Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-02-06

combining the charms and amenities of so
cial Intercourse with the display of agri-
cultural wealth and mechanic skill
The late financial pressure, which has
shaken the commercial world to its centre
and brought wholly down some of tho
strongest commercial and manufacturing
establishments, has swept over the South
and left it comparatively unscathed. The
agticulturist stands firm and sound amidst
the general wreck. They have plenty to
eat and plenty to wear, and little laid up
for a rainy day Cdrolintam.
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From Mexico
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 25.-By the Ten
nessee, the Picayune is in receipt of private
advices from the City of Mexico to the
18th, being two weeks later than previous
ly received.
The adviccs announce the bombardment
of the Capital by the opponents of Comon-
fort, and q desperate conflict, which colt
tinucd for several days, resulting in ehe loss
of over one hundred lives aud tie wound
ing of large number moe
The plrsons who wefcin possessionyof ,
the Citadel and the Converts Of San Do
mingo and San Augustine were the patti
Presidency was loudly demanded
On Che 18th, the day previous to the
sailing of the steamer, truce for ri hours '
between the opposing forces was agreed to.
AT the last moment previous to the de-
parture of the Tennessee, intelligence was
rrucivod that tho Coalition were marching
upon the city, and that civil war'lad fairly
begun.
INTERESTING FROM TEXAs. We learn
from the Galveston papers that the tornado,
on Friday week, visited Galveston with
terrible violence, causing much damage to
the shipping IN the harbor, and some seri
Gus accidents to life and limb. Ne also
learn that the steamship GalgestoM vas
aground; but hopes were entertained that
she would soon be afoat again, .,All ac-
counts at Galveston represent tho country
as quite impossible for wagons, and scarcely
so for stages, and even for travellers on
horseback, The Trinity has not been high
er Tor four years before The remains of
Hon. &nson Jones were buried with inlpo-
sing ceremonies. A beautiful and touching
eulogy was delivered by Hon. Ashbel
Smith The Democratic State Convention
met at Austin on the Sth, Dr.. Taylor, of
Cass county, presiding. It was thought
Judge Wheeler would be nominated for
chief justice. Governor Ruunclsha We
toed' the bill for the relief of the Houston
aud Texas Central Railroad Company, by
the amendment of its charter.
NEw YonK, Jan. 13.-We kas
second edition of the t'John
own Mary Ann" affair during ~
days. An amorous youth II; or
clandestineiy married young = Issss.HI,e
name of Wright, and the 70
mamma refused to permit her daus
live with her husband The Young man
sued out awriU or ac0t"s corpus. hftcras
good deal Of prosy tesGmony, Judge Susgs
eriand decided in the husbands favor, IN
sisting upon a frank submission to the au4
thoritatiyG precept of the hd6eas. Young
Taylor is in exstaoies, while Mrs. WRIGHT
the mother-inlaw, who is rich, is intensely
disgusted with the plebean connection which
her daughter has formed. m
The smuggling of costly la,,e and Other
gossamer vaiuables, IS carried On 10 SO great
an extent that the legitimate dealers suffer
great losses.
FEAT OF HoRsgMASsHIp.A- The Ifar-
risburg correspondent of the Phi Sdelahia,
Press, writing on the 21st inst, lays
Z" a feat was performed here last evening
that rivals some of the famed horsemanshin
of Colonel Fremont and his California mus.
.tangs Col. Forney, editor of the Press
was advertised to deliver "a lecture in Ian
caster on Wednesday eycriing, and for that
purpose left here at IL oelock noon, but.
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