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

Pennings and Clippings
SvsrENDEp,-T bank of Newberry has
suspended specie payment. ~
TuE M&RKErs.AC Cotton is quoted in Char
lesion at from9 to II cents per pound, with
light sales. c,J - n5i1 li.
JupaE BRowS's MAJoRfrY. wv q ounder~
stand that the official returns from all tho
counties have been received at Mlledgcville,
and Joseph +, Brown is elected Governor of
Georgia by majority of eleven thousand and
fifty-scvcn votes over his competitor, Benja-
min III, Hill, Esq.
MIoSUMRNr TO GES. RUsK.-The Columbus
(Tcxas) Gitizen suggests the propriety of the
next Legislature appropriating sufficient
sunI'to erect monument to. Gen. dtusk.
THE Missouri LEoIsLAT6RE.-The Missou-
ri Legislature. .conyencd on Monday, aud the
House was or&uaSed hy the election of,J. c.
Charles as Speaker.
IxsANE.-It fs.statcd in a recent teiecrorb-
ic dispatch that cx-Mayor Samuel A. Elliot
'of Boston, has become insanc,- apd has been
taken to the Insane Hospital, in consequence
of the loss of his whole estate by the failure
of C II Mills & Co.
DEATH OF VETERAN OF THE PREss.-Fbe
Indianapolis &ate Journm states that Doug
lass Mcguire, Esq, died in that CITY on the
18th inst. lie was the father of tho newspa-
per orcss in that State, having printed tho
first paper issued there over 33 years ago.
O,E 4 l. ~
OF John S. Randlo, residing near Hamburg.
cut his wifes throat last night in fit of de-
lirium tromcns. The woman died instantly.
Rondlc then cut his own throat, and is not
| expected to survive.
FLIGHT OF A WILD CAT-Thc Augusta
Dt$pWch learns from reliable source, that
both the Cashier and President of tho Bank
of Goldsborough, Geo., loft that town on
Thursday night taking the cash of the con-
cern, (if it had any with them.
| !. .ANoTHER.-Ihe steamer ATLANTIC from
| Charleston, on the 18th ult., off 4kbsecorn re-
ports passing corpse afloat on the waves
This makes the seventh of these ghastly me-
mentoes of probably the Central American
| wreck.
SPEcIE.-Ths much desired article has
commenced flowing into the country ST., 900
having been received in Charleston recently.
CUsToM HOUSE REcE1prs-We are likely
to have no money in the U. S. Treasury at the
end of the fiscal year. At the present rate,
tho Custom House receipts for the present
year will not be more than from $25, ,OOO, 900
to $30,000,000.
THE CULTURE OF GRAPES IN THE WRsr.-
Grapes arc becoming quito an article of cul-
ture in Monroe county. I'll. 1t is estiniated
that tho citizens of that county will market
100000 gallons of wine, which, at present
rates will amoont to 100000.
SEEKING SOMETHING TO Do.-Our exchan-
ges, from all parts of the country, chronicle
the closing up or manufactures, and other
places of business, throwing hundreds and
hundreds OF mechanics out Of employment
At Cincinnati these may DO numbered by
tho thousand, it is said, and in ST. Louis, tho
Democrat of Friday last says: scores arc
daily making application in ali directions for
work, butin vain"
CHICAGO, Oct. 19.-A conhagration occur
red In the business portion of this city this
morning by which 100000 worth of prop
erty was destroyed, and several porsos killed.
/ TRUE.-EYerY whisper of infamy is INDUS
triously circulated, every hint of suspicion
eagerly improved, and every failure of con-
duct joSfnlly published by those whose in
tcrest tbs that the eye and voice of the pub
lie should be employed on any rather than on
themselves.
LIVES Losr.-The steamer Tropic was sunk
iii tho Missouri river on the Goth ult., and
eight or ten lives lost
RENoMENArED. Tho Democrats of New
York city have nominated Mayor Woot, az
their candidate for reelection to that Office.
ted.
THINKING ALoup.-Ayoung lady in Squash
town thinks, that if cart-whool has nine
"follcrs," it is great pity she can't have
one! SO VIC do.
MOUNT. FEsUyIus.--A According to lottere
from Naples, Mount yesuyius,' Which, after a
long eruption ofnot less thirty-fve days, had
/ asedtoscnd forth laya.rccoD,mcnced on tho
Oath, and the flames, rising high in the air,
presented atnigiita q magnificent spectacle
Mount Etna is also in eruption.
| WE SHOULD NOT CoMpLAIN.--At Pernum-