Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1872-01-26

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koRpER Treasurer, for 1879. The pro.
position to take $500 Of stock in the telegraph
line from Anderson to Walhala was laid on
the tablo. Messrs. KoRBER, Taylor aud
MARLBOROUGH were appointed committee
to examine the books, papers and accounts of
the former Treasurer, aud report at tho next
regular meeting A committee was appoint
ed to draft Ordinances for the present year;
also, committee to negotiate compromise
with the County Commissioners in reference
to tho portion of County T. paid for bridges
by tho citizens of Walhalla. Several suggcs.
tions relative to tho streets, tho preservation
of order and the amount to be paid for licen.
sos were made, and after some discussion
postponed to the regular meeting. Tho
Council adjourned to meet in the Court House
on the first Wednesday in February
EV- Sumner delivered, on the 10th inst,
his great supplementary civil rights, negro
equality speech in the United States Senate.
This Bill has boen tackled Oh to the Amnesty
Bill and is ruse to defeat Amnesty. A
bare majority would make his bill law, but
to- pass the Amnesty Bill 9 majority is re-
qpired. If his object was to benefkthe ne.
gro, why imperil the Bill by taoking it to
one which requires, before becoming law.
two thirds majority During his speech, the
galleries Of the Senate were crowded with ne
grocs.
- The trial of Mrs Wharton for the mur.
der of General Iletchum has been progress.
iag for thirty.six days at Annapolis Mary
land. The evidence closed on the 10Th inst.
The prisoner and deceased moved in the first
| circles. Tho Defendant resides in Baltimore,
and is charged with having murdered tho
| deceased in her own house with tarter emetio
poison. Tho families had been on intimate
terms aud warm friends for years The most
distinguished physicians and scientists have
given evidence on both sides.
= When the German indemnity is paid,
France will have the largest national debt Of
any country in the world, amounting in round
numbers to S4,500,000,000 or moro than
double the present amount of the public debt
of the United States An idea of this uupre.
cedcnted national burden may be formed
when wo state that it represents sum equal
to one hundred and twenty. five dollars per
head of tho entire population of France.
| Among the "remarkuble events" Of
1871 will be recorded the production of tile
biggest gun ever manufactured in England.
1t is called tho Woolwich Infant, and throws
seven hundred pounds at a single discharge,
and when wo consider that this is thrown in
one mass, instead of being distributed among
twenty balls, We may form somo notion Of tie
effects obtained
BY appointment of the Executive Com
mttec chosen by the Chicago Convention Of
1868 tho next Presidential Convention, or ia
ther tho caucus to nominate Grant, will meet
in Philadelphia on the first Wednesday in
June.
TIE BLUE RHDoE.-Ata a meeting of the
Directors of the Blue Ridge Railroad Com.
pany held yesterday. ut their Office tho fol.
lowing changes in tho management of the
road were consummated The resignation of
Colonc! Cothran was. acccptcd--he stating
that he had only taken the position Of Presi.
dent as temporary cxpcdicnt-his business
pursuits preventing his giving tho necessary
attention to tho Office Messrs,. Gary, Gu
lick, Butler and Palmer having resigned,
their positions were filled by the election of
Alessrs. g. d. Melton, Thos. Steers, George
W. Waterman, James NJ. Allen aud Il. S.
Jacobs-the lnttcr being also chosen Sc.
cretary and Treasurer of the company.
Colonel John j. Patterson was elected to fill
tho vacancy occasoned by the resignation of
Colonel Cothran Thos. j. Steers, Esq,
was elected Vice Presiden 1t is understood
that this highly important work the com.
pletion of tho Blue Ridge Railroad will be
pushed forward rapidly, all the necessary ar.
rangements having beon completed We
trust that our vacilating Legislature will
place no obstacles in the way of the company,
but will give them the necessary encourage.
ment in the completion of this important con.
nectiop with the great West-Phenir 2OM
inst
DISASTROUS FIRE IN ABBEvILLE-In-
formatian reached US, yesterday morning, of
n most destructive fire, which occurred in
the town of Abbevi)le, on Thursday night.
The Marshall House, a fine, large brick build.
ing the Court House and tho entire block
Of buildings between those two, on tho left
sido of the main square, wcro entirely con.
sumed. Trowbridge & Co., whose store was
in the Marshall House, it is said saved the
| prentcr nart of their stook an did oloo ToL,