Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-08-13
Pennings and Clippings.

centspcr pound. '
RgvoEyfSG R'FLgs.--Teu thousand ,rcvoly.
ing rides. nre now manufacturing at Col.
Colts armory. in Connecticut. for the British
Government. These are sufficient to arm six
regiments.
WARN WoRK.-A desperate fight came off
several weeks since in Oregon: between IL no
ted trappcr named Arocau, and an Indian
brave" They fought with knives. and
they were both terribly cutup. The trnppcr
at last sraprled with and threw his antago-
MIST and then cut his throat from ear to ear.
ATTEMPTED SrrciDE.-A frail girl named
Eliza Magcc, attempted, unsuccc<sfullv, to
commit suicide in Baltimore, Wednesday.
Cause, loving, mot wisely, but two we'll"
G"iNG TO ARKAHsAS-The IIclana Ark
Dcmocrm says that the free ncgros of AYknn-
sas, who are required by law to leave the
State before 1860, seem generally 10 have
selected Kansas as their future home, and
intend removing th9rc at an early day.
otD POINT, Va. Aug 4.-Ninc guns of
the rlled ordnance. on trial nt Fortress Nom
roc. have been put to very serious test. and
found muc! superior to the smooth bore
The pntontccs, Mcssrs Sgiourney and Saw
| yer, were present.
Turned To SroNE.-Thc OxFord Miss
h1c"y says: The body of young man,
named Scarcy, who was buried four wears
ago on hurricane Creek, Tishemngo county,
Miss, was examined the other day and found
tn be partially pctrfcd. The hands, aims,
legs aud thighs had turned to solid stone.
| Another INSrALMENr.-Th Federal Union
of the 2nd inst, says $40, 900 have been paid
into the State Treasury as nett earnings of
the Western and Atlantic Railroad for the
month Of July.
| Hoors.-A New York corrcspondcc >uys
that ten millions of hooped skirts arc ..l;,,,u-
featured in that city per year. House .. re
make more than three thousand per d. and
still cannot fill their orders. Iu the ma ,c of
lost pins. where can such world of ynpti-
ness go!
GREAT AND SMALL NIRrrEs.-Do nA lie
troubled because you hayc not great ,r,rcs.
God made n million of spears of grass ,hcrc
he made but ono tree. The earth is iringcd
and carpctcd, not with forests but with grass
CO. Only have enough of little virtues and
common idcitics, and you need not mourn
because you arc neither hereto nor q saint.
BEDFORD, August 1.-The President ac-
companicd BY Mrs. Secretary Thompson,
Miss Lane. Judge Bcwlar, Augustus Schcll,
and Mr.. Thomson, with Judge Doughcrty
and Major Watson. of Bedford, left this
morning for Cumberland.
nEAD.--IIoracc Mann. an eminent man,
devoted to tho advancement of cducati .,. and
President of Antiochi College, dici nn the
2hd instant.
TnRILLINc.-At the battle Of Mage; an
ensign of the AustroItalian rcgimes sisis-
mund, attempted to desert to The enc. with
the flag of the regiment, but the CON a4dcr
of one of the battalions gallopcd arr lin,
cut him down, and returned in triumph will,
the precious bit Of silk
| DISTRESSING AccIDENr.-Wm. l.. Fmirchild,
"t ll'nds CO., Miss. was returning from tic
house of II ncighbor, OH the 18th ult, with
his wife and child in buggy, when q tree
fell on them, causing instant death to the
three persons.
BOYS TAKE WAnNiSG.-Boys should look
before they leap, when diving a boy in.
Brooklyn, n. Y, named Brown, made dive
OH Friday, and buried his bcud SD deeply in
mud that he was unable to cxtrcate himself,
and consequently died from suAacation
PHILADELPHIA, August 1.-The morning
papers contain the announcement of the
death Of the late Hon. Richard Rush. and
accompany the announcement with cnlngics
on the life and public services of the deceased.
CURIOUS ScANDAL.-Thc Rev. Mr.. Bartlett.
of Brooklyn, n. Y, appeared in his pulpit. a
! Sunday or two since, in white coat white
pants and white vest. A number of his
whitc-chokered hearers made q great fuss
about it, calling it F" scandal"
~ Snug INcoNE.-EIias Howe, Jr., who
has purchased p. 4. Barnun's famous place
in Bridgeport, Conn. is the inventor of the
sewing machine needle, which, W. arc in
formed, yields the patentee the snugsuoomc
OF one thousand dollars per day.
Tue PREsENr-Look upon every day as
the whole of life, not merely ms q section, and
enjoy tic present, without wishing. through
haste, to spring to another section now living
before thee.