Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-04-16
Pennings and Clippings.

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TAxEs.-Thc person paying the largest
tax in Pickcns distr'ct is Col j. Edw'd Col
houn, of AbbcvilIc 1t is on lands exclusive.
ly, and amounts to o$l757T.
GREgNvrLLE.-Court continued in Green
vile until late Saturday night, without fin
ishing the business before it, Judge Whit.
nor ordered an extra Court, to commence ON
the 18th July, and continue for two weeks.
PERsoNAL.-Two noted characters, (but
each in different respects Attorney Genci-
nj Black, Of Mr. Duchanan's cabinet, and
James Gordon Bennett, of the New York
Herdht. The first named gentleman is in
search of health, and Bennett is supposed to
be ON the scent of something mean
CEDED.-Tho Feejcc Islanders have ccdcd
the whole of their country to Great Britain.
They are utterly unable to govern themselves
in cvilizedmnnner
y SAD FACT.--It is stated that the use Of
opium, judging by the imports and sales of
druggists, is greatly increasing in the United
States, annual imports being 300,OOO pounds.
not onc-tcnth of which is required for me.
dicinal preparations.
READ.-Womcn. in general arc worth
more than men and, in fact, our vices cause
the defects Of woman. Almost all their vices
belong to us, while their virtues and good
qualities arc thers-and theirs alone
LOOKING Ur.-It is thought to DC quite
t,rpt ,ln 20, fl. Il Il,
is not n Printer in the Missouri penitentiary
and but one in the present Lcgislature
DIrpING SNUrF.-This pernicious habit
seems to be prevalent to sad extent in Ma
rion county, Va The Fairmount TIrginjan
says, in that town alone. one firm soils four
hundred pounds Of snuff per annum, the
greater portion of which goe3 to "dpping."
La another store the proprietor regularly ev-
cry morning makes up Hundreds of little
papers ofsnnit, which are sold to the "ladies."
DEATH or A NAVAL OFFicER.-A letter
from llnS Kong, date january 29th, states
that Lieutenant Charles w. Place, of the T..
5. ship Germantown, dic,l at Manila on the
9ih of that mDath. lie hal got his leg
mashed while trying to secure the guns in II
gale Of wind, and the limb was afterwards
amputntcd, lie survived the operation only
Il few days.
REV. \. NJ. SHrr.-This gentleman, who
has rendered his resignation as Professor on
History in the University of North Carolina,
it is thought will he elected President of
Wofford College, S. c.. So says the Peters
burg ErpreSs, and no one can or will doubt
it.
BosroN, April j.--David II. Brown has
boen convicted Of causing the death OF Susan
Cardine Webster by Illegal practice. The
punishment for this otFonce is imprisonment
for seven to otwenty-onc years.
FATAL ArrArR.-Mr. James A. Folkes, q
respectable citizen Of Yicksburg, Mjss,.woS
Killed few days ago by the accidental dis,
charge of gun in tho hands Of his nephew.
CnEsrER,--Ch -Chesteris model district
AT tho spring tern, of the Court there, there
was not one indictmont before the grand iu-
ry, which was discharged on Monday. The
Court adjourned on Wednesday morning.
UPP ron TIE GOLD REGIoSs.- The Dalton
(Gcorgia) Times mentions that n party of
twelve men passed through that place on
Monday, en- route for Pixies Peak. The
Times says that scarcely day passes hut
men from various parts of tho State are seen
on their way for the same place There are
strong suspicions that ,he Pixies Peak G old
Mines area humbug.
WEsT PoINr. u MasterJames Barrell "
ington, son OF Col. Lewis B.Wasbington, of
Belle Air, Jefferson county, Va, has 'roceiS.
ed tho appointment of cadet to WeseP Point
by the President Of the United Statcg.. AIns-
ter Washington is a iincal Representative of
tho Father of his Country"
DEArn OF IIor&INs (Tagalo) IIoGsEy.-This
gentleman, for- several years representa-
tive in, Congress, and afterwards editor Of the
Athens Bdnaer, died in Taylor copniy,ssGa,,
the 3lst ult. na
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