Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-04-02

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4 Maj. W. ID. Simpson, of Laurens, was also
screnaded. though no was known to be .;op.
posed'to the road The Gazette says he was
esteemed none the less as a ahigh.minded and
honorable gentleman. Hon. C, p. Sullivan
of Laarehs, was also called for but had re-
| tiredS
,HASoEps-Three men werc hanged IN New
Orleans on the 18th ultmo, for the crime of
murder, respectively.
| To CouNEscE. Siokle5 trial at Wash
ington is to commence on tho 4th of April,
| Monday next.
| WONDERFCL IMpROyEMENTs.--Tw centu-
| ries ago, not one in one hundred wore stock
ings. Fifty years ago, not u boy in u thou
sand was allowed to run at large at night
! Fifty years ago, not one girl ia thousand
mado waiting maid of her mother. Won
derful improvements in This wonderful age:
a Tlugr's ExupIESG-A man in Maine
who had stolen.a watch gives as an excuse
that he was umwetl.ond his physician advised
| him to ta6c SomcthinS.
EARLY --Cucumbcrs made their first ap-
pcaranco in, Savannah on the 10th inst,
EyECuTEp.-R Richard j. Foster, convicted
at the last term of the, Court for Charleston,
of the crime of burglary, was hung in that
city on tine 2Gth instant
Ora MINISTER TO MExlco.-Mr. M'Lane.
our Minister to Mexico, left New Orleans on
Sunday lnSt'i in the Qiakcr City, touching at
Vera Cruz to lame. .him and the mails of the
steamer T0mpco, which had returned to New
Orleans disabled,
GIDDINGs AND THE NEGRoEs.&An Amcri.
can watch is to be presented To the Hon. j.
H. Giddings, by the negroes ofNew York and
Brooklyn, on Monday night.
A CHICAGO JuRY.-It is stated that the
father of young Burch, acquitted of murder
in Chicago day or two since, gave the Jury
who cleared him a champagne supper on tho
night after the verdict was rendered, eleven Of
the jurors attended, one only having the dc
ccnoy to stay away. .
DISCHARGED. Brown. chorred with
killing Col Jos Bond, tho wealthiest man
in Georgia, has heen discharged by the JUS.
tees before whom he was examined. Tho
Investigation occupied three days. and a clear
case of sef:deienoe was proved on the part
of the accused. IT.
| PRQCLAaHrIoN PROM GEN TwtGGs. The |
San Antonio (Texas) HcdL2, Of The 4th in
slant contains APPROXIMATION from Gen:
'Twiggs, warning citizens from engaging in !
| reported .lawless expedition to Mexico, to
capture runaway negroes, and then sell them
and divide the profits, The, General has is.
sued orders to the commanding officer at
Forts Duncan and Clark to prcvent any such
attempt and to cooperate with the Mexican.
authorities for that purpose.
Coop MORALS The jails of Anderson and
Union districts are without tenants. Credit
is claimed, and justly, too we think, for the
good morals peryading these districts
Presentnient of the Grand Jury.
The Grand Jurors for Pickcns District to
Spring Term, 1859,
Bog leave to report that the road from
| Mullins Ford to Thomas Shelor's, the road
FROM Cherry Bridge to, Bachclsr's Retreat
in, part, the road from Double Cabins to Glas-
sy Mountain Church, the road from. Cedar
Rock 20 D6nBle Cabins, the road from the
Oolcnoy Bridge to Caesars Head. the road
from Pickens G. H. TO Easley's Mills and tho
| road from Pickens G.. H. towards Cedar Rock
rs far as to Twelve Mile river are represen-
ted to us us being in bad condition and some
Of them almost impassabc.
We find the Public Buildings after q care
! full examination generally in good condition.
but new sill ought to be put under the iail
between the chimney next to the kitchen and
the west corner.
Our Sheriff deserves great credit for the
neatncss with which he keeps the iail and
his effectiveness to provide for tho comfort
of the prisoners.
Having heard some complaints concerning
the management of the Poor House and its
inmates, our committee has carefully exam
ined the promises and find them exceeding
ly ceanly and comfortable, the paupers well
| clothed and apparently. supplied with an
! abundance of good substantial food with no
lack ofnnything necessary for their comfort.
ana some Of the paupefs known to be reiisL-
bic confirm the fact assumed. We 1isap-
tprove of pensioning pnnperN but think all
OF ther should partake of the charity of the
District at one place. and thorefnre, recon-
! mend that the petition of Gilbert Prince and
wife be not granted.
And we recommend that the Sheriff be re-
quired to serve the Grand Jurors for next
torn, Immediately after the close of the nres-
ent session that they. may have an eve to the
suppression Of vice in'the district'and prompt
ly report all ihfraetions of the law at the
proper time,
We further recommend that so much of
The road from Pickens G. H. by Ligons
|. Bridge to Greenyilln G. II hef,Soe, so;d