Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1850-05-10

terests. She, moreover, had the salts
faction of hearing from the Swedish king
the first prophecy of that after success
which was to make her the most celebra-
ted singer of modern Europe.
Go on as you have begun, Madem-
oiselle Lind, said the monarch, sand |
tell you that your reputation will not be
limited to Germany and to Sweden.
You will enrapture the whole of the
musical continent
Jenny bowed to him. What could
she say to such prediction. She must
have have often thought of it in after
years, when borne upon the wings of her
own genius, she had assembled to the
topmost pinnacle of fame
The Telegraph an Russia. THE Jour
nal des Debats states that the Emperor
of Russia intends to put st. Petersburg
in direct communication with Berlin and
Vienna, by means of line of electric
telegraph, which will pass by Warsaw
and Bosen' towards the capitals of Ger
many, and that he has already entered
into the preliminary negotiations for the
execution of this undertaking.
Female Eaitors.-There are six pa
pers in the United States under the edi-
torial charge of ladies. They are,
The Pittsburg Visiter, Mrs. Swisshelm.
The Windham County Democrat, (Vt)
Mrs. j. g. III. Nichols. The Lily, Sen
eca Falls,) lfrs. Bioomer. The Lancas-
ter Gazette, (Pa.) Mrs. Pierson. The
Yazoo Whig, Mrs. Horn. The noun
tain Bough, Mrs. Prewett.
A LARGE HAMMER-The London cor
respondent of the Philadelphia North
American writes that Ihessrs. Nasmyth
& Gaskill, the celebrated machinists of
Manchester, are manufacturing gigantic
steam hammer for an establishment at
New York. 1t weighs six tons, and will
be shipped In few days from Liverpool
to its destination. 1t is the largest ham
mer that has ever been made in England.
The machinery by which It will be work
is brought to such perfection that thick
bar of iron can be sundered by one blow
of the hammer, or an egg placed in a
wine glass can be Clipped at the top, with
out breaking the glass.
How SHoE-PEas ARE MADE.-The
following interesting sketch of factory
where 1000 bushels ofpegs are made an
nually. at Vienna Village, Kennebec coun-
ty, is from the Maine Farmtr:
The logs are sawed in blocks of suitable
length for the pegs, and the ends are pla-
ned smooth. Grooves are then cut out
on the end Of these blocks, crossing each
other at the right angles, and these form
the points of the pegs. They are then
separated by splitting the prepared
blocks, knife being introduced between
each row of points, corresponding with
the growing. All these operations are
performed by the machinery with the ut
most precision and celerity. The pegs
are then bleached, dried, and prepared
for the market. We do not know what
further Improvements can be made in the
manufacture of shoe pegs. We recolleet
the time when the sons of Crispin' made
their own pegs-splitting them from the
block, and pointing them with the shoe
knife. The machinery in the above es-
tablishment, we will venture to say is ca
pable of turning off more pegs in one day,
than all the shoemakers in the State could
make in the old way in the same time,
while the machine. pegs are altogether
superior The machinery here used was
invented and patented bya New-Hamp-
shire Yankee.
Mr.. Thomas G. Norris, the proprietor
of this factory, informed us that since
September last, he had sent 127 barrels
of shce pegs and pins for cabinet work to
Manchester, England. He has further
orders from the same place which he is
unable to supply at present, in consc-
quence of the wa.ei being so low in the
stream that he could not keep his works
in operation through the winter.
[r ,respmdence of the Charleston Courierl
lu WAsHNaroM April 10.
The week opens brightly. Whatever
discontents have prevailed they are now
nearly extinguished Nothing could be
more auspicious than the agreement of
the members of the Committee, ten of
the thirteen being present, to ascheme of