Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-08-20
Pennings and Clippings.

day Saturday if it is not an tu.-fair day.
CRors IN MississlrPI.--A lotter from West
Point, Lowndcs County Mississippi of the
lst instant, states that the corn and cotton
crops in this and the adjoining counties, are
extraordinary, in fact, superior to any crops
ever produced before.
CELEsTiALs CELEBRATING THE FouRTu.-
At the celebration of the Fourth of July in
Placcrvllc, California, over 1000 Cinnamon
were in the rrocessior, accompanied by, ,mu.
sicians of their own country.
lNDErENDENcE-lIo onlysis Independent
who can maintain himself BY his own cxcr-
tions.
AN UNTRoDDEN PArH-Thc papers have
discovered some grass from the path of rec
titnde." We fear that path must be sadly
ovcrgrown with grass, it is 50 little travelled
nowadays.
PopULATioN- THE ORDER OF THE
DY.-Thcrc arc on earth l,000, 100000 of
inhabitnnts. OF these 33 $50 ,333 die every
| year; 1880 every hour, and 90 every minute
or one in every second. But there are al
ways more births than deaths, and 30 popu-
latOn increases.
CHANGED HIS MIND.-A drunken man, at
Alexandria, on Monday morning, ran to the
end of Jancy's wharf, Petersburg, Va, and
desperately jumped MS far out in the river as
he could but the temperature of the water
having n SOLDERING effect he swami until
picked up by a boat, and returned "wscr
man."
FLORA TEMPLE BEATS Princess TRoTTING.
The race between Flora Temple and Prin-
cess over the Long Island course, New York,
was won by the former. The quickest time
was . minutes % seconds
PARIS SUMMER BoNNgTs.-T Parisian
bellies have adopted rs the "rcigning mode"
plain rice straw or Lcghorn hats, without
any trimming whatever. Some of these un-
pctcntious hats cost over two hundred dol
lars piece, which probably account for their
popularity with the gay ladies of the French
metropolis.
TIT FOR TAr--A pretty girl attended a
ball out West, recently, dcckcd off in short
dress and pants, Tho other ladies were
shocked She quietly remarked that if they
would pull up their dresses about the neck
as they ought to, their skirts would DO as
short us hers.
Prosperity OF IRELAND.-Iu q recent
speech in Dublin, the Earl of Carlisle, Lord
Lieutenant of Ireland referred to the in
pro, cd condition of that country lie said
that the eye meets, on all sides with fields
tcoming with abundance, aud that crime is
daily Diminishing throughout the country.
The tide of emigration is checked, and pros
pcrity is bcgpning to prevail.
BLACK ToNruE.-This disease is said to be
prevailing among the deer and cattle in the
ncighborhood of Little Rock, Arkansas.
TIE NExT MrETiNG.-Thc next meeting of
the State Bible Convention will be held at
Sumter.
ADNIrrEp.-Col. j. II. Love, Jr., of Jack
son; Rufus III. Sicr, of Macon and Jamcs
IL. Johnston, of Haywood, n. c., have been
admitted to the practice of the law in that
State.
UNnERsirl.- Franklin College, at Ath-
ems, Ga., is to be raised to the dignity Of
University, with law and medical schools
;addcd.
PREsENTs.- The editor of the Pee Dec Times
is n lucky fellow. His friends have prescut-
ed him with much nice fruit. Amongst the
lot, his "bcttcr half" received some spice
Apples, the size of pigeon eggs. The tree
upon which they grew. were six feet high.
NEw CoTToN.--A correspondent of the Co
lumbus Times, in n letter dated Montgomery,
Quitnan, Co.. Ca, August 8, says: 1.-The
first bale of new cotton was received at this
place today, grown on the home plantation
of Maj. j. w Stark, of this county, weigh
ing l5O pounds, class milIing, and sold to
Il. G. Ellington ~ f2l cents"
On! Tue GIRLs.-Thcrc is something in
exprcssbly sweet about girls. Lovely, in!
noccnt, ingenious, unsuspecting. full of kind
ness to brothers, babies and everything They
arc sweet little human flowers, diamond
dew-drops in the breathmorn.
BAD EGG.-A young gentleman, cioyk in
n mercantile house in New 0rlcans2Gdoci-
dcdly .taSt-hos lately been figuring at N
aga Falls, as "junior member Of the house."
upon which he made drafts and had them
cashed to considerable amount. Just in
the nick of the timc the " Senior member Of
the house " arrived, was of course astonished,
and soon had tho dashing blade arrested
Before his exposure he captiyated half n