Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-10-23

suc5utfk, tie nose 81 ms vile, made n MIS-
take and bit off the nose of his daughter, a
beautiful child of five years has been senten-
ced to two yoars in tho State prison.
MARTrREsTo Dnsss.-slany shocking ac-
(, 6 lents.hav lately occurred in consequence
of 5hc profuson apcry now worn by la
dies. Several girls have been burnt; and
one was thrown from n horse owing to her
crinolino petticoat hitching in the crucll of
her saddle. According to the verdict of a
coronor's jury, crinoline is undoubtedly kill
ing fashion.
ErpEcT OF BAD CoMpANY.--An editor out
West, who served four daysson jury. says
that he y so full of law that it is hard for him
to keep from cheating somebody.
Coon CoUNrRRF&Ir.-Th Ctyolina Times
has been shown counterfeit $40 bill on the
Bank of Hamburg. 1t is hard to tell it from
the genuine, -,
Nor ENoUGn.--Miss Amanda Burnley re-
Gently sued Mr. j. Sails, in Atlanta county,
Miss, for $4,000, because he promised to
marry her, and didn't but married another
lndy. The jury only thought her damaged
$40.
New ORLEANS, Oct. 1.-THE ravagcs Of
| the yellow fever show no abatement. The
number of deaths for the past week reach
800, against $50 last week. The victims arc
almost exclusively unocclmated persons,
who insist upon returning to tho city, not
withstandins the warnings to keep away
MoBILE.-Thcro wore ten deaths from vel
low fever in Mobile on Saturday last. The
deaths by the epidemic for the week ending
with Saturday amounted to 52-bcing 26
moro than in tho previous week.
| SUIcrDE.--Mr. W. j. Lcnox, of Natchez,.
com,rt;oi suicide on the lst inst. IIeswas
aiP d ith cancer; his physiciaiia bad
g..cn him up, and in despair he putan end
! to his life.
| CALIroRNM FuuIrs.-Somo of tho fruits
exhibited at the California State Fair were
extraordinary. Among them wcro pear
weighing 4 pounds, bunch of grapes weigh
ing IA pounds, an apple weighing2 pounds,
peach measuring II IL inches, and a straw
berry G l-2 inches in circumference.
HEAVY YERDrcr.-In the Supreme Court
at Hudson, N. Y, on Friday, in tho case of
| Catharine Pitcher against tho Hudson River
Railroad, the jury rendered verdict in favor
of the plaintiff for $500 for damages sus-
taincd from injuries.
FINANCES OF VIRGINIA.--Durng the fiscal
year ending the 30th ult the receipts of the
treasurer of the State of Virginia amounted
| Gncluding balance of S370, OIL, J to the sum
of S0,5lS.707 and the disbursements to S9,-
3G4,9oo, leaving balance of$l54O07.
Two DEArns FROM ONE MURDER.-Thc
Case of Jacob, the Pittsburg wifc-murdcrcr,
IL to be tried next week. As there was some
doubtas to the manner in which the deceased
met her death, the body was cxhumcd, and
bullet found embedded in tho brain. Jaco-
bis sister, who resides in Germany, being
| Informed of the murder, and also of her broth
or being executed, was SO fearfully ogitatcd
that she Immediately expired.
UNIVERSITY OF YIRcINIA-A lcttcr from
the University says that thcrc arc already
over 500 students there, with fair prospect
of reaching seven hundred.
"SUKEY BEcKnAM." ."-The Wetumka
(Ala.) Spectator, in copying paragraph
concerning the voluntary return of Sukey
Beckhom, free ncgrcss, from Connecticut
to Alabama, remarks:
Sukcy was left free and provided for, by
the will Of her master, tho late Julius G.
Beckham, of our city. She remained here
some time after his death, but not being
able to live ms free person under the laws
of Alabama, she concluded to try the "Nut-
meg State" She Is an intelligent negro,
and will, no doubt on her return. give M
interesting account of her ups and downs
among the Abolitionists The voluntary
return of one negro to slavery is worth for
ty abolition speeches. 1t is the biggest
kind of a speech, from one who knows the
difference between slavery in the South,
and freedom in the North, from experience
and voluntarily decides in favor of the for
mer.
THB PEOPLES PARTY. The Philadcl-
phia NorM 4mericaa thus defines the
Peoples party:
"Thc Peoples party is an organization
that combines all the best elements of the
opposition. It's members protest against
the Kansas policy of the present Admins
tration, as they earnestly opposed the re-
peal of the Missouri Compromise, and the
illegal attempts made by President Pierce
to fasten slavery on Kansas 1t is party
I thokE g., IL