Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-07-04
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err. The invalid appeared about 25, very
emaoiated, but with those lustrous ewes, so
common in the disease, se,--cousumptioo,-
and which fascinated while it panied us TO
lock at her. The tenderness and devotion
of her people were really beautiful. After
we had gone some fifty miles, while she was
reclining on her mothers breast, who was
gently and carefully smoothing her hair, she
suddenly raised herself and fell back dead
Then followed such scene of wild and
frantic grief mingled with the noise Of the
rushing cars, the scream Of the locomotive
and the confusion of the passengers, that no
power of mine can describe; aud this was
continued for fifty miles more. We old
tough hearts, found there was one spot not
quite hardened"
TuE CHINESE REBELLIoN.--I'he follow
ingiinteresting information from China is
communicated ina Hong Kong letter in
the London Times
"The Shanghai mail, which came in yes
terday, brought some serious advices from
the north. 1tis now confirmed, what was
before vaguely rumored, that the rebels Of
kiaugsi are in possession of the Chang Yu-
Shan pass, which commands the only road
from that province to the fertile and rich
maritime province of Che Keaugi that the
western part of the mountain passes that
leads into Kiangsi, that Kweiling-fu, the
capital of Kwangs so long besieged in vain
by the "God worshippers" at the begin.
ming of their rising in that their native prov
inHn hua at ,,i, J,l Il.
comes possession" and that two ofthoif
chiefs have actually established themselves
in thenorth of Kwangtung itself, while II
third, their formidable lie, at the head of
10000 men, who have followed linn from
Kwangsi into the province, has taken seye.
raj Of It's southern cities, and from the cas-
ternmost Tekheng now threatens a visit to
Canton itself, the capital of the province.
TnE CRors ST THE WEsT--The Cleve-
land Herald Of Saturday has the following
in reference to the crops at the West:
"The whole West is now in its loveliest
June attire. The season is late, but luxu.
rant The backward spring kept The vege-
tatioh in check, aud everything seems TO
have burst at once into full leaf During
q trip of twelve hundred miles through the
West the eye everywhere rested on
"Sweet fields arrayed in living green"
In southern Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and
Central Missouri, corn, though two weeks
later than usual, presented its loug rows of
emerald, thrifty and shooting upward with
a rapidity almost perceptible as the cutiva-
tor turned the mellow furrows. So of po-
tatoes, of which great breadth has every
whore been planted Wheat generally was
luxuriant, and beginning to head The
crop promises well. So of grass and fruits
Barley and rye headed out and top heavy.
''in Central Illinois, Indiana and Ohio,
all kinds of crops arc some later, but equal
| ~ promising. Northern Ohio also gives
abundant promise. The past two weeks
have wrought wondrous changes. The
rains have been seasonable and heavy. -
ihgh prices and scarcity have set the far
nners TO work with more than usual dill.
geuoe, and more ground is ip cultivation
all over the country than ever before. The
indications are that potato fields are more
than doubled in increase. The rot has dis.
appeared, and high prices for year or two
past have made this crop most profitable
one in sections whore the yield has been
fair.
If tho present appearances are type
OF the future, there will be no lack of food
for man or beast the coming year.
a., PACIFIC RAILROAD ScHEME.-The
Omaha Nebraskian, of June 10th, states
that the previous week Col. Orr, of South
Carolina, Gen. Robinson, of Pennsylvania,
Hon. JOHN Coyode and Hon. MIR. Bradshaw,
members ofCongreSs of Pennsylvania Judge
Barber Of Wisconsin, Col, Cnrtis, of Iowa,
members of Congress elect, Mr.. Hosmer, of
Ohio, MIR. Pierce OF fadiana and many other
pronsinent persouagos visited Omaha, ex>
amined the town and its vicinity, and the
mouth Of the Platte river. and industriousIy
conferred with the various interests and
corporations having in view the construc.
tion ofthe Great Pacific Railroad, by way
of the Platte Valley and South Pass to the
Pacific Ocean. The ceppauy was organ
ized at a meeting heGdin Omaha on the 9th
inst, by the election of Gem Robinson, of
Pennsylvania, President Judge Barber, of
Wisconsin,, Secretary land Mr. Hosmer, of
Ohio, Treasurer, ;,and assumed the name of
the platte Valley, South Pass and Pacific
Railroad aud Telegraph Company," with a
capital of sixty millions of dollars. Il char
ter was obtained under the territorial laws.
The length ofthe road to the South Pass
will be about one thousand miles.
TERRIBLE POISONING CASE IN VIRafNrA.
The Petersburg (Vd.) Express details a