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


Cor. CoInouN.-Wc notice that our fellow
citizen Col. W. r. .Colhoun, Secretary of Le-
cation at Paris, was in Columbia on Monday
last en- route for Paris. Some of the papers
speak of him rs n son of the lamcntod John
&. Calhoun. This is mistake He is
nephew of that distinguished man, and spells
his name with an o in the first syllable.
REsrITED.-The Chester Stamford loarus
that Woody 7. Carter has obtained from the
Govcrnora respite of his execution for the
killing of James Gibson, until the 9th of No
vcmbcr next.
WAsurNGroN, ID. c., Sept. 3O.-Adyices re-
ceivcd here to-day from Utah. state that fyc
hundred kegs of powder have been captured
from the Mormons. The Mormons threaten
to cut off the army supplies on the route to
Utah.
FIRE.-On the 22d ult., there was dcs-
tructiys fire al Plymouth, n. C. The loss
WAS about $30000 very large for so small
place. ltis not known how the fire was star
ted.
MoNuMENr.-Th citizens of Guilford, Co.,
n. c. are dcvising ways and means for the
purpose oFcrccting Monument to the Nom
DRY of Gen Nathaniel Greene, Of the Revolu-
tionary army.
WuAr NExT?-A cowhiding scrapc took
place in Richmond, Va, on Tuesday last, in
which, according to the Dispatch, "a female
! walked into the affections of u young man, to
the tune of twenty-five"
The LAST FINANcIAL PANIc-Thc last
great financial rcvulsion was begun in 1887,
with the suspension ofthe United States Baul,
and all the State Banks, and ended in 1910,
the very one that begun the war Within
those years 10000 houses broke, and took the
bankrupt law of 1871. Their debts an,oun-
ted to $400, 000-their assets to almost
nothing.
A LARGE FAMIrN.-In the Ely Cemetery is
erected a grave stone, on which is the follow
ing inscription: "To the memory of Mr..
Richard Worster, who died May llth, 1856:
also to the memory of his twenty two sons five
daughters" These twenty-sevcn composed
the whole of Mr.. Worstcr's family but not
one remains. The mother of them all still
lives, and is in good health, ycrgng on the
allotted timo."
SuNDAY.-By different nations every day
in the week is set apart for public worship,
viz--Smday by the Christians, Monday by
the Grccians, Tuesday 10y the Persians, We'd
ncsday by the Assyrians, Thursday by the
Egyptians, Friday by the Turks, and Satur-
day by the Jews.
SEVERE SENrENcE.--On Wednesday, in the
New York Court of General Sessions, Judge
Russell sentenced John Hennigan for knock
ing a man down in the street and robbng
him of So to .t6ry years' imprisonment. Hen
n gan is only 81 years of age, and this was
his second offence. Judge Russell seems to
have very little mercy on rowdics.
The "RSGULAroRs." In Florida recently,
number of gentlemen formed themselves
into a company of &" regulators" to rid the
country ola set Of rascals, who was disturb
ing them and stealing their property The
parties met and fight cnsued, when two men
and one woman was killed, and four men and
one infant severely wounded.
FIVE LIVES LosT.-A boat was upset near
Deer Island, Me-, on the 18th ult., and Ave
persons drowned.
TmE OsTRIcm.-Aftcr humorous unsucccss-
ful trials, the natural incubation of ostrich
eggs, has it is said, Just been ACCOMPLISHED mt
the government establishment at Algicrs, and
NJ doubt now exists that these birds may be
reared in domestic state.
FEEDING TIE NoRTm.-Within the last ten
or twelve days fifteen hundred or more fat
bcevcs, and number of sheep and hogs from
the Valley and southwestern 'omties of Yir-
ginia, have passed through Winchester on
their way to northern markets.
The CnARtEsToN BANKs.--The 1Ncrcury
says: We are authorized to state that con-
ference was held yesterday afternoon by the
Presidents of ali the Banks of this city, and
that resolution to continue specie payments
was unanimously adopted.
a CARoLINIAN LosT.-The Chester lSfon-
d0,d says that Donald Mcdonald, Assistant
Engineer, and son of Mrs Mcdonald of Chcs-
tor, is one of those who are reported to have
been lost at .hc sinking II the steamer Cen
tral America.
CoMPLErEp.--Th North Eastern Railroad
has bceD completed, and tho passenger and
freight trains arc now running regularly from
Charleston, connecting with the Wilmington
and Manchester Railroad.
DIscREDITARLE.-Mr Coleman, school
teacher in the NAVY Yard. Mt MemniiA TENN.