Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1865-12-02
The State Finances.


i s. The State, Finances. 81
The sOmptroller G enefals s|sRls eport furnish
es some Interesting figures }fespe ecting the LA
.bilities of the State. The State guaranteed
the h. South Carolina lis,
$4,000, 100000, whichfis now snesrly due. !,
Also, the bonds Of Charleston and Sayannah
North Eastern, Laurens, Spartsnburg and
Union, and the Greenyills and Columbia Rail:
road Com panieA fot ,g ooe 0gomore .
tai guaranteed debt 300 bearing
an annual interest 6 IS ~
TheSpublic Debt per ofs 5the$ ! State il
3s6, ,66s, which s2 ,8af OoShas
been contracted since tho war commenced;
andswhich, according to Federal rep quirenent,
must be repudiated This would leave III
public debtpf 4,426,, ,,440s4 6, with Al. 4 cerus
ing annual iatersst, Of $3O9 $3.50 .S3. sS;sssss
The Federal direct sosE lana tax IS about
$500, 900 O0SAwhieh mustlbe paid very seon 3
either by the State or the people. The State
has, therefore, to provide for the payment d
s570S870.88 of interest for the present ysar.
.a.ad And il she can assume The Federal tax, the
amount will be run! Up to the sum Of $780,.
.390s83. ~ ~
I, The costlof the State government, for the
present year will be At least 5000, 0,00O,Q 90
more. Making y total Of 81 ,l30, 800. SO! }sss
here sis this large amount to come from,
to say nothing Of the $4,000, 900 90 guaran:
tied fcrthe South Carolina Railroad ss&sSsSs'
s,3 4. &; -; sSlfi,4i
Easy The Grand lodge Of. .Ancients Free
:Masons met in Columbia on Tuesday night
21st ult. The following of66 cerswere elected;
James i. Orr, r. w Grand Master; -, ~
Nash, R. w !, y. .'Gs. NJ. !; Al; q. BIackey, ri
W.sGrand Secretary, andH Schroeder, r. w
Grand Treasurer. n ,,s;. Az
v. VI. Dss- Col. r. B. Rhett, Jr., Seditor ofstke
Charleston /" Mercury" states that this ster..
ling I'D Journal xill be revived On the Isl
Dacepiber. ~ 4. iseSS, o.
s1s5s ANational Bank has been. authorized
at Greenville Oh. Messrs, Grady, @. j. El
ford and Boyce, will receive subscriptions. \
=" aeg~ The President has ordered that the
sales of all property, FOX taxes, in'the Southern
States, be postponed, tillC srssssaots ont the
matter. '2S
Gsg Ihe President. has released on parole,
Governor NIagrath, Secretary ySeddqn and Ex-
Coy Lubbock; = .SS xs s.ar 5s
nag The City Council Of Charleston imlpSo: lSc
scs a penaltSyof FIVE dollars for smoking ID the
Streets,
Sour r oLINA BANKS U Under date Of
Rsichmonay N ovembel 2, we find the annexed
in referencet to South Carolina Bank notes,
showing whatthey, are worth in that market:
y Bank Of Camden, 28c. Georgetown, 1Sc. /;
Hamburg, T8c.; Newberry, 25c. :; South
Carolina, I8c., State of South Carolina, 20. I;
Commercial Bank, Columbia, 15c.;; Farmers
and Exchange, 12c. Merchants, Cheraw,
2Qc.; Peoples Bank, 50o.; Planters Bank,
20c.s; Planters and Mechanics Bank, 25c. !;
South Western Railroad sBa6k '25c. State
Bank, ? BAN l;2c; Union Bank, 60s. ]. y . 4
. Qs WashingtonsF Fstar," aspeakingof Pres,
ideat #Johnson's views with reference to the
pardon question, says: 5stE$4fs J.
!, " He designs Pardoning all except about
one thousand of the OWL aud military leaders,