Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-10-13
Onaations for Candidates.

The papers of tho State have teemcd with qucs-
tioa3 for the canit.io5" 60: The L"gislature.-
There has been fewer in pckcns than elsewhere
We clip from the Spartanburg Express the fol-
lowing take off," which is the best We have
To THE CANDIDATES FOR THE LEGIsLATURE.-If
elected will you vote for sufficient appropriation,
by the Legislature, to have the Artesian Well in
Charleston bored through to the Celestial Empire,
so that South Carolina may drdp through in the
event of Lincoln's election?
In the event th0. the African Slave Trade is not
re-opcnd, will you favor an appropriations by the
Legislature, for the importation of monkeys to
pick out Cotton?
Will you vote for law to prevent the Aurora
Borcalis from making its appearance South of Ma
son and Dixon's line Z?
Will you vote for an appropriation to aid in de-
frnying the expenses of the visit of the Prince of
Whales to the United States?
In the event OF your election, will you in accor-
dance with the strict rules of political economy,
vote for appropriating the supcruous gas so free
ly generated by that body, in aid of Prof loves
intended balloon excursion to Europe?
If elected, which hotel will you stop at in Co
lumbia?
Which Of the candidates for tho Legislature do
you think will be elected?
In view of the grave Importance of the forogo-
ing solemn questions and tho necessity of specific
and categorical answers to the same, Z" What are
you going to do about it?
Are you in favor OF making such smpletons of
yourselves to answer ell questions which may
be propounded TO them through the papers
If the last question is answered in the afiirma.
tive we repeat with emphasis the cmnous qUes-
ton, "What you going to do about it 2"
Ii you arc not too much fatigued in answering
the above questions, please state "When did you
come down." Vox PorULI
N. B.-No objection to each candidate answer
ing the above questions with special reference to
his election.
LET HIM BE KNowN.-fhc Spartanburg papers
contain the following card which is signed by ten
citizens of that District:
Allen Ford, carpenter by trade, left this
State on the morning of the 10Th of last month,
unler circumstances very suspicious. He had
been accused of trying to influence advise the
negroes of this community to insurrection, and
was taken up up5a that accusation, and was final
ly released upon promise of Immediately leaving
the State. This information is given to the world
that persons may be upon the look out wherever
he may go. Said Ford is about so years old, six
feet, one or two inches high, weighs about 900
pounds, has rather pleasant countenance, and
shows his front teeth when talking.
Tue WORDS IN Tug ENGLIsn LANGUAoE-The
number Of words which are used, in compar!
son with those which every person Who speaks
the English language has right to use, is very
small. The vocabulary of the language now
contains nearly hundred thousand words. OF
these. Milton used only eight thousand, and
Shakespeare only fftcen thousand. And yetthe
vocabulary Of these authors is probably the
largest used BY any writer in the English Ian.
gaage.
SiLEStE Is often preferable to speech,