01 Sep 1849
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Newspaper
Pickens Keowee Courier
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1849
Page
1
The notice outlines a one dollar fifty cent yearly subscription with a three month payment window and delayed two dollar payment portion. Subscriptions not clearly limited run indefinitely until discontinued. Advertisements cost 75 cents per ounce and 87 Let eta? Liberal deductions offered to yearly advertisers. Communications should be addressed to the publisher postpaid.
A Palmetto State Banner excerpt urges unity among Democrats to defend Southern rights amid Northern abolitionist pressure. It argues for constitutional fidelity, warns of disunion, and praises a forthcoming shift toward harmony while condemning abolitionist interference with slavery. It also includes a Spartanburg notice promoting a Deaf and Dumb school and funding mechanisms.
A mass of fragmented reports covers a supposed insult to the Americas' Consul by French troops, a military inquiry, and a vivid lionized skeleton exhibit at the Apprentices' Library. It also includes a sensational tale of a Georgia man born enslaved, the Baltimore Courier report, and a shocking London Times murder confession with financial motive.
The report describes a French patrol entering an American house, detaining two men identified as a military deserter and a French army de corre, then withdrawing. General Oudinot sent to Cass a formal apology, stating no intent to violate diplomatic rights and that the two prisoners were released.
Jury swiftly found Nub guilty after a short deliberation. The judge sentenced the defendant to death and she was removed from the bar in a state of implied resignation. A Union letter from Col. Weller’s party notes delays and hardship on the San Diego boundary survey and reflects on mining wage pressures and labor challenges ahead of fall work.
Last night about 30 broke into Lia Fontain's house in Montreal firing shots. a man named Misen was shot ten times and died instantly, coroner's inquest set for tomorrow. Donnegan's hotel burned with an estimated loss of £35,000, one fireman dead. Also reports political commentary on General Taylor and Assembly revisions at Warrenton Springs. Additional notes mention ministers to Spain, St James, and France, plus cholera and heat deaths in Austria and Hungary.
Editorial excerpt argues for rutabaga and red top turnips as winter feed for stock, asserting turnips improve cattle, milk, and wool quality while reducing dependence on cotton. Warns against blinders and urges farmers to rethink land use and diet, citing English practice and economic benefits.
The article notes strict penalties for selling spiritous liquors in Comnoes tieut with fines for first and second offenses and doubled penalties on conviction. It mentions Kir. Wool hag, 46, with pending cases and a heavy penalty of 8114,100,083,649,000-char Mercury. Maj. James McScanthind dies at Red Bulphur Sprmen Tenny on the 22d ult after flag raising at a Mexican fort at Cer-10 Gordo. he was wounded in the head but died from the injury.
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