Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-11-07

tAnS from Oaicutto, 10 inc fTeSOyteftdn says
chat tho terrible native rebellion there is tho
lkesult of a long connected Mohammedau con-
EFpiracy against the British power, with
yiew to the ere-establishmont of Mohamme-
dan dynasty instead.
" An Account THREE MILES LoNG.-Thc last
fquartcrly returns or account of the busip ess
Sef the New York city post Office, which was
tSeecivsd 1.-THE Department in Washington
ina day or two after the quarter ifstrctched
out page by page continually would make n
string of paper quite three miles longl
SUIcIDE.-Dr VIM. Boyle, of Middleton,
Conn, committed suicide on Tuesday morn
ing BY cutting his throat with razor. IIcis
supposed to have been laboring under fit of
temporary insanity
DECIDEDLY HoGGIsu.-Seyoral fat hogs
were recently stolen in Taunton, Mass, by
first administering chloroform to the animals
and then taking thcm from thoirpons without
even raising a Sqneal.
TERRIBLE MAssAcRE-The brig Mountain
Eagle, from Sisal, at New York, reports that
tho Indians had massacred nearly all the in
habitants of village about 60 miles from
Merida. Over five hundred bodies mad Dccu
found, and more were being discovered daily
an thew Ids, shockingy mutilatcd
failures IN ENGLAND.-In England the
month of September has been singularly pro-
life with mercantile failures, numbering no
loss than ton firms, one bank and one cotton
mills company, whose liabilities range from
100000 to Geo. 900 or more, each.
MINNEsorA.-Thc Territory of Minnesota,
which will doubtless be made State this
winter, will add two Senators to the Demo
Gratis in Congress, us tho Territorial Lcg;sla
ture is strongly Democratic. Ono of these
Senator'S will probably be Gen. Shields.
CRAwFoRD.-Thc death of Mr.. Crawford
the American Sculptor, which has been for
somc time expected took place in London,
on Saturday, October 10th Since 1884, he
has Fssisiod in Rome, where his sonluo ,roe
highly appreciated.
New York, Oct. 30.-A fight occurred at
the City Hall ut noon to-day, between two
men, One named Cannon was beaten to death
by another named Donovan.
A SPECIMEN BANK.-Thc Rhode Island
Central Bank, according to a statement of its
condition published on the 18th instant, had
circulation of 1885, ,702, and just seven dol
lars in specie! This is initiating the curron-
cy with vengeance.
KANsAs.-The late vote in Kansas will
range between fifteen and twenty thousand.
This indicates population bordering closely
upon one hundred thousand.
SHARP.-An eastern editor heads his list
of Birtfs, Marriages and Deaths, thus: hutch
ed, matched and dispatched. The rascal de-
serves to be scratched.
SroRN.-A terrible storm ofwind and rain
prevailed at Albany, n. Y, on Tuesday and
Wednesday last. No business could be done
out doors; the wharvcs and streets were over.
howcd aud even the railways were submerg-
Cd 50 that fires in tho engines were oxtin-
| guished by the water
CHINESE SUGAR CANE.-At the meeting OF
/ the State Agricultural Society of North Car.
olina last week, Hon. a. w. Ncnablc stated
in the course of speech, that the Chinese
SusarCanc was preventive of Typhoid fever
Darlington.
Court was in session at Darlington c. IL
last week, Judge WIrHERs presiding. The
Friend thus notices an interesting case that
was up for decision:
/ 4Eherc was upon the sessions docket an
Indictment for voting twice at the same cleo
t0n. 1t was contendcd, on the part of tn,
defence, that there was no law, certainly nc
Statute, making this punishable oftoncc.-
The Judge instructed the jury to find YER
dict of gailty, if they thought tho charge had
been sustained by the evidence, in order tc
bring the question before the Court of Ap
pcals. The testimony, however, did not. In
the minds of tho jury, warrant a conviction
the verdict was mot guilty"
BALLOON ASCENSION AND PRoposALs
MIR. Wilson the eronaut, now in Charles
ton, proposes to make an ascension, on O,
about the period of the Fair of the South
Carolina Institutc-18th inst He propo
ses, Furthermore, to devote a portion of the
receipts to the cause of the Calhoun anC
the Mount Vernon Monument.
He also offers the sum of $50 for tn,
best discourse on Washington, to be sub
mtted before 18th November, 1857, ant
calculated to interest the citizens of tn,
Union in behalf of the Mount Vernon AS
ISOLATION Those who desire to compel,
for the prize will leave their uranuscript at
or send them to tho Io,,,ie. office