Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1861-04-13
The Last United States Census.

develop may not be uniutcrcsting to our
readers. The grand total of the whole pop
uIation of the United States, on the Both of
June last, was 31,510,S02, against %, 191,-
SIG in 1850; being an actual increase of
/ S,238,Ol5, for the decade.
The six New England States have q popu-
laton of 3,l35,30l I'll gain in ten years is
4O7 lS5, being little more than ] I per cent,
which IS the smallest gam OF any section du-
ring the decade. =
The Middle States, New York, New Jer-
scy and Pennsylvania, have population of
7,465,943, a gain of 1,5G6,972, or 2G3 per
cent. The largest proportional increase has
been in New Jersey.
western States-Ohio, Michigan, Indiana,
Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota and
Kansas. The gain for ten years in these
States is 3,l40,3i5, or about 81 per cent
j OF these Illinois gains 101 per cent, Wis.
consin ljl and Iowa PSI per cent.
The total result in all the free States and
/ Territories shows only an increase Of about
! II per cent.
The population of the Border Slave States
Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Caro-
lima, kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri and
Arkansas is os follows: Free, 5,624,OO9 :;
slaves, 1888, ,207-Total 1862 BOG The
gam IN slaves for ten years has been 100, ,G01.
| or II per cent; gain in free population,
| I,22O,31G, less than 2S per cent. In Della
! ware and Maryland, slaves have decreased. -
/ Virginia shows but $4,000 more than 1856 :;
! Kentucky not $4,000 more Arkansas more
than doubles both free and slave; Missouri
adds 100000 to her free and $4,000 only to
her slaves Tennessee adds about 10000
free, and $4,000 slaves North Carolina So
/ 600 Free 5000 slaves
The Richmond E.r0mincr, from whose full
exhibit we compile most of the figures VIC
have given, says Justly that the above Stats
! ties rs regards the border States, show the
terrible effect Of the Abolition movement ON
Slave interests
The Confederate States show population
of free, 2,G5G,lS1 slaves, 2,311 ,2G0-total
| 1907 III, being gain in ten years in
slaves 5l0, 592, little over 8 per cent; free
inhabitants G41 1909, less than 33 per cent.
South Carolina gains in slaves Is coo, in free
about the same numbcr--Slavcs making four
scvcnths of her entire population This aud
Mississippi are the only States in which the
slaves outnumbcr the free in the latter there
are $4,000 more slaves than freemcn Tex
as, of course, has grown the most rapidly,
having nearly trebled her free, and quite
trcbIcd her slaves Georgia has grown about
II per ccutj Florida nearly 70 per cent Al.
ALBANIA about % per cent; and Louisiana 3S
per cent.
y ROMANTIC MARRlAGE.-Th following
| story reads like French romance, but is told
as vertable occurrence by the C0mrjey dcS
EtotS IniS:
The Count de St. Crox, belonging to one
ot the noblcst and weulthest families i'm
France, became engaged, after long and as.
siduous coUT;&hip, to q lady his caual in po-
sltlon and fortune, and famous for her beauty. |
shortly after the happy day was appointed
which was to render two.loying hearts one,
the count was ordered Immediately TO the /,
scige of Scbastapol.
SO he girded ON his sabre, and at the head
Ills regiment marched to the battlefield. |
During his absence it happened that his beau
tltnl fahce contracted the smallpox and nf |
ter lowering between life and death for many
days, recovered her health +" find her beauty |
hopelessIy lost. The diseu1 had assumed in |
her case the most virulent character, and left
her not only disfgured, but scanned and scam- /
cd to such frightful cXtcnt, that she be.
came hideous to herself, and resolved TO pass
the remainder Of her days in the strictcst Sc
clusion.
year passed away, when one day the
count, Immediately upon his return to France,
accompanied by his valet presented himself
Mt the residence of his bctrothcd, and solicit
ed AN interview. This was refused lie.
however, with the persistence of Il lover, press.
ed his suit, and fuaIly the lady made hcrap-
pearancc, closely nluilled in a double VEIL
1t the sound of her voice the couu' rushed
forward to cmbrgcc her, but stepping aside.
she hemblingly told him the story of her sor
sows, and burst into tears. A heavenly smile
broke over the counts handsome features. us,
raising his hands above, he exclaimed: "It
is Gods worll-l am blind
twas even so; when gallantly leading his
regiment to the at'Nck, a cannon ball had
passed SO closely to his eyes, that, while it
left their expression unclangci, J, and his coun-
tenance unmarked, had robbed him forever of
sight 1t is almost unnecessary to add that
their marriage was shortly after soemnizcd.
1t is said that at this day may often be seen
at the Emperor's reccptilnshn officer leaning
upon the arm Of . lo' closely yelled, who
seem TO DC attracted to the spot by the love
of music.
Whitewash adds so greatly
to the picturesque in the cottage and the farm
house, and is such an absorbent of impure
odors that it should be freely used, at least
in the spring. Take half a. .bushel of fresh
burned white lime, and slack it citI.cr with !
lotor cold water, In a tub or barrel When
Stacked dissolve in the watcr re-
quired to thin the inie, two quarts of com