Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-12-01

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following special despatch from the Philadel-
phia Inquirer:
CHARLESTON, Nov 20.--The refusal of
the banks to assist the merchants is begin
ming to develop results. A heavy failure of
a cotton firm is reported. One bank had a
severe shake this morning, but monfully with
stood the shock Financial matters are rap
idly approaching climax Cotton is de-
pressed, prices generally favoring buyers -
The stock on hand is 900 bales.
Many suggestions are made for the relief
of the merchants; among others, for banks to
suspend, not exceeding ninety days, and to
increase the circulation three millions by buy
ing that extent of drafts on Europe, based
upon actual shipments of produce, with the
bills of lading attached such drafts to be
sent direct to Europe and specie returned to
Charleston, which would enable the banks to
redeem the extra issue and resume specie pay
mcnts. This, it is supposed, would be
heavy blow upon New York bankers, who
seem bent upon coercing southern trade by
financial pressure, and would inaugurate d-
rect intercourse with Europe
The Legislature meets on Monday, when
some further relief measures will no doubt be
asked, which will honorably relieve the mcr
chants with Northern creditors satisfactorily,
and preserve their HONOR integrity, and that
of the State.
News of the suspension of the Farmers
Bank at Richmond was received here after
business hours. 1t was not unlocked for
The impression now is that tic Philadelphia
and New York banks win fellow This will
be the signal for the suspension of the
Charleston banks
Tomorrow is thanksgiving and the banks
will be closed and business suspended.
g.,
Southern towns A man named Finley from
Philadelphia, has received notice from the
committee, at Lexington, Ga, to leave, fvr
expressing anti slavery sentiments.
Although the delegates elected to the
South Carolina Convention will all favor Sc
ccssIon, there will, doubtless, be two parties
one hot for immediate secession and the
other .lore calm and deliberate
THE INDIAN WAR IN New MEXICO
Independence, Mo, NOV. 24--1he mail
from New Mexico has arrived, after cncoun-
tcrIng violent snow storm News had
reached Santa Fe from the volunteers i'm
pursuit of the Navajy Indians The cam
palgn was very successful and large num-
Der of Indians were killed and taken prison
ers, and more stock than they are able to
take care of; also, sufficient corn to last them
through the winter. They have applied for
more men to take care of the stock
The soldiers from llatchs ranch made on
attack upon some Cumanche Indians that
came INTO Chapito to trade They fired on
them while they were at the trading house,
and then took all their horses and left The
horses were sold in Santa Fc few days ago.
Since that time the Indians have retaliatcd,
by going in open day to Hatch's ranch and
driving off four hundred and sixty govern
mcnt beef cattle
TERRIBLE TRAGEDY AT CovrEEvILIE,
AIsS.-Two PROMINENT LAWYERS KILLED.
We learned last evening, says the Momphis
E"q"i''c" of Saturday, the particulars of one
OF the most shocking affrays which it has
ever been our duty to record 1t occurred
at Coftecvile, Miss, about twenty miles this
side of Grenada, on the Mississippi Central
tallroad. The participants were Henry A.
Rlddick and Avran Snidcr, both prominent
lawyers of that place. The origin of the
difficulty was in some remarks made by Sni-
der in relation to trial progressing in court,
which Riddick considered MS personal and
detrimental to his standing in society. This
"Wednesday shG pSe3 sEenpE Eaf s when an cx
planation was demanded by Riddck. High
words followed and sharp cpthcts were APP
piled on either side, when they both drew
pistols and fired Riddck received the ball
of his opponent in the left breast. killing him
almost instantly, his own shot failing to take
effect. At this juncture in the afiray, the
crowd rushed in, and brother of Riddick,
named William, seized his brothers pistol
and fired at Sndcr, the ball taking effect on
the left cheek bone, passing on and entering
the brain, from which he died in three hours
afterwards. These are the particulars as re-
lated to us last evening. The affair natural
ly created great excitement throughout the
town, the news spreading rapidly.
CoTToN CULrURE ABANDONED IN INDIA.
Foreign papers contain the following very
significant paragraph, showing that after all
D the protracted efforts to grow cotton In the
British India possessions, the attempt has
, been at length abandoned as hopeless
" In the annual report of the Bouoay
d Chamber Of Commerce statement announces
# that the Indian Government had finally aban-
It doned, as being hopeless failures, their OK
l. periments ut cotton growing in that country
;, Their experiments hnd commenced as fa'
&c back rs 1889, and were prosecuted alnoS
6 without intermission during the seventy,tw'
is years that have since elapsed. They hat
e cost from first to last, e35G, eco, and as 'th'
m ,port states, had absorbed the energies ant
Il. intelligence of governors collectors, commits
n sioners, American planters and pains-takD
s. amateures.' Yet the result of all this pre-
longed effort and enormous outlay had bee
nothing but continued series of disnpp0inl
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