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

ne IL 9ontont % p!aee himself IN tile. handS
of his friends, and will take no step to bring
T. himself IN before the ponple as candidate
Is CorroN--rng CRop.--The, New York Saip-
/ ping hist reports tho cotton cr"p Of lS5S-59
at 4.0l7,0N N0balcs, the receipts ot all the ports
being 3,85l ,4S0 bales, aud the exports !, ,Q25,
020 bales.
| EIoQUEST Man. Henry Clay Dean, one
of the most eloquent mon in Tho Northwest
| --an orator perhaps without II peer in I,wa
has taken tho stump in bohulf of the Dem
| ocratic cause in Iowa.
PRzs EssAY.-The South Carolina Med
ical Association offer prize of one hundred
| dollars to the author of tho best original es-
say on any subject of medical research. the
essays being sent to the Secretary, in Char
lesion, July l, 1860.
The PoTATo CRoP oP IRELAND.-Tho Irish
papers of the latest date say the potato crop
ct 1859 promises to turn out the finest grown
in Ireland since the good old times when the
market value of that article uf food ruled
fron"2 "a to SO cents tho cwt
CuGcTAw ELECTIoN.-Thc election of Head
Chief of tho Choctaw nation has resulted in
the choice of Basil Lcflorc for Governor, JOS.
Il. Hall, National Secretary, Willis j. liar.
kins, National Auditor, and Allen Wright
National Treasurer. 1t will he noted that
the Indians have adopted almost the exact
form of government of the States.
a Coon BUsrNEss.-AIr. 1'cn Brocck states
in private letter. addressed to friend in
Memphis, Tenn, that his total winnings,
since his present sojourn in England. have
amounted to 100000, to gain which, lie has
only riskcd $4,000.
GENTILEs ELECTEp.--In the recent election
in Utah, three Gcntics were elected to the
Territorial Legislature namely, Sam'l, Mills
William S. Osborn and Charles Crocker.
,GEoRcIA.-Georgia is probably the lightest
| taxed State in the Union. Its State tax is
only two-thirds of umill on the dollar. a
man owning $4,000 of property PAYS only
S6.G2 <cs Georgia is one of the must flour
ishing Gntes also rapidly rising in manufuc-
lures as well as sagriculture.
BANKs.-Tho following is list of broken
or worthless banks in Tennessee: Agricul-
tnral Bank. Brownsvillc Central Bank of
Tenn, Nashville; Farmer & Mechanics
Bank, Memphis; Mechanics Bank, Mem.
phis; Memphis Savings Institution; Ex-
change Bank, Murfreesboro' Miners and
Manufacturers Bank, Knoxville: Bank of
East Tennessee, Knoxville; Bank of Clai-
Dcrne, Tazewcll
Rs.MARRIED.-Mr T. f. Walton, of But-
Ter county, Ohio, was recently remarked to
woman from whom he had been divorced.
and who, during his absence IN California.
had married and outlivcd q second husband.
LARGE SrM.--The amount of money remit
ted home by Irishmen resident in America,
the last year, for the purpose of assisting
their friends to emigratc, was $2,360 ,O00.-
The ten preceding years the amount rcmittcd
was $40 ,OS0,000
NEW BANK LAw.A-The Arkansas I.cgisla.
turc has passed, and the Governor has signed,
bill rendering ii IL penal offence for any
one to offer or receive II bank bill of less de-
nomination than ten dollars in that State.
The FIRE AT IALIrAx-On Granville
street - stores were consumed. On Barring
ton street there were also several business
houses DESTROYED, includi,Ss the printing
Offices of Mr.. Blacklader and Mossrss,J j, Bow,
ers & Son. The loss will probably reach
81 100000.
ES-PREsIDENT PIERcE:-The Nashua IN.
~ GuzctLe says it is the intention of ex. Pres
ident Franklin Pierce to spend the winter
with his wife at tho Bermudas, where the
thermometer scarcely varies more than four
degrees during the year, ranging usually
from IL to 75 degrees.
DEATH OF VETEBAN.-The Kentucky M.
pcrs notice the death, on Rock Castle River.
IN that State, of Urian Gresham, n native of
King William county. Virginia. lie was
Tor many years member of the Kentucky
Legislature, and fought under General ST.
Clair. in 1892, and was one of the :. Mad An
thony Wayne's soldiers in 1874.
a NovEr SUir rok DAMAeEs-A tavorn
Keeper, of Harrisburg. Pa, was arrested on
| Monday, and held for trial at the suit of n
widow, whose husband had died from drink
ing to excess at the tavern Of tho defendant
A civil suit for damages will also be institu-
ted.
SPors OK THE SUN.-There arc about 90
spots arranged in three clusters, now to be
eeea on the surface of the SUI. Thev are of
interest just at this time, insomuch as there
is some reason to- believe in a concurrence