Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-05-21

cause and the approving Smiles of heaven.
SO that in aRshc aifairsef life, whether in
peace or War, morality and religion stand
forth in fofG relief ana are essential cle-
mcnts of sdccess. ] friyht 70 ON and emu
mcrato example after example in bible his
tory to SHOW that whenever self-rclance
was substituted for reliance upon ProYi.
dcncc and the admonitiois of the Supreme
Being dsregardod, disaster and defeatwere
the inevitable consequences and the con
eltlSion is therefore irresistible, that iii all
VIC may say and do, our little self should
be merged i'll and ovcrshadowcd BY the
greatness and glory of God.
MURRELL, TIE LAND PIRATE,--1'hd
Memphis Appeal says that Shawnee Viii
lagc, where John A Murrcll and his clan
had their headquarters, has been conyer.
ted into farm, and is nov cultivated by
DR.. MvtiMock.
The old log huts of the gang may still be
seen, but they have fallen greatly Into dc;
cay and are covered with mvss The old
Sycamore tree under which they held their
counsels, was blown down in 1886, and has
been removed to make room for the pougln
Last summer "mill, ;" as the natives term
it. was plowed up, which was used by SIur-
rcll for manufacturing the bogus one dol
lar. The financial machine was sent to
Washington, where it now occupies place
in the archives of thccnpitol's curi0sitics.
Murrcl!, it may be remembered served
twenty years in the Tennessee Penitentia-
ry, working ms IA blacksmith On bein.s
released he wandered off into East Ten
ncsscc, whore he lived but short time,
aud died OF consumption, the disease being
doubtless contracted in prison His grave
is in the ncighborhood of Bon Air Springs.
upon the Cumberland Mountain, Ills
remains were disintorrcd, and dccaptated,
and then placed back. The skull is now
in possession of one Of tho Medical Colleges
East.
Con. W. G. PREsroN are graft
fled to learn that this distinguished gentle
man is improved in hcalth and feels dccp
interest III everything connected with tho
prosperity and Improvement of South Gar
olina. The other day lie wrote letter of
eight pages to a gentleman of this place,
on the conversion oe the South Carolina
College into q University This lcttcr is
written with all the classic beauty and
characteristic cloqucncc, striking express,
sions, cogent argument and fervid patriot
ism, which used to flow from his lips in
his pelmicst days. lie speaks of his old
Alma Mater as having done great good,
but now, South Carolina requires some
thing more to keep abreast of society. He
refers to the address of Professor Vcnablc
before the Virginia Alumni, on the IIistn-
ry of Universities, as being fraught with
rare learning and wisdom = GyccnviUc
Patrjot
ErFEcr or TuE FonnlGx Nnws.-Alvanco
III brcndstuifs. &c.-Thc war news from En-.
rope Ii creating great cxcitcmcntin the bread
stufS and provision markets all thrnnrh thn
United States. At Now York. on Tuesday
flour further advanced 1925 cents pcr htl
wheat three t" five cents per bushcl md VOL
low corn sold at 95 to 9S cents. Reef and
pork also further advanced During tho In 4
five weeks supcrlnc flour has advanced in y.
Y from % tn 10 cents per barrel and South.
crn extra 10 cents 10 Sl.15. The Conricr
says:
The transactions on the corn EXCHANGE
on Tuesday footed up about 80. OO0 bbls. Of
flour, 10000 bushels of wheat 4G. 900 bushels
of corn, and 10000 l.blS of beef. pork. &C..
to the value III ali Of at least S600.O0O This
Tor tho season, when stocks and receipts of
brcadstuifs are much smaller than mt other
periods Of the year, is worry large business"
SAVINGS INsrIruTloNs.-Thc Charles
ton Courier of Saturday says: AS an evil
dcncc of the usefulness and good> >tcndcn-
ccs of savings institutions, and of the plo-
thova of money and prosperity of the la.
boring class of our community especially.
We take pleasure in stating the fact, that
since the first day of January last, a period
of only four months, the Charleston Sa
wings Institution has received on deposit,
the aggregate and very large sum OF four
hundred thousand dollars. OF this very
handsome sum, we understand that much
The larger portion has been contributed in
limited amounts ly laborers.
How AN OLD GENr LosT A PARRY
Observation-Disclosures wasu touch OF romance
in real life at New Orleans last week. The
Crescent says:
.Ah old gentleman in the Fourth District.
well Oft, and posscssor of n pretty young
daughter, missed said daughter Found
she had cloped with too persuasive steam.
ship officer. Came staving down town with
pistUloric intentions. Got on the track of
the lovers. Found them costly together at
a certain house. Tore clothes, smashed
furniture, and demanded his daughter
Lover not scared, said he would give girl
up, but only to police officer with war.
rants Old gent went foaming after police.