Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-05-01

INP ~ e"S'iy IuiScu' anu Whlch StahuS our
droughts SO well, IS to deserve to be termed
nerer. .taiiing.
Besides, the roots will sprout out again
vigorously, and in a few weeks produce a Sc
cond crop. Planting tho seed in drills two
by three feet, thirty thousand stalks are but
very fair average yield and thus the plan
ter can easily calculate the number of acres
he may need for his stock.
The yield of seed is very different accord
ing to the stand and the quality of the soil
say from thirty to sixty bushels to the acre,
bushol Weighing from thirty-fye to forty
pounds. It's equally as good for feeding and
tattening stock as the same weight of corn,
II not moro so.
There can hardly be any doubt, that the
baggassc, or refuse cane frt IN the mill, would
by an excellent material ror brown paper,
though it has not yet been tried, as far as /
know. But this will be enough in favor of
the Sugar Milct for this time.
ROBERT NELSON.
Augusta, Ga, Oct. 1857
Singular Preservation of the Bonapartes.
Probably no family in all Europe has
encountered as many personal dangers as
that OF the Bonapartcs. The elder Napo-
leon escaped unharmed from pitched bat
ties, and from dangers innumerable on other
occasions. His brothers also were often in
imminent peril and yet no one ever re-
ceived a mortal wound The present Ma
polcon has escaped several attempted assas-
slnatlons The late assault upon him re-
markablyresemblcs that upon his uncle by
means OF theinfernal machine The fol
lowing account of the latter event, by Haz-
lit, may interest our readers:
"On the evening of October10 1900,
Bonaparto had agreed to 90 to the Opera
House, (thcn in the Rue Richeieu, ) but
afterwards, being fatigued or unwell,
changed his mind, and wished to stay at
home. Josephine and some others then
with him, urged him to go, and came to a
couch where he had fallen asleep, wakencd
him, and told him the hour of performance
was near. One (lady probably brought
him his hat, another his sword. He was,
in manner, forced into his carriage, where
he again fell asleep, and was dreaming, he
said aftcrward, of passing the Tagliamento,
when all of a sudden he awokc amid noise
and flame! He had passed this river in
great peril, by torch-light three or four
years ago, when his carriage was set ahoat
by the stream, and the flashes of fire, and
sudden lighting up of the vehicle now,
through the explosion of what appeared to
be an ordinary Partisan water-court, no
doubt produced the coincidence in his
dream.
" The circumstances were these: Such
cart, but bearinga barrel of gunpowder,
with the other implements of destruction
as described above, had been placed by two
of the conspirators Carbon and St. Regent)
nj n Of tln
! and near the northern gate of the Tuilcries,
IN such manner rs to intercept the carr-
age. st. Regent fired the match to time :;
but the coachoe driving fast, passed the
machine second or two before Invent off,
and thus unconsciously saved his master
The explosion was terrible. Itreached the
horse of the farthcst body-guard, shattered
the carriage windows, killed eight, and
wounded twcnty-eight persons (incIuding
st. Regent himself) and damaged many
houses. The report was heard several miles
round Paris. Bonapnrte immediately OK.
claimed to Lannes and Bcs6eres who were
in the coach, owe arc blown up" They
would have stopped it, but he chose to drive
on, and arrived in safety at the opera,
where the noise had been heard, and caused
great agitation but the First ConsuPs calm
looks reassured the audience, and The piece
(Haynd's Creation) went on"
ANNExArIoN-Flor Gonzales, Atty
General of New Granada, in a rcport on the
new Federal Constitution which is now be-
fore that Congress, rec" mends the eight
States ofAew Granada toapply for admission
into the Union ! 1t is not singular that the
most enlightened men of this Republic should
despair of maintaining much longer their ma
tonality, pressed down by debt of forty
millions of dollars, which the interest is an
nually increasing, ,while the treasury exhibits
q yearly deficit Of 100000 to 900 ,O0O.-
Gonzales is a liberal minded man, educated
III Europe, and has lived here He says:
Let us become a part OF the American
Union, and the States of New Granada will
find themselves in the same condition as are
New York, Pennsylvania, and other States of
the Confederation enjoying externally the
protection, the power of thai people can in
sure us, and preserving our government aud
the means of bettering our internal condition
without risk from the vandalic in lrsions
with which we arc ut present threatened.-
Our public lands will be in great demand for
cultivation, our rivers will be improved, and
our commerce prodi digiousIy extended.
Incorporate the Granadian States into the
American Union and the responsibility of
that nation will preserve us from all incon-
vencnces; will give us all the importance
which they possess. and end the insecurity
which lessons orr puldtion and iparalyscs
every business. We shall lose q nominal ma
tlonality to acquire Il potent real one. that
will be respected throughout the world"
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