Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1851-04-12
EOreigaa NTisceIHamy.

AASooO OooSSi 10 di(Oul tO dDulCatG.
In the kingdom of Dahomey, the
chief execution is the first officer of
state, and holds the highest rank af-
ter the king.
The Jews are said to be suffering
dreadful persecution again in the
East,
Tie last accounts from Malta state
that Sir Charles Napieris seen walk
ing about with an immense beard
reaching almost to his knees.
New Grenada is offering 1875, 5000
square yards of land, and religious
toleration, TO all immigrants from
Europe deslrous of settling under the
republic.
The number Of men comprising
the French army at home for the eno
SUNG year Ia. sci down in the esti-
mate at 10000 infantry and $4,000
cavalry, for the projection of the
Popo,
The Austrian Minister of Com
merce llas issued an order that every
railway train carrying passengers
shall be provided with a portable
medicine chest and all necessary i'm
stplments 10 give assistance TO per-
sons who may meet with accident.
3 nj. Ross has navigated the
Gahdalquiver with RATS upon new
principle, from Cordova TO Seville, in
seyen days. They were laden with
whfat, oil, &c. The experiment is
considered highly satisfactory.
TURKEY.-The Sultan has publ h
ed an important firman in favor of
his christian Protestant subjects, in
which he commands that they shall
eXerelse their secular and religious
affairs IN their own way, without the
interference of any other community
whatever.
| ITkLY:-Letters from Rome state
that8he Russian and Austrian Minis
ters fave recommended the Pope to
quit hs residence at the Vatican,
which is near the Castle of ST. An
] geai coupled exciHsiVe,iv ~ Nv M On
treich, and 10 remove to The On;r.
NAL Hundreds Of workmen are
enjoyed IN restoring this last named
plaf, and placingit in state to re-
C;elN his holiness, and TO accommo-
datqhe various ministers and their
clelI S. ~
[ 1W Code Of Practice in Kentncky.
lh4ew Code of Practice prepared |
by lessrs. Johnson, Harlan TinunL
borhgh, commissioners, has passed |
'hea|eneraI assembly of Kentucky. |
1Is new code, among other re-
iorf, aboIishes the distinctions be.
twp law andlrquity, SO far as to
all legal and equitable rights, &c.
to enforced IN the same court in
theme action. ltabolishes all com
mqaw forms of action, and estab-
lsB in their stead two other forms
of hedies in all civil cases. The
coohon law mode of pleading gives
pig tea brief and plain statement
n'fnmon language, of the cause of {
acfl and OF the defence, which each
paf IS required 10 verify respective !
ly affidavit. Each party NAV ex. |
aYe his adversary upon oath.
gentleman Of Mobile, Ala, has I
ahg which was thrown up by a
pdot laborers, who were excaya- r
tl1a lew months ago, a piece of ii
ghd at Coosada Autauga country O
ltFaid to be composed of a ligRt n
NJ, so hard thai no impression v
cd be made upon ii by cuttinr r;
MASSIVE, shaped like ordinary h
r1Won by gentlemen, and instead fl
ooBtone set, it has a fattened sur m
fapp which are engraved skull III
y cfoss-bones. Ii was buried III
tlet or fourteen feet under the th
t8d' and is supposed to have be- isl
lh TO one of De Soto's parry laI
dEihe wanderingsin theregions E
1880. w
ne centuries ago a bag-piper vi,
I'D a subteranean p..ssaGe at or Ar
lhe Castle ofE,dinburgh, intend Gle
p proceed under the ground gri
4 through The center of the old Nc.
7 \ the palace at HoIyrood house Rie
aid' also, that he was a distm. tair
fd Highland chief and that he 10 {
took % play the pipes during due
Hne OF his progress. Some i'm lea,
Ikne1ts being required at the es da
le near the castle recently, som
'y 9i.i'unlan bones, a coal of due
ana me drone OF a pipe, we're pon,
kerd--the remains ofIhe lunfor1 tJpo
"a musipian n IT,. j .5sI It 49, tS'