly Killed =
1t was impossible to render them any re-
lief whatever, owing to the mpcnetrable
condition of the mine from the fetid and
intoler;ble dissemination of fatal gus Which
prevailed. Among the nine persons in the
mine at the time were known to be two
white men, named, Isaac Farmer and
George Smith. \ man and "a mule, en-
ployed II, drawing the coal upon the ineli-
| ned plano of the shaft, were found at the
mouth of the shaft, PROSTATE and nearly
dead. The accident produced greas ex-
citcmcnt about tlclnincs; -
SoUTnCAnoLINA JusTl 'E.-Thc criminal laws
| ofSouth Carolina are generally caleda bloody
code - ytho legal profession, boi eSpericncc
has shown that something of a "tboody oode,
Is needed in this terrible '.hcc colntry."9. to
put down crime. Amurdcrcr, though he be as
}rich as Crmsus, does not stand the ghost of II
chance.to escape hanging III South Carolina -
The man who kills another, without the clcarcst
proof OF its being in self,deicnce, and while in
immjncnt danger of losing his own. life Mt the
hands of his antagonist, is always in great dan
ger, and nearly always has toswing. The con-
sequence il, we hear of but few deeds ofviolencc
in that gallant little "kngdom of the sea-
An eminent Circuit Judge of Mississippi, a
native of South Carolina, r long time ago rela-
ted to us the following incident, illustrative of
the "bloodmess" Q! tho Criminal Coo, of that
State, which occurred in his own fal.ny. lie
had a little brother, twelve orthirtoen3 ears old,
lsat school, somewhere, we believe, in Edgcfold
District, in that State. This little boy one day
got into fst-fght with boy much older and
largef, than himself. In the progress of the hat
tie, the big boy got the Judges. brother down,
and was beating him most numerically. when
the little fellow drewd very small per-knifc and
stuck il about one inch into his antagonist. in
pderto make him get off. Unfortunately, the
pen-knife penetrated 4 vital part. and the big
boy was killed. Theuhconscious little homicide
WAS Forthwith arrested, put in prison, bail re-
fused, and upon final TRIAL, though lie had the
best counsel .hat money could command or tie
country afford, was convicted of lGmtlcr, .scn
fenced tolbe hung, aud the Governors pardon
Obtained only at the last mofGent!- QNid E1nc.
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