Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-05-29

persons accommodated with lodgings in the
station houses.
TnE Next WoREp's FMG.--Thc Councilof
the Society of Arts, in England, has resolved
that an Industrial Exhibition shall be held
in London in 1861. The main object of this
exhibition will be to illustrate tho progress
made in the useful orts in the past tenj ears.
ToRNADo,-A very destructive and fearful
tornado passed over portion of Howard,
Baltimore, and Hartford counties, Virginia,
on Tuesday, the l1th. The damage done to
the country residences, farm buildings, fruit
orchards shade and forest trees, can hardly
be estimated.
The FAMILY oF TEWPERANcE.--Tomper
ancc is the father, of health ohecrfulness,
and old age. Drunkenness has SO large
family that we cannot remember the names
of onc-half of them, though disease, debt dis
honor, destraetion, and death are among
thcm=-not the most hopeful household in the
worldl
THREE THINGS A MAN NEVER GETS TIRED OF
LOOKING Ar.--The sky, the sea, and women's
faces And why2 Because they arc never
lpf tWo uayS toScther aliKc.
Posi- OFFICE ROBBERY post office
and jcwelry store attached, at Brookville, Ia,
were robbed on the night of the 10Th of all
the letters, with $500 in money. The rogue
also took away $1,000 in watches and jewclry.
The EGG TRADE-IIancock county, Ohio,
which, from the 18th of March to the 10Th Of
April last exported somc $4,000 dozen of
eggs, has been outdone by Wooster, which,
according to the Republican of that place,
shipped over 900 dozen the samo period,
HEAVY DAMAGEs.--Thc damage to the SUI
gar crop of Louisiana, by the Boil ere asse
alone, estimated at not less than S3,0o0,Qoo.
| briny deep" were caught on the night of the
! 10Th, Off the Savannah steam packet wharf,
Charleston, measuring, respectively, 10, 81,
| -, and feet.
DIvoRcED.-The Legislature of Oregon, at
its last session, divorced sixty couples.
ILL.-IIon. Willie p. NIangum, of North
Carolina, is lying ill with paralysis.
CuIcAco May l8.-A fire occurred here
this morning, which destroyed several build
ings All small and of but little value. Nine
persons are known to have been burnt. Three
more aro missing.
Army WoRM.--The Norfolk 1rgIs regrets
to announce tlat this destructive insect has
appeared in immense quantities in the wheat
and other fields near that city. On tho beau
tiful and productive farm ofCol. T.. III. IIer-
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bout - -, Grnot effinrts will
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ly nyorross;nr ~ mnot ,r tho nhIyohoa =.
Rirhmona w onao lorao n,n,ho, of ,nr.
sans Of all orcs aud scxcs bovo made nro.
f,ss;o,, of roi;c.;on
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prnr;soIv what othcr nconlo wish him IA,
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SUCCESSOR TO CLINGMAN.-Wc see it stated
'hat w. W. avery ana u. Coleman ESqs. are
I loto 10, A 4.
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~ m """' ~ ''e P'"oc Vi '"c ilo''
! l. Ii. CllhGman, who has been appointed Sen
ator.
De,n -rbo Ed,o6oII tJ,o,,;oo,. l,o4,
a. ,-,, c.n n
I WV No'th VI H. w. NP"nl' hSqr OF that dIs-
! trict. lie was an able lawyer. lie died in
Texas, whithcr he had gone on business.
4 o p. :, WV ,..u
/ NoAiHH ni'it'-''i"n H. W. miller, OIL
! North Carolina, who was on the Fillmore