Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1866-11-10
The State Bank Notes.

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York in relation 10 the bills Of the Bank Of
the State. Unless the State intend, absolute.
ly to repudiatc this form of her obligations,
these notes are worth dollar for dollar whicl,
the denomination Of the bill may call for Oh
! its face. Insecurity had The 2comparatiye-
poor Bill. .Kp,der for tho rcdem piionn of%tLis
paper obligation opay? Nothing whatever
hut the credit, honor and plightcd faith of The
State. They had no property of private stock
holders TO fall back upon, and every poor hold
er Of five or ten dollars Of these bills regarded
1t as equivalent in value to gold or silver.
South Carolina las never furnished or
honor or State faith by anything that savorcd
of reputation, aud, although she may have
the power now, through Acts of the Lcgisa-
tnre or otherwise, to refuse to redeem these
bills. yet this refusal will tell powerfully asaus,
her credit in every stock market, either in
this country or Europe. Should she repudi.
hte the payment of these notes, she would not
DC able, and on very proper grounds, to Dor.
row dollar or any exchange in the world
Her new issue OF green. back shin -plastcrs,
dubbed bills receivable, being liable to the
same contingency Of being rcpudatcd, would
immediately fall below par, as nobody would
take a bill that might be refused payment To-
morrow. No. let the State show her hand.
and, it she will not pay these notes, let the
people know it, and our word for it, their new
issues will be rejected at every desk and coun.
ter in the State. - CoiumJtu Enonir
BALTIMORE, Nov. lit is not vet asccr.
tained who are the new commissioners 1t is
runiored that a new force has arcndy been or
gsnized and will make their appearance in the
course Of the day The old commissioners
have their full force out and will resist the
demand Of the new force for the surrender oi
til" Station Houses a:.a MarsI,."s ui,ice, etc.
a body Of four hundred dismountcd cavalry
who arrived here yesterday to embark for
Texas are now at Font Mcllcnry, aud rumors
M fcrsss Rf ss''"Sd IS hsys i" case Of
manifested, some approving and others bitter
= denouncing the action OF the Governor.
BALrlMonE, Nov 2.-Gcn. Grant returned
to Washington last night. lie had an ntcr
view with both the old and new boards of com,
missioncrs. There was "a very large force ON
duty last uight. Special oliccmcn we're sworn
in aud the station houses strongly guarded
Beyond an assault on policeman there was
no disturbance. The new commissioners have
not yet appeared, nor have they applied to be
sworn in. Mayor Chapman refuses TO rccog
nize the new board.
BAITlMOnE. Nov. 2.-Jamcs Young and
VIM. +. Valiant have been commissioned as
new Jnee commissioners aud were sworn b, :
fore Judge Martin of the Superior Court :;
there Was no opposition thereto. Tie counsel
for the commissioners decided that they would
offer no impcdimcnt to their taking Il oath /;
the old force yet remains OH duty and the po.
lice stations are strnngly guarded All quiet
hut much interest is manifested rs to the re.
suit Of the issue. Mr. Young is President of
the Conservative City Convention.
WASHINGTON. Oct. Colon J.. d. Camp
bell. Minister to Mexico, left last evening, en-
route to Mexico, accredited to the Juurcz Gov.
crnlnent.
The withdrawal of the French troops will
commence next month, and is expected to lie
| accomplished at once, instead of extending
over year, as at first arranged.
This government, in view OF the compica.
| tions certain to arrive upon the Withdrawal oi
Macmillan, and the necessity of establishing
a stable government, will, in certain contin.
gencics, guarantee the Juarcz government. In
other words, our army on the Rio Grandc and
feet in the Gulf Of Mexico will be ready t,
assist Juarez should it be necessary to cstub
li>h republican government in Mexico. Ts
insure intelligent exercise of this possible
| aEa!eu intervention, iiiiitary oMcer " hi9f
rank will accompany Minister Campbell, with
power to act in the emergency referred to. =
Lieut.. Gen. Sherman is now spoken of in this
connection, and also Major Gen. w. s. Han
cock. No troops will be moved into Mexico
excerpt in the contingency referred to. and i,
is hoped that tho attitude thus publicly as
sumcd by this government in support of j Jun
reg will induce a general submission Of the VA
rious factions in Mexico, and obviatc the nc
ccssity of any such action.
In consideration of this friendly action,
tn. Juarcz government agree to cede to the
United States tho territory heretofore stated
s agreed upon. and We shall thus gain the