Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-08-18

Orr has had his roviers in South Carolinu but
we trust this elevated and patriotic letter will
silence them forever. There is n total absence
ot prejudice about it, that must commend its
every llhe to the attention of all good citizens.
II is no little man who herc speaks; but one
who has seen service aud done his duty in eve
rystep OF his pr0gress one WHO has repula-
ton MS wide as The Union one whose prudence
is equal to his patriotism, and whose practical
wisdom will be needed in tile councils of the
South, should the storm OF Revolution indeed
burst upon us.
MiLEDGEriILE. lGn..) August o--'rhc Breck-
inrdSc and Lane Democracy have ended their
labors The con, enton held here was Ike the
ha"dic of n jug, all on one side aud was there.
fore, quito harmonious Hon. Chas j. MELON.
ald aud Henry II. Jackson were choSen Flee.
tors Tor the State ut large. Rub't Tormbs was
present and made n speech The IIoi}orabo
Secretary of the Treasury did not make his np-
pcarancc. The Douglas and johnson Convcn-
tlon will assemble here ON tic llth and the
Bell and Everett Conventions ON the 18th inst.
There has been some talk about union he
tween the friends of Douglas and Bell. but the
Indications at present are that strnightout tick.
cts will be run all around
Coy. GISr was Reviewing thu Militia in Sum.
ter District last week The IJdicimaH saws uI
one of his addresses: lie alluded briefly tu
our National pnlitcs---to The election of the Ab.
clifton candidate for the Presidency Upon
these points he was spirited and iirn-sountl.
ing the ring of the true mctul--but we do not
know that Jc advised amy specific action. Ii is
clear. however. we think. that the Governor is
not an ovort.'act y ~nmn. lie no doulh lie.
licvcs that the election of II man to tue PrcSi-
dcncv of the United States. hy n dominant
Northern party, whu is deadly hostile tn one
whole section. is in itself an covert nc, +" aud
should bc rcpc'lcd by the righteous Indignation
and resistance ul irccmcu."
PmILADELrntA. August 4--C"l. j. Buchanan
Ross. the noted forger, escaped from the Gus
tndy of Tpsiuf Porter, this morning while ON
the way to Court To receive his sentence. No
trace of his whereabouts has since been dis
covered
MrRpER--A wealthy Snuthcrncr was muir.
dcred few days ago at Newark. n. j. bv II
negro waiter. who deemed himself "msulted "
by some net Of the former The negro has not
been arrested.
NEW YonH BANE SrAreMENr-rhc weekly
statement of the New York city banks shows
n decrease of $9I 900 in specie. $437 900 in
deposits. and an increase uf SlO4 600 i'm loans
and 81 900 in circulation.
CnANGING PASTURES -Remcmbcr that it IS of
the greatest importance at this season that your
sheep slould lie often changed from one pnS-
turc tn another. II YOU have but one pasturc
ll"ck in Que part week and then change them
to the other. This would lie vastly better for
the sheep and would keep them healthy and in
excellent order.
SINGULAR CALcrLATioN--A singular calcula.
ton has been made, showing that in case of the
election of the President by the House of Rep
rcSen'ailvcS the seventeen smallest States can
elect II President Three Of these minor States
have only II single Reprc> Six have
m lN ~, l.,,., 81, Il. n
has five, and another six. that the thirty-sc
ven members OF Congress. Icing majority of
the Delegation from Il majority uf the States
can elect Il President il no election is made hv
The electors choscn by the popular vote.
-, DuN'r LIKE THE SrvLE--Two southern gen
tlomcn Mt Niagara Falls, SAYS the Buffalo Re,
pU6tcdH, enjoying some refreshments mt n sn.
loon, not relshing the presence Of two culorcd
individuals, who also came in to imLibc, made
u demonstration towards clearing cut the in
stiution. Pistols were brought to li.ht and
general stampede cnSncd. but in the morning
matters were rcaccably settled without resort to
law.
WoMAN BITTEN ny \ SxARE-Thc wife or DR..
Shull, living opposite Marietta Pa, ON the
York county side of the Susqmrhannn river was
bitten icw days since on he left shoulder hy
cnpperhcad snake, and is now said t, lie in
II critical condition.
TIE DEMoCHATIc P.,RTN.-Cul Preston,
United States Minister to Spain spoke at the
Breckenridge and Lane ratification meeting at
Louisville ky., On the evening of the l4th.
After reviewing the different candidates and
platforms, he said : The question might be
asked, &" Would Democracy survive this
schism Z" For his own part he had seen vast
chasms in its ranks; he had seen the dcfcc.
tion of the Van Buren, party against Cnss and
the party revive for victory. lie had seen
the schlsm of Benton, strong, able and ubdu-
rate, and the party still triumphcd and when
these great wrecks sunk without cnguliing it,
he felt IN abiding faith that the vessel would
swim, though inc candidate vi the No,tE,
West might sink dragging in the whirlpool
behind him all the floating materials of the
party"
WHERE GEN. CAss STANDs-B AUTHOR
ITY.-" Whatever may have been Gen. Cass'
opinion on the Territorial question in the
past, and whatever accord may have existed
between his views and those Of Mr. Douglas,
we know that since the rendering of the de-
cision of the Supreme Court of the United
States in the bred Scott case, lie has declared
repeatedly that he accepts that decision MS fin
al and binding on him as on all good citizens,
and that his future action will be controlled
by itabsolutely.- it IKushFngtom Constitution.
MISSISSIPPI ITEMs--DRoUGnT. Tho
Kosciusko Democrat, of the 3d INST, says:
The crop in Alfalfa will probably not be
more than unehalf, or at most, two thirds of