Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-08-07

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Missouri for Congressmen in Kentucky for
State officers; in North Carolina for Govern
or and Legislature. The other States which
hold elections in August Alabama, Texas,
! Arkansas aud Tcnnossee-do not choose eith-
or State officers or mcmbcrs of the next Con-
| grcss.
| MARRYING Twice \ WEEK.--At IIobokeu,
last week, Louise King, daughter of the keep
er of Yaaxhall Garden, married young Ger
man, and after living with him two days, was
united in wejlock with Mr.. Muller, of Bre-
men, with whom she ran away. The last
matrimonial exporiAcnt was said to have
been her third.
To BE Michael Canccmi was ron
Monday sentenced in New York tobc hung
on the2d of September next, for the murder
of Policeman Anderson.
ENDoRsEp.--Tho Lexington Fiag endorses
the nomination of Maj. b. FPerry of GrcoD-
Vile, for the U. S. Senate.
LYNcn LAW IN MIssIssippI.-A negro, own
ell by DR.. Miller, on the 18th inst. outraged
tic'pcrson of respectable young lady al
Enterprise, Miss. lie was taken that night
from the juil by tho people, and hung upon
the nearest tree. Tho victim of his outrage
made three attempts to destroy her life.
OBTAINED \ DlvoRcE.-Mrs. Anna Estclo
Lewis an American poetc5s. of some cclcbri-
| ty, has obtained divorce from her hus-
band, probably on the ground of ''incompati
bility oftcmpcramcnt."
4 PRISONER BArrIsED.-,A prisoner under
sentence ofdcath, was lately baptiscd, hy i'm
mcrsion, in the Atlanta jail, Georgia, by
Methodist minister.
SENSIBLE SnAKEREss.-A young Shaker
ess, from settlement at Niscoyuva, ~ York,
put of her sober garb, a few days since at
| Troy, went into crinolnc, lace, silk and vc'-
vet, and married nice young ftrmer--ns
| preferable to singlcncss and sober coorS
TGAr's So.-.h distinguished wag about
town says the head coverings the ladies wear,
nowadays, are barc-faccd falsc-hools. The
perpctrator of this is still at large.
TIT FOR TAT.-Bcnnott of the New York
Heyad, calls his opponents thin-skiuncd."
II they had been horse whipped as often as
he, probably their hides would have become
as thick as his.
IIoops.-Thc Pcnobscot Indians arc now
doing smashing business in manufacturing
hoops for ladies' dresses out of basket stuff.
The red ladies of the forest have also adopted
the fashion in its greatest amplitude. Il
ALmCAroRs.-Th enormous oyGTHow of
waters down South has given the aIligators
a widely cxtcnaed territory. The New Or
leans '@icayumcr states that on one plantation
over 100 of these amphibous monsters have
been killed
For THE SGNArE.~a,A Correspondent of the
.Mrcmy nominotcs Col Johu Cunningham,
editor of the Charleston Nc,cs for the United
States Senate. The nomination is declined
BuRNED.-'rho old Log Cabin" the latc
residence of Gen. Harrison, and so we'll
known in the "Tippccanoe and Tyler, too"
songs of former Presidential contest has
been burned to ashes.
| PgNsIoNs.- Commissioner of Pensions
decides that Bounty Land Warrants due de-
ceased soldiers will go to the heirs at law as
provided for by the late Act of Congress, on
ly when there is no widow or minor children.
ABANDoNED.-In u fourth of July" speech
Mr.. Dallas, our Minister to England, snys
J that the English government has abandoned
entirely the right to search our vessels on the
high seas. a privilege, unjustly, but long
claimed, and now given up with good grace
ArroINTED.-RuSh Ehnoro, formerly of
this State, has been appointed associate jus
tice ofthc Supreme Court of Kansas, vice S.
e. Cato, resigned
DuELAT EICKsBURG.-A duel came off in
this city OIL the 22d ult,. between Mr.. Near
die, the editor of tue True Southron, and Mr..
Partridge, editor OF the Wing. The weapons
used were pistols. ut ten PAGES, and Mr. Part
ridge was wounded on the first fire in the
ankle.
FAIR SPIRIT-Brigham Young says if
the enemies to the Mormons entered tho Ter
ritory in fair spirit, they would soon en-
brace their doctrine. More likely their
wives,
CoMrLIMENTARy.-AW Western editor hay-
ing published long leader on Hogs" q
rival papor in the samc village, III hraids him
for obtruding his family matters upon the
public.
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