14 Jul 1849
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Newspaper
Pickens Keowee Courier
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1849
Page
1
The Keowee Courier lists subscription pricing at one dollar fifty cents for a year if paid within three months and two dollars if paid by year end. Advertisements cost 75 cents per square for the first insertion and 87.5 cents for each continuation, with yearly advertisers receiving some liberal help. Communications should be addressed to the publisher postpaid.
The text surveys Russia’s imperial structure noting fifty-some departments, corrupt courts, and a weak legal profession. It highlights a growing army of about one million, serf conscripts, and improving but limited officer education, with many officers foreign. It contrasts a large but aging navy with limited seas and mentions reforms under Grand Duke Michael and Duke of Oldenburg, while recounting political repression and a 1830s-1840s succession crisis involving Nicholas, Constantine, and unrest in St. Petersburg.
The article sketches Hungary's geography population and resources, with data from 1836–1839, naming Danube boundary, 56 large towns and 1 307 172 houses, and detailing religions, land, cattle, and cities Buda and Pesth. It also reports on the Cassius M. Clay and Cyrus Turner fatal encounter, Turner’s charges, the courtroom exchange, and Clay’s retaliation.
In 1837 Tangary had at least 259,048 privileged noblemen who pay no taxes. The timber industry has grown since, yet the class remains burdensome. They impede the kingdom's progress by hindering fertile growth and contributing to poor roads and costly transport.
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