Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-03-20
Pennings and Clippings.
CorroN.-This great staple is quoted at
125 cents por.lb. in Charleston.

a HEAVY RKruRN Return day for Ches-.
ter district adds up 700 eases. including az,
ceptances. Phe most of tho cases, however.
were for small amounts.
A " ROYAL" Trro.---According to an an.
cicnt usage in Prussia, all the Princes of the
royal family must learn trade. 1t is stated
that the Prince Frederic William, just mar
ricd to the Princess Royal of England, learn.
cd the trade of a compositor in the printing
Office of Mr.. IIauel at Berlin.
RETuRNING REAsoN.--The Massachusetts,
House of Representatives has refused to print
the memorial of certain colored citizens of
Boston, protesting against tho Dred Scott dc.
cision, and suggesting rctaliatory legislation.
CouRT MARrIALED.-Col Sumner, u. S.
A., recently on service in Kansas, has been
court martialcd by ordcr of tho government,
on & charge of sending challenge to broth
er officer. s,n
DAMAGEs.--A fair damscl of Metropolis,
| Illinois, has instituted legal action against
q truant beau in Paducah, Ky, for not max
! ing her wife as nc promised. She charges
$4,000 for the disappointment, which, if she
obtains, will, of course, soothe her blighted
hoart. 1t ought to, in such times as these
WASHINGTON, March 0, 1S5S.-The Senate
in Executive Session, has confirmed the ap-
pointmonts of w. f. Colcock, rs Collector,
and Mycr jacobs rs Surveyor of Charleston !;
Thaddeus Sandford as Collector of Mobile;
and VIM. b. Flanner as Surveyor of Viii
.mington, n. G.
ADAr or HArrINEss.-itiss said that there
were to DC larger number of marriages in
England ON the bridal day of the Princess
Royal, than were eyer known to be cclcbrn-
ted in one day before.
| HIT 'EM AGAIN.--Of all the mean and con-
tcmptiblc mcn-or persons calling themselves
men, i'll this world, he that sneakcs through
life on tip-toc, with his ear to the kcy-holc of
every body's business but his own, is the
most to be dctestcd.
TRIALor TILIMAN.-Gco. d. Tillmau, Esq,
ofEdgcfcld has been tried for tho killing of
1 Christian, and found guilty of manslaughtcr.
P,TRIorIc LErrER.--lIon. Daniel S. Dick
inson, of Now York, has written a strong.
manly and patriotic letter upon tho Kansas
controversy, siding boldly with the Admins
trntion and the South.
VALUABLE LAND.-The Supreme Court of
the United States has decided that Thomas
Green, the present owner of the Fauquicr
! Na.) White Sulphur Springs, is entitled to
n tract of land in the State of Texas, of 49,
900 acres, and valued at more than two mil
! lion dollars.
TnE NORTHERN SLAVE TRADE.-The New
! York Tri6tnc chronicles the fact that anoth-
er batch of sixty or seventy women were sent
off to the West under the protection of the
"Womaus Protective Emigration Society"
Our readers are aware that these women arc
transported to tho West and sold out to ap-
| plicamts at ten dollars the head.
| COMMON SCHooLs.-The whole amount ex-
| pended annually for the support of the Com
mon Schools of New York is "a, ,403, ,I39!
|
| STATE ELEcrIoN.--An election for State
officers has just taken place in New IIamp.
shire, which resulted in tho success of the
black republicans by a majority of 1000
| Arrest OF PoRoRR.-John +. Mahan, a
grocer doing busincs on Long Wharf, has
becn arrested in boston, OIL tho chnrge of forg-
ing the signature of his uncle, Benjamin f.
Mahan, to notes amounting to over twelve
| thousand dollars.
DAMAGES FOR BREAcu OF PRoMIsE-In
| Plattsburgh N. Y, the other day, Susaunah
| Il. Churchill obtained verdict for So 900
damages against john Horton, for breach of
promise of marriage
CoNvIcTED.-We learn that Thos Golden
was tried at the Superior Court of Marion
county Geo, last week, for the murder of
| Nicholas Jordan scme time last winter and
was convicted.
SNAIL poxIN New YoRx.-Thc small pox
still prevails iu this city. Since the 1st of
January there have been 1G2 deaths from it.
HoRRrDLE.--A little son of Mr.. j. b.
Thomas, of Clarksviile, Tenn, fell intoa YES
sci of boiling soap on Tuesday week. and vas
so severely burned as to cause his death next
day.
CoBNrERrEITs.--Scy counterfeit bills
on the Georgis Railroad and Banking Com
pauy of the denomination of $50, says tho
! Sparta Georgian, have been passed in that
community recently.
TURNED MARKER.~-John Dean, the coach
| man, whose romantic marriage with tho
| xvoof ffhv and acnnmtlfsbed I;se ItoI.o. c