Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-02-26
The Military Commission.

lestoh delegation, ana adopted: S
RcSolUe0, That Commission of thir-
teen persons, to be appointed by the Gov
ernor to be composed as follows, to wit -
One Brigadier General, two Colonels, two
Lieutenant Coloncls or Majors, five Cap
tains, and three persons not connected with
the ordinary military service; to whom
shall be referred the condition of the mill
tary service of this State and who shall be
authorized to suggest such improvements
in the same as to the said Commission or a
majority thereof shall seem fit; and, that
the said Commission be authorized to re-
port, by Bill or otherwise, to the next scs-
sion of the Legislatures a4lI
Under the above resolution his Excel
lcncy, Governor Gist, has issued the fol-
lowing order: t.,
EXECUTIYE DEPARTMENT, Feb. 18th,
lS59.-The following named gentlemen
are hereby appointed Military Commis-
sion under the above resolution:
Brigodicr Gcncral johnson Hagood,
Barnweii; Colonel William Wallace, Co
luubia; Colonel Thomas j. Glover, Or
angeburg Major Edward McCrady, Char
lesion; Major Edward b. Bryan, ST Johns,
Colleton; Captain c. fl. Simonton, Char
lesion; Captain j. Jonathan Lucas, Char.
lcston; Captain Allen j. Green, Colum-
ba; Captain j. b. Kershaw, Camden !;
Captain III. Lee Thuston Greonvilc; A.
NJ. Manigault, Bs1., Georgetown; u. NJ.
Hatch, ESD, Charleston; w. t. Nance,
Esq, Ncwborry.
by order. B. I. WATTS, Ex. Sec'y.
SiErcHEs or TIE OREGoN SENATORS
AND t'. 'RESHNTAEIVEs IN CoNGREsS.-
Th representatives. OF the infant State are
thu skctched i'll brief By the newspapers ::
Gen. Lane was born in North Carolina,
and went to Kentucky with his parents,
spending the greater part of his time uu-
til his emigration to Indiana in the posi-
ton of wood chopper and boatman on the
Ohio, where he WAS a great favorite and
was universally known as " Honest Joe
Lane" After various ups and downs, in
Guiding the service of his country in the
Me%'can war, has returned to Oregon, and
afterwards . served term rs Governor of
the territory.
The Hon. Dclazon Smith was born in
New Berlin, Chcnango county, New York.
After his graduation from college, he stu.
died law, and about the same time became
connected with the newspaper press. He
next filled the position ofSpccial Commits
sloncr to Quito, in Eucador, South Amcri.
ca. In 1852, he removed to Oregon
Two years afterwards lie was elected to the
Legislature, being reelected every year
since, until the Sth day of July last he was
chosen one of the first United States Sena-
tors for the new State of Oregon by four
fitths vote of the two houses in Joint con-
vcntion.
Hon. Lafayette Grover, member elect to
the House Of Representatives for the state
OF Oregon, young man some 81 or 32
years old, is native of Bethel, Oxford
county, Nc, was educated mt Bowdoin Col
lege, studied law in Philadelphia, where lie
was admitted to the bar in April, 1885,
Same year cmigrated to Oregon, whittier
he went as the law partcr of the late Hon
Samuel r. Thurston, first delegate in Con
gress from that Territory Settled at Sa-
lem, the capitol of Oregon, in the practice
OF his profession, where lie has resided
ever since.
HORRIBLE OuTRAGE.-The papers of
st. Jerome, Canada, give the details of
most outrageous assault said to have been
committed upon a woman in that parish.
On dark night of the last week, four men
IN disguise entered the peaceful dwelling
of man, his wife, and two small children,
and laying hold the woman, took her out
OF bed, tore her clothes, and, half naked.
forced her to leave the house, put her in
vehicle, and drove off with her.
After proceeding several miles they took
the woman to oastabl", tied her hands behind
her back, put cl~msy collar around her
neck, and fixing a cord to it, tied her up
and left her. Shortly after one of them
returned with the intention of cutting out
her tongue, for the purpose of preventing
her cries being heard, and had comnen.
ccd to put her to his new torture, when he
was recalled by his companio is, who, see
ing some one on the road took to flight
The next morning the owner Of the sta
bic found the woman in mosS horrible
state and nearly dead, her. face covered
with blood, with wounds on her handsand
feet. In her efforts to prevent the william
from executing his purpose of cutting out
her tongue, she had so much injured It
that she was scarcely able to speak She
was taken home and proper attention paid
to her. The cause of the infamous pro.
cecding is believed to be the fact that the
woman was a witness against one of its
perpetrators, in a murder triailast summer.
Iron FoUNDRY.-Wc had the pleasure.
yesterday, of conycrsing with Mr.. NJ. NJ,
Montgomery, the superintendent Of the