Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-08-22


tion of Col Orr doubtful; but on the contra
ry it is moro certain than it was at the cid of
the last session.
DEkTu'sDoINcs.- -Liwo of President Piorce's !
Cabinet oficors-:fiessrs. Marcy and Dobbin !
have died witt in six months of his retire
mcnt; his posmastcr General has also lost
his wife, and General Rusk, of Texas, who
was elected President pro tempore oftho Sem
ate, at the close of his term, also among the
dead. Rarely do we find so large an amount
of mortality in so short a timc in political
family.
KANsAs.-Gov Walker has "cvacuatod"
Lawrence with his troops, and quictncss once
more reigus in the territory.
AT II AGAIN.-Thc know notiings ofOhio
are building new platform" for their par
| ty. 1t is too bulky to hold together any con
siderable lcngth of timo. Stand from undcr!
sWmIAMsroN.-Mr j. w. Cobb has sold
his hotel to a company of gentlemen in Able
vile, who have in contemplation its improve
mcnt, and the installation of Bill lucy, as
landlord.
SAD ACCIDENT IA man attempted to seize
Favorable opportunity" few days since,
but his hold slipped, and he fell to the ground
considerably injured. Sorry for him, very I!
TENNESSEE ODD FELLows,--By the report
of the Grand Master of Tennessee, it appears
that the ordor in that State is in very pros
porous condition-thc number of Lodges
amounting to 3,207, and the sum paid out for
the relief of widows, orphans, afflicted and
destitute Brethren, swellcd up to the amount
of orer a hdifmiIion.
LOVE CoMPAssETm ITS ENDs.--In Cincili-
natl, recently, the daughter OF - wealthy cit
young man as Secretary to her father, and
thon, when her parents went to Newport, shc
stayed behind on somo plausible excuse went
of with the young follow, ana was married.
ELEcrED.-Mai. John Earlo Bomar has
been elected Ordinary of Spartanburg dis
trict, by majority of fifty votes, after q most
exciting contest with j. Rufus Poole, Esq.
There were 1904 votes pollcd,
boysf Because they mustbe Mrashed before
they arc fit for use.
NoMINATED-A correspondent of tho Lau.
rensville Herald nominatcs, in an article OF
six columns in length, Hon. r.. BarnwclI
Rhctt for the vacant Scnatorship. That pa
per supports the nomination, and rc-atfirms
the doctrine of secession promulgated il
I850-5l.
BANKs.-Thc people of Chcraw and Sum
tor intend applying to the Legislature, at it
next session, for a charter each for Bank a
these places.
LA."-Thc Rochester correspondent o
the New York hiwor saw Lola Montcz in al
omnibus the other day, with her agent, til,
Rov, c, G. Burr, and two puppy spnnicls
which she called her children, and which Mr.
Burr was evidently expected to look after
An AGED GRADuATE.-Tho honorary de
: gree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred a
the rccont Commencement at Darmoutli, oi
Rcv. John Sawyer, of Maine, one hundre,
' and two years old ncxt October lie gradu
ated u years ago.
ii GES. WNLkRR;-This filbustcring Gen
crol is in Charleston, making arrangements
it is said, for another descent upon Nicara
qua.
ACCIDENTAL DEATus.--A friend ha
given the Charleston Courier the followin
L account of a melancholy occurrence at All
n ken, and the sudden death of two resident
+ of that village:
=. "Their names are John Taylor and Wi
. liam r. Randall. They were found o
y Monday night, just after the down trai
passed from Augusta, laying in the cut
One of them, Randall, fell from the ON
= bankment, striking his head against tn
crosa-ties and inficting wound Just be
II hind the ear, from which the brain oozcd
Y also fracturing his arm and leg. The otl
d er, Taylor, lay between the tracks. II
It supposed that the iron under the COW catch
: CT buried itself III his skull is it passed owe
him.
"The Jnry, on Tuesday morning, mad
p up verdict in accordance with the opinio
nj of DIR. Logan, who was called in to exaniin
. the bodies, and with the facts already sta
Q ed.
TIE UNITED STATES AND FoREIG
n NAT1oNs.-Wc copy the following pari
1T graph from the National Intelligencer.
., Our governmental affairs with the fo
IL eign world are in state of unwonted,
1t not unprecedented tranquility--tho onl
unsettled matters we believe being III