Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-12-18


LIEUTENANT GovERNoR.-Col NJ + Carn
has been elected Lieutenant Governor of this
State, and has been qualified to discharge
tho duties pertaining to that Office.
LInERAL.-rhe collections for missionary
purposes, in the South Carolina Conference,
during the past year, have amounted to tho
handsome sum of $4,000.
SURPRISING LOTTERIES. Without q dis
senting voice. the House of Representatives
of Georgia. has passed bill repeating all
laws which authorized lotteries in that State,
and prescribing certain penalties for all
schemes and sale of tickets after tho lst of
juno, 1860.
RETrRNED.-Thc Steamer Niagara return.
cd from Monroyia on tho | lth, where she Ian
dcd two hundred Africans shipped from
Charleston. Sevcnty-onc died on the passage
out.
LARGE LuNr.-An exceedingly large lump
OF gold, worth 5000, has been found in
Australia. 1t weighed forty-scyon pounds |!
BLOODY WoRK.--Thc Darlington Fyag SAYS
W.,
district, on Tuesday last VIM Walters also
mortally wounded Wm. Beasley few days
before.
a NEW PApER-It is proposed to estab-
lish, in Columbia, new paper to be called
the DisnnioniSt. There is certainly no ne
cessity for another paper, of any kind, at
the Capitol. Politicians arc said to be at
the bottom Of it.
DEAD.-Thc Philadelphia Evening Jour
nal of the 9th inst. announces the death of
the Rev. y. w. Ondcrdonk, formerly Bishop
Of that diocese.
HIGHEST AND LowEsT.-Thc highest sala-
ry of Governor of any State in the Union,
is paid in Cnlifornia--$lO,O ,OO0-and tho low
est is in Vermont-$75O.
OvERDoNE.-Twcnty-fvc newspapers star
ted in Kansas since its settlement in the fall
of 1854 have suspended, or gone under en-
tircly.
TnE MURDER OF RIGDoN-A private let
ter from Baltimore in detailing the circum
stances attending the murder of Officer Rig
don by the Plug Uglics, says the villains
drew lots to sec who should fire the fatal
shot.
RArIp GRowTu.--Thc population of Gin
cinnati is now estimated at two hundred
and fifty thousand-four fold what it was
in the year 1910.
NOVEL IDEA.-In view of the large
amounts of money which Circus companies
realize at their exhibitions, correspondent
of the Wythcyillo (Va.) Times suggests that
the Legislature should employ Circu. com
gany to make a tour through tIr,". t.c
State, and the proceeds to be apI. IL ,-y-
ing off the debts Of the Commonwo. d.
FoArlcAL.--iion. Il. Bufnwoi, Rhott i. =.
letter to the Charleston Courier denies that
he embraces what he calls the "IIammond
platform" The first intimation of the fact
that Mr.. Rhctt was candidate for l.. s.
Senate is revealed in this publication lie
says there is a wide difference between the
views of Senator Hammond and himself.
PRorITAnLE RoAD.--The Superintendent
of the Georgia State Road has paid into the
State Treasury the sum of So, 600, the nett
earnings for the month of November.
DEcLINING.-Col. /. NJ. Keitt declines
reelection to Congress. Col. Owens and
Gcn. Aver are already in the field to succeed
him, and it is thought others will take
chance ut the honorable position.
Bocus.--A number of bogus "gold" dol
lars have made their appearance recently,
which are easily "shovcd on" on the unwa-
ry. Look out for them.
A. CnARACTERIsTIc MEXICAN BATTLE
There is an announcement in the New Orleans
papers that Tobasco had fallen in the hands
OF the Liberals, latter huntington Sccentccn
days; with Seecntcen mon Killed on both sides
LEcTURiNn.-Louis Kossuth, who made
himself notorious years ago in this country,
in stirring up sympathy for Hungary, is now
lecturing in the principal towns Of Scotland.
FEMALE HERoIsM-Mary Smith was fined
$50 in ST. Louis, on Monday, for carrying
concealed weapons, and Miss Mary Busby
sont to jail for throwing an inkstand in open
court, at the head of Judge Lewis. Female
herosm, 1t will thus be seen, is at discount.
SLopED.--Santa Annals young wife has
"left him." and is now the "reigning belle"
of Havana!
For MoUNT YERNoS st, Johns Lodge,
of Boston, tho oldest Masonic institution in
this country has voted to contributo SIO0