Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1866-10-06
The Corn Prospect.

lutions were adopted BY that budy:
Whoreas, in accordance with tho Procla
nation of His Excellcncy Gov. Orr, one o,
tho avowcd objects of the present Special Ses
| sion was tosgrant relief to suffering const
tunncy mscGnscquence of long and contin
uc,'S SdrouglA; and whereas, il is not only tho
priv ileAe- bsts The duty of the General Assem-
bly, to manifest their sympathy by soune pruc
tica method for proving tl,cir faith by thci
works.
l}c it Resolved, That the Governor be- nnl
els hereby authorized to pledge the faitl
| aud credit of the State fur the issue of Bond,
to tho amount Of $780, 900, in such manner
and form nsihe may deem proper and most
oxpcdlcnt, for the purpose of purchasing corr
for the people of this State, provided suc
bonds shnll lliircAlize tho delivery of 500, ,OOC
bushels Of 3orn, including freight and trans
portation sliis
Resolved, That the Governor shall be au
thorizcd to appoint agent to carry out til.
objects of the foregoing resolution, tho com
pcnsaion ofsaid agent being $1,000 and tra
vcling expenses.
Resolved, That the said agent shall bc re
1urcd to report to the next regular session
tho result Of lis mission through Ills Excel
lency the Governor, and that tho arrortion
mcnt OF tho corn, when purchased aud dclv
cred, shall be made through Special Com
nittce, consisting of one member from cacl
District in tho State"
PEasoSAI.-Wo regret to learn, says til,
Columbia Garolinan," that Gov Ona wa.
suddenly summoned to his home OH Monda,
last by tho illness of his two sons Que Of
| them was announced to be at the point q
death by parties who came down from Andcr
son on Monday night, aud VIC greatly fea
that His Excellcncy will be called uron t,
endure burden of aifliction, before which tho
cancc. nc l'as tic sympathy Of s our pS pcople
one and all, in these domestic trials, and thei,
earnest prayer that his beloved ones may b,
speedily restored to health.
ns94, We learn from the Anderson paper.
that horse stealing continues HIRAM and
WARREN L. MAJOR have been lodged in An
derson Jail, charged with that offence.
EY- The Fall Term of the Court of Gen
cral Sessions for this District opened ycstcr
day morning, says the f" Ahbcvillc Banuer,' u
of the I'd instant, Judge MUNRO presiding
The business before the Court will probabl,
not occupy more than two or three days
ssD~ The Constitutional Amendment has
so far, been ratified by the States of Vermont
Connecticut, Rhode Island, Now Jersey, Ten
nessce and Oregon.
E KIND WoRDs," for little children
and Sunday Schools, is published at Green
vile, Q. See prospectus in our advertising
columns, and then lend {. helping hand.
Ey- The residence of W. w. Holland
Esq, near Hatton's Ford, in Anderson Dis.
tr!ct, vas totally destroyed by fire on Wednes.
day night, 18th instant. Only a few articles
of bed clothing and wearing apparel were
saved from the flames. Tho fire was acoi-
dental.
New YoRk, Sept. 2G.-Wright's Circular
for tho China" to-day says the new cotton
crop comes forward slowly, and free rcccipts
cannot be looked for before December. Plan
ters are busy picking, but indcl evidently of
this reason, tho feeling is very general in the
South that Liverpool must advar &C oonsdcra-
bly upon, the reports Of bad pros poets for the
crop, and there is strong disposition every
where to hold for this anticipated advance -
These views will be confirmed by the higher
prices here and in Liverpool during .he past
rev days There arc already more buyers
than sellers in nearly all tho Southern mar
kets The accounts from Georgia are more
gloomy than any yet received Estimates are
still put forth at various points, but nothing
can be even guessed at until we know tho
date OF killing frost and the state of the weath.
er up to that period and for somo weeks be-.
yond. Tho adyanoe since this day week has
been equal to three cents per pound.
STATE TAx.-Wc learn from the Federal