Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1872-02-16

o'0''oo0' IHis 10 more than the combined
population of New York, Philadelphia, Brook.
'yn: ot. Louis, Chicago, Baltimore, Cincin.
Buffalo and Alleehany CITY, Pa, To lIodass
this vast multitude 777,ooo dvelliuesf f'Ee aIes
required, and the people consume anni,oilv
about ,4S0, 1000 barrels Of -four, 42O, 900 buf.
locke, 2,975, 900 sheep, 40 900 calves, e1 $50
hogs, and one market alone supplies annual. ;
ly yI04o750 head of game. This, together
with o,2Oo,000 salmon, besides other fish and
iies',' is washed down by 100000 gallons
OF ale and porter, 3,50OOOO gallons of spi,i,.,
and !lS,7OO pipes of wine 22,7 ,75O COWS sre
required to supply the daily consumption Of
u mug; nn Inc streets of the metropolis are about
1'9oo IN number, and if put together would,
extend ndn about oo 1000 miles They are lighted
oy ooO.oOO lamps, consuming every. "a
hours 22,270,000 cubic fec. Of gas Thsj
water system supplies II ,67O,824 gallons dai.
y, while the sewer system carried Off l6. 600
~ cubic feet of refuse matter. feet r.
l'ooO sail is employed, irrespective of rail-.
roads, In bringing annually $3.50, 900 tons Of
coal. Bituminous coal is exclusively uscd
and the smoke arising from this immense
Quantity is said to be so dense that it can be-
seen thirty five miles from the oity To clothe
the inhabitants requires 4,l6O tailors, 81 400
boot and shoemakers, aud nearly 70 OOO
dressmakers and niliners. Berlin, according
TO TO-, the recent census. has population of $685.,
ol3 Paris, in 1867, the year of the Exnos;.
ton Unverselle. 1889 ,462, and Constantine.
pie, in 1864, 1,o75,ooO ~T 4.
AporAEoARfEs I1oENsrs Or nov,a,s
Bill to amend the low u relation to the II.
ceuse of Druggists and others has also receiy,
cd favorable report. IF adopted th;s R;ll
Will be an important addition to the Statnta
Books. 1t gives the Medical Faculty of the
University of South Carolina. and the FocuI.i
ty of the Medical College of Charleston the
right to issue licenses to Pharma cen,iots
Apotheoares and druggists, and provides that
every person who carries on the busiDes, Of
druggists, Apothecary or Phnrmnce utist must
nave license therefor within six months af.
ter the passage of the.Aet Neglect to do an
i'S"t' sigs' Fu % ehiednor aud srendas.bo
person liable to fine and imprisonment. Per. sas
sons selling poison are required to keep re-.
cord OF every sale, which record shall exhibit
the name of the person to whom sold, place
OF his residence, and purpose of purchase az
stated and which book s..all be- kept at all
times subject to inspection by the Coroner of
the Circuit, or such other person as either of
them may designate.
The Bill also contains other provisions in
reference to the sale of drugs and poisons.
about which the Statute Books of the State
are silent. If the Legislature can spare tho
time from the consideration of the thousand
and one incorporation bills presented by the
Scott Ku. Klux, the law is worthy their atten.
ton.
LIQUOR ttcENsE.-B the last issue Of the
sl
quashed the indictment brought against the
County Commissioners of WILLIAMSBURG fnr,
embeSzeing the taxes paid them by iiuuor
dealers for licenses, on the ground that the
County Commissioners had no right to Grant
licenses, and hence were not liable as officials
We have not had tho time to examine the
Statute law on the subject, and having NO
doubt that Judge Green had carefully con.
sldered the books before making decision.
we take it for granted that the decision ia
well founded-at any rite that there is reason-
aole doubt as to the authority Of the Commits.
sloners, Take either horn of the dilemma.
and it illustrates with unerring certainty the
utter incapacity of our modern salons If
this dictum be true, then outside of VILLAGES
and incorporated towns, no liquor has been
legally sold, for if the County Commissioners
nave no authority to give license, then those
to whom they have so given license are with.
out legal protection. Look out friends for
these are troublous times .-C,escens t7.
WHEN WAS LT7--By the treaty of Wosh.
ington the termination OF the rebellion Is fixod
upon tho 9th Of April. 1865, when, accord,
ing to the recent decision of the Suprema
Court, the war was not over until April Q.
1866. This is q very interesting question.
(says the Baltimore SUM- though the war is
not over yet, judging BY Congressional policy.
Ray A prominent member of the Radical
party OF this State, Informs us that Judge
Orr is his choice for the next Goyernorslin'
of South Carolina, and Judge Melton is his
second. He says that Gov Scott will GER
tainly not be a candidate for reelection l.
South Carolinian. u
aaS- Bulwer says poverty is only an idea.
In nlno casos out of ten, and that there ia
really more happiness among the working men
in tho world than among those who are called
rich. r...l,
- The amount Of money paid for whisky
in North Carolina during the year 1871 Z
debt. =" law
BeA~ Scriptural authority has been found
tor the Democratic ''passive policy in Isaiah
xiii, Z; "Their strength is tn sit STILL" 4,
..t 4 49,