Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-05-01
pennings and Clip, :ngs.
THe MARKET.--Cotton is quoted in Char
lesion at 10 to I3 cents per lb.


Republican (Dem.) saysit is now ,aaS;fost
that tho election in that State next Augustus
to turn upon the question of, abolisbing slave
ry within its limits. a< ttt,a
Mr.. EVERETT. OCCASION of Mr.. Ever
ctt's visit to this State, to deliver his Wash
ington address, has provoked somc one to the
proof that he is an abolitionist, and was one
Of the worst of all Brooks reyiers SO we 90.
CoTToN RAISING IND1ANs.-The steamer
Arkansaw from the Choctow Agency, says
the Fort Smith Times, brought down on the
7th ult. thirty-cight bales of cotton, raised by
the Choctaws.
ST.. LOUIS, April 23.---rhc steamer Ocean
Spray, while racing with tho Hannibal took
fire and was burned. Nine persons, includ-
ing two ladies and two children, lost their
lives. The steamer Star of the West also
caught fire and was burnt.
The FEDERAL CAPIToL.-W Washington CITY
has u population of 60,o00. During the
month of Fcbrury, there were S3 deaths with
in it. ta& ,>
The SABBATH This is the sanetiGcaton
of the Sabbath that on that day, the soul of
man be employed on nothing profano, but
wholly on things sacred.
GIANTS IN These DAYs.-The Yorkvllc
Chronicle notices the burial of JAS McLore,
of that district, in coffin seven feet two in
chcs long, thirty inches wide and twcnty-onc
inches deep. The deceased weighed $40 lbs.
A FATAL FAsHIoN-Between the first of
January and the middle of February, nine
teen women were burnt to death in Great
Britain, whose clothes took fire in consequence
of expansion by hoops.
SERVED EN- RIcur.-Fhe Governor of Geo
received the other day a set of inAamatorv
abolition resolutions, passed by the Lcgisla-
ture of Maine, with the request to present
them to the Legislature of Georgia. He very
promptly and properly sent them back to the
Maine Governor.
EXECUTIONS IN CHINA.-Oficial documents
have been discovered in which itappears that
Ych, during tho short period of three months
put to death no less than the enormous num-
Der of 10000 human beings. This fact be-
yond doubt, the documents taken showing
the name of every man and woman, and for
what they were executed,
Low PRICES AT THE WEsT.-A correspon-
dent of the Burlington Free Press writes from
St. Charles, Illinois: Chimes arc hard and
dull. Produce is worth nothing; wheat az
cents, corn 24 cents, oats 10 cents, butter IL
cents, eggs cents, and other things in pro-
portion"
READ AND HEED.--In private, we must
watch our thoughts; in the family, our tenn
pers; in company, our tongues.
RESUMPTION IN CnARLEsroN.-The Charles
ton Courier, of the Odd, states that the sus-
pended banks of Charleston are making ar
rangcments for an early resumption of specie
payments, and which we trust will bo carried
into effect at an early day.
THE OLDEsT.-E Edmund NJ Blunt is the
oldest editor in tho United States. lie is in
his 8Sth year, and still enjoying good health.
COMING SouTH.-T. Addison Richards, says
the Home Journal, is coming South where he
will pass the summer in making sketches of
Southern scenery.
NUNERous.-There are announced, thro'
the advertising columns of the Enquirer, nine
J candidates for tax collector of York district
! FIVE GOVERNORS FROM ONE TowN.-Five
Governors of Connecticut, including the Hon.
William ~. Buckingham, just elected, have
come from the town of Lebanon, in that State
They range in succession as follows: Jona-
than Trumbuil, frst Jonathan Trumbull,
second; Joseph Trumbull, Clark Bisscll and
William A. Buckingham.
HYDRoPnoDLA-A son of Richard McAlls.
ter, a resident of the First ward, PHILADELPHIA,
was seized with an attack of hydrophobia on
Tuesday last. The unfortunate lad was bit
ten about nine months since, and his condi
ton excites the sympathy of all who witness
ed his intense sufferings.
iEsaELT VEGETABLES Six hundred barrels
ofnew Bermuda potatoes arrived at New
York on Friday. Some tomatoes from the
same place also arrived, with new peas from
Charleston. Tomatoes sell at 50 per box,
green peas $40 per barrel, and asparagus sc
IS cents per bunch.
CoLD BLooDED MURDER.-Edgar Castine
residing in New Hanover county, N. c.. was
shot and instantly killed on Wednesday last
by his brother-in-law, Noah Lanior. The
latter made his escape.
AN OLD FLAME HARD TO ExrINcursu.