Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-04-07

Mr.. Clay reported favorably on the billforle-'
vying tonpage duties on allycssels navigating
the MississippiRiver for the improvement of
the navigation of said river. Aresolution to
takea recess for one mouth, to allow Senators
to attend the Democratic Natlonal Convention,
was rejected. 80
In the House, a.messagc was received from
the PRESIDENT, dcpyipg the right TO inSesti
gate Lis conduct, except by charges of i'm.
pcuchmeDt This announcement fell like II
bomb she'll ameng the members The Re-
publicans ferceiy attacked it, while the Pres.
ident Was ably defended by Mcssrs. Bocock
of Va, Craig of n, C;,' and Winslow The
message WIS referred to the Committee on the
Judiciary.
THE NATIONAL DEMoCRrIc CoNNENTioH.
The Charleston ,lMcrcmY of recent date,
excuses the city landlords FOR feccihg the |
democracy and among other reasons gives the
following:
There is, too onotE II view of the subject
that is not perhaps uHiclcntly borne in mind
in the apparent want Of hospitality The
Convention is party caucrs, notwcll thought
of in South Caroltnn. There arc gontemeh
in various portions of the State, who take
upon themselves to represent her. But it is
"
South Carolina is against any participation
in its counsels The meeting even in Char
lesion w;s a very feeble end badly supported
demonstration, Throughout the State the
whole movement is looked upon with profound
indifference and distrust,"
The .Hert u;y was Just rs confident in 1851,
that :" tile overwhelming voice of South Chr
oina was for secession, but when the people
were allowed to vote on tile question, it was
asccrtlincd that ",thcrc are certain gentlemen
in various portions of the State who take it'll
upon themselves to represent her. WHO are
not authorized to do 50, !!
We will not question the Mrcary's right
to speak for the Charleston ,laudlords.--but
when it undertakes to speak for the people of
South Carolina on the Convention question,
we require better authority than the lNcrcmy
or any other single Newspaper.
The fact is, the masses of this State habit
ually regard all the political movements of
the day with "protouhd indiGcncc,'' and let
the politicians hupc it ull their own way for
the most part
But occasionally the people will presume
to differ with those who desire to think and
act for them in federal politics especially, and
why not on tho Canycnton question as well
as any othor?- Son q1 Temperance
New OnIE,xs NIor.b % Tile steo,nor
Wave, from Vera Cruz, Marclr22, put into
Bcrwick's B5v TODAY short of coal she
comes here for supplies and ammunition. and
fairs in Mexico
mo hon nnL,rd,nnnt IF yero cr,,v ,ro, o,,
timed rnf;J thc n,nrv;ro of tl,a I'm ,iSa,,
6Iromon made an ottncE nrnm no Nv b,t
after n huff hours combat was rrnnI ISnd w;ti,
ronsidcraIle lnes no ,yo,,n,r a,a 1bil,iro,,
IA The number Of o50O ,,oro;n ia f.as,ia -
,,;,I no,,a,,'.1 ""S nv SUM- o'y
S"n S,'n hn",I so;, u,"R niIEn p''puSe:
hn th" ' ,n,o,, ~. :" 80 Wv Gu''uS occupied
"i ,,a'i. fss n; Uomsui, MITCH scen'eo
r. tI,ol' l'';,L, ~ - n"'I0n. s"tP s'n"oap's
,,s '+to'nn,d h't ,G'm, o,',Is"1 "noi "ss'u''
~ c"n T.im.,r|ioTs c'nao. - o,,,,J opu,seS
OF il'teen wagons, near 'iat'pa: They were
loaaed WIN provisions ana munitions OF w;n,
ana hNd besides S24Oo III specie. They,
we're we're attended py a guard OF Z w men, which
forcemems Tor Miramon.
Gen Miramon raised the siege OF Vera
Cruz on the list INST, and withdrew with
his troops IN the direction ot'ttIc City.of Mex
ico. .. ~
On the 18th, after the capture OF Marin's
steamers, Mirmnon sent decree to the
a"9l,nl, ', ,i c9nl"c"I'ng all Amerean property,
1e'Ne'''' 'e''' p"'V' Wv 'ou''''9'
~ So.'o1i'MA u, MAsrEN, VINO nad an inVeterate