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

1 NaS pViH III ~ hiitShtie, CCOtlUHut III Ii Q, anu
in 1895 he came to this country, which has
Since then been his homo.
TmE POPULATION or ST. LouIs-The CEN
sus of St. Louis, just completed. gives a tot'l
of l35, ,000 of which only 81, ,G51 are Amevl-
cans. The Germans number 1857, th
Irish %, ,0l3, the English 3 ,4J1 and the Frcnrh
! 1887. Free blacks, 1,G72; slaves. l,4S4.-
Ofthe latter, 1888 are females.
BAD Luck ALL RoUNp An clopcmcnt
took place a few days ago at Albany, New
York, between couple of children, aged
respectively fourteen and fifteen years. The
young Romeo actually provided himself with
package of arsenic, to commit suicide in
case Of a discovery; but. fortunately, the
father ftbc young gentleman overlook him
at Utica, got possession of the poison, had
the girl locked up, and gave the boy good
cowhiding
MuRpERED.-A correspondent Of the AShe.
Vile Necs says that b. S. MaHock. of Ma
con CO. n. c., was murdered on the 9th ult.
by an unknown person.
MoRE ArmcANs-A letter from Texas
states that six hundred slaves from Africa
have been brought into that State within the
last few weeks, and that more are soon ex-
pectcd.
! READ.-The newspaper is sermon for the
thong. ful, library for the poor and bless
ing to everybody. Try ours aud see.
D,sroN, March 8.-Therc is terrible com
motion here in relation to the removal of the
post post Office. Washington and State streets
arc in = terrible fcrment, and an Indignation
meeting has been called for to-day. The
excitement is greater than at any time since
the tcn-cent rebellion.
TIE BRITISH NAvY.-The London Tim
| gives the following statement of the ST
navy of Great Britain: L'ac-ofbatlc ships
81; blockships, o; frigatcs, %; corvettcs,
10 smaller corvcttos 8 /; mortar frgates, 4 j;
floating batteries. s; sloops, 27 gun vessels,
26; gunbo0ts, lG3 total, 33G These, viii,
her sailing vessels, number about ESQ.
lI'Gn PRTcEs.-Corn is selling in some
parts of Rockbrdge County, VT, at one dol
lar bushcl, and oats at sevcmty-fvo cents
the crops last ycarhoving bccna failure.
An ENORMOUS FIsu.-A man in Kcokuk,
| Iowa, has an enormous fish, called the Ali
| gator Gar, which was caught in the Arkan-
sas river, few miles above its junction with
the Mississippi. 1t is. over eight feet long,
three feet in circumference, aud weighed ris-
ing of 300 poands when taken out of the wa
| ter
Mn. YANcr.-IIon w. l.. Ynncy has gone
to Florida, his health not being as good as it
was month since. Ills friends hope that
the mild climate of the Gland OF flowers 4"
| will benefit him.
oRoANlzrXo.-Thc Opposition in NIississip-
pi have determined to hold State Conven.
ton and nominate State ticket The llth
day of July next is suggested by the yicks-
burg Whig' as the time of its mcoting.
INDIANs.--1'hc whole number of Indians
at present in this country is estimated at $50 :
| 600.
MURDER AT LITTLE RoCH.-On the 10th
ult,, young man named Lester, from Gcor-
= gla, was murdered at Little Rock for his mo.
ney, something less than $1,000, by an Irish.
man named Chas. Cosgrove; the latter was
arrested, and came near being lynched.
a FIGuTINc MAYoR.-1hc Mayor of Phil
adclphia is a fighting man, evidently. He
recently rushed into crowd of rowdies. seiz-
cd Notwithstanding rufian, and, after
choking him judciously, gave him into Gus.
tody
| A TEMPERANCE MAN-Smith o'Brien new
or crooks his elbow" lie politely refused
to drink their Jersey cider in New York,
stating that he had not swallowed ANYTHING
OF an intoxicating nature for over twenty-five
years.
GREAT SALE OF SLAvEs,-A few days ago,
43G slavcs--men, women and dchidren-were
sold at auction in Savannah, Ga, for the az
gregatc sum of fS303,Sj They are said to
have belonged to Pierce NJ. Butler, of Phila-
dclphia.
LARcE SUM.--Thc net proceeds of Mr.. Ev-
crett's Grafton Mt the New York Academy OF
Music, on Friday, after paying all expenses,
was $l,406.Go, which Mr. Everett says, is
the largest sum ever received at one delivery
of his oration.
WHAT Next Jacob Iildobrand, living
in shanty in Forty fifth street, near Sey-
enth avenue, was arrested Friday charged
with having killed, skinned and packed n
horse, in violation ofa Corporation ordinance.
This happened in New York of courso.-
Where else could it have occurred.