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

'ne Woriu--RaS pcen suspended because the
the appropriation for that purpose was ex-
pended, 1t now lacks only 800 feet and
inch of being half milo Deep '
The TrRr.-A man in Knlamooza is train.
ing an elk to trot on the race course. Tho
elk has already trottcd against horse for IL
purse of seven hundred dollars, winning tho
prize by long distance. - .,,
PrLieocEACr.-A pul-gcnt joker calls
Holloway and Brandcth the pillars of the
medical profession.
CoNrlrrsD.-Thc Spartauburg and Union
railroad hus been completed
DEATH ORA lIERo.-Dr. JAS. Il. Lee. of
Elizabeth City, n. c., died on the 10Th inst
Mr.. Lee was engaged in some of tho late In
dian struggles, and served his country faith.
fully and honorably in the late Mexican war,
daving borne a gallant part in crowning tho
American arms with tho brilliant victory
achieved at Bucna Vista.
A Coon REAsoN.-A retired schoolmaster
excuses his passion for angling by saying
that from constant habit he mover feels quite
himself unless he is handling the rod.
propEcIMo WEDDING.-Tom Thumb is
about to be married to lady of his own size.
What n funny little Lillputiculurity will
tho Thumb in the cradle bc, probably! BY
the way, should not baby, smaller than
Thumb himself, be moro properly named
Littlc-Finger2
TIE ScRiPTUREs.-Tho word of God must
be nearer to us than our friends, dearer to us
than our lives, swoeter to us than our liberty,
and ploasanter to us than all earthly com
forts.
ASINcuLAR Casa girl died ut East
Cambridge, Massachusetts, fcw DAYS since,
of smallpox, induced by cutting the hand
with glass, followed by maltreatmcnt. which
is said to have turned the wound into the
above disease.
PlcEoNs.-Thc lurgost "roost" now known
is in tho Chcnango Swamp, Crawford county,
Pa. The roosting place is ten miles square
and, when the editor of the Astabula Sentinel
was there, there were 100 men on the ground.
The birds are numbered by millions. One
man killed four dozen at a single shot, and
nine huul'cd in the night!
TnE LAw.-Thos. Il. II. Cobb aud Rich.
ard Clark have been elected to codify the
laws of Georgia
FlREs.--The Georgia Citizen is informal
hy a contractor for one of tho gin man ufae-
turing establishments of the State, that there
have been no less than thirty gin houses
burnt in Talbot, and othcr counties of Gcor
gia, within few weeks.
TERROR STRICEEN.-Fred Douglas has gone
to England, DR.. Howe to Canada, and Gerrit
Smith to the Lunatic Asylum. The two
t"rmcr have taken to their heels for fear of
being summoned by the Courts of their coun-
try as witnesses, and it might be accomplices
to the commission of the greatest crimes
known to our laws, while the latter unfortu-
nate has temporarily lost his minds balance
from the same cause.
CouNTERPEITs.-Tho Chester Standard un.
derstands that notes of the denomination of
Sl and 81, purporting to he on the Bank of
Chester. are in circulation in the Southwest
No bank in South Carolina, but the Bank
of the State of South Carolina, is allowed to
issue bills under $5.
RoDE ON RArL.-In Helena Arkansas
on Wednesday of last week, an old man
from New York, who had expressed bimsclf
an Abolit'onist, was taken up and lodged in
Jail. Next morning he was taken out and
carried upon rail to the wharfboat, followed
ny quite crowd of loafers and boys. He
was then ordered to leave the State.
HIGHFALrrEN.-Ralph Waldo Emerson,
IN lecture at the fremont Temple Boston,
spoke of John Brown as The Stint, whose
tate yet hangs in suspense, but whose mar
tyrdom, if it shall be perfected, will make
the gallows as glorious as the cross"
WOVEN FARMERs.-Thc women in Mime
sofa lind profitable employment in farming.
1t is stated that the farm work in that State
is now performed by about half as many fe-
males as males.
orAND BAD CmA"ce.-" Suspicious char
acters" stand but bad chance nov Il; .ha
oouthern States. They arc arrested whcr-
over they are found---and man who cannot
give proper account of himself. and is found
lurking about with no Visible means of sun.
port Is apt to undergo very strict examina-
ton This, at least, may rid us of many
vagabonds, too l"zy to work, and depravcd
enough to do mischief