Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1866-11-03


Force we have been enabled to examine sew
cral dangerous conntcrfeits which have been
circulated in our community lately. These
are of different denominations, principally $50,
$40, 81, 81, and SO cent bills In order to
guard our readers and the public, we have OBJ.
tanned an accurate description Of the bills,
and their difference from the genuine. The
s50's are on thin slcczy paper, tho figuring
is very indistinct, the head in the centre is
very much blurred, and the general appear
ance of the bill different from tho genuine
The figure so, in the left.hand corner, and
the shading surrounding it, is very rough and
uneven. The s10's are printed on thick
heavy paper, and are well calculated to deceive
the unwary.
The vignctte is very dark, and the figuring
indistinct. The key in Frankin's hand, in
the left hand corner, is scarcely pcrccptible
while it is quite plain in the genuine; and on
the other corner the lightning in tho fcn,ulc's
hand is bold and distinct, and in the genuine
quite the reverse. The grouping of the figures
Oh the back is black and obscured, aud the
vign...e rough and uneven. by far the best
criterion for Judgment, though, is the num-
bcrs these arc all the same and as it is well
known no two bills have the same number,
the distinction is easily made. The counter
fcis are all numbered 80,3S6 in the upper
margin, ana q III III the lower.
The SIS and SIS arc OH thick white and
greasy paper, and are very coarse imitation
so much so that hardly any description need
| These bills are photographs, and are got up
by experts, the signatures and general points
being exact Our community have been
flooded with these new issues lately, and there
is no doubt but that M organized band exists
in our midst, whose business it is to palm off
these worthless limitations in place Of the gen
| unc
The SO cent bills arc well counterfcitcd,
but arc of pattern that have been withdrawn
They arc smaller than those in general use,
md have gilt circle on the face of the bill,
and the number 80 in open letter on the back.
They arc not SO dangerous as most people
know that that issue has been considered llc-
gal Chartnsfon Mrws.
BALTIMORE, October 27.--The cxamina.
ton of witnesses against the Police Commits
sioncrs before Gov. Swami was continued to.
day at Annapolis. At three o'clock the case
was adjourned until Monday when, it is be-
licvcd, the matter will be ended
i New ORLEANS, October 27.-It is report.
ed OH good authority that Gov Wells will re.
convene the Constitutional Convention of
1864. lie says he has assurances from lead
ing members of Congress that he will be sus-
tained by force if necessary.
LONDON, OctUuui zr.~-r. ,.. a. -,
relations between Austria and Russia are MS.
suming menacing character The F" Times"
says that the Russian Government is intriru
ing for hc further disintegration of Austria.
Adviccs from Japan are conflicting. The
lntest reports represent that the Tycoon army
hid suffered heavy defeat at the hands Of
the insurgents, and that the Tycoon had, in
consequence, ablicated
BLANToN DUNCAN, an cS- Confederate Off
Ger residing in England, who holds $3.50, 900
OF the Confederate loan, writes to the London
=" Morning Post that there is no prospect
that the Confederate debt will ever be assum-
ed by the United States paid by the South
ern States. It's conditions make it payable
" two years after the ratification Of treaty
of peace between the Confederate States and
the United Statcs"-an event that can never
occur-and each State has rcpudiatcd it's own
rebel debt, South Carolina excepted. He says
further, "Therc is another tallacious idea that
the South would, in certain contingencies,
make renewed struggle for Independence
There can be no possibility Of such IN occur
renee. The honor of every Southcrncr is now
pledged to uphold the United States Govern
ment, and it will be faithfully performed"
IF men would follow the advice which they
bcstow gratuitously on others, what refornAa-
tion would be effected in their character
LET your recreation be manly, modcra G,
and lawful; the uscof recreation is to strength
en- your labor and swcctcn your rest
HAPPINESS consists in yirtuous and hon.
est life, in being content with competency
of outward things, and using them temperate