Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-01-23


800 of organic disease, and l ,402 of accidents
'tPAY P."-Editors merchants, tradesnen
and the "rest Of mankind, !" are cndeavoring,
by ingenious notices and urgent appeals, to
induce creditors to pay up" We do not do
so from necessity, but dislike to appear un-
fashionable in those fashionable tmesl Send
in the chinki
| LARGE REwARD.-Clarindn L. Robertson
and David +. Robertson, of Winchester, Tenn
will give reward of two thousand dollars,
for the apprehension and delivery to the jail
or of Franklin county, Tenn, of Samuel Mer
edith, who murdered III. T. Robertson, in the
town of Winchester, Tenn, on the evening
ofthe Oath of December and has fod to parts
unknown.
PIGEoNs.-A writer in the Salem Press
says it is estimated that from 100000 to L.
100000 pigeons have been killed at the
Roost" in Stokes county, N. c., aud that
there are millions still there Powder and
shot have been exhausted in that region, and
the people are calling for more.
An ELoqUENr MAN-Thomas T. Marshall
of Kentucky, Orator Tom," as nc is called,
's Iccturing in Louisville, Kentucky. He
draws crowded house, no doubt, wherever
he goes For strains of lofty and impassion-
cd eloqucncc, he is the most remarkable man
perhaps to be found on this continent
Widow Stodard died in Fulton
county, N. " on Christmas day. She was
born in Connecticut in tho year lT76, on
Christmas day--was married on Christmas
day and died on Christmas day, aged 81
years.
WANT TO Go BAcK.-Sixteen returned fill
busters have published a card in the Norfolk
papers, announcing that they consider them
selves "prisoners ofwar," and ready at any
moment to return with Gen. Walker to Mica
ragua.
| lion. NJ. H. DoNHAa.--1'h9 Bdgu1oid Id
rertiSer says Gen. Bonham has returned home
on account of an attack of rheumatism. IIc
is now better, however, and will return to
Washington in short time.
The GAIN OF ONE Is THE Loss OF ANorm-
ER."-An English writer says, in his advice
to young married women, that their mother
Eve married gardener. 1t might be added
that the gardener, in consequence ofhis match
lost his situation.
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. l2.--Dr. A. Jones, ex-
President of Texas, committed suicide at
Houston, on the Sth instant, by blowing out
his brains
y Coon NATURALIZATION l.. Rennock,
Jr, of 1avcrford, Pa, reports that he has
raised on o farm of one acre, three rods and
thirty-eight porches, 260 bushels of hard and
30 bushels of soft corn, making an average of
| l4O bushels per acre. The ground was very
heavily manurcd.
FAsT-Thc news per Collins steamship
Atlantic left New York by the National Line
at ten minutes before one o'clock, and was
received in New Orleans at quarter past
twelve, New Orleans time
THE PENDLEroN SEMIxARY.-T Due West
Telescope says the character of the Teachers.
the accessibility, hcalthfulncss and beauty of
the location; and the character of the sur
rounding community, combine to make this n
desirable Seminary for young ladies,
WATER CuRE.-onc of the prisoners at
Sing Sing, died lately while undergoing the
process of q shower-bath punishment. An
other victim of cold water has thus been ad-
ded 10 the long list that has gone before
What will the anttstimulus, coll-water-so-
ciety say to this? Facts arc stubborn things
lNDIANA. DEMocRATIc CONVENTION
State democratic convention held at Indiana
polls nominated mostly the old State of .crs
Resolutions endorsing the administration
were adopted. The friends of Douglas are
dissatisfied, and probably another convention
will be held. n
PURCHASE OF MoUNT YERNoN.--It is sta
tod that upwards oftwenty five thousand dol
lars has already been raised, and put out mt
interest, of the sum required for the purchase
of Mount Vernon. Two hundred thousand
dollars is the sun, demanded for the land and
buildings.
tJUDGE A. B. LoNasTREET, President
elect of the South Carolina College, arrived
at Columbia on Friday evening. AS soon
as his arrival became known, the students
ofthe College marched-in procession, pre-.
coded by band of music, to the hotel aud
having complilnehted the President with ad
serenado, were briefly addressed by him..
Mr. Rutherford, of Newberry, responded
i'll behalf of the students, rendering warm
welcome to theirnowly elected chief officer.
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