Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-09-12
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| LARGE BUILDiNo.--The new Houses of
| Parliament in London have been in progress
nearly twonty years. They cover more thun
eight acres Of ground, and contain ], ,l80
rooms, 10 halls, 126 staircases, aud more than
two miles of corridors, passages, &c,
CoMINo PoRTH.--Col Benton has written
| review of the Dred Scott decision. He
takes ground with Judges Curtis and McLe-
an, and against tho majority of the Court
The book is now in press.
HORRIBLE AFFAIR.-Accounts from Texas
state that family of six persons, residing in
Bell county Texas, were burned to death a
few days since. Their house was surrounded
by cedar brake, which took fire from some
cause, and before they could escape were
burned fatally.
GEN. ScoTT.-Lioutenan Gcncral Scott is
at present one of the chief lions in Washing
ton. Tho old warrior, it is said, looks admi-
rably, and attracts the most respectful atten-
ton. He walks as erectly as he did quar-
tor of a century ago.
New YORK, Sept L, 1S57.--The New Lon
don Comm Post Office has been robbed of
the bag containing tho Southern muils. Thcre
is no clue to the perpetrators Of this offence.
RoBpED.--A Mr. George Capp, of Charles
ton, was knocked down an robbed near Pratt
street bridge, in Baltimore, on Wednesday,
night by three mon who volunteered to show
him the way. One knocked him down, and
pt hn1l L. l.:
of eighty dollars.
DEATHs.-Thc Charleston papers announce
the death of Mcssrs c. b. Locke and Charles
Jugnot, upright business and honorable men
of that city.
SToNINcToN, CT, Aug. 29.-This afternoon
Charles Babcock, of Be> erly, r. l., killed his
wife with make, and then cut his own throat.
No reason is assigned for these acts,
AN OLD PREAcuER.-Th English papers
state that the venerable John lIickling, the
last of the race of Methodist preachers sent
into the work by Mr.. John Wesley and who
is now in the Goth year of his ministry and
the ODD of his age, preached in Liverpool at
the recent session of tho Wesleyan Confer
cncc in that city.
LIQUoRs.--The city of New York alone sells
three times as many pure, imported bran
dies" and four times rs many "purc, impor-
ted wines," annually, as all the wine and
brandy-producing countries export. Some
body, it is clear, drinks spurious article.
NEW YORK, Sept. 1.-The Mechanics
I BaAkng Association closed their doors this
morning, i'll consequence of the defalcation of
ono o? the officers to the amount of $4,000
bank, at Ontario, N Y, has lost 5000, 900 by
the defalcation of its officers.
PRAIsEwoRTuY.-Itw will be gratifying
to the family and friends of Lieutenant f.
w. Sellcck, to learn that Col j. f. Mar
shall, from his private purse, has erected a
monument over the grave of the hero of
Garta de Bclen, 1t was doubtful for a time
after the termination ofthe Mexican wart to
whom the honorof hoisting the first flag upon
the walls of the city of Mexico should be
awarded Others, whether honorably ornot,
have claimed the glory; but the point is
not now in dispute. The claims of the
contestants have vanished before the valor
of him to whom it was due, and the future
history of that war, if truthful, will ascribe
to Lieutenant +. w. Selleck, of Capt. Mar
,shalPs company, of Abbcville, the honor of
Being the first to plant the American colors
upon tho city wall, at the memorable battle
of Garita dc Belen. While standing upon
the wall, waving the stars and stripes, he
received a wound, and was borne off the
field by Israel, negro servant of Captain
Marshall. 1t is copmondablc spirit that
prompts companion in-arms thus to cher
ish the memory of deceased brother. The
monument bears the following inscription
I" Erected
To the Memory of
The Hero of Garita dc Belen,
FREDERICK w. SELLECF,
Who was born July8, 1924;
And died September 21st, 1858.
BY his Captain"
AbbewUe Banner
TRE Liverpool Tones contains notice
of the trial Of Mr. Eastmans six breech