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

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wise preparation by the vain cry of "prccipi-
tation." Neither time nor our enemies will
wait on u.s. The very necessities of the
South, and the dangers with which she is
threatened, render it absolutely imperative
that the Montgomery Convention should meet
and perform its Office of organizing a Provi
slonal Government as speedily as possible. e.
Even " some OF the States are unable to send
regularly appointed delegates, we hope their
people will move and send delegates, who can
at least advise with the others, so that basis
may be determined upon wholly acceptable to
the people of all the Southern States
Carolinjan.
MILLEDGEvILLE, January 21.-Tn the
Convention to-day, the following preamble
and resolution, written by Hon. A. II. Ste
phcns and Judge Linton Stephens, and pre-
scntcd by Judge Ncsbit, were adopted, as
I follows:
Whereas, from lack of unanimity in ac-
ton, this Convention, on the passage of the
Ordinance of Secession, indicates a differ
cncc of opinion amongst the members of the
, Convention not so l0uch as to the rights
which Georgia claims, or the wrongs of which
she complains, as to the remedy and its ap-
plication, before resortug to other means of
!
expression to that intention which really cx-
lists among all the members of the Convcn-
ton, to sustain the State in the course of ac-
tion which she has pronounced to be proper
for the occasion; therefore, be it
Rc$olCcd, That the members of the Con-
ycntion, including those who voted against
the Ordinance of Secession as we'll as those
who voted for it, will sign the same, as
pledge of the unanimous determination of
this Convention to sustain and defend the
State in this her course and remedy, with all
Its responsibilities and consequences, and
without regard to individual approval or dis
approval of its adoption.
The Ordinance was sigt by all except
about dozen of the delega, who, it is be-
llcvcd, will sign it tomorrow. a. III. Ste
phens, Linton Stephens Ex gov. johnson,
and other gentlemen who were associated
with them in action, signed the Ordinance
The demonstration tonight will be on grand
scale
MLLEDGEvILLE, January o4-The Con
vcntion has elected Hon. r. Toombs and
Hon. Howell Cobb, as delegates from the
State at large to the Southern Congress.
which is to meet at Montgomery, Ala, on the
4th prox. The delegates elected from the
Districts are as follows
lst District, Hon. Francis Barlow I'd,
Hon, Martin Crawford Sd Judge Ncsbit !;
W.; w.; ,;t ;.o" c., n ~ nv ri'h; o'h, non. ~: IL.
Hon. Augustus Kenan; Sth Hon. Alexander
ii. Stephens
The Convention has adjourned till to.mor-
row.
Tur IL 1,.
Tho ononn, nf i,o.n 10y 'siuo CIV. iailh hp
,ho a..o,t ;so.' '''"o' nus :" '"ee'
ing the border slave States is gone. The I'm
ion is brokon up and dissolved Whether
the separation shall be pcaceable, or the land
drenchcd in blood the present week will prob
ably determine. How shall those who have
wrought this fearful ruin, answer for their
crime to wrongcd an out ragged people2
Bangor (Ote) Union, 18Th inst.
Touy u,ro,,nr M 49,,
r,a, ,,,;.L ..n - ~" ';'' ''''g"'ca senuc
s;a;n,, i; M u 10 ''1 '""'ny; - now m re-
wou'u DC pleased to see any OF his friends
VINO may Visit the french Capital. His son,
Som Som ritscne'' Jr,' is In the service OF the
'''a'ooi oouth carolina.
ST. LOUIS, January 16.-The boiler in
Nh Davis Mills, northern part of RAY co,,n.
ty, exploded last Wednesday, instantly killing
Henry Thompson, Jesse Riggs, Ramon Zon.
ner, two brothers named Names, Mrs. Davis
Sanford Gosbam wac oIso so,on.I 10 ,,io 'ase ;.oJ
''"'' ""o "l'0 ''''ouS'y injured