Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-08-15

from the crop of chicken picco of gold val
ucd at one dollar and forty cents.
Later from Texas.
The steamship Galveston arrived at New
Orleans on the 3D.
| The Galveston Civilian, of the lst., in it's
| commercial article, says:
Although corn has been greatly injured by
drought in this State, and cottonis backward
n fair crop of the lattcr seems now to be al
most certain, though particular nciehbor-
thppds have suffered much from unfavorahlc
Ewcathcr. The crop will doubtless bc.much
larger than that of the year now closing.
Cotton still arrives slowly ut this port, and
the receipts will doubtless continue small un-
til tho new crop begins to como forward.
Tho Galveston News learns from a gentle
man from Sabine Pass, that the work on the
! Mexican Gulf an Henderson Railroad has,
for the present been suspended. Between
ten and fifteen miles ofthis road havo been gra-
dcd Tho charter requires twenty-five miles
to be completed by the 18th Of November
next.
! The Victoria Advocate learns that the pros
poets of the Military Institute at Rutcrsyilc
arc worry lattoring. Professor Forshcy has
left for the North to procure library, and
! chemical and philosophical apparatus.
The Galveston Herald says tho Powder
| horn Victoria and Gonzales Railroad Compa-
ny is about to organize with view of prose-
| cutting the work.
a correspondent of the San Antonio Led
| ger says that II vein of stone coal has bocn dis
covered on Cane Creek, in Gillespie county
/ TRANSPORTATION OF ENGLIsn CoNvIcrs.-
The London correspondence of the Phiadcl-
phia American writes:
! An interesting batch of convicts are about
| to be conveyed to Frcemautle, in wostorn
I Australia. Among them are Paul Strahan
and Bates, the bankers of the Strand Stra-
| Ian, to my personal knowledge began life
with $l,500000 in cash, and estates worth
| at the lowest fraction 81, ,250,0 900. This large
| fortune was left to him by the late Andrew
Strahan, the kings printer, George the
! Fourth's reign who himself died worth in
| cash alone 81, 100000, and estates of great
! value besides. Strahan's rcal nameis Snow,
| and he took the name of Andrew Strahan
| when he came in possession ofthc wealth the
old man left him. He is now a miserable con-
4 vict Robson, the Crystal Palace forger, and
| Rcdpath, of the great Northern frauds, are of
T the party also Agar, who stole the gold
! from, the Southeastern Railway; Seward, the
| barristcr, known as ''Jcm," the penman 9TH
ers equally notorious, will perform the voy-
age together in the same ship.
l BOSTON, August O.---A disastrous gale, on
the 22d of July, caused great loss of life a.
mong tho fishermen on the north shore of the
! Providence of New Brunswick.
| The Miramichi Cleaner, of that date, learns
! that sixty boats have beou lost, supposed to
be owned by parties living between Noguac
| and Thcvade, and that fifty one died bodies
/ have been picked up between these two pl.-
1 oeS.
| It's calculated that two hundred boats were
out fishing, and many moro disasters, it is
I feared, have occurred.
The master of q coaster from Shedac put
into Egmont Bay, Prince Edwards Island
during the storm, and he counted one hun.
drcd and thirty fishing crafts that had run in
for shelter. He states that there was great
destruction among tho fishing boats, q mum
q bor having fioatod ashore.
4 NEW oRtEANs, Aug. 1.-THE returns in
dicate the election of Runnels (Democrat) al
Governor of Texas, and his majority over
Houston is now placed at $4,000.
The legislative elections, as far AS hearc
from, have resulted in favor of the Democrats
ST. LoUIs, Aug 6.-Rollins, the Blacl
Republican and know Nothing candidate fol
Governor in this State, is defeated by Stew
art, Democrat, by from hye to ten thousand
majority.
+ DvnGouE, Aug 4;-Tho Democratic ma
1 iority in this county is about 1900. The ma
? jorlty against the now constitution is 1000.
In Scott county, the Democrats .Leyc elcc
tod their sheriff and Judge by small majori
" the Republicans tho balance of the Off
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