Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-10-03

SHiiicStoh ut tiAlceh cents por pound!
/ THE SQuAsH.-Thc Sumter JKutchman gives
us an account of ofa,Sq'tdSh presented to the
editor of that paper by Col. A.. c.. Spain. 1t
,weighed73 pounds measured d foet8 inches
in length !! and feet in circumference II -
This is the whoppiuS-cSt spvasb-er we've eyor
read aboutW IS.
A BAD TEAcnER.-A school teacher, who
was married ut Upton, Indiana, on the Eth
ult., was arrested the same evening, at Ko.
komo, on n charge of biSamy. lie is said to
have eight wives
a SOUTHERN CoRNFIELD-Mr. Daniel S.
Morrison, was recently lost in an immense
corn6cld in Hot Springs county, Arkansas.
and wandered about for three days, trying to
day by his negroes, who went out 70 search
for him. Uyh!
Ouo STATE FMR.-Thc eighth annual
State Fair of Ohio is in full operation at Gin
cinnati, and the display is chroniclcd by the
papers of that city as unparalleled Over
twenty thousand strangers arc said to hayc
arrived to witness the attractions, ana more
were expected.
TIE CoTToN CRoP.-From reliable data re-
ceiycd at Washington it has been asccrtaincd
that the cotton crop of the Unitod States, for
tho year ending on the 30th of juno, is 373,-
l4o,2l6 pounds short of tho preceding year.
The value, however, was So ,39G COS greater.
Pork IL EAST TENNESSEE. Knoxville
/ sJ,,.y Nl,nk II
ter are already being made Holders of the
article arc refusing eight cents per pound net
The Register has heard of few engagements
mt 81 cents.
LARGE REwARD.--Thc Mayor of Charles
ton has offered reward Of one thousand dol
lars for tho arrcsr and proof to convict tho
person who recently fired that city.
a FENr.-A Mr.. Miller, living in Pcndlc-
ton county, one day last week walked from
his home to IIarrssonburg, Ya.-3l niles
carrying copper still worm, twenty-five feet
long. lie is II years old. Some of our
Young Americans" would staggcr under
such task.
~ "74" FOR THE RUssIANs.-On Monday
the stern post ola "a" for the Russian Gov
ernmcnt was raised at tho naval ship yard Of
VIM. III. Webb, in New York She is to be
screw steamer of extraordinary Dimensions,
and will be the flagship of the Russian Navy.
Baron Stocckcl, the Russian minister, togcth
er with several distinguished officers of the
Russian Navy, werc present.
A BIG BEAR.-Col. Wuldon, of the Lewis
ton Falls Journal killed q bear at Pcrryvillc,
Androscoggn county, Maine, on Saturday
last weighing eix hundred and thirty-two
pounds. He was tough one to kill, but
three balls and the insertion of knife, be
tween his ribs, finally did his business.
BANGS VS. TIE RAILRoAD.-The Patriot
states that ia the Federal Court at Marietta,
Georgia, the great case of Bangs & Co. vs..
the Blue Ridge Railroad Company was post
poncd. 1t would take the Judge six months
to read the testimony in the case! This will
have to be done in vacation, or the term of
the Court be protracted by act of Congress-.
TnE RErM.-Tho thirty clcrgymeu of Con
nccticut have published q long reply, says the
S'drRa'd, to President Buchauan's letter.
Their reply fills three columns closely prin
tod, Why they made it so long is hard to
tell, unless it be thatnot having one good ar
guncnt on their side, thoy desired to CONF
pensatc in quantity.
TnE SoUru CAROLINA IxsrITurE.--The an.
nual exhibition of this Society for the i'm
provemcnt of the Mechanic Arts will take
place on the 18th of October in Charleston.
a long list of Premiums is ofierod there will
no doubt be great competition.
CRIME IN NEw ORLEANS, LA--Therc have
been 81 murders and homicidos in Now Or
leans, La, during tho past eighteen months.
a great many persons also have disappeared
who are supposed to have hccn murdered.
FIRE IN CHAELEsToN The loss by the fire
in Charleston was correctly stated last week
at 100000. $4,000 was covered by insu-
rance in various Offices.
Loss BY FmE.--A fire broke out in st.
Louis on the 18th ult, destroying property
to the amount Of $15O,0Oo. A very small
amount of which is covered by insurance.
TIE MoRMoNs.--A Mormon Assembly Was
dispersed by band of peasants, armed with
sticks and guns, in Sweden, and driven out
of the village to tan pit. Several of tho
Mormons were dipped into the pit and then
let so. The consequence is that the converts
are returning to Lutheranism.