Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-09-24
peanings and Clippings.

P'chch MS 1afowell sermon mt this place on
Wednesday eyeningthe 27th inst He will
also deliver bis last sermon at Mount Zion
the Snbbatl, following. t@
SrAnrANpuRc.- Miles Gentry has been
elected Sheriff of Spartanburg district, bya
majority Of G03 votes over j. B. Toiloson.
The FRATERHAL NoKTuERNERs.--Gerri
Smith, the rich aDolitionist, comes out in a
long letter, condcmning the inefficency of
the means for efccting the object, and dc.
elares HIS chief reliance to he insurrection |!
How humane and fraternall
TEA PLANrs,-Thea agricultural department
OF the Patent Office will have one hundred
thousand vigorous tea plants eady for gratu-
itouS distribution within three or four months.
1t is expected that American grown tea will
enter tho market within FIVE years
The OFFICIAL STATEMENr.-According to
an official return of the Austrian Govern
ment. just published, the total loss of the
army IN Italy. in killed, wounded and pris-
oners, was ,lG4 officers aud 49, 500 men,
The loss of the French was likewise great.
Hoes IN INDIANA.-Tho assessors returns
from ffty-one counties in Indiana show an
increase this year of 161 1854 head, as COM
pared with last year.
ROUTE AGENT REMOVED C. Meredith,
Jr, route agent on the South Carolina Rail
road, has been removed by the Postmaster
General, for neglect of duty in abandoning
the mails on his route without leave. &c.
INDIAN MAssAcRE.-Papers received by
the Utah mail at st. Louis, gives an account
OF the massacre of the emigrants on a raft in
in the Oregon river on the both of July, by
the Bannock and Shoshonc Indians. Six
men and one woman were killed and rs many
wounded, some of them MORALLY The party
was robbed of $1,000 and all their stock.
ENGLISH DErENces.- London Times,
in leading article on England's defensive
preparations, says that she is rapidly ap-
pronchng, if, indeed, she has not actually
attained the position, in which no assalaut
can hope to attack her with impunity.
KNOW TnYsELF."-An old Greciau NH
losophcr advises all men to know themselves.
Thats advising good many to form very
low and disroputable acquain,anccs.
EXTENSIVE CoNcERN.-Adams Express
Company employs 1882 men, 1874 horses,
it has 072 agencies, and its messengers travel
daily 40, l52 miles on railroads and steamers
IA distance equal to once around the globe
and two-thirds around it a second time.
TIE WORLD.--The world cnresses the rich.
however deficient in intellect or morals. and
avoids the poor man of mort, in the thread.
bare coat.
New NovEL.-Mrs. Henry c. King of
Charleston, has new novel Just out from
the press of Derby G Jackson, entitled Sill.
Was Word"
BEAUTIFUL CUsToM.-It is beautiful
custom in some Oriental lands to leave un-
touched the fruits that are shaken from the
trees by the wind; these being regarded as
sacred to the poor and the stranger.
DHLEcATE TO CoNc1Ess.-W. IL. Hooper
Morgan lasbecn elected to Congress in Utah
Territory, vice Bernhisel, ignored.
PILLS VS. LITERATURE.-Dr. Brandrcth, oc
pill celebrity, is Democratic candidate for
the next Legislature in the Seventh Senate
rial District of Pennsylvania Gen Geo. p.
Norris the poet and editor, is his opponento
BUfraLo.-<The great Western plains orc
literally covered with buffalo. The number,
each year. seems to increase rather than di.
minish They go in immense droycs, and at
times seem to cast dark shadow over the
valley.
FANors FOR CoNGREssMEN.-Thc city of
Norwich, Connecticut, is famous for having
furnished members of Congress. There lmye
been horn in that place, nineteen who have
boon Representatives, and livc who have
been Senator'S in Congress-.
MoUNT NERNoN.-The work of renovation
and the Improvement of Mount Vernon has
commenced under the direction of the South
ern matron. $4,000 has already been paid
on the last instalment, leaving only $4,000
to be paid to complete the purchase.
FATAL MIsTAKe.-Daniel BrewSter,a of
Poughkeepsie, killed himself by drinking n
iiniment instead of rubbing it on his rheumat-
ic leg. He n,istook the medicine for whiskey.
SENrENcED-Dan, the negro boy charged
with producing the death of white girl in
Lancaster, to avoid the shame of their wick
cd deeda, has been sentenced to be hung
Circumstancial evidence was sufficient for
the purpose.
A COOP REToRT.-The notorious and un-
Il