Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-11-21
Pennings and Clippings.

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CorroN.-Th cotton market is inipfoTiibg,,
having risen, iii Charleston. to- 12ss gents per
pound 81,
AT TIE FA1R.-Among the visitors at Tie
State Fair on Thursday, the Cdrolinfdts nieli-
ticf.s tt!:c Hon. IL. E:;.nS, lion j LGosr,
Hon. James Chestnut, Jr., Hon. James Sim
ons, Hon, j. S, Preston, Ex. Governor Adams
Ex-Governor Means, and others.
FREE NEGRoEs-The free negroes have
been driven out of Piquo, Ohio, by .the.white
population, for their indecency and insults to
ladies. One of them was whipped and an
other tarrcd and feathercd.
AN ALARMING SPEcTAcLE-To see a stu,s
dy fellow with cigar in his mouth which
cost amuch as q loaf ofbread following q band
music, and carrying a banner with the in
scription, Bread or Work"
MAssAcRED-Amongth the unfortunate vic
Tins who pcrishod in the massacreo at Gavin
pore, were four Roman Catholic clcrrynen.
They were put to death with great barbara
ties. Their chapel also was dismantlci and
partially demolished.
SAD SUGclDE.-Wm. Strother, worthy
farmer of Clarke county, Ind, committed
suicide last week by hanging himself The
unfortunate man had been heart-broken by
the waywardness of a favorito daughter
The Loss OF THE RUSSIAN FRIGATE.-A let
ter from Cronstadt, of the 1th ult., states
fol H. Al. Il
of-battle-ship, which lately foundored in the
Baltic, amounted to 1000, including hcrcrew
of 800, and not 1,000 men, as was stated in
the first report. Ono man alone has been
saved he was washed ashore on the island
of Hochland.
FRUITFUL CAUSE OF OLD b BAcuELoR1sN.-
may seem strange, but it is fact that men
generally aro more afraid ofwomen, than wo-
men arc OF men, and fearing to "brcak the
| ice" is fruitful cause of old bachelorism.
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WARNING TO SNUFF DIPPERs.-A beautiful
and otherwise highly accomplished young la
dy, of New York, died recently from the Of
tects of the pernicious and disgusting prac-
ticc of snuff dipping. She had become so
addicted to the habit that her lungs were lit
orally stopped up with the vile compound,
and respiration being stopped, death ensucd.
Let snuff dippers make note.
MEMrms.-A Southern paper says that
Memphis Tcnn., is the best place in the
world for students of anatomy, as there arc
fresh killed subjects to be seen every morning
at the dead housc.
GOSHEN, N. Y, Nov ll.--The Goshen Bank
! at Goshen, Orange county, was entered last
night and robbed of SOC, 900 in bills and about
! $4,000 in specie No clue to the perpetrator
has yet been found.
SMOKED TO EATn.-Bridgctt Mcintyre,
of Central Falls, II. L., died on Saturday last
from the effects offright and sn,okc caused
by the landlord of the building in which she
lived, having stuffed the chimney with straw
to smoke his tenants out.
Go 1T BRowNLow.-Parson Brownlow saws
that the natural pitch of his voice is such that
he could speak to ten-acre field of live Yam
KEGS without any Inconvenience to himself.
! To BE HSNGEp.-James Fuller was tried
and convicted at Laurens last week for the
murder of a man named Clemens. JUDGE
Munro sentenced him to be hung on the last
Friday in February next
UNITED STATES ARMY.--The standing mr.
my OF the United States, as now organized
nambcrs'seyentecn thousand three hundred
and twenty-six men; the companies are all
full in the number authorized by law
RAcINo.--The racing propensity that once
hcld Its sway over our people, seems to have
returned. A race was run in Spartanbure
last week between the horses Thiokety and
Traveller for SO, 400. Thickcty was success
| full.
ELECTED Lion. Jos. III. Lumpkin, of Ath-
ens, has been elected Judge of the Supreme
! State '''
| WARN WEATHER CoMING.-R. Rabinct the
astronomer, has announced to the Institute
OF Paris that, in consequence of a favorable
change in the currents of tho ocean, q series
of-years of heat has been entered ON.
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FRANCE AND ENGLAND AN EngIish'papcr
very truly remarks; The Ernperor of France
is our very good friend and ally but it seems
to be on condition that he shall have his own
way in everything.
THR HoMIcps.- Rion killed PLAY
er, in Fairfield, because P. had ipsultod his
(Hon's) wife. Rion asked an apology, but
it was refused by Player, when, as before
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