Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-07-10

in Charleston, it being quoted at to l3 cents
per pound.
GES. DANIEL WALLAcE.-This gentleman,
who has been lying dangerously ill., is now
slowly recovering.
NEW YORK, July 3.-The remains of Pres
idont Monroe were oxhumed yesterday, and
his coffin was found to bo in an excellent state
of preservation. The remains left this city
to-day, under tho charge of tho Virginia Com
mittcc, and the seventh regiment of tho cily,
for Richmond, Va.
TopAcco.-Thc planters in the vicinity of
Danvillc, Va, state that there is a most salts
factory stand of tobacco, and the prospect at
present looks to a heavy crop. Tho crop
pitched is said to be largo one.
MAINE PoLGTIcs.-Tho Democratic State
Convention of Mainc has nominated Hon.
Manasseh H. Smith of Warren, for Govern
or,who accepted the nomination in aspcoch of
ted, complimcnting the administration, en-
dorsing tho final adjustment of the Leconlp-
ton question, and denouncins the opposition
and it's measures. Nearly seven hundred
delegates were present.
Sun SrRoxEs.-Thc New York Times re-
ports eight deaths as occurring from sun
strokes, on the 30th ultimo There we're
besides, six very severe cases that did not
terminate fatally.
KANsAs-A dispatch from Lcavenworth
says that Dcnvcr intends to resign the Govern
orship Of Kansas after the August election.
A HARD SToRY.-Thc "woman who lives
without eating" is still alive, and according
to the common opinion of those around her,
and tho testimony given in the case, she has
taken no food since the Goth February, 1857.
Her name is Mrs. Betsy Hayes, wife of SIM
con Hayes, of Chester, N. Y.
Snow AT THE WHITE MoUxTAINs.-A gen
tleman who assembled Mount Wiley, from
the White Mountain Notch, few days ago,
found patches of snow eighteen inches deep,
on the top ofthe mountain This is said to
be quite unusual for that ncighborhood, so
late in June.
YELLOW FKvER.-Tho report of the New
Orleans board health, on tho Goth ult., an
nounces the occurrence of two deaths by yel-
low fever in that city, during the week,
AN OPPOSITION PAPER-It is announced
that an opposition paper is to bc established
in Fairfcld-some of the people believing
that the Herald does not correctly reflect the
views the district. Time has proven that
opposition papers" are anything but sue
cessrul and profitable institutions!
ANOTHER SEMINARY.--It has been dctcrm-
incd by the Episcopal (church) Convention,
to establish Theological Seminary at Cam
den, in this State.
The GoopwooD CUp.-Therc arc thirty.
four entries for this race, weight at 81 to 1873
pounds. The highest weights arc Fisher
man, bennington, and Brother to Bird-on-
the-Wing; the lowest are Etoile du Nord and
In Maladcttc (French); Charleston and Pri-
Dress arc Mr.. Ten Broeck's entries, the for
mer at ITO and the latter at ll5.
DEATH OF MARTIN KosTA.--Martin Kosta
the Hungarian who was rescued from the
Austrian authorities in 1858, by Commando
Ingraham, of the United States Navy, dice
recently in very indigcnt circumstances, OF
a sugur plantation, near the city Of Guatc
mala.
HANDsoME.-NIrs. w. j. Eve, yicc-regcn
for Georgia for the Mount Vernon fund, ha
raised for the tomb of Washington 81 81
beading the list with 500 on her own &c
count. Most of the money comes from Ia
dies, and one Of them, Mrs. Emily Tubman
sends $500 from the ladies of Tuscumbia.-
All honor to these noblo and patriotic womcr
of the South
UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE IN ESGLAED.-Thcr
are now fifty petitions before the House o
Commons signed by nearly twenty Thousand
persons, for tho adoption Of universal sut
.dgc.
! TsRRIBLE.-A young woman in Cincinnati
got drunk the other day, and was taken t.
station; whilst there, she had constant con
WILSON'S, during which two men could no
hold her, and she afterwards died. The doc
tor said the fits wero caused by free indul
goncc in strychninc whisky.
CoURT HOUSE BURNT.--The Court IIous
at TroupviIle, Loundos county, Ga, was en-
tirely consumed by FIRE on Wednesday, last
Nearly ell the records Of the county wer
destroyed.
DgTEc1ED--Two bank forgerics have thi
week been detected in New York--one ol
the Artizans' Bank for 81 500, and anothe
! o,, tho Nation al fo. 90 k0O