Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-11-27

| ST. JOINS, Nov. lT.-Winter has set in
unusually early here. The ST Johns river
has bccn frozen since tho 18th instant, solid
enough to admit of the passage of light teams
| There is also considerable snow in the into
rior. Business of all kinds is nearly at
stand still, and unless the timber and ship
trade rcvives. there cannot fail to bc much
suffering here during the ensuing winter and
spring.
SENspLE.-A bill has been introduced in
to the Legislature of Georgia, to prevent tho
use Of any Latin phrase in any of the Logis
lativc acts of that State
BoNNETS FOR CoLD WEATHER" Fashions"
fresh from France tell us thai "plain black
velvet bonncts only trimmed with lace, will
| hc the most cOn,me IL .ftIm coffurc for the
cold weather. The bonnet is decidedly more
like q bonnet, coming forward on the top of
the head, and projecting atthe sides"
BRiTIsu MiNIsTRY.-'rhc london Advcr-
! tiser, without vouching for the authenticity
of the report, speaks OF the rctircmont of
Lord Derby. owing to his attacks of gout, and
OF Lord John Russcls Nppointmer. Is Pre-
mier, with Lord Stanley and Sir, James Gra-
ham as the most prominent members of the
| Cabinet. This new combination, it is furth-
CT stated, is to have the support of Mr.. Bright
and his party
| New YoRH ELECTIoNs.-Thc returns from
New York have been officially published
Since 1856 the Democrats have gained $4,000
l,n H. L.
| 10000 the American loss G4,000. In 1856
the Republican vote was $1,000 over the
Democratic. In la5Sit is but 1000.
WIscoNsIN.-Thc struggle for party as
tendency in Wisconsin will turn, it is said
on the question, whether the State should be
responsible for debts to tho amount of$7 ,G25,
900, incurred by cities, towns, counties and
individuals for rail roads.
misunderstanding is one of the greatest
consultations of lifo: it is the nurse of virtue
the upholicr in adycrsity, the prop of indie
pcndcnco, the support Of q just pride, the
strcngthcner af elevated opinions it is the
shield against the tyranny of all the petty
passions; it is tho rcpcller of the fools scoff
and the knaYc's poison.
An IRISH YERDICT-In case Of suicide
at Galway, the coroners jury returned a yer
dict of Deliberately done away withw
HARD TO PLEAsE.-Thc people in the val
Icy ofthc Mississippi, arc now as much trou-
blcd with low water, as they were with high
water, six months ago. Freights arc accum-
ulating in al tho towns on the banks Of the
river and the New Orleans papers are crying
out for the construction of rail roads.
The SOUTHERN CIrIzES.-The last issue
of this paper has the following paragraph:
''This weeks Southern Citizen is tho last
one that will be mailed at Knoxville. The
next number will be dated and published at
Washington. Readers will, we arc sure, ex-
cusc us. if we arc obliged to intcrmit one
week, though our hope and intention was not
to lose q single weeks publication. 1t is
probable. then. that the next number will
issue on Saturday, the 4th of December, i'm
mediatcly before the meeting of Congress-"
The AFRICANS United States frigatc
Niagara arrived at st. Vincent, October %,
en- route for Monrovia, with her cargo of res.
cued negroes. Fifty-sevcn of the two hun
dred and soycnty-one trken on board tho Nj
agara had already died.
P0TAToEs FROM THE BRITIsM PRoyINcRs.--
Seventy-fve thousand bushels of potatoes
have been received in Boston, Mass, from
Nova Scotia, since the opening of the fall
crop. They realized from so to 65 cents per
bushel by the cargo.
| AUGUSTA, Nov. l8.-Samuel AZ. Thompson
one fthe editors of the Despatch, native of
Charleston, died this morning.
Do You BELIEVE IT They are cxhib-
ting man in New York--that grand head
quarters of the wonderful, as well as horri-
ble-who eats notlling but paving stones
Here is the plocard that stares passcrs-by
of the show room:
| "The wonder of the nineteenth century!
Mons Gniset, the great stone eater. This
wonderful man eats nothing but paving
stones, pebbles, rocks, &C., fer his break
fast, dinner and supper. lie will swallow
number of large rocks in the presence of
the audience. He lives and subsists en-.
tircly on the above food, drinks nothing
but water, and has perfect health. Physi-
clans cannot account for this unparalleled
living Wonder"
Anger, like a hurricane on tic ocean,
III l.