Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1849-11-03

structed before that part of the continent
was covered by the debris from the noun.
tains, which elevated the surface above
the level of the ocean. and now forms the
habilable portion of West Jersey. PhiIa-
detphta Ledger.
A QUEER FREAK OF NATURE We
were shown, on Wednesday last, the
qucerest freak Of nature we ever saw
we doubt much if there ever was such
another instance in the world; and If
science can solve the mystery which sur
rounds 1t, we shall he greatly mistaken.
a Mr.. Greene, of Girard while engaged
IN butchcring sheep, found in the lights,
or lungs of one. quantity of pure lead,
weighing at least half pound. This
lead Is some six or seven inches in length.
and in shape, n very good representation
Of tree without foli'ge. 1t has somo
seventy or eighty prongs, or limbs, cover
I'd with buds and at the base a root
The lu n healthy state, and the sheep in
good order How came this in the
sleeps lungs? Will the scientific and
learned inform us?--Erie Observer.
KossuTH on RussrA.-In one of tho
letters of Kossuth, the Hungarian, re-
Gently published there is passage of
peculiar signifc ncc: "The policy of Rus
Sia," says the letter, "has changed its
CHARGER since she mingled in our af-
fairs. She desires to make herself loved
and fear she vii succeed in it. Those
who have dislikcd her most will seek her
favois and her smile, and parvenue as
she was she will at last become natural
lied in the true, the just, the beautiful.
the noble. Russia ten yeaIs hence will
be at the head Of the democracv; and
blessed, perhaps-so changing is de1ti.
ny--even by you and me"
THRILLING INcDENT.-Prof. Hitch.
cock, in leHer to the Amherst Express,
from Virginia, describing some Of the
conl mines in that State, relates the fol.
lowing thrilling incident:
ga hunter, one autumnnl evening
eagerly following in the chase, found
himself sliding down into an abandoned
coal pit; but seizing upon the top of
bush as he. Slipped down the craggv side,
he hung dangling in the air over the black
gulf, and felt conscious, from his know
ledge of the plNce, that if he fell he
ould drop at enst two hundred feet and
he dashed to pieces on the rocks beneath.
He struggled in vain to regain foothold
He heard the cry of his fellow hunters
and of the hounds ms they bounded past.
Heshoutcd with all his might. and the
forest returned his echo. but no voice of
rescue came with it. The winds whis led
around him. and the moon shone upon
hissface. but they brought no relief
His strength rapidly failed; he thought
in agony of his family and friends, but
he must die on awful death. and even his
mangled body never be discovered. His
mind became bcwildered, bis muscles
gave out, and down he went--down-~
down--swifter and swiftcr, nor struck
the bottom till he had reach the cno..
nous depth of--siy inches"
Much interest attaches to the action of
the Convention now sitting in Kentucky
to revise the Constitution of that State
especially in regard to its treatment of the
Slavery question, We find the following
paragraph concerning it in the Editori |
correspondence OF the Louisville Jou aql:
! "rhe committee on slavery have agreed
to report the provisions on that subject Of
the old constitution, except as to emanci.
patton. They propose that masters shall
not cmancipntc their slaves upon the soil.
but shall he bound to remove their emap-
cpated slaves. This will nearly pu. q ,
end to emancipation, for few slaves will
be willing to have freedom on these tcrn,s.
and few masters will compel his slaves to
take freedom on terms that would max .
the boon an injury. The committee will
not propose the incorporation of the negr q
INV in the constitution The same con-
mittee is charged with the subject of the
mode Of amending the constitution, but
they are not yet prepared to report on
the subject"
Beware Of Counterfeits.---We SAW on
Saturday, in tho possession of u gentle