Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-08-14

FonEIcN IRON AT THE CArrToL-Six or
seven thousand tons of iron arc now being
imported from Scotland, to construct an age
duct to supply the city of Washington, the
capitol of our country, with watcrl
RELIC OF THE OLDEN TIME-Thcrc is
time piece in Clinton, n. Y, over two hun-
drcd years old, brought over by the cclcbra-
ted Father Elliott.
KILLED ny SmEEr.-J. w. Shaw. of
Winnsboro, S. c., was killed on the 2nd inst,
by but on the neck from sheep
"OUR DoUBrs ARE TRAITons. "A cotom-
porory doubts if the Atlantic Cable, can last
amid the temporary dangers that bosct it.
THE BLoUNTs AND DE- RIvIERE.-Thcsc
people, whose history for tho last few weeks
has been public property, are now in Savau-
nah. Old Blount imprisoned Dc Rivicre
when the ladies espousod the cause of the
latter. De Riviere has bcon liberated and
it is supposed other "scencs" will occur oc-
casionally.
JonN CHrNAMAN's IcE.--A ,wly arrived
John Chinaman, in Shasta, California, pur-
chased some ice recently, and finding it very
wet, laid it out to dry in tho sun: On going
to look for it again he found that it had dis
appeared, and forthwith accused tho whole
Chinese neighborhood with larceny. A gcn-
cra riot was tho consequence.
The INDIAN WAR IN OREuoy.-A Wash,
inSton dispatch says that from arrangements
made by the War Department., for the Indian
war in Washington and Oregon Territories,
there will be, within short time, 1900 or
l5OO efficient troops concentrated IN that nor
ton fthc country occupied by the hostile
tribes.
ILLNESS OF GEN. CAss.--Gcn. Cass is in q
critical state of health. lie is suffering much
from diarrhm.
Coop SALARy.-Thc Governor General of
Canada gets S3l 900 per annum-$G, ,O0Omore
than the President of the United States gets.
CHICAGO, August "A bloody battle is re-
ported to have taken place between bands of
Sioux and Chippcwas, near Big Stone Lake,
IN Minnesota, on the llth of July. Twenty
Sioux and eleven Chippowas were said to
have been killed
FAsT.-A young lady and gentleman, who
knew each other when children, met on the
cars going to Harrisburg, last Saturday.
kcsult-thoy fell in love, stopped at a hotel
got married and went on together.
ADOPTING BRITIsn CUsToMs.-Nena Sahib
tho East lnlio ,1,;,c I r.
thcncighborhood ofBarcily,a person whom he
suspected of corresponding with the British
government. W
LARGE AMoUNT.-Thc Mount crnon fund
has now reached the considerable sum of
Sl23,6l5. OF this Mr.. Evcretts labors col
lected $4,000.
GEN. WALKER ARoUND.-Gen. Walker has
raised several thousand dollars at Columbus
Miss, and enlisted thirty men to be ready to
leave for Nicaragua about the lst of Scptcm-
Der. r
DEAD.-Thc Charleston papers announce
the death of a. Della Tore, an old mcrchan,
OF that city. lie was a native of Italy.
A CLEAR TIrLE.--A New Zealand chief
maintained that he had good titlo to his
land because he had eaten the former owner.
DROWNED VLLAGEs.-Thcre is much suf-
tcrlnS among the poorer classes at Algiers,
uretna and NlcDonoughyillc, La, which are
still to considerable extent covered with
water.
a HEAVY FRosT.-The Milwaukee Journal
says Mr.. L. S. Frost was in that city last
week, who weighs 375 pounds. Considering
that we are now in August, this must Ger
tainly be regarded as a very heary Frost.
INCREASE OF BUsINEss.--Last October the
daily receipts of the New York custom-house
we're from $500 to $50, ,0OO;durina the fol-
lowing months, it increased to $50 900 to DO =
600 and $4,000.
q FINE Cow.--The Charleston Courier SAYS
there is COW at the dairy farm of Mr.. T. b.
BisScll' near that city, that is now yielding
twenty-five to twenty eight quarts of milk
daily.
TENDEREo AND DEcLrNED.-Tho appoint
ment ofministor to Spain has been rendered
to Mr.. Mallory, Senator from Florida, and has
been declined by him.
The ENGLIsnIN INDLg--A New York co.
says, in relation to the British in
g to,undersland the pending In-
dian war, one must fancy the Florida war
ten thousand times" The com
parison hits the nail upon the head.
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