Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-09-01
For the Candidates

For the Candidates
AT meeting of the citizens of Greenwood
and its vicinity, held on the llth inst, the fol-
lowing action had;
RcSoIccd, That it is highly expedicnt that the
following questions be respectfully submitted to
each of the candidates now before the people of
this (Abbcvillc) District, to wit:
lst. Arc you prepared to cast your vote for
the nominees of the Richmond and Baltimore
seeding Constitutional Convcntions2
I'd. In the event of the election of the Black
Republican candidate to the Presidency will
you decide, at once, for a Southern Confedera.
cy, or will you submit to the victorious domin
nation
3D.. In case the formal Tnion and Confcdcr
acy of two or more of the Cotton States should
prove impracticnbo, will you or will you not
espouse, IL Gods strength the secession of
South Carolina, separate and alone?
BE II .tufher Resolred, unanjmouSly, That we
will support no candidate for the Legislature
who either refuses to respond to the above in
terrogatiuns, or fails to answer them uncouiyo
cally in the affirmative.
4th. Will you, if elected, advocate the enact
ment of law, by the Legislature which will
aho.Sh that class of society in our State, known
as free negroes, by removal or otherwise.
The STORM DOWN THE MIssIssIPpI--Th New
Orleans Buiietjn learns from the clerk of the
steamer Texas Ranger, which arrived last eve
ming from the Southwest Pass, that the storm
was very destructive down there. All the new
buildings lately ecrcted at the Salt Works, at
the head of Passes, were swept away and eleven
negroes drowned. Alexander Grants sugar
house was blown away. and Richard Wrght's
place has entirely disappeared. Dir. j. b. vii.
kinson lost valuable negro and Henry Will
kinson suffered severely AtQuarantinc Station
the wooden warehouse was blown down, and
Capt Davis steam pile driver was sunk Mr.
Andrew Carr thrpn 4, d.,
rie. Sixteen persons lost their lives in attempt.
ing to cross the rivcr-among them were j.
Barrois and family, and Antoine Muustachc and
family. The coast all the way from Pointua
ilachc. has suffered severely, particularly in
the vicinity of Grand Prairie,
WAsnINGToN, August 24-Tt is now under
stood in we'll informed political circles in this
city, that Governor John Lctcher. of Virginia.
will decline to take any active part in the con
test between the respective pnrtizans of BYccI-
inridgc and Douglas He believes that lin.
coins election is rendered certain by the d.
visions and broils in the Democratic camp
and regards the dissolution of the Union as
inevitable in that event. lie further declares
that, in such an emergency, he will immedi-
atcly take steps to put Virginia in a'position
to be ready. at all hazards to maintain her
rights as sovereign State.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, August 2l-Therc is
great excitement prevailing here in consequence
ot street fight, which occurred to-day between
Benjamin c. Yanccv. and Col j. j. Scibels, of
the Montgomery Confederation newspuper-
Col. Scblcs having commented pretty freely i'm
the Confederation on the political course of W
H. iancty AID lis :3aaciGtcs Rnninmin G Ynn.
cey, son of VIM. L) decming them personal
ly offensive resolved to chastize Col S. 60
meeting tho Colonel on the street to-day he
attacked him with cane, innicting some ye-
ry severe blows and causing the blood to flow
freely. Col Seibcls closed upon his antagonist
and sharp scuflc followed, which was inter
ruptod by the intervention of policeman. 1t
is believed that Scibels was unnrmed The
matter will probably not end here. Col. Sol
bells is an ardent Douglas man and Mr.. Yam
cey cspouscs the cause of his f,thcr.
Hon. WM. ID. Porter AND THE UsuRY LAW
Tho Hon; Wm. ID. Porter being addressed
through the columns Of the AIcyc,uy i'm rcla-
ton to his opinions on the Usury Law. has re-
piled, his absence from the city having prevent.
ed an earlier reply, that he had his doubts, on
the first introduction of the subject into the
Legislature as to the propriety of the repeal
in the abstract and on principle, but that he
had yielded his opinions in difference to the
experience of tho mercantile classes of Eng
land and this country and the wishes of his
constituents lie is still anxious, however
that the repeal should bc gradual, so as to be
safe, and proposes the following as the scheme
of n bill which would meet his support:
l. All penalties and forfeitures for usury to
be repealed.
2 In the heabsence of any agreement, seven per
cont. to be the rate of interest.
g. A conventional rate of interest, not exceed
ing twelve or fourteen per cent to be allowed
upon specia! agreement, from the lst day of
January, 1861.
A. The banks to receive only their present
rates, according to charter.
5. From and after the lst day of January 1862
tho only remaining restriction, aboy, twelve or
tooreen per cent, to be removed.
Charleston Ercnin0 Ne,oS
UNFoRTUNATE AFFAIR-We regret to learn
that u serious accident occurred at the exhibi-
tion at Thalian Academy, on the evening of
the Odd 1t appears that in one of the dia-
logues it was necessary to use u gun. The
young men. we understand, thought that the
gun had been discharged; in fact one barrel
had been, but the other was full-charge,l, and
while acting the dialogue, it unfortunately was
discharged, the contents entering the left side
of negro boy, belonging to Maj. Connor He
died in n few hours. No blame whatever is at
tached to the young gentlemen concerned They
have our mpathies.--4nderSou Gdzette 20M
nNimo
WHEAT CRoP IN THE WEsT-The Chicago pa-
pers state that the seven Northwestern States
have produced n hundred and eighteen millions
OF bushels of wheat, and that tho surplus that
can be spared from Illinois, Indiana. Wiscon-
rim, Iowa aad Minnesota afier kconi,,p abun-