Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-04-20

Ey- a letter from Dr. Fol.GER, with other
interesting nlattcrs, we have been compelled
to defer until our next issue
re- \ very important order, staying the
collection Of debts &c /, las been issued by
Gen. SIcKLEs We will lay it before our
readers in full next week
Eg~ The District Court has been in scs-
sion this week, Judge WIcKLIFsE presiding.
The business Of the term was neither very in
terestng nor important. Court adjourned
Tuesday afternoon.
E4s- The speech Of Senator WILSON, Of
Massachusetts,, OIL the first page, will attract
attention.
Ey- On the 1Gth instant in New York,
cotton was quoted at 81 to 2S. Gold, 34!
GsD' Chief Justice CHASE gives notice tina,
ho will proceed at once to appoint "regstrrs
III bankruptcy" MS required Ly act OF Cou,
g,ess. Now is the time for those who are in.
solvent to file their pctitions-go through the
mill-and make Il fresh start in life After
the lst Of March next, you must DC able to
pay fifty cents on the dollar before you can take
advantage of the bankrupt law.
nay" There has been a terribly fatal cxrlo
sion at the Glover Hill Coal pits in Chesterfield
county, va. Sixty-nine persons we're Killed
thirty whites aud thirty nine cJiorcd. The
cause uf the explosion is unknown
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hI- The irrcpressible conflict" still RI
gees. Slavery, in Cuba, is marked as the next
victim
Es The Editor of the "Grcenvllc En-
tcrprise' earnestly recommends, that at SON,
early period this spr ,g, !. nce.iny of the pco
pie, white and colorc l. without distinction, b,
called, to take place in the Court House. al
Grecnvillc. and that some of both classes h,
specially invited to address the meeting on
public af1airs and public duties at this time.
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Get General lAce has scnt his check for
twenty-five dollars to the Ladies' Memorial
Association Of Petersburg, as u contribution.
to quote his language, {" in aid Of their rious
work for the preservation and protection Of
tho graves Of the Confederate dead"
WISE COUNSEI-Thc " Richmond Whir"
very truly observes "This is no time for
division among our news papers, our legisla
tors or our people; no time for examination
or controversy. We should ALL if possible.
think, feel and act in unison. We should all
vote, and vote tugcthcr. We should endcav.
er to attract the support and cooperation OF
all men, whatever their antccedents and what
ever their color"
BsS~ The locomotive now runs four hun.
drcd and fifty miles west Of St. Louis, on the
Pacific Railroad, and the track is being laid
at the rate Of mile every day.
ED- The capitation, or head tax, ia Con.
nccticut, is ten dollars.
E:H- The Russian Treaty has been ratified
with only two or three dissenting votes 60
now the United St,tcs has grown immensely
large III Northwestern territory on tho Pacific
Sa5- Ex.Gov. Vance Of N. c., has been
pardoned by the President.
IHIRTY-FoUn coorcd persons in Phila1el.
phla own property to the amount Of 81, 1853.
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HE LOUISIANA CREvAssEs. Tho news
from the Louisiana levecs is Of terrible char.
aacter The crevnsscs near Baton Rouge are
beyond control and all attempts to close them
have been abandoned The richest sngar re-.
gion in the State is ruined for this season.--
Hlarengo crevassc inundatcs the Black River
country. the most productive cotton region in
the South. Tho frccdmcn's 8 settlement. known
as the DeSoto, is overaowed by IL and eighty
freedmen are known to have perishcd in the
water OF course the damage extends be.
yond tho Parishes mentioned above.
CHAnLEsroN. April l5.--Goncral Sicklcs
order. published this morning, staying execu-
ton in civil suits for twelve months, gives
general satisfaction.
The South Cnrolintnn newspaper, pub.
lishcd at Columbia, has hocn purchased by
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