Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-11-12

DEDIcATIoN.--Th new Presbyterian church,
at Bachelors Retreat. will be dedicated on
Saturday before the third Sabbath 10 Nov,
inst. Preaching mny also be Oxpoetod OF, the
Sabbath 'ftoTS
LARGE REwARD..-Gov. Wise (of Va has
issued his proclamation offering $4,000 re-
ward for the apprehension of Owen Brown,
Barclay Coppie, Francis Merriam and
Charles P. Tidd, who were engaged in the
Horpcr's Ferry invasion.
VIRGINIA MoyEMENTs.-In some parts of
Virginia. meetings have been called to ap-
point Vigilance Committees and to petition
the Legislature to give the border counties a
corps of armed men officered and paid by
the State, whose sole duty it shall be to guard
the property of citizens, arrest suspected cit
liens, and exercise rigid police surveillance
WASHINGTON. Nov. 3d.--Lewis Jones, a
young man, Clerk in the Land Office, and
son of the late George III, Jones, of (Petcrs-
burg( Virginia, committed suicide this morn
ing by blowing his brains out with pistol.
Horrible MURDER.-A gunsmith in Te&as
murdered his wife by putting her head in a
vice and crushing it to pieces.
CoTro%. IL Charleston, on the 5th. S,100
bales of cotton were sold at l0l to lls.
TIE LApy's Snowy BRow-Yhe gentle
man who kissed the lady's snowy brow,
caught severe cold, ard has been laid up
ever since. For kissing n lNdy's brow in
preference to salutpg her lips, he ought to
be laid up, and ]rrd out to boot. Such exc
cradle taste is objectionable.
DEcGpED.-The House of Bishops have de-
cidcd to allow Bishop Ondcrdonk to with
draw mis- memorial for restoration, which is
considered equivalent to it's rejection.
To DE HANcED.-The Lancaster Ledger
says that Dan, a slave the property of Alvin
Massey, condemned for murder Will be,bang-
cd on Friday the 4th inst.
| .NovBb CAsE.-The Lancaster Le7qer states
that the Court of Ordinary, for that district,
has been in session to prove the will of Dan
icl Steel a minor, in "solemn form." The
Ordinary has not decided the case, though
an appeal will be taken, let his decision bc
what it may.
| GIRLS IN DEMAND.-Of the 3 900 voters of
Washington Territory, two thousand are de-
sirous of entering the matrimonial state, but
there arc no marriageblo girls there. The
Puglct's Sound Herald plaintvely calls for
New England damses to satisfy the demand
for :" a good article"
GoING WEsT.-Thousnnds of wagons are
now on the route from Missouri, destined for
| Al ,,l. a..
of Texas.
DANGEROUS PLAcE.-St. Louis is a danger.
Gus place. The papers make mention of two
attacks and robbery of ladies on the high
st IS in broad daylight. The perpetrators
VIC boys.
WELL DONE FOR THE LADiER.-The Mem
phis B"lletin says that within q fort-nieht
two ladies of that city have collected a sum
of $1,000 in aid of the Mount Vernon Fund.
MORTALITY FROM SMALL.pox.--Atthcl late
meeting of the English Scientific Association,
it was stated that about four thousand deaths
occur annually in England from smallpox,
and that the lives of 3000 might be saved by
proper attention to vaccination.
THE SLAVE TRADE.-Tho steamer Granada,
from Havana, October Goth, reports that two
cargnes of 900 Africans were recently landed
near Havana.
MURDER.-Private letters to the New Or;
leans Picayunc from Mexico confirm the cold
! bloodcd murder Of Mr.. Chase, the American
CONSUL by cen. Marquee.
FLouRIsnTNo.- The Masonic Female In
sttution, at Cokcsbury, has i25 pupils, and
was never more llourishing.
DEAD.-IIon f. Brownce, State Senator
from st. Georges Parish, died on the both
ut. of typhoid fever.
Fred Douglas, the negro, has written an
impudent letter from Canada, denying the
truth Of Cooks charge, that he promised
to be at Harper's Ferry. He says he is
going to England, as it is not safe for lin
to remain in the United States He says
have no apology for keeping out of
the way of those gentlemanly United States
Marshals, who are said to have paid Ro-
chester somewhat protracted visit lately,
with view to an interview with me. A
government recognizing the validity of
the Dred Scott decision, ~ such time as
this, is not likely to have any very chari-
table feelings towards me, and if / am to
meet its representatives, | prefer to do SO,
at least, on equal terms. If / have com.
mtted any offence against society / have
done so on tho soil of the State of New