Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-01-21
VOL. XI.--N0. IS.

HNluVu aiohS tIe DGlQre mentioned parties
in such shares as they would have been enti-
tied off the deceased had died intcstate, and
the amount recovered had been personal as
sets OF his or her estate: Pr0cidcd, That in
Il actions brought under this Act, the Exec
utor or Administrator, plaintiffs in the action,
shall be liable to costs, in case there be vcr-
dict for the Defendant, or nonsuit or discon-
tnuamcc, 'out of the goods chattcls and lands
oil the Testator or IntcStatc if any, and if
none, thcn out of the proper goods aud chat
tells of such Executor and Administrations /: and
I1ocWcd, .IWThcr, That the action be I
brought within two years from the death Of (
such person
I'LL That the provisions of this Act shall
not apply to any case, where the person in
iurcd has for such injury brought action,
which has proceeded to trial and final iudg-
mcnt, before his or her death.
An 4Nct TO amend an Act, entitled "An Act
to alter and amend the Law in relation to
the qualification of Jurors" ratified on tlro-
twcnty-iirst day of December, in the year
OF our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and fifty seven
l. BE {" enacted by the Senate and House
OF Representatives, now met and sitting IN
General Assembly, and 10y the authority of the
same, That an Act, entitled " An Actto alter
and amend the Law in relation to the qualif-
cation of Jurors, ratified on the twenty first
day of December, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and fifty seven, be 50
omcudcd as to read as follows That every
person not heretofore exempted by law from
serving on Jurlcs, who may be entitled bv
the Constitution OF this State to vote for mem
bcrS OF the St,tn Legislature, and who shall
have paid the ear preceding the sitting ef !
the Court at which new Jury list shall bc
made, tax OF any amount whatever for prop.
crty held in his own right, shall be liable to
serve as Grand or Petit and Pleas Juror.
An Net to alter the law in relation to the
Commissions of Guardians, Executors and
Administrators.
|. BE u cnactcd by the Senate and House
oil Representatives., now met and sitting in
General Assembly, and by the authority of
the same, That when any guardian of an in
FAINT dies after receiving any of the funds of
his or her ward, the estate of such deceased
guardian shall be allowed commissions for pay
ing over, as well as for receiving, the funds
OF such ward remaining in the hands of such
guardian at the time of his or her death:--
( Frorided The payment ovcr-isI -n,t,tIu 20 the.
ward, and not to another guardian
II. That when any executor or almnistra-
lo' piIHj "'ict IaNiig Sctucu inc estate OF the
tcstator or intcstatc, except paying over the
le@acics or shares of the lcgatces or distribu-
tees, tho estate of such executor or admins
traitor shall be allowed commissions for paying
over such lcgaccs or dstributyc shares, as
well as for receiving them.
An Act to punish attempts to poison.
|. b. ii c"nct@d by the Senate and House OF
Representatives. now met and sitting in General
Assembly l,,t tl,n o,Il,, Il Al, "
That whatsoever shall unINwfullv and maliciousy -
administer to- or cause to be taken, by any per-
son, any poison or,othcr destructive thing, with 4
intcnttok kill such person, every such offender and &
evey person cgnnscng. aiding or abotting such
offender, shall be guilty of felony, and upon
conviction thereof, shall suffer death, without
benefit OF clergy.
lie CHARLESTON CoNVENToN.-A item
ton is invited to the communication of A
Voter In relation to the Charleston Conven-
ton Our correspondent, is a citizen every
way identified with our people and who has
served that people repeatedly in Important
trusts. twill be seen that he urges with the
cnndor of patriot the policy of having South .
Carolina represented in the next DeniUets g
Convention And what man amongst us will
say nay? Upon what grounds Will he say
nay? How can we refuse to 60 into the
''''''N''' N>'''NNUlOH Milil iOiitl l.,
&nia, CD North Carolina, (3,) Maryland,
(4,) Tennessee, (5,) kentucky o. Alabama,
o. Georgia, (8,) Mississippi, (0,) Louisiana,
IO,) Arkansas, 0l,) Missouri, G2,l and
Texas, Cl3, ,)-all slave States If the genuine
stripe, and the great majority of them fer
more deeply interested in slave institutions
and their eventual triumph than we of South
Carolina All these great slave States ara
going into that Convention. They have can ~
yassed the whole ground and have determined
that it is important to the vital interests of
the slave territory that we 90 into that Con
vcntlon. And go We will The South Will
be therein Charleston; Virginia will be
thcrc1-in Charleston; Tennessee will be tEe,e
in Charleston; Alabama will be there4-iii
Charleston; Georgia will be therein Charles
ton; Arkansas will be Therein Charleston
Florida will be therein Charleston; Missou-
III will be therein Charleston; Mississippi
will be therein Charleston and Texas and
the rest will be thcrc--in Charleston. Ana
the true, real, heartfelt Northern and North
western friends of Virginia, and Florida, and
Tennessee and Kentucky, and MARYLAND, and
Alabama, and Georgia, and Mississippi, and
Louisiana, and North Carolina, and Texas, and
Arkansas, and thcrcst will be there to counssls8
Tor the best inte.%sts of our commol country
Low South Carolina can stay away from thaS
Convention with any show of propriety isdiffil
cult OF comprehension. We cordially unto