Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-11-19
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same State the delegates are Chester W.
ychapin and Josiah.Allisn sEfs
Ex-PREsIprNT VAN BuBsS. WRlrINc \, Po-
LITtcAL IIisToRY.-Ex President Martin Van
Burcn is engaged on an important and olab,
crate work, which shall embrace. n, political
history of the country down. to the close of
his administration. -
ATLANTA, Ga, November ga ire broke
out last night in the store of J.iA. Gibson,
commission merchant. There were four or
exploded, blowing out its cntiro front, kill
ing Mr.. Levin J, Blake. and wounding sew
cral other persons very seriously.
THEY CosT nut LirrLE.-The most Of peo.
plc are very particular about giving few
dollars aud cents to the poor, andn the same
time deny them what is of tnr more value
a smile and a pleasant word.
PlcKrocEErs.-T light,fngcrcd gentry
were at the fair, in Columbia, last. week.
One person lost $1,000
SoUTu CAROLINA CoSfERENcE.-T South
Carolina Conference ofthe NJ F.. Church, South
will mcct ut Grecnvilc on Wednesday. 30th
inst. Ample provision will be made ior the
accommodation of tho members and othors,
whose business require their attendance on
the Conference.
The YoTE OF New YoRx.-Thc returns of
the namcs of voters registered in New York
city, foot up l04, 450-33, ,748 moro votes than
were cast at the late State election, and
about 1900 more than were given at the
municipal election of 1857, which was the
highest vote ever cast in that city.
LIFE INsURANcE.-Th Columbia Gna,Yli-
an has been informed that the Southern Mu-
tual Life Insurance Company, of that City,
paid loss in Charleston of $1,000. Whole
amount insured $4,000, '1t
MORE THAN SAvAGr-.In Turkey, it is
law'that no male child born Of any daughter
of the Sultan shall be allowed to olve. This
barbarous custom is still in full force at the
Scraglio and son recently born,to the Sui
| tina, the wife of Mahmond Pasha, was pitt
leisly stranged Immediately after its birth.
RArIp INcREAsE.-Thc taxable property
of St. Louis, Missouri. is returned by the as
SCISSORS at $0j,000,0 ,000-an increase since
last year of eight million of dollars.
HonnIBLE DEAru.-A young lady named
Brinkley, l8ycars of ago, was on Tuesday
night caught in sugar mill and crushed to
death, about five miles from La Grange,
Missouri.
RDc ou 1 l,l,
in Rochester, New York, has lately sued a
gentleman for breach ofpromisc ofmarriagc,
aud recovered 5000. The principal evidence
against tho dcfcndent was that he gave the
plaintiff his tobacco box borrowed gun of
her father, assisted the young lady over a
fence, and presented her mother with a box
| Of sardincs.
a Bic GUM.-Thc Hon. Alexander II. Bo-
teller, has in his possession a gun belonging
to old John Brown, taken from his rcndcz-
vous on the mountain, which weighs 34bs.,
and is worked by means of pivot, attached
to the barrel. 1t was made for the purpose
of shooting slugs.
New YORK, Nov. 0.-Gcrrit Smith has
been sent to the Insane ASYLUM, at Utica,
seriously deranged &r
AUGUsTA, Nov. 0.-The affair of honor be-
tween Mcssrs. Yancey and Fitzpatrick, Of
Alabama, has been adjusted. -. .,,
New York, Nov "a Grain Elevator at
Buffalo, in this State, has been destroyed by
fire. There were 100000 bushels of Grain
in it, which was all consumed. phc loss is
estimated nt 100000.
NATIVE ArRIcANs.--The premium offered
b.. Col. A. Nj. Hunt, says the Columbia
Gm1rdim, for aspccimen of Native Africans,
t be exhibited ut tho State Agricultural
,ir, was taken, yesterday, by DIR. Bland,
of Edgctield, who brought two on the grounds.
Their arrival created quite IL sensation with
the large crowd assembled in the Amphithe.
atre. The premium was n beautiful silver
G bet
The New JERsY ELECTIoN.--The returns
thus far indicate the election of the Repubi-
can Governor by 1000 majority. The Stnte
Senate is Democratic, but the political tone
OF tho House remains in doubt.
WOMEN often lose the men they love, and
who love them, by mere wuntonncs Of CO.
quctry-they reject and then they repent
they should be careful not to take thus step
hastily. for proud high-minded gifted man
will seldom ask a woman twice. Think of
that girls.