Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-05-15

appeared in swarms in some parts Of lowe
and Texas.
TnE GREAT EARTHouAKs.&T NApLgs. The
0ficiei Journal Of the Two Sicilics publishes
complete list of all the victims Of the earth
quake at Naples, of December 10, 1857. The
total number of dead amounts to r9350, and
the wounded to 1850. Ass
TuE GOLDEN STATE."AThc shipments of
troasurc'from California during the first quar-
ter oflS5S amounted to 81 ,497 ,503, which
is an increase over the same period of 1857 of
SE213, ,55S. OF the eleven millions SS,3o2,-
900 came to New York.
TRY 1T by ALL. MEANs.-Swallow little
vinegar after eating, and it will remove the
Unpleasant order of the breath, caused by cat
ipg onions. What is much better is q few
kernels of burnt coffee, taken Immediately af
ter eating. >u
A Strong METAPHOR. p.-Thc Memphis 1ra-
dache commenting upon letter recently pub
lished by Governor Footc employs thcfollow-
ing characteristic expression: "Ife Gov.
Footc) is SO full of venom that he could he cut
upintokmall particles and rolled into snakes
Hit him again!
A BusY>nopY.-I1e labors WITHOUT thanks.
talks without credit. lives without love, dies
without;tcars, without pity--savc that some
say it was pity'ho died no sooner"
ENGLAND AND FRANCE.--Ju Judging from the
English and French press We should suppose
that the relations between those two powors
arc in danger of being seriously impaired.
Simon Bernard, accused of completely in
the mnrderous attempt of the 14th January
upon the Emperor Napoleon, has recently
been acquitted bypn English jury, amid the
applause ofthe spectators present. The Lon
don Times andthc English papers generally,
| approve highly ,ofthis, yerdioes On the con-
trary, the Paris Consttutionel says:
=" No honest man in France or England can
doubt tho guilt Of Bernard. We will only say
| to those of our neiShbors who desire the maiu-
| tonGnco of good relations between tho two
countries, that if the speech of Mr.. Edwin
James, filled with gall, with calumnics, and
wi.hinsuts against the Emperor, the people
tho army, and our institutions, should unfor-
tunatcly be circulated in France in the cit
les, the barracks and the country towns, it
would bo difficult for the Government, with
the best intontons, to stay the effects of pub
lie Indignation"
1
Tue New Orleans Picayuno, of April "a,
reports the following singular case of fraud,
involving no less n sum total than $500, 900:
THE street has been somewhat excited by
the sudden Disappearance of a noted salt
dealer, leaving Sundry parties in the lurch,
as is stated, to the amount of S200,000. In
! several instances, advances have been made
on warehouse receipts and it is now found
that the salt has been surreptitiously with
drawn and that nothing remains to cover the
| pledges. Other cases are reported where the
] salt belonging to second and third parties has
| been sold without the customary fOrmality of
consulting tho views of owners in relation to
| the market. Then again we hear of cargoes
4 bought and sold the existence of which can
not be verified by any tangible process. A
! quantity of railroad iron, notwithstanding its
specific gravity, has slikewise taken wings and
| gone off the lay track in some remote section
Of the country Fancied posscssors have paid
| their monthly storage accounts with accus-
toned regularity on what now turns ont to
have been vacuum for some time past The
loss fails heavily on certain parties, and up-
der. the peculiar nature Of the contracts must
| givo rise to protraeted litigation"
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I The UoTToN CRop oNarHE MIssIssIp-
PI,-We have been favored with the fol-
lowing extract of letter fsays the Charles
ton Courier) from a highly respectable and
reliable house, in Momphis, Tenn, dated
3D. inst, from which it will be seen that
recent heavy rains, much more than killing
frost, give but sorry prospect of a cotton
crop, this season. in that Vicinity Thc
rise IN, the river, spoken.of in the letter, is
probably the result of the freshet at st.
Louis, Mo-, of which we had despatch on
the 14th ultimocs
The river has continued to rise since we
last wrote you, until to-day---it is at last on
a.stand.. Ii is now higher than it has been
since 1928. The whole country below
here is under water, There is no chance
for a crop this year. 1t is u fixed fact now
that nothing. over an, average crop can be
made this season. We note from the Cou.
rier you send us, the frost; no great dam
age has been doue, by it to the cotton in
this region J; there was not enough up to
hurt, though what was up was killed. The
heavy rains did more damage. We viii
I have a bad start fora crop, which must
keep cotton stiff all the season.
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HoMoIDE~-Wc learn that on Thurs
last, shocking homicide was committed
in Darlington District. It appears that
Mrs. Kelly, prompted by jealousy, repaired
TO the house Of a Mrs. Thompson,, armed
with bowie knife, to redress her supposed
wrongs. Upon reaching the house, she
addressed herseRsto Miss Thompson, the