Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-03-19
Pennings and Clippings.

fennlngs and Clippings.
C"TroN,-Cotton is quoted in Charleston
at | to u cents, tic latter price being only
Tor very superior article.
A GoLD MINE.--Thc EdgcGeld Adccytisc,.
states that Col John Quattlcboum has dis
covered promising vein of gold on Sleepy
Creek which will pan out $40 per diem.
SricrDE.-Thc Edgefcd .Idoertiscr states
that solomon Elcnberg, of Edgofold District
hung himself with a rope attached to the
limb ola tree, some ten days since. The up-
fortunate creature was some 20 ycsrs old, and
not sound in mind
SAD AcCrDENT.-A little child of Mr.. VIM.
Horton, says t Yorkville Enquirer, was so
severely scalded recently that it died soon af
forwards.
DEAp.-IIon. Mr.. Geycr, an ex-U. S. Sen.
ator, died st. Louis. on the 5th inst.
y FICuTING JUDGE.-A few days ago
lawyer gave an insult to the Judge of the
Court of Common Pleas at Logansport, Ohio;
whileon the bench whcrcupon the Judge at
once got off the bench, and going into the
bar gave the lawyera very severe drubbing.
SIXTEEN VS.. Srxry.-A marriage rocorilv
took place at Cincinnati, in which the bride
was sixteen and the groom sixty.
KILLED HIMsELF-Wo regret to learn the
death of Mr. w. NJ. Belser, member of the
State Legislature from Williamsburg Dist.
Death was caused by an overdose of an ano-
dyne.
NaIUAnLE.-Thc estimated value of the
cotton crop of Alabama is $2,00O,O00
SOUTHERN Pacific RAlLRoAD.-IIon. I. b.
King has returned to brunswick, Georgia.
and he is now addressing public audiences
in that vicinity on the advantages to Lo de-
rived from Southern Pacific Railroad.
To Re HANoED.-Isaac Frecland, found
guilty of the murder of Clniborn Vaughan.
has been sentenced to be hanged in Forsyth
CO. G"' on the 18th day oF April next.
a LARGE CoUNrRY.-India is 2,4OO miles
long, and 1000 broad the population. which
is equal to that of all Europe numbers $780,
100000. They speak fourteen distinct Ian
guagcs, besides numerous widely differing
dialects.
AMERICAN AuTnoRs.-Tho Edinburgh Re-
rte'o statca that the largest collection of Am
crican books in the world is in the British
Museum, amounting to $4,000.
jews IN PARLIAMENT.-On the 18th ult..
Baron Meyer de Rothschiid was returned n
member of Parliament for Hythe, unopposod.
His election, with that Of Alderman Solo
mons, makes the third member of the Jewish
community now in the House of Commons.
SCARCITY OF FGRAIN.-The scarcity of grain
in many parts Of Canada is said TO be such
that the farmers will find it impossible to
procure the necessary seed for spring sowing.
PooR PLACE FOR CoNsUMfrIvEs.- Cuba is
said to be poor place for consumptiye peo-
pie The climate is too dcbilitating and the
comforts too few for invalds of that class.
AN EMrNENr GEoLoorsT.-D Shumard
has received the appointment of State geolo-
gist of Texas. He has, in the last twelve
years taken leading part in The geological
surveys of Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Mis-.
souri, Nebraska and Oregon.
FASHIONABLE DIsEAsRs.-IIall's journal of
Health afhrms that diseases come and 90 as
do the fashions. Once everybody had the
dyspepsia, then elergyman's sore throat was
the rage, and noss don't every third person
have some form of neuralgia.
No TAxgs--It would seem that nobody
pays taxes in Chicago. The Democrat Of
that city, has supplement containing forty.
seven columns of closely printed matter. rep
rcsenting delnquentS Of Chicago for the past
year. Not less than 1900 lots arc thus a4l-
vcrtisod for nohPayment Of taxes.
A MoDEsT cHEsTIiS.---A young man. a
member Of an evangelical church. adyertises
in New York paper for board in pi6us
family where his Christian example would
be considered compensation.