Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-05-15

full; and were convinced that my services to
the public would be adequate to the great saori-
fce of business and private matters, would
chcerfully obey the call, but not being so con-
vinced must be permitted respectfully to de-
cline. MILES VI. NORTON.
FINE. .CeTTeN-WHo CAN BEAT IT -
We have received from planter on tho
ST Johns river in East Florida, Two fine
healthy stalks of cotton, over eight inches
long, which may be seen at our Office.
He writes us that his whole crop will av-
cragc OF 6 inches in height, and that he
is working his corn which is knee high, for
the second time. Frost has done no dam
ngein Florida, and the crops are flourish
ing. Can anybody beat our specimcn?--
tSapa""ah Georgian.
Forty THOUSAND DoLLARs INGENI-
ousLY STOLEN. The Boston Post relates
the story, and we suppose that it is true:
Our readers will rccollcct that few
years ago Mr.. Peter Remington was robbed
on the steamer Perry, of a satchel contain
ing bills belonging to the Newport Banks,
amounting to $4,000. The money was
never recovered. Therefore much interest
is excited by. the appearance of the follow
ing paragraph.in a biographical sketch Of
Mike Phillips, an English thief, in tho Pos
lice Gazette of last Saturday:
"The greatest robbery in which Mike
vas concerned, was tho robbery of the
Bank porter, between. Newport and Prov-
dencc, Rhode Island Mike and his asso.
cates ascertained that on certain day tho
Bank porter would convey an Immense
aniount'of money from Newport to ProTi-
dence, The thieves provided themselves
with q satchcl similar to the portcr's, and
gang engaged his atteution,, Mike changed
the satchels. Whom opehcd, it contained,
to their delight, $4,000. As soon as "a
fair division of the spoils had been made,
the mob separated, and, while one went
West, and another South, Mike took tho ;
safest plan to prevent arrest by going to
London with his share of the plundcr."
ANOTHER REvoLUrIoyARY PATRIOT
Conn., correspondent writing from E-
bert county, Georgia, sends us q notice of
the death of an old negro named Rob Chase,
the property of Mr. j. G.. Y. Watkins, OF
Elbert county. Our correspondent says:
Old Bob, according to his. own state
mcnt, was 107 years of age at tho time of
his DEATH He was drummerip the Rev
olutionary War, and was at the battles of
Gailford Court House, Eutaw Springs,
'Brandywine, and one or two others, which
l do not recollect. In some of these he
was wounded slightly. lie belonged to
some one of Mr. Watkins family for up
wards of three generations, and was always
esteemed as an honest and faithfu soryant.
He was an excellent hoe hand, aid sip to
within O few years, comparatively, of his
death, prided himself upon carrying the
front row while hoeipg with the other ne
groes in the field. "-AugmstG Chgpnicie
bad AccoUNTs or TnE Fsos7Ta. 4TTa:e
late "cold (pD seems TO have extended as
far South as Mississippi, and done greati in
jury TO the crops. In Washington county.
Virginia, much Of the wheat had common.
ced joindng, and was broken off by the
weight of the snow. At Wytheyille, Viz
GINA, snow lell to the depth of iiyo inches, 4
and was followed ly two very heavy frcstss
The fruit in that vicinity was killed. At
Christiansburg, Virginia, there was snow
for three successive DAYS In North Caro-
lima, the snow and frost was general, ininr-
ing the crops and killing fruit, In Ten.
nessee, the frost was very destructive
! One gentleman in the vicinity of Nashville
lost 400 bushels of grapes, Decides his en- z
tire crop of apples and pears
Ia Georgia, corn eight inches high Was
killed, and tho young cotton shared the
same fate, Dispatches from Yazeo Ciiy,r
Miss, announce q heavy frost la that neigh
Eborhood, and the sesioI rs injury Of the.cot-
ton, In Aiabama, the frost was also dcs-
trnctivc - o. Gndy.iiaH, IN,
- ft3sst %~4-ltas trns~-ks-.-.-f ~ ff t1H
sslsE Holly Springs (AIiss, Herald says
thst the dansge done to tendcr plants and
vegetables by the frost oa Monday night Is
inealeulable. Thousands Of acres oe Young
cotton, which had just made It's appearances
above groaid, wcre totally killed. und the
misfortune Is that a great number 81 far.
mere have but little iced to roplaut with.