Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-03-12
General Intelligence.

| F" P'''"AV' o"u tHei ny ilStouihB Votne uetINc-
ry of an appropriate address by our young
friend Maj S. D. GooDLErr mcmbcr of the
Company. The speeclr was highly compli-
mentcd by those who had tho pleasure to
hear it.
The Postmaster General, q. G.. BRoWN, is
now lying in Washington in a critical cond
ton. lie has been i'll several days.
A landslide occurred on the Covington and
Ohio railroad on the 24th killing two men,
and destroying considerable property.
Advices from Santa Fo have been received
to the effect that the Legislature of New Mex
leo had passed stringent laws for tho protec-
ton of slave property.
Accounts in n succeeding column will in
form the reader of o terrible steamboat acci-
dent on the Mississippi river. 1t was the re-
suit of thoughtlcssness or design. The guilty
party should be thoroughly punished.
Alarse fire broke out lii Boston on the 2Sth
ult', destroying goods and property to the val
ue of S500.000.
Intelligence has been received from Buc.
nos Ayres, to the 18th of January. BY this
means we learn that Commissioner Bowlin
and the Commodore of the fleet had gone up
the river to attempt successful negotiation.
1t was reported that Lopez had one hundred
| thousand mon under arms.
| A destructive fire visited Memphis. Tom.
on the lst instant, burning over half square
on Main-stecct, including all the news paper
Offices. Loss estimated at $I50O0O, partially
! insured
Public meetings have been held in North
Carolina and Spartanburg for the purpose of
extending the railroad from the latter place
to Paint Rock This is the old French Broad
route. A convention to take into considcra-
tiOn the subject assomblcda at Columbus N. c.,
on the Sh instant. Spartanburg was to have
been we'll represented
An arrival from Europe brings Liverpool
dates to the 10th of February. Cotton had adj
vanccd an 3d., with large sales. The war oues-
tion had assumed no new feature though mill
tary preparations continued. The latest ac-
| counts from India state that the campaign, in
| the department of Dude had closed, all the forts
being destroyed Lord Malmsbury has de-
clarcd that the code of Instructions for the sun
preston of the slave trade, agreed to by Eng
land and France, has been submitted to the Uni
ted States.
The steamer Illinois from California brings
81 200, 900 in specie. revolution was immi-
ncnt in Chill. The whole of the Republic, ex-
ccpt Valparaiso and the Island of Chiloa, was
in state of siege. All the ports except that
of Valparaiso was blockaded or about to be-
band of Apaches stole number of horses
and mules at San Elziario, and were pursued
by a detachment of mounted rifles from Fort
Bliss, under command of Second Lieut. Henry
Nj. Lazcllo. An engagement took place, result
ing in the withdrawal of the troops, with loss
of killed and wounded, including Lieut. La
zellc, who vas mortally wounded in the lungs
Lieut.. L. was from Massachusetts,. A dozen
Indians were killed The troops numbered on
ly %; the Indians 200
SPRING Observation-Disclosures will take
place in four States this Spring, viz: New
Hampshire, March 9th, where contest will be
between tho Republicans and Democrats
Connecticut, April 4 Rhode Island, April 6,
and in Virginia, May Goth In each of these
States Governor is to be chosen, and also
members to the next Congress. Virginia will
be the main point of interest in these clec-
tions.
COMMODORE STEwART.-The Joint resou-
ton comforting upon Commodore Charles
Stewart the brevet rank of senior flag officer,
has passed both houses Of Congress. The
rank is sort of equivalent to that of adm-
raj, and it will terminate at the death of Com
modore Stewart. 1t corresponds to General
Scott's brevet rank of Lieutenant Gcneral.-
Shall we look for the Introduction of titles
upon the European plan, next? Alas! for
old-timc republicanism.
DISTRESSING AFFAIR.-Thc louisville
Courier has the following account of a dis.
trcssing affair which occurred at Lebanon,
Ky, on the 2lst instant:
Miss Susan Shuck, daughter of John
SEuck, Esq, was to have been married to
Mr.. John Thomas at II o'clock. But
few minutes prior to the time the ceremo-
ny was to be performed her dress accident
ally caught fire, and the wedding dress,
which was ofthin material, was instantly
in blaze, and the young lady was fatally
burned Her sister, Mrs Burr Harrison,
in her efforts to save her, fred her own
dress, and was perhaps more severely burn
cd. There is but little hope of her rccove-
ry, it is feared Mr.. Shuck and other mem
bcrs of the family, who also tried to relieve
the young lady from her pcrlous situation,
were burned, but not seriously. The scene
was terrifying beyond the expression of
language. The bride was badly burned
from the waist up, and the hair burned
from her head After her wounds were
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