Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-06-25
Highly Important from Europe.

H'Sniy important IRON Europe.
TIE FIGHTING COMMENCED IN EARNEST
The steamship Europa has arrived, with
dates to the 4th instant.
Sales of cotton for the week $4,000
bales. All qualities slightly advanced !;
fair and midling advanced almost Id, and
market steady Brcadstuifs dcclining.-
Consols 93 to 93i.
The Austrians had twice cndeavorcd to
rctakc ra!cstria, but were rcpulscd after q
sanguinary encounter, The King of Sar
dinia commanded, and exhibited great gal
lantry. The Sardinians say they took QUO
thousand prisoners and eight guns.
The latest despatch from Turin says that
the -Austrians were in full retreat across Ii
cino. Garabaldi had been driven back,
but successfully rc-cntcrcd Como.
Gen. Ncill, with thirty thousand men,
wos supporting Garibaldi, with the intcn-
tion of marching on Milan.
Five American citizens had been I'M
prisoned in Rome, but were released on de-
mand, and were on board the Wabash.
FARTHER PoiNV, &C. W.,) June 1S.-
The steamship Anglo Saxon, from Liver
pool on the 9Th, passed here this forenoon,
and was boarded by the agent of the AS
sociatcd ptcss, a decisive battle has been
fought near Milan, In which the Austrians
were defeated with the loss of 25,OOO kill
ed and disabled and 5000 prisoners. The
French loss Was about $1,000. The Aus
trians have evacuated Milan.
SECOND DESPATCH.
The great battle was fought ncar the
fny rtr g.,
west of Pavia The Emperor Napoleon,
in his dispatches, claims decisive victo-
ry. They say, :" we took seven thousand
prisoners and placed twelve thousand liars
dc combat, besides capturing three cannon
and two standards. The French estimate
their own loss at 3000 but it was rumor-
ed in Paris that their loss was 5000 to
$4,000. The forces engaged arc reported
at 100000 to 100000 Austrians, and
100000 to 100000 French.
Austrian accounts, however, differ from
the above, and speak of more than one bat
tie, with varying successes on both sides
the result being undecided at night OH the
6tn of June. 1t is certain, however, that
the loss was great on both sides 1t is
reported that General Hess commanded
the Austrians, and Napoleon the French.
Paris was illuminated on receipt of the
news in honor of the victory. Gen. Es-
pinasse was killed and Marshal Canrobert
rnottally wuundcd Five French n,arshals
and generals were also wounded General
McNlahoh has been superseded by Gen.
ForcJ. -Four Austrian generals and five
staff officers were wouudcd Milan has re-
volted, and declared in favor of the King of
Sardinia. The Austrians had retired from
Milan, but the French had not occupied it,
later rtmofs dctract from the French ac-
cotGt of their victory.
"THE OLp PRINTEn. We were gull
ty of a grave omission, last week, which
we regret very much--wc omitted to men
tion that we had been visited by that very
eccentric and singular cid man, Mr.. Ste.
phcn L. Singletery, one of the oldest prin
tcrs in the United States, and perhaps, the
most indcfaGgablc pedestrian in the world
Ms far as constant travelling is concerned
he is the cold Mortality" of printers
lie never stops longer than few days in
one pf~cc-hewil not stop longcr-and is
thcgucst of the craft wherever he sojourns
lie has travelled through nearly every State
in the Union--pcrhops all Of .,.em---and
mostly on foot. ffc was in Cahaba in 1851
and 1852, and since thch has lost ain eve,
which he lost in Indiana or Illinois. lie
is natfye Of South Carolina, and is 67
years odd. We believe he has kept jour
nal OF his wandcrings, and if the old man
should die before us (and long may hclivc y
We would like to be his literary executor.
In 1886 or '37, Professor Henry Junius
Mott, of South Carolina, wrote and publish
cda work called the Adventures of Thorn
as Singulmity," of which Mr. Singlctcry
was the hero.
Tho old man" left us last Monday
week for Selma. - Gahqba (ho) Gazcttc.