Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-04-10

stoned by the fatal collision between the
steamers opelousas and Galveston in Novcm-
Der last. ri} t,aN3 e,l
ELEcrED.-ITon. j. d. Tradewell has been
elected Mayor of the City of Columbia by
small majority.
BURLINGTON, VT, April 2.-The Pioneer
Mechanics Shop was burnt last night. Loss
Sl30,000. Occupied by various persons
Insurance $4,000
RESUMPTION OF SPECIE PAYMENTS
Savannah Republican learns from n reliable
source that the banks of Savannah and Au-
gusta have resolved, immediotely, to resume
specie payments on the first day of May next.
SAhEDAy.-On Monday last one hundred
shares of the Greenvillc & Columbia Rail
road, assessment paid, was sold at 81 90 per
share.
CoNTRAcT FOR CAMGLs.-Tho general gov
'ernment has made contract with a citizen
of Texas to purchase camels to tho amount
of S25, 900.
CofFEE SwINDLE.-Thc latest swindle is
that of fictitious firm in New York, named
oliphant Bartlett Co, who, under the pre-
text of appointing agents for the sale of w.
India coffee, and who, after the receipt of
stipulated remittance, failed to send on, as
matter of course. They have operated quite
extensively in the West
VOLUNTEERS AccEpTED.-A dispatch from
New York says that Col. Burnham's regiment
of New York volunteers has been accepted
by the President The other authorized reg
imont will be taken from Pennsylvania
They arc for Utah,
RELIGIoUs.-T religious movement is be-
coming general in Cincinnati Eight daily
prayer meetings arn s>>- Isl1y-- &C --.,hich
arc largely attended. AT Norfolk, Va, also,
several prayer meetings are now held daily.
VALUABLE CoNsIDERATIoN."-A novel
suit has been commenced before Justices
court in Troy, n. Y. One party has sued
another to recover $40 alleged to have been
promised him for valuable consideration"
in procuring wife for the defendant
! Now AND THEN.--The N. o. P;cay,,,e
learns from an accidental sight of an old col
onial paper that deer skins from South Caro-
lima once furnished breechcs for the bucks
of Hartford, CT.
PUBLGo EXECUTION A man named Larkin
Bramlet was hung at jacksonville, Ala, on
the 5th instant, for the murder of man ma
med Obannon in 1852. Bramlet escaped
from Jail before his trial and Disappeared
| AT the end of three years he returned, was
| ran ynI aknI 49,.
now hung.
A KNowING BEGGAR.-A bcggar posted
himself at the door of the Chancery Court,
and kept saying, ga penny, sir, before you
go in" "And why, my man?" Because,
sir, the chances are you will not have one
when you come out" was the beggar's reply.
DEATM OF AN INDIAN Brave -Tuck-a-lix-
tah, or The man that has many horses" a
brave of the Pawncc tribe of Indians, died
on the Goth ult. in Washington, where he was
sojourning, with number of his tribe, on
business with the government.
Ex-GovERNoR SMITH AND Coy. Wis.,
During the debate in the House of Repre-
sontatvcs, ON Friday last, Mr.. Smith, of Vir-
| S"iiu, AS"u NONCihoI w loc OuI vi .e DcnO-
cratic party for writing tho letter to the
Tannmany Hall committee.
HUMDUGGERY AT THE ST M. "A calico
dress bali is announced to t, kn place at Sa-
vannah next week.
STAMPEDE OF SLAVES. - Three slaves be-
longing to Robert w. Holland, one to Mrs.
Hannah Lee, and " girl of Henry w. Arch
or, OF Hartford county, Md, ran away few
days since and made tracks for Pennsylvania.
AN OBJECTION TO TIE PoPE's SITUATION
The New Bedford Ne, cary says: 1t is said
the Pope will reign Should he do So we
will be resigned. Wc do not, however,
want tho place. The pay is good, but the
situation is too serious.
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GREAT MARCH Snow STORM In ENG
LAND. The Liverpool Mercury of March
18th, says that the weather from all parts of
England is reported as severe. In many
parts of Yorkshire the snow has accumula-
ted to "a great depth some of the country
lanes are blocked up, and the trims have in
many instances been delayed. In the south
east of the island the fall of snow has been
heavy and attended with accidents. The
great Northern railway was, at Grantham,
entirely blocked up. The Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire line was covered
to such depth that the trains were DELAYED
five or six hours, In the neighborhood of
Rochester, the fall oont;n,a,iS g., a;4