Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1850-04-19

S=::l< sogrenfion. We extract tie fol-
lowing from an editorial in the New York
Herald with The above heading:
ave have very large exchenge with
the t,spers Of the South. Probably two
thirds Of the journals issued in the
Suutbern States are received at this Of
Zee, and out # tie whole numter. we
have ascerained by accurate eEamiDa-
iion-and c..nld give list Of their names
II nccessary--that out Of one hundred
SopiheiS journals. taken indiscriminately,
we fi,id about seyenty-6ge in favor of the
Nashville forvention. and twenty. Eve
either neutral or moderately against il.
II the newspaper press Of the Soutii.
therefore, NAV be co Sidered true indi-
cation of public opinion in that region OF
the Union, we must say that ? vast pro-
portion of the people Of the South with
out reference to party, are IN favor of the
Convention at Nashville, for The purpose,
as tn Y avow themselves. not Of dissolv
ing the Union, but 10 reflect and consul;
on the present condition Of public fairs
in reference 10 the slavery question, and
the agitation and difficulties growing out
oil Il, in that section of the Union. An
other curious fact also j. evident in the
Investigation which we have made in this
matter. Allo the Democratic journals
of the South. without exception, and
twn-thirds we may say of the Whig news
papers in ;1ie same region. arc uni cd,
moe orlcSs strongly. in the same move
,n"nt : that Of hn,i G meeting in Nash
vile and consulting on the present state
of the county. The only opposition 10
/ the mov' m"nt which we can perceive
IN the Southern newspapers. arises from
a few neutral or Wing presses in some Of
llrgc ciics--p'csscs which may be sup
posed 10 be under the influence Of North
ern minds or in. elects"
Inoiher Sho,cer of Flesh and Blood
Mr.. &. w. Bassett sends 10 the Rioh-
mond Wing, an account of a small cloud
passing over, ii few PAGES from the south
bank Of Pamunkey liver, in the lower
end Of Hanover county, Va. on the estate
called Pennington, and diScharging "a
round, over IL surface of something less
than one rood of ground, various pieces
of flesh and liver The Wing says:
The specimens sent 20 us have been
10 DIR. Glbson, and The result Of his ex-
animation will Lc given They had very
Wuch the smell of frogS--and were prob
ably originally denizens of some swamp
taken up by a water spout.
FArHER MArHEw.--The iabors of
Father Mathew in the sacred cause Of
temperance have been, up to this period,
crowned with signal success Upwards
of six thousand have already taken the
total abstinence pledge in New Orleans.
Picayune.
The LAprEs.--A line of telegraph has
been established between Philadelphia
and Dan,ilc. and at several of the sta
tions young ladies are employed as oper.
tors, Good
Eleven camcls were imported into Bal
iimore last week from the Canary Islands
/ They are in:enGed for the Far jpest, to
test whether they can he raised and nc
climated.-Phil. Ledger.
THE ADVANTAGES OF A WIPE.-T ey
are extremely silly persons who rail al
married life and endeavor to be witty AT
the expense ofmarlied people. The fac,
| is, that many of these calumniators are
not able to obtain wives. 4 mans wife
is his best lawyer, his judge. best advi-
ger, and what is important also, the cheap
est and most reasonable.
THE NEw Arr OF KERAsoPHAsY;--A new
art has been discovered in Berlin, which con
si,ts in making pictures of a material, tine psin.
cipal Ingredient Of which is WAX i'm imitation oI