Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1870-02-25

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July, 1862, the Gate of the passage of the
first legal tender act, for frointohhtN to four
years, according to the amount but provides
that if the plaintiff in such Judgment. will re-.
ceivo pny in currency, there shall be, no stay
and that whenever specie payment arc resu,n.
| cd, all stays under tile Act shall termin6te. -
Asrale .wns adopted, TINT the Connittee ON
Elections for. tho forty. first C6hgress. ,sball
consist of fifteen members; andfteSEgy. a
ted casejmay be assigned by the cp.anx G'
i@spiBEP coiflnrttue of three, for Exclusive
consideration; these shall report decisions
directly to the House
LONDON, February 16.-The Nova Scotia
ship Riva has been lost off the coost Of Lin
colnshire. She was bound to Boston with a
cargo of coal. Eight lives were lost.
In the House of Commons, Yesterday, Mr..
Gladstone delivered mn claborate spcech on q
bill for land reform in Ireland The bill fro
v'dcs for the security of tenure; the ficilita.
t'ng of trnnsfcr and purchase Of land; for
loans to tenants desiring to buy and tn land
lords to enable them to reclaim waste lands.
The new law is to be administered by court
OF arbitration Ulster customs are to be recog
n'zed Improvements giving value to land arr.
to be paid for evictions for non payments Of
rent are to bar all claims against tenants no.
tices to quit are to give the tenants one year 8
time from tho end of the current year; and
the county cess is to be divided between the
landlords and the tenants.
ses. The commissioner of pntents. in his
last ANNUAL report, says that during the past
year as patents were granred to citizens of
Alabama, II to those Of Arkansas, S to Flor
ida, 6S to Georgia, SO to Louisiana, So to
Mississippi, 44 to North Carolina, ID to South
Carolina, 60 to Tennessee, Al to Texas, SO to
Virginia, and 81 to West Virginia. Iu the
class of agriculture, tho examiner reports that
"in 1859 the number of applications from the
South, as compared with those from the
North, was less than two and half per cent.
of tho whole number In 1869 the number
Of applications front tho South was increased
to over twenty-thrce per cent, Of all the cases
in my class '3'"a' NrH'e,' ei
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1sS- North Carolina has tho char, rion old
man. IIe has reached l43 years b., dint of
living on purely vegetable diet and drink
ing spring water, and is likely to live as much
longer, from all Appearances. lie has sur
vived seven wives, and us the lust one died
sixty years ago he is beginning to feel lone
some and talks about going courting again.
Ssg- An analysis by professor johnson, Of
Yale College, Of sixteen different kind Of fer.
tilzers, soms Of which arc sold rs high as
S65 ton, shows that a very large proportion
ofthem are worthless. One specimen, selling
at 828 a ton, was shown to be really WORTH as
a fertilizer, dot more than $3.50. uu,,
neA- Of leading officials ia the United
States, President Grant receives S25 600 d
year., Gen. Sherman, sls,7so; IT. tGan.
Sheridan, sl4.s03; Gen. Haleok, 80 1862
Secretary Fish, $4,000; 'Chjef.Jun.tioe Chase
B6,5OO; Woe President Colfax, $S, 600; and
Speaker Blniuo, $4,000. "'".f m ',.1io
EY- Mr.. Seward isi going 70 Hayti. He
will there 6nd oongenial associases. Whv
sannot all the leading negro worshippers 20
shere and settle, instead off, ro,naiping here
md endeavoring to convert this coun.ry into
taayti Idoi'q59ze op nm s3's bim iTn, .,nl
Va IA There wore eigGtson asssasid ob.ti4g.
on for the week ending ;'t, F'ety, lstb, of which
wore whites 'f, ,.ae ,sah}