Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-10-15
Pennings and Clippings.

has been performing in Winsboro: Tho
H,"dM says there is less hnmbuggery about
! it than most such "institutioDs.
HoNlcInE.-Thc Darlington Fling states
that d. Lalson S;uckey was killed by Henry
ID. lIearon his brother in.law. The particu-
lars are not given.
n TowN BURIED.--Lcttcrs from Trcbiz ond
state that the town of Chirvan. in the gov
ernmcnt of Ti6s, had been buried under q
mountain thrown on it by recent earth
quake.
lloRRtDLE.-A women was arrested in
Philadelphia City. on Sunday morning, gross
~ intoxicated, and holding in her arms the
body of a dead infant, to which she had Civ
en- birth the evening previous in an open lot
Hoo C3NrRAcrS.-In the interior of Ken.
lucky salo5 of hogs for early delivery arc re.
| ported Mt $3.50 gross. In Cincinnati some
contracts have been made at 1915 net
THE GREAT CiTlEs.-Tho populatca Of
Rome at the highest period of its power, has
been estimated at G,S00,000. The present
population of London is about $500 00o.-
Inc entire population of Paris, including
that of all its metropolitan suburbs, is about
100000. That of New York, estimate in
the samo way, is 100000.
LARGE CALr.-Tho Ellsworth American
mentionsacnl four weeks old, which weighed
fonrwecks ago. 500 lbs; grth 5 feet, and well
proportioned. Raised or the farm of VIM.
III. Black.
The CUBAN SLAVE TRADE.-About two
weeks ago cargo of slaves was landed near
Trinidad dc Cuba. One of the inspectors. n
young Creole informed the government of
the fact That night he was assassinated in
his bed
AMERICAN RAILROAD Cars FOR Eoyrr.-
The ship Vivid Light, about to set sail from
Boston, Mass, for Alexandria, Egypt. will
take out fourteen railroad cars manufactured
in Springfield, for the Railroad in Egypt
TonAcco.-Says the Louisville (Ky.) Jour.
nal, goth ultimo: The very handsome
price of 5000 per 100 was obtained yostcr-
day at the Pickett warehouse for hogshcal
of tobacco from Tennessee"
TENNESSEE LEGISLATURE This body met
at Nashville, on the 81 instant. and was Or
ganized by tho election Of T. w. Newman,
of Franklin, Speaker Of tho Senate, and Mr..
Whitbornc, Of Maury, Speaker of the House
SUDDEN DEATu.-We learn from tho Ab.
bcvillc papers that Mr.. Edmund Cobb,
hetel keeper in that place, committed suicide
by taking laudanum last week. No reasona.
BILE account is given for the commission of
the act.
GANDER PULLING.--rhe Star Of tile South,
p15lishc'l ut Elbcrton. Ga. says that an old
fashioned "gander pulling" came off in that
county recently. The S'ar is down on such
'nhnman sport, and very justly too. AnSbo-
dy who has read tho Georgia Scenes" can
| appreciate the scene.
A WRETcn.-A married wretch said that
he dreamed lately that he had an angel sleep.
ing by his side. and upon waking up found
it was nobody but his wife!
Heavy DAMAGEs.-About u year ago, the
wife of n man namcl Cnrcy, was thrown
from wagon in Detroit. Michigau. in con
sequence of sewer having been loi> open
Mr. Corey sued the city for damages, and
last week recovered $4,000.
SETTING THE BALL IN M)rlox."-Thc
Philadelphia Democracy opened the fall cam
paign by rousing meeting on Monday
The Pennsylvania says the resolutions in
troduccd. and also the very able and intcres-
ting addresses, had the ring of genuine coin,
and were received by the immense auditory
with frequent and vocifcrous cheers.
PRrsENTATIoN.-Mr Harris. our consul at
d"pan, has been presented with q magnif-
cent gold snuft-box by Queen Victoria. The
box is about six inches in length, four in
width, and two in depth, and is of wrought
gold handsomely washed On the top is tho
Queens cipher surrounded by n wreath of
diamonds. The gift is u most splendid one.
and is valued at $4,000.
BREWERY BuRNT-FRE AT SING SIxG.-
Speyer's Lager Beer bre' ey, at New York,
was burnt on Sunday night. The loss is
about $4,000
MEMpHIs.-When this city subscribed in
1850 for her first railroad stock of $500 600
in the Memphis and Charleston Railroad,
she contained apopulation of $685. and her
whole taxable property was valued at So, 600.
OOo Her population now exceeds 10000,