Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-11-19

1t Is said that tho farm work in that State is
now perforniea, by about half as many ,fe-
lnnies as males. 5.e
TnE CoRN CRop.- An Indian journal says
that competent judges estimate the corn crop
of the United States, for the prcsont.year, nt
000,O00,G00 of bushels. which Mt fursy dents
per buslel would he worth $3.50 0,000,0 900
KILLED ny BEAR.-rhe Prairie du Chicn
(WisconsiiH Lcadcr, states that two young
ladies, Miss lTnskili and Miss Pool, when
walking in the vicinity of Fancy Creek, Rich
land county, were pursued by two bears, one
tearing her breast to the bono, and causing
her death in few hours. Miss IIaskill cs-
capped with few scratches. Tho bears were
shot soon after
THE AxTEcEpENrs or ruE IysuRREcrIoy.
isTS.-S,cveus was soldier in Mexico mu-
tinted against his captain, was sentenced to
be shot, and afterwards pardoncd by Pfcsi.
dent Polk. lie went to Kansas in tho rcgu.
lar army and deserted. Coppcc behaved so
badly to his bcncfactor. Quaker, that he
was turned alrift, and Hazlett was connected
with gangof horse-thievcs in PENNSYLVANIA.
CHESS GAME.-Mr. Paul Morphy the chess
marvel, has consented to play fur games
blindfoldcd. at the Academy of Music in
Philadelphia. for tho benefit Of tho Mount
Vernon Fund. His antagonists will he Sc
looted from among the best players in that
city.
INVASION OF InELAND.-It is said that
john Mitchell, who is now in Paris. has com.
mcnccd series of letters in a Dublin paper
called The Irslman, in which he is laboring
to convince the Irish pcasantry that France
will soon he at war with England. and that
there will bc an opportunity to imlrcc the
Emperor Napoleon to invade Ireland
DRUMMERs AND PEDLARs.--The Che.
raw Gazette, commenting on the Harpcrs,
Ferry business, gives the following caution
which We commend to the attention of our
| readers '.
| There is another matter in this conncc.
ton upon which we feel it our duty to speak.
We alludc to the impunity with which
persons unknown, or of suspicious charac-
and to carry on their nctarious purposes.
We have repeatedly called attention to this
subject, and pointed ont the evil consc-
qucnces to be opprchcnded without arous-
ing proper attention. Aud we now repeat
the warning, as there arc at this time
| prowllng about the country large humber
of suspicious characters Their business.
If they have any, is to set our laws at def
ancc by pedding their wares without IL
ccnsc.
And the very factthat they come among
us for that purpose, should arouse our sus
piclon; for, it they make business of
setting our revenue laws at defiance. it is
clear that they can have no regard for any
other laws. We insist that it is the duty
of Magistrates Constablcs and Sherifs.
and OF our good citizens, to arrest this evil
at once by driving these characters out of
the State by lawful means, if possible, but
1t that ftils, by the stronger arm of jude
Lynch. We may rest assured that they are
here for no good purpose, and, therefore,
they should not be permitted to rcmain.-
We have seen their packs, and are satisfied
that their possible profits could not support
them, and that, therefore, pcddling is the
ostcnsile, not their paying, business among
us And who but they have furnished
Brown and his co.conspirator with the de-
tailed information that enabled them with
so much accuracy to chalk out line of op-
eratonS through our State.
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The PRECIOUS METALS. -A-The largest
amount of specie ever shipped in single
| day from New York, was, ON the 18th of
May last, when the immense sum of three
million, seven thousand five hundred and
eighty nine dollars was sent abroad in GOLD.
Wcll-although the export of bullion from
our shores is rapidly increasing there is
evidently no cause for alarm, when the
great influx of the precious metal from
California is taken into account Not long
ago, the shipment of specie was looked upon
as bad sign i'll the commerce of the NIT
ton. Now it has ceased to be a bugbcar !;
gold and silver, like cotton and wheat, for
ming portion of the regular products of
the country. AS matter of course, the
surplus that we do not require, will fin / its
way to the markets where it commands the
| highest premium. TO argue that its cx-
| portation makes us poorer, would be tanta-
mount to saying that what VIC do not want
to use ourselves had better be left idle
than be allowed to benefit others. The
New York E.rPres$, in an able article upon
the subject coutends that while the supply
OF gold seems to promise results greater
than auy that have as yet been attained,
| that of silver il nfnolIy l;Loly 70 ;,oro.,a