Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-07-18

quilted affection.
CoMMoS ScuooLs.ABy the latc report of
the Superintendent of Common Schools in
Connecticut, 1t appears that there arc in the
State 1926 districts, and l00,545 children be-
tween the ages of and l6 ycars. The SCHOOL
fund is S2,0f6,39T reyonue front it, $l49,-
4S4; amount raised for schools by taxes, rnte
bills, &C., over .$209,0 600, school houses, 400:
new SCHOOL houses built within the year, 40.
RSslGNsn.-J WofFord ruckor. Esq. has
resigned the Presidency of the Female Col
lcse at Spmtanbwg DIR. Chas. Taylor sue
ceeds him.
CONGRESSIONAL CylNDIDArEs.--T.. j. Gar
trcll and augustus r.. Wright nrc tho Demo
cratic candidates in tho 3dand 9Th Congress
sional districts of Georgia. The two Stephens
Linton 5. and Ac ;andce ii : ,rc candidates
i'll their respective districts
Tng CLAY MONUMENT first stone of
the Clay Monument was laidnear Lexington,
KY, ON the 4tll inst. When will the Cal
hIuu Monument bc commenced?
RIoTrNd.--Is 1t any wonder that riots are
frequent in New York, when, in that city
and its suburbs, there are cIerct MouSund
wogshops!
SADLY NEGLEcTED.-Thc Boston ItaaS-
crM says that tho graves of Samuel Adams
and John Hancock, two of the signers of tie
Declaration of Independence, from NIassucllu-
sctts, arc in the Granary Burial Ground in
4, 1t
e1 - s.,
DEAR BEEF AND ELoI ENT.--l}ccf is soil
ing at City cents per pound III Paris and,
within the last two weoks, four married wo-
mcu in New York have cloped with Strange
men!"
LAST OF THE GENTiLEs.-Mr. y. y. Going,
who We believe is about the last of the gcntiles
at Utah, announces by lcttcr his intention to
quit that place. Brigham Young may con-
gratu!ute himsolf that GoING is going, but
bear III mind that CuNaiNG il conting.
Study OF PoLlriCs.---Eyery young man
should make it II part of his duty to study the
Laws and Constitution of tho State where lie
is IA resident lie should become familiar
with the Constitution of the United Statcs.
H. should become acquainted with the theory
and practice of our government.
SINGULAR.-The Milwaukee (Wis.) Free
| Democrat says that two persons named Lynch,
father and son, were killed hy lightning in
MuskeSo last week, while the sun was shin
ing in all its splcndor. They were at work
in u field.
! MAMN1SuI FACTuRY.--Tno foundation of
the largest c'ktun factory in the world has
Just been laid in Russia or tho island of Cron-
holm, in the river Navoya, between it's two
! cataracts. ltis in the form of grand square
and will posses 1872 windows. 10000 gas
burners, and will occupy 5000 workmcn. Y,
AloRE PGARLs.-'rhc pearl excitement is
| spreading. Rich discoveries are said 10 have
been made in Lancaster county, Pa, and the
Concstega river is filled with adventures rak-
ing for muscles.
COLD PLAcERs.--Thc Mexican papers Al :
nouncc the discovery Of gold plarcrs near Ma
zatlan, iii Mexico, which surpass those of Cal
, ifirniu. y"
"DIsTINGuIsmID MEN DYING on TmH FouRTu.
Tho death of Mr.. Marcy on tho 18th of July re-
minds us that several other distinguished
Americans have died on that anniverAarv.-
Ex-Prcsidcnts John Adams and Jefferson
died July lth, 1926, the fiiticth anniversary
flour independence, and Ex-rrcsi,tcnt Mon
roc died july 4th, 1881.
The GALLows IN UsE---Nolcss than twcn-
ty-seyen executions occrimina's were, arl in,
ted to take place in Missouri and Illinois, N
Friday, the 10Th instant.
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HEAVY LoSs.-A terrible fire broke ont-in
New Orleans on the 9Th, and destroyed mneh
Property-probably to tho value of S5O0,000.
HARD NANEs.--Tlic recent riot in New
York hats Developed some hard names. Ono
OF the riots was between the Dead Rabbits"
and tho "Bowcry Bays" They are snid to
be near akin to tho Plug Uglics" of Balti.
more. What noxt2 .e
FALLINc.y-At u sale of % negroes in Char
lesion recently, 10y James Topper, Esq, they
only averaged $4SS.ls each.
PsssED.--Thc vote on the jewish Disabil-
lies bill in the English House of Commons,
was, on test question, 34l in favor. ana 200
against the bill. The majority of III must,
va, Link, ensure It's passage through the
House Of Peers.
NcHR cRofs IN MAReEr.- New Barley from
Southern Illinois has appeared in the Gincir.