Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-10-31

sition oftho Governor of Georgia, and rcmov- /
od for. trial to that State ena similar charge.
sGEoKaIA BasKs.-7-All the banks in Angus
ta, Ga, have suspended, and are arranging
for uniform rate of currency and exchange
30 as to enable the crops to move forward to
markets.
BEARs.--The iScatinct says that bear
weighing 200 pounds was killed in the upper
part of Barnwoll District few days ago. 4
Several of the varmints" have been seen in
that vicinity recently, and Capt @, G. Cooper
wounded very large one near his residence,
on the Edsto, /
HoNrctDE. Reilly was killed by
in an affray,
"WG NE'ER SHALL SEX HIM MoRE.'-Thc
Grimes family appears to be in bad way,as
wimessthe extracts below: "Old Grimes is
dead" Mr.. s. @. Grimes died recently in
Georgia at the great age of ITO years. He
was never sick. Mr.. Jas. Grimes was thrown
from his horse and killed in Adams county,
| Pa, last week He leaves wife and nine
children.
STREET FIGnr IN MEMPHIs.-In n street
fight which occurred in Memphis, Tenn, on
Wednesday morning last, Col. Cockrcll, pro-
prictor of the Commercial Hotel, was badly
wounded by pistol in the hands of Doctor
! lIooke.
| a CUNNING MATCu.-Thc son of Henry S.
Gum, of Mississippi, run off two weeks ago
with his fathers second wife. The "son of q
gun" has not been heard of since. and the
first "gun has not gone OFF, in pursuit ofhim.
TENEEssEE-Thc Nashville Union gives
the official vote of Tennessee at the last GU
bcrnatorial election, as follows: For Harris
~ l69, for lIatton 5o,S07 IIarris's majority
| 1889 ~ ,.
GEORGIA STATrsrIcs.-Thc Comptroller
General of Georgia publishcsn ototon,vnt,
showing the number of "polls" (thosc who
may pay poll tax) to be OF, 149 free negroes,
1914; slaves, 426, 6,5GG, 90; acres of land 33,-
285 5,669.Oo; value ofproperty returned in 1856
$4o5, AIS, ,045 90; value of property returned
in 1857, $52S, ,o27 ,963--incrcased value of
taxable property in one year, $33, ,449,9lS.
THANKsaryINGs.- Gs.-Thanksgiyings have COM
mcnced North, In New York twill be Goth
November, and in Maine the 10Th
A CANDIDATE FOR THE SENArE.-Bcni.
Brandreth, the "pill DOCTOR" is o candidate
for the New York State Senate.
QswEGo, n. Y, Oct 20.-A terrible gale,
accompanied with snow, set in here to-day,
Fdoing considerable damage, A vessel, name
unknown, capsizcd and sunk in tho harbor.
All ON board supposed to have pcrishcd
A PRINTER IN LUcK.-A, young English
printer, named Henry Floyd, for some time
engaged in the Savannah Georgian Office,
sailed for Europe, on Monday last, to take
possession of fortunc-$S0O ,000-to which
he has fallen heir.
| A YoUNG GRENADIER.-The littlc Prince
Imperial, of France, is entered upon the roll
of the French Grcnadicr Guards, draws nay,
and his name is called at muster, when an.
swcr is made for him, ''on leave with his
family"
! HAPPY MAN.-Thc girls of Northampton
have been sending bachelor editor bor-
| quet of tanzy and wormwood The wretch
cd individual says he don't care it's swcctcr
ti'au matrimopy, anyhow.
y SUSPENDED RAILRoXDs.-Furccu raii,ona
IScompanies, North and West, hayo "suspon-
dcd" within the past few days. Their liabili-
tics united amounts to $lSl, 700, ,0OO-an enor-
nous sum
REcovEREp.-Com'r. Allen, of Washington
has recovered $4,000 of the amount stolen
from the Custom house, at Richmond, Va,
recently.
DEAD.-John Scishing, Esq, a prominent
member of the Charleston bar, died in that
city on the 18th inst. He was member of
q previous Legislature.
ELEcrIoN ExciTEMExr.-Th election for
Mayor of Charleston is creating some excite
mont in that city, L. d. Richardson, Esq.
is the rctrenchmcnt' and opposition candi-
date. Judge Macbeth is the candidate Of tho
party now in power. The election takes place
in November, ~
Early on Wednesday morn
ing, 2ist inst. a young man named Parker,
residing in Poughkeepsie, N. ", arose in his
sleep, dressed, wentto tho depot, got on board
O. freight train, and rode in G baggage ear55
miles and was quite astonished when tho con-
ductor woke. him mp for his ticket.
A MAN SHOT BY A WoNAs.--Last Friday
night, colorcd man named Archibald John
ann hod ~, .,ltnroot:e,, a..