Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-03-05
Pennings and Clippings.

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rected to tho advertisements for tue sale of
Mr.. Holders valuable land, and the personal
estate of Wm Switzerland, deceased !: also,
the other new advertisements in this issuo,e
TIE CHARLESTON MARkErAThere is no
change to be reported in the Charleston cot
ton market, the figures of last week, IL ga
ruling still
AIR LINE RAILRoAD.-The Chief Engineer
of this road, John Z. Blunt, Esq, advortises
that he is now ready to close contracts for the
graduation and masonary of the first thirty
miles of the eastern division of this road,
commencing at Savannah river.
DECIDEDLY CooL.-Boston is cool place.
certainly, but the coolest thing there is n
medicine vcndcr in that city who asks pub
fishers of newspapers in the "United States
and elsewhere" to cory an advertisement of
hts wares cditorially," and then take their
pay in medicines.
KILLED.-Thc Chcraw Guzefte says that a
difficulty occurred at that place on the 9th
ut, between Rob't. Lewis and Henry Will
lams. Lewis struck Williams blow on the
head with bottle, breaking the skull, by
which portion of his brain was knocked
out. Williams has since died
! TIE BLUE bellies OF RIcuMoxD.-On the
22d instant, gcntlemanly "loafcr" made
up his mind to count the blue dresses in
Richmond. lie placed himself near the
American Hotel. aud between the hours of
l2 and i p m, 81 ladies wearing blue drcs-
scs passed by him.
! FINANCIAL CoST OF TUE ROWAN GoyERN-
MENT.--Ehe taxation of the Pnpal States is
less than ndcrnny other Government of Eu-,
rope. With all its dignity, the Court Of
Rome is the cheapest in the world. The
Pope's household costs but 81, 500 a year.
The salary of the Cardinal Secretary State
is s., 800.
| tRiuRoADs.-It Is anticipated that the rail.
road from the Mediterranean to the Red Sea-
will be finished this year, thus adding anoth-
or link to the chain of the brotherhood of ma
| tons.
MlMTARv.-Brig, Con. w. w Perryman,
of the lst Brigade of Cavalry, has resigned.
An election has been ordered for the 3Oth of
! April.
SETrLEp.-Scnator ITeifrcn, of Indiana,
plead guilty of assaulting Mr.. Gooding, in
the Senate chamber, and was fined five dol
iars and costs. s, nator Gooding was dis
charged by the Mayor. His brothers, Lem
uel and Clay, gave bail for their appearance.
REsriTEp.-The Columbia Bulletin learns
that his Exccllcncy, Gov. Gst has granted
respite for three weeks to james Coins
now under sentence of death, in Richland
District, for the killing of Bryant Mcdin, in
| September last. The rospitc dates from Fri
day. 18th ult.
fouTHrUL PRornErEss.-A youthful propl-
etcss but 10 years old, is turning the heads
of the supcrstitious folks of Cincinnati, by
her marvellous predictions.
ITUNc HrNsELr.-Capt. LOWS Bigelow, of
Worcester, Mass, hung himself Wednesday
night in his room. His age was seventy
one.
SALE OF THE FIcE-PREsIDENr's HoUsE.-
The States learns that V ice President Breck-
inridSc has sold his house in Minnesota row
Washington, D. c., for about twenty thou,
N''N "o''"''' Ah0 purchaser lS private.
citizcn of Washington.
OvERPLowING.--The New York State Pris.
ons are overlooking, At Sing Sing there
are ll7O prisoners, and Clinton and Auburn
prisoners are crowded.
Ice on THE UrrER MIssrssIppr-The ice
at Prairie du Chen, on the Mississippi, il
now 26 inches thick and covered with snow
about inches deep, with a fair prospect that
the river above will remain closed till the
middle of april
Is FULL BLAsT.-San Francisco has, every
Sunday night, English, French, and German
theatres in full blast. Probably no other
city in the world. of 20, 900 population could
say as much.
FREsnET.--A great frcshet has occurred in
the Ohio river. At Cincinnati the channel
has ffty-three feet of water in it, and is still
rising. rms
REcEIPTs FROM CUsTeMs-Tho receipts
from customs at New York last week were
only S42l 900. or shout quarter of what hadn
been anticipated.
The WINTER IN MADRIp-The cold has
lately been so great in Madrid this winter,
that q coachman was frozen to death on his
box, and three washerwonen were found
senseess by the side Of the Manzanares.
Tue TYRANNY OF DEBT--Eleven thousand
males and six hundred females vero in,nr;s