Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-11-05

"u' ~" "soIS uSoWben luey WGr9~ up WITH
tho subject" He says it was a glass con-
Germ aud holds abonta pint.
RETURN OF \ FrGlTIyE-A rupaway slave
named York, who ran away to Canada, from
Parkcrsburg, VA, in january last, vulunta.
rily returned tohis old "MisSuS." lie rep
rcscnts the poor dcudcd fugitycs az much
worse off than they were in the South, and
many of them anxious to get back.
TERRIBLE AND FATAL EXPLOSION. ro
gret to hear that the hoi'"r Of the steam saw
mill owned by Messrs. NJ. ton & Pane, of
Edsccombc county, n. c., situated about
three miles from Sparta. exploded on Mon
day nRt, with terrible and fatal effect. Rich,
ard Gillian and Nathan Pane, of Virginia
Charles CAST, of Wilson, n G. and George,
slave, belonging to the estate Of lIurman
Ward, Of FdSccomb connty, were all instant
ly killed.
ROBBED. The Charleston .Mcrcmy says:
y countrymun was robbed nf $4,000 in Sal
vannuh on Wednesday night He left
trunk containing the money in charge of
negro, for Il Sh0@t time: when ho returned
tho negro was asleep and the trunk missing.
FLORA TEMpLE.-The celebrated trottcr,
Flora Temple, trottcd for purse of $4,000 ut
Kalamazoo, ON Saturday, and won the mon
ey. The time was 2:32l, 2;224 2:lo3. the
last mile being trottcd quicker, by one sec
trottcl before.
Blue RIpCs RAILROAD MEErING.-A meet
ing of the citizens of Prince Williams Par
ish, at Sand Hills Church, was held on Sat
urday, Goth ult., to take into consideration
the propricty or impropriety of granting fur
ther State aid to the Blue Ridge Railroad.
WHOLESALE ROBBERY. Tho steamer Wan
dcrcr, of African negro" notoricty, has
been stolen by man named Patton. He
stecrcd away, MS hc saiI for another lond of
black niggcrs!
To THE ppopRIEToRs OF CouNrRY PA
PERS.-Wc would suggest to Proprietors
of country papers, in this State, the pro
pricty of their meeting in Convention at
an earlier day, to determine upon some GER
tain rates foradvertising. 1t is Very appa-
rent that this matter should be attended
to, If propretors would adhere to their
published rates every one would know
exactly what to expect and the necessity
of what we propose would not be so press
/ ing. But this, unfortunately, is not the
case; /; the consequence Is that when we ap-
prOach II business man to suggest to him
the properyof advertising, care frequent
ly met with Il proposition from \ or B, or
hot 20 nl.
pay expenses, to say nothing Of leaving
anything in the way Of profits. The pro
prictor Of paper, actuated by desire tc
place his publication beyond contingencies
aud TO oNpcnd proper amount of his
income i'll improvements calculated to ben
eft his readers, has, consequently, to dc
cline the advertisement at the preferred
rates, Thus serious injury is done to a
| large majority Of country papers we say
a large majority, for we believe those who
| arc engaged in this system of undertaking
themselves (for their published rates show
what they profess to do) are, comparative
ly, but small proportion of newspaper
propriotoS.
We would suggest that meeting of the
proprietoB of the papers we have alluded
to, be held in the city of Columbia during
the session OF the next Legislature. What
do our brethren say to this?
DISASTRoUs FIRES IN NEW ORLEANS.
Our New Orleans exchanges of Tuesday,
give US the particulars of the destructive
fire which took place in that city on Mon
! day morning last. The fire ragged about
six hours, laying waste the new magazine,
market house, and its whole ncigaLv.!.oc>.
The area Of the fire was three squares
in length, extending from Felicity to St
Josephine streets, and from ono square to
one square and II half in width Three
causes combined to spread the destruction
| around the combustibc nature of the
buildings, the almost total absence of wa
ter, and high wind. The fire is report
| e1 as having been tcrrifcally grand and
fierce when the flames had fairly got pos
session of the market. 1t was impossible
to arrive at anything like a near estimate
OF the total loss by this hcry visitation
estimates varying from $3.50, 900 to 500,-
| 900 The total amount Of insurance on
the property destroyed was 2S2 900
1t will bcsecn by our telegraph column,
that another disastrous fire occurred in
New Orleans on Saturday night, and still
another yesterday afternoon. - Charleston
-Hercu,y.
The DISTURBANCE IN SHANGHAI
We published, few days ago, an extract
from n latfcr IN a oyontion,or -, tl,;, x,l,.o