Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-08-21
Pennings and Clippings.


bic Society will meet in the Church, Mt Pick.
ems G. H., on Saturday before the 9th Sun
day, (the 2Sth instantly at 10 O'clock, a. NJ.
All persons arc invited to attend.
f,rUNIoN MEETING.--The three denominations,
whose minister's preach in the church at Pick-
ems G. H., expect to hold Uniou Meeting at
this place, beginning on next Thursday night
andincluding the 5th Sabbath in this month.
Ministers, of the different denominations, are
expected to be present
STANDARDIZATION. Orr was scrcnadcd Mt
Grecnville last week, whom he made an ap-
propriatc response.
CURIOUS FAcr.-Thc Albany Statesman
says, it is a curious fact that every general
officer in the Amcricau army of the Revolu-
ton was Free Mason, except Benedict Ar
mold
TRADING WITH NEGRoEs.-Tho repeal of
the law passed at the last session of the Leg
islaturc for the in0iction of Corporal punish
mont for trading with negroes, is being made
a test question in some of the districts and
parishes in the lower section of the State
No complaint is made against the Law in this
part of the State
TIE SEX oy EcGs.-According to Monsieur
Gcnin, u French snvant, the sex of.cggs can
be distinguished All fresh eggs containing
the germs of males have wrinkles on their
smaller end, while female eggs are equally
smooth at both cxtrcmitcs.
FoR SENAToR-Ex-Gov. j. l.. Manning
! has been nominated as candidate for the
United States Senate, to osuccecd Judge Evans
Col. THoMAs.--Thc friends of this gentle
man will be gratiicd to learn that he has
hocn elected to the Senate Of North Carolina
from the counties of Haywood, jackson, Ma
con and Cherokee.
Dry WEATuER.-Thc corn and cotton crops
of Laurens and Spartnnburg have been ser-
ously injured by the continuance of the warm
dry weather
The BANKs.-Thc bank question is the
issue before the people in York District. Both
sides are fully and spiritedIy represented,
RAIsED.-The American Submarine Com
pany at Scbastopol have successfully raised
from the harbor seventy four gun steamer
called tho "rurk." Her machinery is al
most in perfect condition. 1t is estimated
that an outlay of five per cont. will restore
her to almost her original value; she will
probably be purchased by the Russian Gov
ernmcnt
DEAR TELEGRApnING.-The New York
Herald says that the cost of transmitting one
! nf FROM, ~ Al
tic Telegraph Cable, will be two thousand
dollars.
AccErrED.-Gcrritt Smith has accepted the
nomination for Governor of Now York made
by the Liberty (abolition) Convention.
GEN. WALKER.-Thc report that Cen VIM
Walker was about to "invade Sonora with
500 men," is untrue lie passed throu sh
Augusta, Ga, few days ago.
| Tue WAY TO KILL CmINCuEs. To kill bed
bugs, take corrosive sublimatc and daub it
all over your bcdstcad then burn your bed
stead and bed-clothing, and move into anoth-
CIR house.
LInERAL.-Twenty-fou -four Masonic Lodges,
of this State, have contributed 81, 900 to the
Mount Vernon fund, which entities South
Carolina to tho proud position of tho g Ban
ncr State" in the good work
THE SLAVERY DIsCUssIoN. .-Parson Brown
low, of Tennessee, is to hold public discus
sion on the slavery question in Philadelphia
commencing on the 7th of September next.
His antagonist is Rev. A. Pryno, editor of
the Ohio Retormcr.
YELLOW FEvER.-Tho deaths from yellow
fever i'll Now Orleans, on the 10th, were So; on
the llth, 45; and increasing daily.
MORE RUsr.-Thc Eufaula (Ala.) Natirc
states that the cred rust" has attacked the
cotton in that rcjion, and is working q scri-
Gus injury.
REJoIcINc.-Thc successful laying of the
Atlantic Cable has caused great rejoicing
throughout this country. People are every
where asrccably disappointed.
SHORT MEMoRY.-A young fellow in Gin
cinnati, Ohio, on Tuesday last made applica-
ton fora marriage license, but when called
upon to give the ladies name, could not, for
the reason that he had forgotten it.
CoALAND GoLD.-Thc value of the coal an
nually mined in this country is nearly equal
to the yearly production of gold in Califor-
mia, and, at the present rate of increase, the