Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-06-13
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Hon. JAS. l.. ORR.-This distinguished
and talented gentleman from South Carroll
ma, has been in our city for several days.
He expresses himself highly delighted with
our city. Hepurposes visiting Omaha city,
in Nebraska. He has been a member of
Congress for eight successive years from
his tiative State, South Caroliua, aud so
great was his popularity that after his first
election in lS48, he has had no opposition,
and now declines reelection, though he
has one or two yet TO serve.
After the speaking was over between Dr.
Stringfellow and Gen. Whitfield, on Wed.
uesday last, at the Planters House, the
crowd called upon Mr.. Orr for speech
lie appeared and after thanking them for
tire call thus hatteriugly made, declined =
He said the time had now come for Kansas
to take her position as State in the Union,
and for the people to settle their own ques.
tons for themselves without any outside in
tluence. He had denounced this interfer-
ence in others from remote States, and it
would be Improper in him TO lay himself
liable TO the same charge.-- Kansas Herald,
May %.
CHICAGO, June GA serious riot oc.
o"tod at Medina, Winuebago county. on the
4th inst, between the contractors and la.
borers on the R,cine and Mississippi Rail.
road. The citizens were required to arm
themselves against the rioters. Two men
were killed, and number seriously injured.
The sheriff of Winnebago county was sent
for. The eScitemen, in the vicinity was in
tense.
IlEFnEsuINe." Under the above cap
'ion, The Selma (Ala) Tri Weekly Rrport
er, chronicles the cowhiding of a gay Lo-
thafio of that city, by couple of young
ladies'. one of whom he had been dancing
Attendance upon for some time, and whom
he had subsequently slandered. Arden. as
MS a Sou'hern sun could make them, and
Justly indiguant ut the conduct of their ca
lumniator, they (eathercd in upon him, and
applied the lush with yiGor, ,hnt caused
the slanderer 10 wiithe with pain Finding
ms only safely was in nglo,iouslv vamosinV,
he did so through the window of the second
story of building, the ladies having taken
the precaution TO lock the door previous to
commence. the "refreshing" repast. He
landed upon terra frmo, however, without
serious injury, and incontinentlv LEI. his as
salfan's IN possession ef the field. This is
what our Selma contemporary denominates
retrcShinq;" but With all due Difference 10
the heporter, we must declare Tint we
should have decided aversion TO being re.
freshed IN any such way. Strawberries and
cream are decidedly more preferable.
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JoHN BuM ASD DRornER JoNATHAN.--
We are enabled to uform our readers at
last, that the event which we have so ofton
indicated, and which has been SO anxiously
looked for, on this side of the Atlantic, is
NJ last enlisted TO come off Lecompte,
liior and Pnoress. says the Spirit Of lie
Times, the three gallant coursers which,
were sent from lnis country last rHn, 81 ron-
front the renowned champions of the Eng.
llsh turf, npon their own ground, and AT
their own terms, are entered for the great
GoodwoodCup John Bull and Brother
Jonathan are, therefore fairly pitted against
each other for the thirG time, and f we win,
| the victory viii rcdound as largely to our
credit as If We again excelled the stout old
gentleman in agricultural advancement, or
dist"nced hlsvessels in speed upon the,man.
THE NICARAGUA FILlIBusrERs. s.-The
following melancholy details are the sad
closing of Walkers expedition:
at is estimated that, du,ing two years of
$500 enlisted or holding commission under
Walker, about 900 were killed or died Of
wounds or sickness, 700 deserted, $50 were
discharged, 43o were at Riyas on the lst of
May, and so in gnrrison or on steamers on
the river. Total, q, ,466--leaying SO unac.
counted for"
Ii is positively that he received no
less than FIVE thousand recruits from the
United States, and as only 1900 of these
arc accounted for by desertion, discharge
and surrender. the others must have starv-
ed or been killed or died of disease
Two HIoHLY CoLcaED PlcruREs.- Mrs.
Nesbit, in Albpny, owns house which Mrs
Scott rents. On Friday, Mrs. N. sent a
painter to fix, up the house; Mrs. Scott
wonldn't let him go ahead painter repor,
ted progress to Mrs. N. Mrs. n put on her
bonnet and off ito see about it;pwllile see
ing about it she got hold of apaint brush
and danbed Mrs Scott. Mrs. Scott got the
other brush and daubed back agai6; pain
ter rushed to the rescue Mrs Scott up'wilh
the paint pot and dcluged painter with the
contents; painter rushed off TO tho police
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