Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-07-31

Representatives, TO prevent usury, but fixing
the legal rate Of interest Mt Is per cent
New JAIL. Tho Commissioners of Public
Buildings for Orangcburg. district advertise
osproposals for new Jail i'll the town of
Orangcburg Gen. Jumison is Chairman of
tho Board. The old jail lands arc offered for
salo
BUFFALO, July 22.--Thc elevator attached
to the freight depot of the New York Central
Road was burnt yesterday. Loss $S0,000.
NAVAL Several additional American YES
sells of war, will, it is said, be immediately
ordered to the waters of Puget Sound, rs we'll
to keep III order as to protect our citizens
who arc focking to the Frazer River gold
fields.
LATER FROM KANSAS.-The Kansas HeyaM
says that Gen Calhoun has issued certificates
of election to all those elected under the Lc-
compton Constitution. The free State mem
ocrs, however, from Leavcnworth county re.
ccyc certificates, which gives that party
majority in both branches of the Legislature
Tho returns of tho State officers arc to be to
tic Legislature, in whom the whole subject
rests.
DARINU LEGENDARY ArrvMpr-A little
boy named Wm. Doulen, aged about 10 or
10 years, on Monday morning last, at Wash
inSton, made an attempt to set FIRE to an old
Brewery. lie was caughtin the act ofbuild-
ing the lire with paper and matches.
SoUTu CAROLINA PEAcnEs.-Thc New York
JoWrndlof Commerce says that | 900 boxes Of
peaches reached New York, on the Goth inst,
by the steamship Columba from Charleston
TIE THAMEs.-Plans for the publication of
of the Thames river arc pouring i'll upon the
House committee at the rate of hundred Il
day.
TIE NATIONAL Race CornsE.-Accorlin
to thcIJournal, the establishment of n, Ma
tional Race Course near louisville, is n fix
cd fact. The stock has nearly all been taken
and from the character ofthc gcntlemon who
havc taken the lead in the project, we hazard
nothing i'll predicting that no time will be lost
in carrying it out.
NEW BRITIsu CoIN.-It is stated that
coinage of double sovcrcigns is shortly to be
issued i'll England.
'N'N'-- "0 "''o'o Oh 'ne ',p'h'Sh press
condemns the conduct of England with re-
gard to that country, on the question of tie
right of visiting ships. While she yields to
France and the United Statcs, she acts in Il
liaughty and unjust manner.
Yrw op,rxs InI,,o9 nno h..,.
- tho oo.,nrar =, D -o ,o D'ONo WV
M Nv ~ o"'N'',' a "m" ''o"sSe"" S','c'S
:" ''''s c'.S' "' ABOUT h"il-pas' hNe O'Clock
uais morning ana destroyed INC grocery store
OF a.. D. May ESQ., and two dwelling hous-
es adjoining The loss is estimated at $780,
600.
Tur WArxu,yc pLAcrs.-Th;s tbc time
that is ordinarily considered thc hciobt &C
tbc wotor;nr n,,co +" soosnn y hmt n,nro a
rowcr omnsts tho,, ,.,nol ~ pooran.a,, % WV, ,,
H NV. soa's 'a''a e,. .s1"l ~ : i;ooNu"u!, ~ "'S,
U'n'' .So"po't' c",a'os" N'"s"'' r"iiS' ana
al '''e p'"'0s o. i"sl.onaDle 1-s. resort
D,cKEys A>p HIS WIFE r-Tbc London
oorrosrordont of u,o en,;uo,eo1 poY..I1:
W. . " 'o oni "''N i.'''p''-
cah' "ritihg on inc zoth OF June, gives the
following explanation of the Incompatible
,ty between Dickens and his wife:
"In the literary world very LITTLE is stir
rino. eyccpt the |ossin ON thc domnst;c or
fairs. of Charles Dickens pron,bL, lis
explanatory letter prblished n monfL oan
and full of mysterious allusions. has cxci,
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