Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-05-28
Pennings and Clippings.

| o. - ''" hpuiisnihS cOnultlOn. The num-
Der OF students is 625. of whom 35 are from
this State.
LAMENTED DEATH.--Wc learn from the
Pendlcton Messenger the death of Mrs. Essic
NJ, consort of w. II. Whitncr, Esq. at tho
residence of her father, Hon. j. II. Sloop. on
Tuesday evening. the 18th instant, in the
22d year of her age, after painful iuness of
six weeks
DIscouRAcED.-A Pixies Peakcr writing
to Mlnnoso'" journal says the miners are
very much discouraged in that region; they
have to dig through n solid vein of silver four
feet thick before they reach the gold.
TERRIBLE STORM AT GAINESVILLE. ALA.-
a letter from Gainesville Ala. dated the l0tb
instant, reports II dreadful storm in that vi
cinity, causing the death of Mr.. j. w. NJ
Berrion, brother of the deceased U. S. Sen.
ator, and agent of the house of Sackctt, Bel
cher & Co., of n.
SUNDAY ScnooLs.-During the Sunday
School Convention, in Columbia, recently,
between three and four hundred children
with their teachers, were out in procession.
One of the speakers on the occasion co npar-
cd them to the flower garden of the Lord !
1t must have been beautiful sight, and was
certainly a most apt comparison,
Orr FOR AusrRIA-A Cincinnati paper
says that within fortnight thirty young
Germans, sympathising with Austria, have
left that city for Europe.
| ACCIDENTALLY SnoT.-Dr. Edward Girar-
dcy was accidentally shot in Augusta, Ga,
on "Wednesday, 10y the discharge of pistol
in the hands of his wife. He was better on
Thursday night, and hopes were entertained
of his recovery.
DEAp.-Judgc +. IL. Conc died at his resi-.
dcncc in Greensboro, Ga. on the 18th inst
lie an eminent lawyer and widely known
| DEMocRATIc.--b Mexico everybody is sup.
posed to he an cx-Prcsident who wears
clean shirt and keeps his hands washcd--
And in this country, every politician expects
to be President, whether hc has shirt or
not
ONE OF TIE REAsoNs.---A young lady be-
ing asked why she did not attend a party to
which she had been invited, replied" for
got all about the party, and ate onions for
breakfast"
| On 4 NIsIr.-Prcsidcnt Buchanan will Wis.
it North Carolina in June, and will be pres
ent at the commencement at Chapel Hill, in
that State.
AN ADoMTIoN FUND.-C. F. IIovcy, of
Boston has left 100000 to w. l.. Garrison.
Wcndall Phillips and Francis jackson, as his
residuary' legatcs to be expended in the pub
lication of abolition tracts, papers, sc.
GUrTA PERcuA IIAMs.-rhc great West is
truly great place, and they do some great
things out in that region. The last wrinkle
that has come under our notice is new style
of hams. These are of the sugar cured
order, put up in canvass, with u gutta pcrcha
| coating. This new arrangement is for the
preservation of the hams and it is said the
contents will keep in any climo for any Civ
cn period of time.
Dreadful lloMICIDE.-Stephcn Petty kill
cd his mothcr'in-law, Mrs. Mary Aikcns. a
defenccicss old lady aged Somo eighty years,
in the eastern part of Cherokee county, Ala,
last Sunday week. lie stabbed hor with n
pocket knife in some five or six places kill
ing her almost instantly. No cause is assign
cd for the diabolical deed. Petty has been n
preacher, and heretofore regarded as n peace.
able and orderly man.
| ECCLEsIAsTlcAL.--Thc General Assembly
OF the Presbyterian Church (Old School) has
commenced its session Mt Indianapolis, and
that of the Now School at Wilmington, Del
cware.
BALTIMORE, May l2--Thc ship Mary Car.
I olinc Stevens sailed for Liberia today with
303 cmiSrants. Three Presbyterian mis-
sionarcs accompanied them. The cmigrants
are principally manumittcd slaves.
BE Charitable careful how you charge
another with weakness or inconsistency; he
may be governed by motives beyond your
comprehension it is the final result that
stamps our conduct with wisdom or folly.
LARGE FAMURE.--tacob Little, the great
Wall-strcct stock broker of New York, failed
on the 18th. Liability, S2,OO0,000.
TRANcE.-Anothcr case of trance is repor-
| ted, in addition to those which VIC have late
" recorded. widow named Aufray, about
sixty years ofage. ofSt. Agnan de Ccnuicrcs
France, long seriously ill, became suddenly
worse, grew cold and motionlcss, and as it
was thought, died. She was laid ont, the
coffin ordered, and the church-b bell tolled-
She recovered conscionsnrsa mot boE,ro tlo