Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-08-28
Pennings and Clippings.

RECoyBRY.-Sixty thousand dollars ofthe
rhoncy stolen from the IIatters' Bank, of
Rethcl Conn, has hecn recovered. The
thief is still at largo.
TuE REsuLT.,-rhe majority of Ellis, for
Governor of North Carolina is thus far, l5,-
430. Several counties are to be heard from,
which will increase his majority.
CosTuME BALI.-A costume Ball, gotten
up in good style, will take place at Williams.
ton on the Sth ofScptcmber next. twill be
a handsome affair.
On THE WING.-In the last thrtydays, no
less than nineteen wives, flying from their
husbands, have passed over the Buffalo and
State Line Railroad. SO says Buffalo pa
per.
a LUCKY FAMILY OF FiSu.--A family nam
cd Mackcrel, have recently been awarded, by
the High Court of Chancery of Great Britain,
oA estate valued at Gl,OO0,OOO, left by one
Salmon, who died without an heir The Lord
Chancellor decided that as there were nc pore
Salmons, the largest family of Mackerels
should inherit the fortune
PRoMIsING YouTu.--A hoy about eighteen
years old, was fined $40 for striking girl
with a stone, by Justice IIansclman, recent
y, and when he gave as an excuse that he
had intended to hit his father the magistrate
compelled him to pay $50. Hopeful youth,
he, and fitted by Nature to adorn the highest
walks of the penitcntiary.
Be CARErUL.-Thc Augusta (Ga) Consti-
tationotiststutcs that several deaths have been
caused in the lower counties of Georgia by the
too free use of cows milk. 1t is of course
understood that the milk was taken from COWS
that wore diseased, although the COWS were
not known to be sick
PLEASING CmANcE.--Until recently, the
bonnet, or tho microscopic apology for it,
worn by the ladies, was called the "Kiss-mc-
quick" Tho new style, which falls more
away from the checks, is an Improvement on
tho old one, an attractive induccmcnt to lip
cOlisthcnics. and is charmingly entitled the
"Nothing-to-hindcr-you."
DRr.-The Marion .Siar says remarkably
dry weather continues in that vicinity. The
are falling from the cotton in great numbers.
Cor. LEoETr.-Col Levi Lcgctt is candi-
date for reelection to the Legislature from
Marion district.
TIE LAST TRIcH IN TRADE.-A friond in
forms us, says the n. Y Necs, that he pur-
chased some beautiful red and apparently
ripcpcaches from fruit-seler opposite the
postbffice, and that on pcclimg them he found
them perfectly green under the skin, the sell
Ter having painted the skins red in order to
make them salcablc.
PARIS on SUNDAY.-Rcv. D. c. Eddy now
in Paris, writes "Onc can hardly find Sun
day in Paris, the streets arc full of people
the pleasure grounds arc throngcd; the Shops
open regiments of soldiers marching i'm thc
streets; and high festival being had by tho
working people"
HANDSOME MAN.-Richard Barrett. lust
elected to Congress from ST. Louis, is thirty
eight years old, and one of the handsomcst
mon in the United States. lie is married.
DRY SUpJEcT.-Miss Roberts, of Utica, n.
u, is lecturng at Auburn, ON Old Maids
,QclTNAN MoNUMENT.-Th Jackson MIs-
siSsippiam eloquently urges the erection of a
monument to the memory of the late General
Quitman, by the citizens of Mississippi
FEMALE CLERKs.-Fcmalc clerks are be-
coming an institution. There are some COO
in Boston, including. book-kccpcrs. So far
the experiment is q success.
ELorENESr.-Thc Eutaw why learns that
Benjamin Cartce, of the Union neighborhood
Green county. Alabama, clopcd in company
with Miss Jones, fcw days since, leaving
awiic behind to 1--WE should say) rejoice over
the clearance ofsuch scamp. When last
heard from, he was above Tuscaloosa making
tracks for some place of safety and conceal
mont. Trot him round"
EDucATIoN IN THE UNITED STArEs-With-
In the last twenty years upwards of fifty col
lcges have been founded. There are now in
the United States hundred and twenty-four
colleges and universities with an aggregate
number of students of fourteen thousand.
|. SHOCKING MURDER.-Th Chattanooga Id
re'S'ser of the 10th inst, says: On Saturday
evening last, a man by the name 0f Ham
mond was nhumanly beaten to DEATH in the
upper part of this city. When found, he was
just able TO toll that his brothcr-n-law, Joshua
Norman, was his murderer
REWARD OF MERIT.-The "cable.0 & an