Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1851-02-15
FOREIGN MISCELLANY,

Jenny Kind is said TO be expected
in Londof about june.
Sehumacker, the great astrononer
died at Altona on The 2Sth ul,
The Austrian Government are
said 10 have determined to lessen The
army by 100000 men,
M. Guizot has been elected Presi.
dent of the Academy of luscfip,iona
and Belle Lettfes, and M. de WallIy
Vice President.
The Madrid Gazette publishes the
text of a treaty of amitv and COM
merTce between the Queen ofSpain
and the Shah ofPersia,
Iti, said that The marriage ofPrince
George Of Mecklenberg Strelits with
the Grand Duchess Catherine ofRus-
sia, will be celebrated al ST. Peters.
burg towards the end of April
In consequence Of the frequent dis,
putes OF The actors and actresses with
the theatre directors in Berlin, and
the violation Of their engagements.
the Prussian minister offhe interior
has given an opinion that players or
singers may be compelled under pen
atty ofpolice arrest, TO perform their
engagements.
The late King of Holland was
thought 10 be the richest man in Eu-
rope; at his death he left GI2O0O.---.
He accumulated this immense sum.
by trade; in fact he was Il trader, and
used TO employ the men-of-ware to
bring home eargoes of colonial pro
duce for him. and as the freight cost
him nothing, of course he could under
sell the merchants, which caused
great dIscoRteHt.
Recogaitien cJthe LEberiaa. I2sbsJ-
itc-Ihe National lntelligencer saws
that delegation from the Am erican
Colonization Society waited upon the
Hon. Daniel Webster and urged him
TO recognise the Republic of Liberia.
Mr. Webster addressed the delega-
ton al some length of time in favor
of their proposition, and referrediT inc
committee TO President Fillmore,
who spoke encouragingly of the pro-
position.
The New York Tribune states that
the advertisement for house for Jen
ny Lind on her return to New York,
has been answered by over four hum
dred applications. The applicants
calculate on her well-knowh liberali-
ty in regardto terms.
Several natural fountains of great
beauty exist at Fond du Lac, in Wis.
consin, one of which discharges fortv
ilve gallons OF the pnrest water per
minute. II is said, that by boring in
the earth almost anywhere about the
place water will flow out.
Tie Power OF MAcInNERY.-In
report on manufactures, made in
1882, Mr.. Adams estimates the me-
chantcal machinery ofGrcat Britain
IN 1915 to have been equal to, the la
Dor of two hundred million of per
sons Il vii! now at tleast double the
amount OF that number, as will also
that OF this country. From data fur
nshed by Mr.. McCulloch, 1t appears
That with The present maciiinery,
each hand in q cotton mill performs
more work than two hundred could
eighty years ago. aas
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What a debt Of gratitude the doc.
tors owe that man who first invented
carriages! One half the medicine we
use is only substitute for WALKING.
Who ever heard Of wood-sawyer
being troubled with Indigestion or
the gout!
The Ohio Lawyers in the I.eaisla-g
ture want a printing establishment
SET up in the penitentiary. The prin-
terS have held a meeting and recon,
mended law school also.
The manager Of a Buncornbe hall
was IN the habit Of addressing the
malle portion Of the assembly thus:
",Aliyou boot and shoe men areito,
dance set dances all you moccasin
men dance reels only; and you bare.
looted fellows stand aside foriigs, and
take care OF your corns.'
my don't you look a6ostt tou, jon
athaR. = NE have for some lime past
observed that the soilersex have been
encroaching in the most au1Iacious
manner on the territories ofthe male
portion of the community; firstly, bv
uyafxt1nitss if.e ry,s.4k.tfl<, . - ActLy ny