Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1861-02-23


| ers OF Roads Of the District or Parish in which
saia land shall be taken, 10 appoint three OF
their number, who shall give notice to the said
owner or owners, requiring him. her or them
10 appoint in writing three persons to act on
ms, her or their part, with them, the said Com
missi"ners, In assessing the value of the land
taken and said assessors or a majority Of
them: after being first sworn by Magistrate
| faithfully 70 perfIrm the duty. shall nfoceed
upon view of the land so taken, to assess tho
value OF the damages sustained and the amour,
OF compensation to be received by such owner
or owners. respect being had to the true value
OF the said land aud of the advantages and dis
advantages accruing by reason Of the location
or alteration of such road or roads and sa;d
assessors. or nRjarity Of them. shall certify
under their hands, such assessment at the nexi
session OF the Legislature, accompany wing said
ceruhcate with statement of the grounds of
their assessment
III. Ihatif in any case the said Commission,
ers ana ehe persons 80 to be appointed canno,
agree 1t shall be lawful for them to appoint one
uis'n'crested person to act as an umpire who
shali. before the next session of the Legislatures
make an assessment. and certify the same under
oath, and under his hand. to the Legislature nj
its next sitting, together with n statement in
wrlting OF the grounds Of said assessment; and
~ ~ 'Iv ne event OF their not agreeing on an umpire
the Clerk of the Court shall nominate some free
holder so to act
III. That 1t in any case the owner or owners
OF such land. rs aforesaid. shalt refuse or neg
iect to appoint persons to net on his behalf with
IN one month after notice. it shall beglawful E,r
thc, three Commissioners CO proceed under oath
as hereinbefore provided fnf To- make nm assess
ment OF computation. and shall certify the same
to the said Legislature. ~
Nv. That if the owner Of the land be nm in
FAINT. then the Court Of Common Pleas. or nm
indge thereof at Chambers, or chancellor, i,
hereby authorized to appoint guardian prc
hdc C,ce. to represent the interest of such infant
in the promises. so far aa the same NAV bc or
tected by the provisions of this Act.
Charleston.
correspondent of the Caroiinian, apparently
weil-informed, under date of the 9th instant saws
:" Perhaps n few words in regard to the condi
''oh o' charleston, as it is just now, would not
come amiss. Although The United States aap still
waves IN sight of the Battery yet the great drama
Is being acted in another part of the Southern
country. BE assured. that the curtains viii be
again lifted, ami Charleston will be the scene of
action.
''w Why is not Fort Sumter takcn.' Everybody
is asking the question-but'th the answer is simple
enough. The matter is taken completely ont of
our hands. We, being members of the 'Gonreder-
ate states OF America, are of bound to obey
IT'S constitution and laws. But that cotstutio,
restraints the right of declaring war TO, Congress,
aione-and if by preoipitne action VIC should
plunge our country into bloody civil war. VIC
would do that which We have no right to without
the consent of our sister States. But do not think
! that the preparation for the worst has ceased On
the contrary, the work is progressing rapidly
Comlnins Point Battery (Fort Stevens) has nj
last been finished. 1t is covered on the outsid,
with railroad iron. and is almost as mprepnnble
MS Fort Sumter. Three largo mortars bearing ON
the latter fort. arc mounted in it, and three 81 xty
-FOUR Founders bearing in the same direction An.
derson largest guns are pointed against this bat
terry, but our soldlicry have very little fear Of
them. This fort is on Morris Island, and within
fiye'e 'eghths of n mile of Fort Sumter. Fort Nor.
ris, half mile further Off has also several heavy
guns mounted. few twenty four Founders are
mounted on Fort Johnson. but these are not ex.
pected to do much destruction.c The great reliance
being mounted in it, By-the-by, | hear il hinted
That these bombs will be filled with cayenne pepper
and other smothering combustihles. Outside OF
Fort Moultrie. on Sullivan Island are two mortar
battcrics--seven being mounte ed in one and four
IN the other. The two forts have been strength
ened by sand bags-thesc latter having been bound
together by iron bars. The =. floating battery -
is almost completed. 1t is expected that il will
be ready for use during this or next week Ii is
thirty feet in height-contains an upper and lower
deck The breastwO in front forms nm ANGLE
OF about 2O' with the horizon and will be covered
with railroad iron. Four cannon sixty fonr
Founders, will be placed upon each deck and n
company or companies of artillery and infantry
VIII man 1t. hear from good authority that /,
will be brought close under the beieaguered for.
| tress.