Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-06-20

sells having been previously detained by un
favorable weather, reached $4,000 bsies the
Largest import for any day recorded,
4 CLEAR AS MUp.--A modern philosopher
has answered the important query, What
is the cause ofthe potatoe rot z" by declar-
ing it is TO be attributed to the "rot tater.y
influence Of the EARTH" He has arrived Mt
this elucidRtiou afief a minute examination
Of many common .taters
PHRBUs! WHAr NAME !-Yienna let
ters maintain that the Princess Sidonia, of
SaxoDy, and not the Princess Of Hohenzol-
lern Sigmaringen, is-the object of Prince
Napoleou's visit, to Germany. The Prin.
cess Sidonia is tho eldest daughter of the
King of Saxouy, aud was born in 1884.
MORTALITY IN New YoRK.-There were
only s72 deaths in New York for the week
ending on Saturday, a decrease of 90 on
the previous week,
How TO SuDDUE Mons.--The Albany
Juornal advesates the employment of fire
engines in qpelins riots, in preference to the
use of balls and bayouets This plan, if
followed, would certainly "throw cold wa
ter" upon tbs rage Of a mob.
| PHYSICIAN DEAD.--Dr. Thomas Y :. Sim
ons, one of the most skiIlful and extensive
practitioners Of medicine in Charleston, died
suddenly on Monday of last week.
MoDEsT.- Brigham Young in recent.
sermon to his Mormon deciplcs, remarked:
al really think that have great deal
[ more influence here than Moses had among
The children of Israeli
| NEGRO SrEAUNG.--Youug S. Bobo has
been lodged in orangeburg Jail for negro
stealing. His neck is good for hempcn
halter.
ELI THAyER. This gentleman, who,
come time since promulgated his plan for
aboltionizing Virginia, was in Parkersbug,
Va, last week. Horchly deserves eslick-
ingP'
THE OLDEST 1NHABlrANT.-Th Abing-
don Vt'ginton understands that L ere is
man by the name of Jesse, living in New
/ Garden, Russell CO., who is now 100 years
old. tits said that on the day he was 100
hundred years old, he made one hundred
rails Doubtful.
| DEATH OF VErERAN--Seth Ingram
died at Matagorda, on the 18th ult., aged
sixty seven. His life, like those of most old
Texans, was full of vicisstudes. He was
volunteer in The last war between England
And the United States, and severely wound
ed in the battle of Lundy's Lane.
LADIES WASTED.--Lad are war.ted
out West. The recent census Of st. Louis
shows o disparity in the sexes of nearly
1000 in favor OF males. BY the census Of
Iowa, the males are in majority by nearly
thirty t ousand. Other States are al.
so calling for reinforcements ofihe fair sex.
KILLED. Two Englishmen Ind a wrest-
ling match in rum shop in Portsmouth,, N.
H., last Friday, and one of them, named
Fiannegan, who was intoxicated, was thrown
with such yiolepce, his head striking box,
that he died on the premises.
4
! The New HAVEN ELEcrloN. The Dem.
ocrats of Hartford fred salute of thirty.
one guns on Tuesday in honor of the Dem
ocralic victory in New Haven.
FACE SoIL.--In Minnesota territory, a
la1ge minority of the members elect of the
convention to form state constitution are
black republicans. Thus in the brief Teriod
Of year, we will have another free State In
the Union.
.DEAD.AEx.Gov. Henry Hubbard. of
Now Hampshire, died in Charleston. on Tie
9th inst.
New Jon FOR WALKER.--Tbe Western
papers are suggesting Gen. Walker rs
suitable person for Governcr of Utah. They
I think he could stand his hand with the
Mormons. Perhaps he might, though II
would be anything but "bed of roses" to
gepose on.