Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-09-08
Further Particulars

vi the assassination of JOHN y. HOOPER. Esq.
an esteemed citizen of Jackson county, n. G..
has reached us. He resided about twelve les
from Webster, near the forks of Tuckasec rcc
river. He was shot on the 18th ultimo, while
returning home from saw mill with Il lond
of lumber No clue yet is had to the cold
blooded murderer. lie lay in ambush for his
victim, and shot him from distance of not
more than fifteen PAGES, the rifle ball entering
under the left shoulder blade and passing out
just above the nipple OF the left breast lie re.
ceived the fatal shot in sight of his own house.
The assassin is unknown.
THE CANDIDATES IN ABBEvILLE-In Able.
Vile, the candidates have been requcstcdFto
respond to interrogatives proposed to them-
|. Who will they vote for, for President and
Vice President? o What do they propose if
State action? The Abbcvlle Banner contains
the reply of Gen. McGowan, Mr.. w. C. Davis,
and MIR. Thomas Thomson They all declare
for Brcckinridgc and Lane all favor resist
ancc if Lincoln is elected; and all think the
issue of separate State action premature. The
letters arc long and characterized by clenr-
ness aud direclncsS. Each of the candidates
declare that they have very fixed opinions on
the third point, and if the people of the Dis.
trlct do not deem the reasons Of eXpedicncy
| which they lave given for not answering them,
they will express themselves fully and onenlv.
The CANDIDATES IN ANDERSON FOR Souru-
ERN REsIsTANcE-We learn from the Andcr-
son Gazette, that ut n meeting at Smiths Store,
in Anderson District, the candidates for the Leg.
islature all spoke and declared themselves as
follows
:" Col. IIayne, of Pendleton, was first called
on, and made speech as much to our liking
as any we ever heard We will not sneak of
all the speeches separately, as they expressed
pretty much the same views. After Col. lIayno,
Maj. Is. +. Whtner spoke, followed bv MIR.
Mitchell Maj. John V. Moore and Col James
Long. Col. Mattison was called for. but de-
clined making any remarks, being very much
tatigued from exercise on the field. The can
ddates all favor the completion of the Blue
Ridge Railroad, and regard it's completion of
paramount Importance to the State, both pc
cuniarily and politically. They all urge re-
is elected President Col. nayne favored re-
sistance by the union of several Southern
States-three or four at all events. If any of
the rest entertained different views they did not
express them. They are all National Demo
Gratis of the Breckinrdge school, denounce
Douglas and squatter sovereignty, and sustain
the seeding delegates at the Charleston Con
vention."
CINeINNATI Hoo TRADE-The Cincinnati
Pyice CWTent, of late date, after noticing an
advance in the provision market of that city, re-
marks:
The reaction in the provision market has at
tracted attention to the hog market, prospect
lively, and sales have been made for November
ut $3.50, and for the first half of December ut
$G.2G net. There has also been pressing do
mand for stock hogs, and $3.50 was offered for
lot during the week, per GENITAL gross. Very
few offering, which by some is taken as an in
dieetion Of n scarcity, while others think the
cause is the prospective abundance of corn, and
that every farmer will have enough to feed all
the hogs he has, and more than enough and
hence none want to sell any, but many desire to
buy.
Fatal DUEL-0n Thursday Of last week a
duel was fought in the Indian Nation, between
DIR. Mitchell and Mr. CAN'T opposing candi
dates for Congress in the late election in Ar
kansas, in which Mr., CAN'T, the successful aspi
rant, was killed i
NEw ORLEANS, August 30--By late advices
from Texas we learn that Gen. Sam Houston
has formally Withdrawn from ony further par
tIcipation in the canvass for the Presidency.
having ct length become convinced that his
ehsnces wero hopeless. : The :" Hero of San
Jacinte" earnestly urges the policy of n COM
ol1ntlpn OF oil conservative men on one Union
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