Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-12-01
Correspondence of the Guardian.
AEBEVILLE G.. H., Nov. %. Is

cd IN by the firing of cannon by the Ancient
Artillery company of Calhoun's Mills. At
an early hour the crowd began to assemble,
end by lO o'clock not less than three thou
sand trccmen were present. The procession
was formed by Gen. a. NJ Smith, marshal of
the day, with assistant marshals. After the
procession reached the stand, the meeting
was called to order by the president of the
day, Hon. T. c. Perrin A most impressive,
solemn and appropriate prayer was offered by
the Rev. Mr.. North After few brief and
eloquent remarks by the president of the
day, the following resolutions were offered bv
Edward Noble, Esq, and supported both by
himself and Thomas Thomson in able and ef
fectlvc speeches. They were unanimously
adopted:
Whereas the Legislature of South Carroll
ma has called Convention of the people for
the purpose of taking into consideration the
dangers incident to the position of the State
IN the Federal Union, established by the Con
sttuton of the United States and the moa
surcs which will be necessary and proper for
providing against the same, and thereupon TO
take care that the Commonwealth of South
Carolina shall suffer no dctriment
HeSo(cc8, |. That We heartily Improve of
the action of the Legislature in promptly
caiilhG sara convention
ReSo(rcd, 2 That in the opinion of the
people of Abbcvillc District the election of
Abraham Lincoln, as President Of the Uni
tea States, and of Hannibal IIamin as Vice
President, upon doctrines destructive of the
rights and interests, the equality and safety,
OF the Southern States, by the factious and
sectional votes of our Northern confcderatcs
utterly pcrvcrs the spirit of the compact form
cd by the Federal Constitution that it must
be promptly and stcrnly resisted by the State
OF South Carolina; and that the secession of
the State from the Federal Union is the prop
CT mode of resistance
RcSotccd, 3. That we anXiously desire the
cooperation, i'll measures for redress and pro-
lection, of all or some of the States alike ar
grlcved; yet, as the action of each State
must be necessarily separate and independent,
and as all unnecessary delay is dangerous, this
State must proceed at once toward redress
Rcsol0cd, 4. That for the purpose of avoid
ing the evils likely to arise from divisions
among ourselves, VIC should disregard all local
considerations and personal preferences, and
act with the greatest possible unanimity in the
selection of our best and ablest men as dele
gates to said Convention
The Hon. a, c.. Magrath, of Charleston.
chained the audience with one of the most
able and eloquent speeches to which it has
been our fortune to listen in many a long day.
His speech was great one, and many express
a wish TO see it published
Next followed our Representative in Con-
grcss, the Hon. NJ. l.. Bonham The meet
ing was subsequently addressed by Mcssrs
Davis, MCGOWAN and Cochran, our members
of the Legislature who were present.
The following gcntlemc'~ were nominated
for Delegated to rqnosent A56eymc District
in the appr~ohlng Convention
ia"ard Noble, Esq. Hon. II. c. Perrin,
Col ohm A. Calhoun, John III. Wilson, Esq,
Thomas Thompson, Esq, Hon. ID. l.. Ward
law.
More than five hundrcd Minute Men were
in attendance. Our district is ready for Sc
ccssion All success to the glorious cause
FROM New YoRK.-The New York corrcspon-
dent Of the Philadelphia Ledger, writing Fri
day, says:
The money kings had relapse to-day. The
gcam of sunshine, yesterday, is all clouded
over again by the Scayy reports from Milledgc-
villc announcing that the Georgia Legislature
have resolved, or are going to resolve, to back
up South Carolina. ut the same time placing II
million of dollars at the service of the State
due them in Georgia, moreover, feel very nm
comfortable in view of the prospects of the
passage of bill suspcnding the collection of
debts until January 1861. Under these cir
cumstanccs, of course, money" continues as
tight as q drum and stocks continue to run
down hill, like w..cr.
| have it on good authority, that several of
the most eminent clergymen of the city have
been waited upon by various citizens, within
the day or two past, to urge them to preach
dscourscs on Sunday next suitable to the cri-
and kindness from the Northern pulpit will
help to restore kindlier feeling at the South.
Twelve hundred kegs Of powder aud eighty
tour boxes of ammunition were shipped to-day
to Charleston, s. G..
A private meeting of some twenty Of our
leading citizens was held last evening, ut the
New York Hotel, to take into consideration
what measures could be adopted towards allay
ing the excitement which exists in several Of
the 'Outhcrn States in reference to secession
fro the Union. committee was appointed
to draft resolutions for future meeting.
a WHITE WOMAN AMONG THE AFRI-
cANs-A Sierra Leone paper states that a
white woman who accompanied her husband,
a missionary, up the Cavalle river last May,
excited the greatest curiosity and admira
tion among the sable dwellers of that be-
nightcd region, where white woman was
never before seen All wanted to touch her.
and great surprise was expressed upon feel
ing her hair. The king of Nyinemo tribe
called her every finc" and complimented
her husband greatly for his taste in selecting
her. And when she told him he might see
Othpr uyb yyon,o,, Nrbo would c,,rnoSs hor bo