Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-05-12
FleKGNs COURT HOUSE, sc. SATURDAY MAY IL, 1850.

greSsiopm careers are over, end that new
deal will be dealt, let WHO will turn up lack.
notwithstanding this feeling, there are sonio
substantiaf South Curolinians who win not
oaIy stand by Douglas ii nominated, butopen-
y adyocate his nomination. Among these is.
Governor Aiken. In She city OF Charleston,
too, Douglas is notwit!iout friends, although
he is. by no means their first choice.
Z DARKROOM VGEws.--Imagine II crowded
bar-room. A hundred people present. ,lIugc
bowls ot cIaret punch brandy puuch and
Other Luxurious 'concoctions of the balmy
ESouthmc loading down the counters About
ten expert blacks assist the white bar princes
tn.tnTnlng out cocktails, sherry coBblCrs, mint
ISuttps, sinashes and all sorts of those things
lhe weather is hot; the people are thirsty
Loud dcchmatiops, secret conclavcs soft and
hard whispering, plottings and couptcr-plot-
GtlngS, stratagems, pipe,layng, and ali other
surroundings of Il high boodrd political con
Vonnon give a zcst TO social drink that no
EotilereXctenent can produce and yet the
hrght and fragrant roses you see through you-
der window seem to weep and bow thcir
fheads sofrowfully in the gentle South wind as
i'encb drink is swallowed. There are drinkers
| from, tue frozen North, drinkers FROM the
crafty Fast, drinkers from the luXuriont West,
dunkers from the fiery Suuth---drinkers from
| everywhere. The conversation is heated, al
though the drinks arc cooling. The perspir-
tthon pours from many swartIiy brow. =
|" Douglas will sweep the entire North west"
cries one. iIo will sci, the proilies a,burn-
ing and burning, and all - can't nut tho
| fire out. " He is true FREUD of the South,
liEt the South say what they please" A Cal.
ltornian appears. Dickinson, of New Yorls.
his his man, and the man of his dclegation.-
l'A New Yorkcrappeurs-ra Soymoursl.
IA PennsyIvanian enters Some Guthrie !"
f. Some Breckimidgo -" some Douglas" -
I'Nlorc drinks. A tire.cating Louisianian ap.
pears. Tic curses both loud and deep. He
comes to Charleston to expose and dcuounce
Slidell and Benjamin, United Stutes Senators
from his State. From what he says they are
i brace of very wicked men But behold a
gray bearded defender Of Sldel appears
According TO his account SIideH is a good and
| q true nlan-tue to his friends as steel to the
| hhgiet More drinks, 4 Northcruers or
l'tlrodoSy is questioned. He becomes enraecd.
and PronomcestlIc statement damned lie |!
No challenge--no duel. More drinks. Two
Southern Young bloods, r;ch, with nothing to
do but to spcrd money, get into quarrel
They are somewhat elevated Words grow
lwarh,. An cpithct is uttered, followed en- the
-other side by Il blow on the brcastl Hatch.
cts and bowie knives arc talked Of Friends
int ''tero. Reconciliation Shake hands,
IN oro. drinks. A Wcstcrnep SAYS if peoplo
will gas about politics in bar-rooms he will
make speech. He speaks More drinks
And so it is for hours and hours They tolk
and talk-jubber ard inbbcr-bet and bet
and drink and drink Five hundred dollars
per day for drinlSsis one of the items of re-
cciptspt the Mills Houses .A@Thcy tell me that
the Liquors are good. Asa general thing, the
views of the principal bar-rooms are in favor
OF Douglas.
STREET VIEWS. ws.--Knots of delegates arc
assembling on the corners of the streets, =
They talk earnestly. Here and there is an
excited individual, He is ready to harancuc
amy crowd He is a zeaious Douglas mau.--
He has heard that the Wood delegation has
been bought by the South, and is pledged
againstthe :" Little Prairie Man" Heavens .
how indignant hcis. lIeloaks as if hecould
make mincc-nrcat of Fernando and his whole
crowd. The infection spreads. The excite
ncnt2 expands. There isssome doubt about
the fidelity OF delegation elected by7a Doug.
las constituency, He is besct by u plumber of
Douglas men. Z" There is heap Of trouble
on that poor mans mind" He is exhortcd
in n loud and impressive manner to I" Hold :.
bold hold - Guess he will.
7 APPEARANCES OF TIE CITY-SANlTARY
CoNmroN, &c.-Charlcston is prettier and
better regulated city than people would gen
! orally suppose, to hear some Noptherors
speak of it is streets are regular, but some
OF them arc rather too narrow fora Southern
city, In which the free circulation of air con-
tributes to the general health, and is much
facilitated by having avenues of generous
| width Some of the private mansions are of
plnccly dimensions aud architectural beauty,
but the public buidines---thc post Office, for
instance-arc sadly out Of repair, and rcAec;
but little credit upon the generosity of Uncle
Sam. The sanitary condition of Charleston
has been much improved lately by the con.
structioh Of anu"ber of tidal drains in the
back part Of the city, by means of which the
filth aud offal that formerly accumulated are
now washed into the sea every day by the
rising and falling of the tide. The Battery
is well known and favorte resort of tile citi
S6ns Of Charleston for promenade &C.
CHARLEsToN MARKET HoUsEs--PRICEs
OF Provisions, &e.--A visit to the market
honscs in Charleston OH Saturday evening
affords an'insight into one of the novelties of
the place. enjoyed that pleasure in compa-
ny with en- old resident of tho city. Nearly
all the butchers, vegetable dsalers, hucksters,
dealers in fish, fruit, aowors, pork, poultry,
/" sassengers," 60, arc slayes--son,e of them
OF the pure .afrean type. The market was