Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-12-19
pennings and Clippings.

| PuphV 10 Sulicu I'D tne auNerlSemclIO OF hifs
McKEE, Tailor, Give him a trial. - .,,,,'.
J RAINsp-Largo quantities of rain haSo full
len this week. Some of our citizens are not
! yet dane gathering g corn and sowing wheat,
CorroN.--on tho llth, in Charleston, cot
ton was quoted at 0 to lO2.
| MAsoNs.--The number of Nasons in tho
United States is less than three hundred thou
sand
DEAD.-Brevet Col. Wm. Turnbull, U. S.
A., was found dead in his room at the Caro-
lima Hotel, in Wilmington, n. c., on Thurs
day morning. lie was connected with tho
Typographical Engineers.
RICE PLANrAT1oNs.-In the South thoro
arc 5O,05l rice plantations, which yield an
annual revenue of about $4,000000.
| RUNAWAY SLAVES CArTURED.-Elcvcnr run,
away slaves were recently captured near Nc
braska city. Their leader was shot down,
aud the others surrendered thirty 0jd rcyol-
! vers.
REMovED.-President Buchanan has re-
moved Mckeon, District Attorney of Now
York. Report says because he refused to
vote for Mayor Wood. The true reason is
perhaps, because McKcon represented Mr..
Buchanan as opposed to Wood, which was an
| untruth.
DIvIDEND.-Thc Columbia and Charlotte
Railroad is paying dividend of three per
cent.
PRosrERING.-Tho Wilmington and Nan
chester railroad has nett receipts for tho year
of, ,24o,93S.20 The aggregate gain for the
year is $tO,13l70.
TwINs.-Mr. John Davis, of Slaughter
Neck, n. j., has twin daughters so much
alike that even the parents cannot tell which
is Sarah or Mary.
WHAT NEXT Miss +. +. Watkins, of
Baltimore, IA ncgress) was announced to lee
turc at York, Pa, on the llth instant
DEFINITION OF Man; BY WoMAN.-EA
thing to waltz with, thing to Hirt with, to
take one to places of amusement, to laugh
at, to be married to, to pay ones bills to keep
one comfortable
INmUMANITY-Somoo of the French papers
are hugely distressed as to the nhumanity of
the British soldiers in Delhi. Perhaps it.
instead of putting the Scpoy scoundrcls to
the sword, they had smoked them to death as
old Peiissicr did the Arabs, they would have
proved themselves morciful and compassion
ate.
THE MORMON TRoUDLE.-The Mormon
trouble excites much interest in England.
The journals there think the Mormons will
not be easily subduod, but the duty of doing
so is not the less to be cvaded.
! kENTUcKY.-The Legislature of this State
is in session. j. Q. a. King was elected
President of the Senate, and DIR. d. p. White
Speaker ofth House The Senate refuses
to go into an LECTION for U. S. Senator
TExAs.-Thc result of the Gubernatorial
election stands thus: Runnels, 81, 2,552; Hous.
ton, $4,000. Majority for Runncls, 1924.
HEAVY Loss.--Accounts from Alabama
says the Star, report tremendous rains and
treshets for several days. The country is food
od, and serious damages have been done in
all directions. The loss is said to be immense.
CoPPER.-Thc Miner of Minnesota saws.
that there is piece of copper vcined there
of the value of $300,000.O0. The weight az
the nugget is 500 tons, and thirty men are at
work removing it. 0llier valuable corner
discoveries have been made there. HN'
The PUDLIc DEpT.-Thc public debt of the
United States government is $25, ,l5O. 900.
DEcIDED.-Thc Lemon slave case has M
length been decided, tho Supreme Court Of
New York affirming the decision of Judge
Paine, declaring the slaves free.
TnE NEw SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY. z-Sewa-
nee, in Benton county, Tennessee, about sew
enty-iiyc miles wost of Nashville, has been
selected as the site of the proposed Episcopal
University ofthe South"
VIRGINIA.-Thc Legislature of Virginia
assembled on Monday the eth. Lieut., Coy.
jackson called the Senate to order, and Hon.
y. M. Crutchfeld was elected Speaker of the
House OF Representatives. Gov. Wise i'm.
mediately sentin three messages, occupyino
about thirty cotnnsns of the newspapers OF
bEcTURTNo. .~-Lola Montez is lecturing in
Philadelphia on strong-minded" nomon
She is also soon to he married again.
SPECIE GOING TO EURopB.--on the 5th, the
Collins mail steamer Atlantic took out to
Liverpool from New York, $l,SOO,O00 in spe.
Gle, - 'pS
, NENA SAhIB--The Governor General OF
India has offered reward OF $25, 900 for tfe