Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-07-11

h"'S hHu ~ HleeliDR at or near tatf 2BIhII,
on the Wilmington Road. in North Carroll
ma. and that after an exchange of shots, the
affair terminated ~ (.
A HARD SroRY. The Albany New York
Statesman, spins an almost Incredible yarn
about lhe discovery of pearls in muscles
found in great quantities in a certain mud
bottomed creek near Albany 1t says that
one individual has collected SO many pearls
that $4,000 were advanced to him on their
deposit witha New y ork firm.
I JUNE SNows.-4-It showed at Mountain
City (Wis.) on the 10Th ult, sufficient to
whlten the tops of the steamboats,.
HEAVY Loss The Ithaca, N. Y. Jour
nal, says the damages to that place by the
food is estimated variously at from $780,
! 600 to quarter of a million of dollars.
FoUR YOUNG LADIES DROWNED Misses
Kate Farrell, Ellen Ratlleburn, and Julia
and Ann Brogan, went out with three young
men in sail boat, Friday evening at Web
s,er, N. Y. The boat capsized in a flaw of
wind, and all four Of the young ladies were
drowned.
CoNsTrUrIoNAL.-Thc Supreme Court
OF New York has decided that the Metro
polan police bill is constitutional.
PRrzE FIGur IN ENoLAND-The grand
| prize light for the championship of England,
an event which excited considerable atten.
ton, took place on the 9th ult., and result.
ed in Tom Snyers defeating the famous Tip
ton Slasher in eleven stou,ly contested
E.roun Is. The fight lasted one hour and for
ty minutes, and was witnessed by an i'm
mense concourse Of people
PopuLATIoN OF ST. LouIs.-The official
! returns of the census of ST. Louis, Mo-,
show population of l26.276 souls, of
whom 1884 are coored. / ,532 being slaves.
There are 66,74O white males and 3d..
252 white females, curious excess of the
former.
"ALL's WELL THAT ENDS WELL."-When
we see pretty female foot, we naturally
conclude that it belongs to pretty woman,
on the principle that all's well that ends
WELL"
BAD.-A young man, student ia the
Theological Seminary in Fairfax, Virginia,
shot and killed with revolver another
young man on Sunday last in fracas at
Sunday School.
EARrHouAKE IL LAURENs.-Mr. j. II.
Martin, reliable gentleman. informs us,
that on the night of ihe z Isl OF June, he fell,
very sensibly, the Evidences Of an earth
quake, at the residence of Mr.. John Robin.
son, near Poplar Spring, in the upper part
of THIS district 1t occurred between nina
and ten o'clock, and was also felt BY his sis.
ter. Mr.. John Puckct, living near knights
Bridge, also stales that the shock was SO
great that it awoke him, and on " making
light in the room, he could see the house
shaking" Mr.. Martin, fearing he migh' be
deceived, was reluctant TO disclose the fact
until he found many other persons had felt
the same shock, = -LaurensUalc Herald.
RoMASTGo WEDDiSG,~--A A pair Of Missis
sppi lovers, living in the vicinity of Friar's
Creek, few days since betrothed them
selves Of getting married Having pro,
cured license, they set out on horseback
They soon came up to parson 'setling"
on fence--it seems he did something oc-
casionally at farming, and requested him
ito solcmnjze the sacred rights of matrimo-
ny at once.' The parson finally consented
and he, ''sitting" on the fence, and they on
thsir horses, :ho sa5red rite was "solem.
nizGd," after which, they went on their way
rejoicing.
TIE DEAD OF Tue RJvER.-During tie
month ending yesterday. there was dragged
from the river at this city, and from the
ponds of standing water in the suburbs,
nineteen dead bodieSi The greater pumber
was from the river. only one or two having
been taken from the ponds. These bodies
are fouud floating in the water among
steamboats,. If the corps which lie at the
hottom of the river, prevented from rising
by accumulated mud. or, perhaps, by
weights attached 10 them, could be drawn
up also, the whole number would, no doubt
be thirty, Or onS day. 81. Louis News,
.23yd =
FIVE MEN DaowNED.-The ST.. JohnIN.
81 Leader states that as six men were pas.