Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-10-08
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Socru CAROLINA CoLLEog.-Tho Carotiai-
a" says that the exercises of this institution
were resumed on Monday last. Professors
and students were alike prompt in their Mt
tendance.
SAvANNAu VALLEY RAILRoAD.-The next
annual meeting of the stockholders of the
Savannah Valley Railroad will be held mt
Calhoun's Mills, on the sd "Wednesday in
November next.
DEATH OF !, VETERAN SoLpiER.-Culoucl
John Duval, who had represented Scott coun-
ty, Ky, for many years, in the Legislature
of thnt State, died there on the 7th inst. lie
was captain in the war of 1872, and served
a campaign under Gen. Harrison
LATER FROM NENEzUELA.-.in arrival from
Ncnczucla at New York states that affairs
there were unchanged. Several battles had
boon fought. in which the Folcralists were
successful. but the government forces had
gained lasnayra. Gen. Flores had gained II
complete victory over the governmental Bar
quisarnantc.
PENs-Pcns, first made ofquills, appeared
in Gi5. The gray goose quill" has flour
ishcl for a long time
IEIGurALuTiN.-Thc reporter Of the Lon
don NcmS, describing tho Great Eustcrn's &"
departure, says she " coyly wallov IN her
liquid couch, and glidcl away forever from
the scenes of her potcntous infancy.
SClclpE.--Maj, Chapman, L. S. A., COM
p1It oil Ia l,n I ~
tvcss Monroe, Baltimore.
Lack or CoNSciENcg.- in ono
of his articles written since the Revolution
of rs, declared that the al defect in French
character, which made permanent French
Republic impossible, was lack of conscience.
ENTERrRIsING WoMEN.-In the town of
Pckin, n. Y, resides Samuel Roberts, with
his wife Salina, and their four daughters.
They occupy farm of hundred acres, the
work of which, such as blowing, logging.
planting, hocing, taking care of teams. &c.
has, during the last year, been performed by
the mother and daughters. The eldest daurh-
ter. aged eighteen, plowcd 90 acres, and ono
of the young sisters dragged in the grain.
ELSc1GD CNANINousLr.-Lcut Mowrv's
election as delegate from Arizona was unan-
imous. Out of 5000 votes it is not known
that even one was against him.
y VERY DRY NuRsE.-Thc Englisl, papers
state that the nurse of an opulcnt family, in
London, who rendered her accountonnually
for little nursery ctceteras, among other
things put down the modest sum of Sl,7j0
for brandy to sponge the children with
THEIR NCMuERs.-There arc said to be at
present in the world about one hundred and
twcnty-onc thousand mormons Eighty-throc
thousand live iii Utah, of whom four thousand
six hundred and seventeen have sixteen
thousand Ave hundred wives.
GOLD FLowERs.-The inhabitants of Paris
have recently presented the Empress Eugc-
mic two superb vases of gold weighing lSU
ounces. They contain lowers of gold, each
emitting an odor similar to the natural one of
the flower which its form represents,
VERY LrcHY,-Thc Dnkc of Argyle thinks
highly of Mrs H. b. Stowc-thinks she cant
be spoiled, but the Duke does not approve of
a woman appearing on platform in public,
unless she is going to be hanged, whcn he
says, 'it is unavoidable"
TUE IIgnRsw YEAR.-Thc IIcbrew yeae
commences on tho Goth of Scptembcr, Instead
of lst of january
Hon PaIcEs,-Thc Elgaell .Rcrrti<er
saws that uc0ro MAJ, bova rarnuuy coll -,
that market at 50, ,0O0 apiece and women pro-
portionatey high Planters from Louisiana,
who know the value of negroes. were tho
purchasers.
RAvAGEs OF CHoLERA.-Thc cholera has
carried off l,GoO persons in Hamburg this
summer, 900 in July. 1t has ragged serious
~ in the Duchies of Mccklcnburg one lit
tie town of 300 inhabitants has been ul.
most drpopuatcd.
a PERFECT BRIcK"-The use of the term
brick, us applied to good fellows, probably
originated from classic story related in plu-
tarch, where, Agesilaus says, "rhere are
the walls of Sparta, and every single man is
q brick"
a GREAT RASCAL Alpinc,
convicted in New York of swindling IL gov
crncss, Il la LcSsie, was sentenced on Monday
To Ave years imprisonment. lie made q gran
diloquent speech to the Court, in which he
quoted Scripture, and declared himself ms
innocent as an angel :" the hard hearted
judge thought otherwise.
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