Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-09-05

is pcrcoptible on the contrary, among the
common people, there seems to bo prcdilec
ton for the black races.
PLEASANT PLACE TO LIVE INA Vera
Cruz correspondent, writing on the 4th inst,
states that the mortality from the Vomito was
very great. Suicide was 80 frequent that it
was regarded rs epidemic. Smuggling was
carried on to a great extent on the frontier.
DEaTu OF Col BRANNoN- James
Brannon, formerly of Spartanburg district,
diod at Marietta, Ga. OH the Goth ult Col.
B. commanded company in the war of 1912,
and was member of the Legislature from
Spartanburg For tho last few years he had
resided in Georgia.
TOBACCO IN YIRGISIA.--Tho Richmond
SontA, reports n falling off in the supply of
tobacco coming to that market at this time,
which state of things is likely to continue for
several mouths to come. Tobacco is Mt
stand in price. If any change takos place it
will be hu advance
New York, Aug. l4-Tho Surrogate Court
to-day decided against Mrs Cunnineham's
claim to tho Burdell estate This decision
gives the property to the blood relatives of
the deceased.
ALABANA-In the Legislature of Alabama
the Senate stands twenty-eight Democrats to
Two Know Nothings, and the House eighty
five Democrats to fifteen Know Nothings.-
Democratic majority on joint ballot only nine
ty-threc.
Observation-Disclosures powder mills, at
Wilmington, Del. exploded on the 23rd Au-
gust. A, Dupont was killed, and several
others mortally injured.
DEAD.-IIon. John Long died in Randolph
county. N O., on Tuesday of last week. from
ia fall received while climbing fence. lie
was formerly mcmber of Congress from
North Carolina, and had, until lately, been
prominent politician in that State.
"A GRAND FIELD OF OATs.-We understand
that Mr.. George Taylor had, at his Halle
wood estate in Caroline county, Va this
last season, a fold of 700 acres all in oats
As the season has been q most kind one for
this crop, Mr.. T.'s product must have been
immense.
learns that the estate of Ex-Governor Sprague
of Rhode Island, amounts to over sir million,
of dollars
One HORSE STATEs.-It is proposed to an
mex tho little State of Delaware to Maryland;
New Jersey to Pennsylvania and Rhode
Island to Connecticut.
EXECUTION OF A MURDERER.-M the
murderer of Norcross, was executed at IIolli-
daysburg, Pa, on the 2lst ut He died pro-
testing his innocence. lie attempted to com
NIT suicide early in the morning. IIo spoke
nearly two hours from the scaff0ld.
LARGE MAJonITY.-Thc Eighth Congrcs-
sional District of North Carolina, which for
merly polled Wing majority of six thousand,
has lately elected Mr.. Clingman, Democrat,
by vote as follows Clingman, ,673; Vance,
3,2ll; Wilson, 446. Clingman's majority
5,5l6.
" FAST" AGE TRuLY.-A child of an emi-
grant family died of scarlet fever while the
cars wore stopping at Oneida OH Thursday
evening of last week, The bcreaved parents
left the corpse at the station, while the poor
master furnished the coffin and the grave
clothes for the little one, and it was buried by
strangers.
WHEAT CRoP OF INDIANA-It is estimated
that the wheat crop in Indiana, this snason
reached as high as 100000 bushels, the
largest crop Gy 100000 ever raised in the
State.
ExrELLED.--A correspondent of the New
York Express says that preacher named j. |
G. Richardson has been expelled from Tazc-
well, Tenn, lie gave up "scvcraI thousand
abolition tracts" which wero burned in the
streets.
ELEcrRD.-Col. Louis II. Wigfall, formerl,
of Edgefcld district, has been elected to tho !
State Senate of Texas. His prospects ore |
said to ho good for the u. s Senate from that |
State, and we are glad to hear it.
ORANoEBURG, Aug. 29.-This morn
ing, about l o'clock, fire broke out in
two-story wooden building, belonging to
Mr.. j. ID. Sanders, from which it commu-
nicated with the store house of Messrs.
Ehney q Co., destroying both, together
with some out-buildings, in quite q short
time. Mr.. Sanders and family were all
absent Nothing was saved from the house
OF Mr. Sanders, and / understand he had
'noinsuTance except upon the house. Mes
Sis. Ehney & Co are olso insnrnd ntbo, ]