Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-05-02

Der Of miles of submarine telegraph cable
now laid, is eight hundred and five, and
when the cable is laid between this coun-
| tfy,and England, 1.-The total lumber viii be
2,5oo. What will be attempted next?
ACoNsTANT SEsKER AFTER LreHr.-Thc
Petersburg Democrat says that there is d
man in that CITY who has applied at the
post-Qffce. for letter or paper every day in
the last eighteen years, and has nevor been
gratifed by receiving one.
VALUE OF REAL EsrirE.--The value OF
the real estate Of Virginia is estimated cor.
rcchy at $450,000,ooo!
EMlGRaNTs.--Th total number of i'm
migrants arrived at New York for the week
ending Saturday, lSlh, was G,s04. Ofthis
number 4,s23 came from london and Liv,
erpool; 1920 from Hayre; and 6Gi from
Bremen and Hamburg,
] DEAD.--Lieut. Wm. Gardner, of the II.
). Navy, died very suddenly in Augusta
Ga. on Wednesday last, of disease of the
heart lie was about forty years Of age
and leaves a large circle of relatives and
friends to mourn his loss.
LONG RAILrtoAp.--Thc Pacific Railroad
through Texas will be 8s3 miles long, and
hasa grant of s,0l7,oO0 acres Of land and
loan of $4,000 per mile from the State.
BAD News FOR "YoUHa AMERICA. -
Fire crackers are now selling at three dol
lars per box, which is an advance Of 5oper
cent. on the price of last year. The iuve,
nile portion of the community must retrench
between this and the 4th of July, or expect
to be denied their usual share in the enioy.
ments Of the day.
INDICATIVE OF CuARAcTER.-Th ap.
pearqnco of farm, its buildings, and the
live stock belonging to it, indicate charac-
ter and standing Of its owner.
NATIVE AMERICAN CAMELs.--Wo have
some camcls in Texas to which the natur.
ahzaton laws would not apply three hav-
ing been born under the stars and stripes.
Tie PUBLIo BUsrNEss.--By way of af.
tording the distant public some idea Of the
immensity of tho Governments business in
Washington, we have to mention that H.
946 letters were received at the Office of
the Auditor of the Treasury for the Post
Office Department during the week ending
April 20, 1857, requiring the action Of the
Office. 1883 Of the number were received
by the mail Of Monday, the, l7th instant.
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"CoMMoN SonooLs."--C. G. Memmin-
ger Esq, Of Charleston,is sojournng for
short time in the Northern and Middle
States, inspecting the common schools"
there, with view to ali improvement of
onr present imperfect system II is a la
Dor Of love and we wish him God-speed.
ST. LoUIa, April l8.--Henry J.. ADAMS,
the Free. State candidate for Mayor, at
Leaveuwortb, Kansas, has been elected by
$50 majority over ALL
I BAcKIHos ,nnwS,---Tha Ynnn9 Mems
Christian Association Of New York, has re.
considered its resolution forbiding discus
sions of the slavery question A new crop
of abolition speeches may therefore be look.
cd for in that quarter.
The ,GAnsDEN PURcHAsE.-The Wash
ington Union says that letter has just
been received in that city from an officer of
the army stationed in Arizania, New Mex
leo, which states that Arizauia possesses one
of the finest climates in the world, and is
rich in gold and silver mines.
| BRANDINa. ~ Boswell, for the murder Of
spivey, and John Kelly, for the murder of
Harris Walters, have been found guilty in
Norlh Carolina. A verdict of manslaugh-
ter was renderedsiD each case, and the pris-
oners were branded and sent to Jail, the
former for ten days, The latter for four
months.
JuDGE BUTLER. We regret to learn from
the Edge6eld Advertiser Tint the health OF