Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-06-18
VOL. Iv..'.""NO. SO
IMPORTANT TO Ho1prns or BANK Rrrrs

liquidation, namely: Bank of tho State q
south Carolina, Bank Of Camden, Peoplss
Bank, Planters and Mechanics Bank. The
Farmers and Exchange Bank has boon closed
up and its bills arc consequently worthless.
Under an act of tho Legislature, all of tho
BANKS IN this State arc required to wind up
their business by tho first day of December
next, and many will be settled up very soon.
AS the notes not presented before that timo
will be lost altogether, it is important that
holders should make some disposition of thom,
ana ondcavor to realize their value of tliss
time.
The following Banks in Georgia arc alec
IN liquidation, viz: Bank of Columbus. Bank
Of Commerce, Bank of Savannah, Bank of tho
State of Georgia, City Bank of Augusta,
Farmers and Mechanics Bank, Planters
Bank of Savannah, Union Bank. Tho Bank
OF Augusta and the Augusta Insurance and
Banking Company havo been settled up, and
thor notes now out arc v~alueless.
The Pacific Railroad is now in sucee sfnl
operation. The San Francisco Journals
reach hero in eight days, and several gentle.
men have arrived in New York who hayo
passed over the road in the time mentioned.
The distance from Sacramento to Omaha IL
not yet accurately known. The commission
ers appointed to examine che roads have re-
Gently reported on the condition of the track.
% 1t was built on March 10th, 1869, and
give the length at that date of the Union Pa.
ciho at 1895 miles; Of 1913 miles uncomple.
ted. These figures give 1779 az tho distance
rom Sacramento to Omaha. The companies,
however, have received subsidies in the fol.
lowing proportion: tho Union Pacific, for
ioSo miles, and the Central Pacific, for TAI
miles, giving a total of 1771 miles.
IHE question Of what constitutes a "fami.
~" IN the eye of the law, has lately been
raised in Georgia. An application had been
made before the Ordinary Of Coweta County
for homestead, under the constitution and lawa
OF Georgia, from Col. Joe Calhoun, a bachelor.
aged sixty years. Col. Calhoun's creditors
hled objection to the passage Of an order bv-
tho ordinary assigning homestead in this
case, on the ground that tho applicant was
not the "head of a family" in a legal sense.
1t was admitted Chat he had neither wife no,
ehiidron, bus had servants in his employment.
end his counsel commended that this fact coz
ssisated him the 'head Of o family" Tho
ordinary sustained the objections, and the
applicant appealed to the supsric. Court.
A YOUNG woman in the seakh, during the
war, wrote 70 Jef. Davis, saying aI ysaus.
you TO let Jeomes Clancy Of 20 Ith. 5th s.
Q. regiment, come homo and get married.
Jeemes is willin', I is willin', my nanny she
" wiliu', his nanny says she Is within, bat.
Jeemes' captain he ANT willin,, now when ws
are al willin' 'ooptiu' Jeemes' captain, I
think you might lot up and lot Jeomos como.
Illmake him &C straight back when he's done
got marrsed, and fight as hard as eyer."-
Jscmes was allowed 10 60 homo, married. re.
1oined the army, and fought till tho end.
STMproMs OF OLD MA1p1sRsEss.--AM.
Scotch paper thus humorously describes Tim.
symptoms Of old maidishness: "When a VIZ
man begins to drink her tea without sugar--.
that's . symptom. Whom q woman begins IA
read love stories a-bed that's a symptom
When a woman gives q sign on hearing Of q
wedding-that's asymptom. Whom a woman
beggins {" say that she's refused many o~ffcrs-g
hats q symptom. Whom a woman begging ii
say what a d dreadful sot Of oresturesm mon ara
and chat she would't be bothered with ons
for all tho w~orld-thats a symptom.--
When a woman begins to have a cat at hs
elbows at meal times, and gives IL sweotcneI
milk--that's a symptom. When a wosnot
begins to rub hcr fingers over tho ohhirs an(
table to 500 If they arc dusty-.hat's a synsss
ton. Whom a woman begins to 40 to- bss
with her stockings, f%annelj and night sp u
that's a symptom"
--~~. o <~---.4& 1870 Hf VI
The CRops.--The harvest Of tho who
Drop has commenced In. this D::sssks::ss.; ]aK
the grain is reported,as never Ia hive bed
better. The crop has not bees 5visitea
the ruinous diseasss vhiofr lase rsndsfll
the yield 40 uaesatAinS Of late years
suppose tho breadth soSn to bo equal 10 II